Tamura Hiroshi allowed the three Tailed Beasts to live in the village, but he also gave them one instruction: keep their tails tucked away and stop making themselves so conspicuous that everyone immediately thought of Tailed Beasts.
### Especially the Nine-Tails. Konoha should have gone nearly mad by now, searching everywhere for traces of Uzumaki Naruto and the Nine-Tails.
### Konoha really had gone mad—or, more accurately, Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others who knew the truth were on the verge of madness.
### They had never imagined that, before the Kumogakure envoy incident was resolved, their own Nine-Tails Jinchuriki would disappear—and on the very same night. They had no choice but to suspect that Kumogakure had launched a diversion.
### After all, how could such a coincidence exist? The Hyuga clan heiress had also been replaced and made to vanish right under their noses. All of this proved that Kumogakure possessed methods far beyond their understanding.
### Not to mention that Kumogakure had kidnapped Uzumaki Kushina years ago. Although Konoha had played a part in that scheme, Kumogakure had ultimately succeeded. Even the Third Raikage had personally appeared and forcibly taken her away.
### "Hiruzen, let's go to war."
### Shimura Danzō, who had just returned, looked at his old comrade and proposed war against Kumogakure once more.
### He said nothing about their previous scheme against the Hyuga Clan, but he genuinely could not tolerate the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki being stolen this time.
### They had to reclaim the Nine-Tails as quickly as possible!
### "How are things in the eastern theater?"
### After drawing in a breath of smoke, Hiruzen Sarutobi asked about the eastern theater.
### "Kirigakure suffered heavy losses after the coup and is now withdrawing across the board, practically sealing itself off. No one from there