Anbu Squad Six, three ninja.
After waiting several days, they still saw no sign of their squad leader, Gui.
Fortunately, the mission had been completed successfully.
The three sent the news back to Konoha.
They reported that the Third Raikage had survived after fighting ten thousand Rock Ninja alone.
Only Gui knew the details.
To find out how the Third Raikage had fought against ten thousand Rock Ninja, they would have to find Gui first.
And because Gui had disappeared,
her contact... Hyuga Sho, who was undercover in Kumogakure,
had also temporarily lost contact.
The remaining three members of Anbu Squad Six lacked Gui's A-rank Earth Release: Camouflage Invisibility stealth technique.
All they could do was worry helplessly.
When the intelligence finally reached Konoha and landed on Hiruzen Sarutobi's desk,
Hiruzen Sarutobi summoned the Konoha High Command and convened an emergency meeting.
First, they were relieved that the threat posed by ten thousand Rock Ninja had vanished.
Konoha had finally escaped the crisis of national destruction and extermination.
But...
A thousand Rock Ninja had still returned to Iwagakure.
The situation in the Third Shinobi World War had become clear.
Sunagakure had signed a Ceasefire Agreement with Konoha, which had frightened them into submission.
Kirigakure had also stabilized after Might Duy and Hyuga Sho dealt a devastating blow to the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, Nakayoshi, and Ao.
With thousands of Kumogakure ninja returning to defend their village, they probably wouldn't dare come out for a while because of Iwagakure's surprise attack.
Iwagakure...
Amegakure...
At present, only these two threats remained.
"Rizhan, our most urgent task is to find a way to obtain the whereabouts of those thousand-odd Rock Ninja..."
At the meeting,
Shimura Danzō spoke up.
According to the High Command's earlier deductions, if Iwagakure launched a final war, the situation would