The Raikage's Request! Two-Tails in Peril

The funeral of the Third Hokage ended, and the crowd slowly dispersed.

Naruto and Shinki stood in the rain, their eyes filled with complex emotions, their thoughts unreadable.

Tsunade appeared beside them at some point, gently patted Shinki's shoulder, and asked, "Where are you headed next?"

The greeting was simple, with no intention of keeping the two of them.

Just as Shizune once said, Tsunade, as her master, truly respected the Shinki.

After a long silence, Shinki said, "I'm preparing to go to the Land of Lightning. I plan to capture a member of Akatsuki for the bounty."

Tsunade smiled.

In the entire Shinobi World, probably only Shinki would do something like this.

"Go if you want to, I believe in you. (•‾̑⌣‾̑•)✧˖"

After Tsunade finished speaking, she turned to Naruto and asked, "And you?"

Without the slightest hesitation, Naruto looked at Shinki beside him and said firmly, "I'll go with Shinki."

"Good."

Having already anticipated Naruto's response, Tsunade said nothing more and turned to leave.

Before parting, she emphasized to Shinki, "Naruto carries Tailed Beast and has been targeted by the Akatsuki. You must protect him."

Shinki nodded. "I will."

Tsunade's figure gradually became blurred in the rain.

Seemingly getting old, after walking quite a distance, she turned back and said, "By the way, Jiraiya went to Amegakure. You can go visit him sometime."

Shinki nodded. "Okay."

Meanwhile, on the other side of the cemetery.

Kakashi, dressed in black mourning clothes and holding two bouquets of flowers, walked to a tombstone.

"Obito, Rin..."

This rain came quickly and went quickly.

Shortly after the Third Hokage's funeral, the sky cleared.

The sunlight shone once again on the ground of Konoha, on the stone monument engraved with the mark of Konoha...

Meanwhile, Shinki and Naruto had already arrived in the Land of Lightning.

Although the Kumogakure has now formed an alliance with the Konoha.

However, Shinki once captured a group of elite Kumogakure Jonin Kumogakure, and even captured the Perfect Jinchuriki Killer B, which embarrassed Kumogakure and created enmity.

Therefore, just to be on the safe side, Shinki used shapeshifting magic to change his red hair back to black.

After all, his striking red hair was arguably his most distinctive feature...

After completing his own transformation, he also helped Naruto with his own, using Transformation Jutsu to remove the mustache from his face and change his blond hair to the same black color...

From then on, the tomato and egg stir-fry combination disappeared.

Shinki felt his disguise was extremely successful! ( ˝ᗢ̈˝ )

However, they had just stepped into the Land of Lightning.

He then discovered that the Ninja Kumogakure Forehead Protector on his back was watching him...

The Ninja had been following Shinki and Naruto, but was eventually led into an alley by Shinki and given a sound beating...

Inside the alley, Shinki asked sternly, "Tell me, what are your intentions in following us!"

The Ninja was now bruised and swollen, looking quite pitiful: (*꒦ິ⌓꒦ີ)

"You two must be Shinki and Naruto Uzumaki from Konoha. Lord Raikage, please come in."

Shinki and Naruto exchanged a glance, their faces showing surprise.

(‧_‧?)

They were all dressed so inconspicuously, how did this person recognize them?

The Cloud Village ninja seemed to read Kamiki's mind and explained, "The Hokage sent a message to the Raikage saying that the two of you will be coming to the Land of Lightning..."

"Moreover, the genius Shinki is famous throughout the world. Besides his red hair, he also has a face so handsome that it makes men jealous... making him very easy to recognize."

After hearing the explanation from the Cloud Village ninja, Kamiki found it quite reasonable.

However, he still refused to go to Kumogakure.

Shinki still remembers the Raikage's expression during the meeting between Kumogakure and Konoha.

They practically wanted to eat their own flesh raw and skin them alive...

The Cloud Village ninja, as if he could read minds, explained, "You two can rest assured. Cloud Village and Konoha are now allies, and Cloud Village will not do anything to harm you."

"Furthermore, as far as I know, the reason Lord Raikage invited you two over this time is because he needs your help with something..."

Since we've already come this far...

Shinki and Naruto exchanged a glance and nodded in unison.

"Then let's go," Shinki said.

A few hours later.

Kumogakure.

In fact, when Shinki first stepped into the Land of Lightning, he noticed that the Land of Lightning were either white or black. However, due to the thriving trade in the Land of Lightning, many foreigners had settled there, so this was not very noticeable.

However, this becomes quite prominent once you enter the Kumogakure...

Raikage's Office.

After Shinki entered the Raikage's Office, it was clear that something was wrong.

The Raikage, sitting in the first seat, had a dark expression on his face, clearly indicating that he had encountered something very unpleasant.

However, after seeing Shinki and Naruto arrive.

He still rose warmly to express his welcome to the two Konoha Ninjas. "It's been a long time, Shinki and Naruto. Three years have passed, and you two young talents have become even more outstanding."

"No, no."

Shinki casually offered a modest reply and asked directly, "What is the purpose of Kumogakure summoning Naruto and me here this time?"

The Raikage hesitated somewhat after hearing Shinki's question.

He tapped his fingers lightly on the table, making a soft, moderate sound.

After a long while, he sighed and slowly said, "You two should know that besides Killer B, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, my Kumogakure has another Jinchūriki."

Shinki nodded. "I know, Yukito, the Two-Tails demon cat is sealed within him."

"Yes, but just yesterday, Yukito disappeared," Raikage said in a deep voice.

"According to insiders, Akatsuki members wearing black cloaks were seen at the spot where Yugito disappeared... I speculate that they are Hidan and Kakuzu from Akatsuki..."

After listening to Raikage's explanation, Shinki raised an eyebrow.

No wonder the information I bought said that Hidan and Kakuzu appeared in the Land of Land of Lightning; they were there to capture the Two-Tails...

The Raikage continued, "So I'd like to ask you two to rescue Yugito. Kumogakure is willing to pay a reward of ten million for her..."

"I know the Akatsuki's goal is to extract the Tailed Beasts, just like they did to the Kazekage of Sand Ninja. So I don't expect the Two-Tails to still be alive. As long as Yugito is alive, the mission is complete..."

"Of course, if Two-Tails and Yugito can be saved, Kumogakure is willing to double the reward."

After speaking, Raikage looked expectantly at the Shinki.

"Why don't you send your Kumogakure Ninjas on this kind of mission?" Shinki asked.

The Raikage said somewhat helplessly, "There aren't many people in Kumogakure who can fight against the Akatsuki's 'Immortal Duo,' and the recent Moryo Rebellion affected Kumogakure."

"Besides, they came for the Tailed Beasts anyway, I can't exactly send Bee out..."

After much thought, I think you two are the best match.