"Lord Raikage! The latest intelligence from Konoha—Konoha's Hokage, Uchiha Ronglin, has left the village with the Nine-Tails! Their destination is unknown!"
Many people knew that Ronglin had left with the Nine-Tails. Its enormous size made it impossible to conceal, and it had let out roar after roar when it departed. Ronglin had not stopped it, so practically everyone in Konoha knew that their Lord Hokage had left with the Nine-Tails, though no one knew where they had gone.
"What?!"
The moment Ay heard that the Nine-Tails had left Konoha with Ronglin, he shot up from his chair in shock, his expression changing completely.
There was nothing strange about Ronglin leaving the village as its Fourth Hokage. After all, no rule said a Hokage could not leave Konoha. But at a time like this, Ronglin had left Konoha for an unknown destination. Anyone who was not an idiot could guess what he had gone to do, especially since he had taken the Nine-Tails with him.
Normally, the Nine-Tails roamed around the outskirts of Konoha. Over time, people had gradually lowered their guard around it. Now, as long as no one took the initiative to provoke it.
At this point, unless someone had a death wish and deliberately provoked the Nine-Tails, congratulations—they would truly get slapped.
By then, even if they went to complain at the Hokage's Office Building, no one would care.
You knew that thing was terrifying, yet you still went and provoked it. Wasn't that just courting death?
If you went looking for death yourself, who could you blame?
Though the Nine-Tails would not actively attack people, there had been no shortage of cases where it struck back in response. Not long ago, some outsiders had wanted to see the Nine-Tails' true appearance, but their behavior had gone too