"That man is reckless!"
"How could he just run off alone like that?"
"I just got here. I heard a noise—huh?! That hole... did someone upset Lord Raikage again?"
The Raikage's office building stood atop a mountain peak, and his office sat at the bottom of the structure, which resembled a temple suspended in midair. Now the enraged Fourth Raikage had smashed a gaping hole through it on his way out. The Kumogakure Ninja still inside stared at the clouds swirling beyond the opening and sighed helplessly. All they could do was find a way to follow him.
A white-haired, dark-skinned beauty was gathering the scattered documents from the wreckage of his desk. She was the Fourth Raikage's secretary. Someone beside her asked, "You said Yugito sent a request for help. Mabui, what happened that even Yugito couldn't handle?"
Mabui answered evenly, "A joint attack by Konoha Ninja and the Akatsuki Organization."
"Konoha Ninja?"
"Akatsuki? That mercenary organization made up entirely of S-Rank wanted criminals? What are they after?"
"Did Konoha hire the Akatsuki Organization—"
"Those Konoha bastards! Are they trying to start the Fourth Great Ninja War?!"
The ninja erupted in outrage. Others hurried to ask, "Mabui, where is Yugito staying?" "Darui, count me in for the support squad!" "We can keep up!"
"Forget about whether we can keep up—"
Darui, whose dark skin matched the Raikage's, had a "Lightning" tattoo on his left shoulder and a "Water" tattoo on his right. He said flatly, "By the time we've put a squad together, the boss's fist might already be in the enemy's face."
Still sorting the documents without looking up, Mabui replied, "Yugito's latest hideout is the Abandoned Temple at our seven o'clock."
The others exchanged startled looks. If they remembered right, that Abandoned Temple was nearly a hundred