People from the Akatsuki Are Not Welcome

Even though Naruto, Kurenai Yuhi, and the others desperately did not want to believe it, the news that Houka had become a Missing-nin still spread at an astonishing speed.

Sunagakure, Iwagakure... Takigakure, Kusagakure... the Land of Hot Water, the Land of Iron... the Black Market, Akatsuki...

In less than half a month, Houka's name once again resounded throughout the Ninja World—but this time, as an S-rank Missing-nin!

"Is the information confirmed?"

In Kumogakure, the Fourth Raikage A was overjoyed when he heard the news.

During the Third Great Ninja War, he and Killer B had led a large force of Cloud Ninja in an invasion of Konoha, only to be stopped by Minato Namikaze and Houka. Though their several clashes had seen victories and defeats on both sides, the grudge had been forged.

Previously, because Houka had been a Konoha ninja and bound by the peace treaty, A had been unable to specifically target him. But now that he had defected from Konoha, A could naturally dispatch Kumogakure Anbu to hunt him down!

"Fourth, the information has been confirmed!" the Anbu ninja in charge of gathering intelligence responded respectfully.

"Excellent!"

A clapped his hands together and was about to send Anbu to the Land of Fire to hunt him down.

But then his expression turned serious as he pondered it.

He was now the Raikage of Kumogakure. Looking at the matter from the standpoint of an entire village, killing Uchiha Houka would not actually benefit Kumogakure much.

On the other hand, if they captured Uchiha Houka... wouldn't his precious Sharingan Kekkei Genkai and the Three-Tails Isobu both belong to Kumogakure?!

A immediately changed the order from pursuit and execution to capture!

The Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki of Iwagakure and the Fourth Kazekage Rasa of Sunagakure shared the same thought!

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