But after Kinkaku and Ginkaku gave chase, Shukaku burrowed into the Nara Desert and melded with the surrounding sands.
The Nara Desert was the largest desert in the Land of Wind, covering an area as vast as the entire Land of Water.
Trying to find any trace of Shukaku in that boundless desert was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Kinkaku and Ginkaku could not possibly search the vast desert for Ryobu like idiots. They subdued the criminals of Zeizewa and formed their own rogue ninja band—the Raider Horn.
"Raider" meant plundering and harassing, and combined with the brothers' "horns," it became Raider Horn.
In addition to the criminals they had subdued in Zeizewa, villains from across the Land of Wind flocked to the brothers after hearing that the legendary Kinkaku and Ginkaku had appeared.
They formed a band of vicious criminals numbering over a thousand.
Ginkaku casually tossed the bones he had finished gnawing on aside and said in frustration, "I say we stop looking for that brat Uchiha Ryobu."
"Our Raider Horn has gathered hundreds of rogue ninja. Why not just head to Sand Village and slaughter to our hearts' content?"
"With the Nine-Tails' Power, the Sand Village's Kazekage won't be our match."
Kinkaku shook his head. "Ginkaku, this is no longer the chaotic era we came from. The Ninja Sect's influence is enormous."
"If we attack Sand Village, they will definitely ask Leaf Village for aid. And that guy Senju Tobirama has the Flying Thunder God Technique—he can reach Sand Village very quickly."
Ginkaku snorted. "I'm not afraid of Tobirama. If we brothers could kill him once, we can kill him a second time."
Leaning against the rocky wall of the cave, Kinkaku said, "We don't need to fear Tobirama, but Kushina is the Nine-Tails