"I'll see him." Mu Yue took a sip of the hot tea on the table, then considered it before answering.
The unusual behavior displayed by Iwagakure, combined with Nagato's description, was enough for Mu Yue to confirm that the ninja Nagato had encountered was Rōshi, Iwagakure's Four-Tails Jinchuriki.
And most likely, Rōshi had only just fled Iwagakure.
If Mu Yue remembered correctly, Rōshi had also run away in the original story.
It was just that Rōshi had too little presence in the original story, so Mu Yue did not know when or why he had fled.
Although Mu Yue did not know the details behind Rōshi's departure in the original story, he could make some guesses as to why this world's Rōshi had left.
After all, Mu Yue had been the greatest contributor to the crushing defeat of Iwagakure's two-thousand-man ninja force.
He had personally experienced Rōshi entering Perfect Tailed Beast Mode amid the crowd and indiscriminately bombarding everyone with Tailed Beast Bombs.
But Mu Yue had been close enough to know that it had been an order from Iwagakure's command, not some impulsive idea Rōshi had come up with himself.
The problem was that the other Iwagakure ninja might not know that, because Mu Yue had killed every ninja who had been nearby.
It was easy enough to imagine how Rōshi would be treated after returning to Iwagakure.
Forget Iwagakure—even if it were Konoha in its place, Rōshi's ending would not be a good one.
Mu Yue could not speak for the others, but Shimura Danzō would definitely do something ruthless to Rōshi.
Either he would use some method to completely control Rōshi, or he would simply replace the Jinchuriki.
"But tell him that I have matters to attend to lately. I'll only have time to see him after