Hearing the Fourth Kazekage's voice turn shrill with panic, Raikage Ai's body suddenly stiffened. He whirled around.
The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path had Killer B tightly bound in chains, steadily dragging him toward its mouth.
"B!"
Raikage Ai's expression changed drastically. His figure vanished from the spot as he charged toward the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
Ever since learning that Killer B had been abducted, he had foreseen this moment. Even after discovering that Uchiha Madara was the mastermind behind everything, Raikage Ai had been the one fighting the most desperately.
"Ra-Raikage..."
Watching the Fourth Raikage disappear, Rasa opened his mouth on instinct, but in the end, he did not speak his words of restraint. Instead, he turned his gaze toward the arriving Jiraiya.
"Clean enough appearance, abundant Chakra..."
He looked Jiraiya up and down, his expression hostile. "They say Shimura Danzō had a hand in the Eight-Tails being lost. The Akatsuki leader was personally under your watch, yet now he is in the enemy's hands. And then there's this Fourth Shinobi World War started by the Uchiha clansmen..."
If the circumstances had been different, Rasa would have really wanted to curse.
From beginning to end, this Ninja World War had been inseparable from Konoha.
The Akatsuki leader—Konoha had killed his parents. Orochimaru—Konoha had driven him out of the village. Uchiha Madara—the First Hokage had killed him. Uchiha Obito—Konoha had sent him on the Kannabi Bridge mission, which was practically a death sentence. Put another way, this was a war started by ninjas persecuted by Konoha!! Tch! Seeing the Kazekage's hesitant expression, Jiraiya came to a stop with his feet together, roughly guessing what the other man wanted to ask.
Sigh!
Jiraiya sighed inwardly and explained dejectedly, "At the time, all my attention was on Uchiha