After Kumogakure's envoy left, the smile on Ōnoki's face became increasingly apparent.
"With this, we'll have a double guarantee! Even if the Akatsuki Organization can't sabotage the relationship between Konoha, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure, as long as we can cooperate with Kumogakure, Iwagakure will have nothing to fear!"
If one had to use words to describe Ōnoki, they would undoubtedly be cunning and calculating.
Of course, after giving it some careful thought, Ōnoki understood why Kumogakure had proactively approached him to propose cooperation this time.
Clearly, Kumogakure had felt pressure from the possible alliance between Konoha, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure.
With that being the case, Iwagakure had become Kumogakure's only choice!
It could be said that it wasn't that the Fourth Raikage and Kumogakure wanted to cooperate with Iwagakure—they had no choice but to do so!
Otherwise, once news of Konoha, Sunagakure, and Kirigakure truly forming an alliance got out, Kumogakure and Iwagakure would be the ones left in a passive position.
"Still, if nothing unexpected happened, it was probably that guy Dodai who persuaded the Fourth Raikage to put aside his grudge against Iwagakure and choose cooperation!"
Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, who had listened in on the entire conversation between Ōnoki and Kumogakure's envoy, voiced his opinion as well.
As for Roshi, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki, unless something major happened in the village, he generally never came to see Ōnoki.
At the moment, no one knew where in the Ninja World he had wandered off to again.
After all, the two of them were naturally incompatible, yet both knew that the other was indispensable to Iwagakure.
So it was better for them to see each other less often, lest they come to blows!
And if ninja of their level fought, even if they merely decided a winner, they would likely cause enormous