After Soji and Orochimaru returned to the main tent, Soji merely pulled Shihō aside for a few words. Shihō obediently nodded and returned to Orochimaru's side.
As for what Soji had actually said, only heaven and earth knew.
All that could be said was that Shihō was very obedient toward Soji.
Perhaps, in Shihō's mind, he was supposed to obey his father's instructions.
And so, Shihō's matter was temporarily settled.
Moreover, faced with Mei Terumi's inquisitive gaze, Soji did not hide anything and told her that Shihō was an artificial human.
This immediately delighted Mei Terumi, and she stopped dwelling on the matter.
As for Soji, he could finally breathe a small sigh of relief.
"Dealing with this stuff is seriously more exhausting than fighting Madara Uchiha!"
Soji grumbled silently to himself.
To be honest, what Soji feared least was settling things with his fists. Things like this, where he had to reason with people, were what gave him the biggest headaches.
Fortunately, he had handled everything perfectly.
After the disturbance caused by this matter had passed, the higher-ups of the Five Great Shinobi Villages gathered once more to discuss how to deal with the Akatsuki Organization.
Now that Isobu and Six-Tails Saiken had fallen into the Akatsuki Organization's hands, the Five Great Shinobi Villages were in an even more passive position.
Although Seven-Tails Chōmei's whereabouts remained unknown, and the One-Tails Jinchuriki had retreated deep into the deserts of the Land of Wind, making them difficult for the Akatsuki Organization to find for the time being.
Naruto, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and Minato, the father and son pair, were also so powerful that ordinary Akatsuki Organization members could not handle them.
But the Akatsuki Organization had already gathered six Tailed Beasts. Even though the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had