After Rasa returned to Sunagakure's group, no one knew what he said.
In the end, no one mentioned Pakura again.
Although some people were still unwilling to let it go and occasionally cast glances toward Kirigakure's group, Pakura's displayed indifference toward Sunagakure meant that no one dared approach her to ask questions or strike up a conversation.
After that, the little incident was simply left unresolved.
Sunagakure still publicly maintained that Pakura had died as a hero more than a decade ago.
Although Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro wanted to uncover Pakura's secrets, they knew this was not the right time.
If they exposed Pakura's identity and she still refused to return to Sunagakure, it would be like giving Sunagakure a vicious slap across the face. It would be far too humiliating!
Still, the three siblings had already decided to find a chance to ask their father about it on the way back.
After all, with Shukaku's confirmation, they were certain that the woman in Kirigakure's group was Pakura!
What they wanted to investigate was why Pakura was unwilling to return to Sunagakure.
On Konoha's side, the group led by the Third Hokage collectively breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Sunagakure and Kirigakure had not broken into conflict.
If their offensive and defensive alliance had fallen apart only days after being established, the three great ninja villages would have truly lost all face.
Fortunately, things had not developed in the worst possible direction.
It had been a close call, but no real danger had come of it.
With the deliberate restraint of Sunagakure and Kirigakure's upper ranks, the matter passed just like that.
However, Rasa still paid a certain price to express Sunagakure's apology to Pakura.
The result was that in future transactions and bilateral trade between Sunagakure