"What? Every member of the Akatsuki has invaded Konoha, Sasuke came too, and there's something so, so unbelievable happening."
Hearing Gamikichi's words, Hawking's face immediately lit up with delight. But he quickly realized that was inappropriate, hurriedly covered it up, then activated the Flying Thunder God Technique and vanished from the spot.
Talk about someone bringing him a pillow just as he got sleepy.
He had been wondering how to convince Tsunade to hand over all the information on Wood Release this time, and whether he should trade some of the intelligence he knew for it.
Then he ran into a major crisis where Konoha was about to be destroyed.
Previously, saving Asuma had earned him Sealing Technique, and saving Jiraiya had earned him the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Now that he was saving the lives of every ninja in Konoha, he should get at least twenty or thirty ninjutsu out of it.
He had also been thinking about using Danzo to lure Sasuke back, to see if he could obtain Indra Chakra and awaken his own Rinnegan. Now Sasuke had delivered himself right to his door.
How could he not be happy?
And with the village in chaos, many things that had been inconvenient to do before could now be done.
In a flash, he appeared in the forest of Training Ground 44 behind Hokage Rock.
When he had learned the Flying Thunder God Technique, he had left a Flying Thunder God Formula at Training Ground 44.
He had chosen Training Ground 44 because it was some distance from the village and usually deserted, so his sudden appearance would not be noticed.
That way, whether he chose to enter the village or leave it to handle matters elsewhere, it would be very convenient.
"This fight is pretty intense!"
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