War Forced to Halt! [Third Update, Request for Full Subscription]

"Who the hell did this?!!"

Rasa had no clue whatsoever. Even the shrewd, worldly-wise Grandma Chiyo was stunned. Their own stronghold, Sunagakure, had been reduced to this state, yet they did not even know who had done it!!!

If word got out, they would be the laughingstock of the world.

Unfortunately, among the Five Great Shinobi Villages, only Konoha had paid any attention to Akatsuki, and even then, it was only Hiko and the others who had done so. Everyone else was in much the same situation. Now, the Six Paths of Pain had stormed into Sunagakure dressed in Akatsuki uniforms, seized the One-Tail, killed countless Sunagakure ninja, and wrecked the village beyond recognition. Yet aside from knowing that the enemy was powerful, consisted of six people, wore certain clothing, looked strange, and possessed some of their abilities, Sunagakure knew absolutely nothing about them.

How were they supposed to investigate without a single lead?

Rasa was practically going mad. He wanted nothing more than to drag out the Intelligence Department and beat them senseless, then whip their corpses again. Something like this had happened—had everyone in the Intelligence Department been eating shit?

If this kept up, what was the point of the village raising them? Did the Intelligence Department even have any reason to exist?

In truth, the Intelligence Department had been somewhat wronged. The intelligence divisions of the Five Great Shinobi Villages mainly kept watch on their own villages and the other major shinobi villages. Even Konoha was no exception. As for those small shinobi villages, hardly anyone paid them much attention.

Even in Konoha, if Hiko had not taken Akatsuki seriously, would anyone else have paid attention to them?

Especially during wartime, the Intelligence Department had naturally been focused on gathering information beneficial to the village and the