"You've already become my spoils of war, so my first order to you is to return to Iwagakure immediately and find a way to protect yourselves and your village."
Just as Ōnoki and the others thought they had submitted to Hyuga Chiba and that this incident should temporarily come to an end, Chiba's expression tightened slightly as he issued them an order.
In theory, after obtaining the Four-Tails, Five-Tails, Seven-Tails, the Chakra of the Iwa Ninja, and Iwagakure's submission, Chiba had no reason to stay. He should have used Flying Thunder God to leave.
However, he had not forgotten that he still had an agreement with a certain organization.
"What do you mean?"
Ōnoki was somewhat bewildered. "What do you mean by protecting ourselves and the village?"
"Could it be that the Otsutsuki Clan you mentioned has appeared so soon?"
"Old man, did you forget that the Otsutsuki Clan isn't the only threat in the Ninja World?" At that moment, Deidara rode over on the Clay Bird and replied, "The reason I went to the Land of Wind before was to recruit Hyuga Chiba into Akatsuki."
"Hyuga Chiba refused, and even made Sasori and me join under his command instead. Akatsuki will inevitably try to kill him because of that."
"And since his next destination at the time was the Land of Earth, he took the initiative to make an agreement with Akatsuki that their next battlefield would be the Land of Earth."
"You may not know this, but Akatsuki's leader, Pain, possesses the Rinnegan, which is on the same level as the Tenseigan and was said to have belonged to the Sage of Six Paths."
"You've just finished a battle and don't have much Chakra left. You should leave this place as soon as possible, hm!"
"Akatsuki, the Rinnegan..."