New Teammate (Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader Dongfang o Bubai)

"Thank you all for your support. But as you can see, after you left, we ran into an enormous problem."

The Fourth Kazekage once again welcomed Xu Yue and his group back.

Although Shukaku's loss was deeply concerning, and an elite squad had also been lost, Gaara had at least been successfully rescued!

Because of the mysterious person who had previously attacked the village, the Fourth Kazekage's expectations for this operation had already been quite low.

Among those people in Black with Red Clouds robes were beings of such terrifying strength that even failing to rescue Gaara and suffering total annihilation would have seemed normal.

What more could he say about this outcome?

Looking at the wreckage and ruins that had once been Sunagakure, Naruto and the others were shocked as well. They could not imagine what had happened to turn the village into this state.

"It seems we need to reassess that organization."

Advisor Yue spoke as well, his tone carrying a trace of gravity.

And so, in that atmosphere, the group once again set off for Konoha, preparing to report the gains from this mission as well as the intelligence concerning Orochimaru...

"Orochimaru will probably appear at Tenchi Bridge in about half a month? That is indeed rather concerning."

Tsunade lounged casually in the Hokage's chair, rubbing her chin with one hand as if pondering something.

The miserable state Sunagakure had been left in after the attack had greatly shocked even Tsunade.

Konoha was indeed stronger than Sunagakure, and it also had an expert like Lord Yue, who had nearly swept through Kumogakure alone, standing guard.

But the mysterious being who had attacked Sunagakure likely possessed strength equal to, or even exceeding, Lord Yue's!

In such a short time, Sunagakure had been nearly completely destroyed!

This...

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