Araki and Black Bone's trip to the Land of Rivers had come and gone without a sound.
Three days later, after completing their mission, Konoha's newly dispatched courier team went to Oxalis Gold Mountain to search for the missing Yamashiro Aotori. They also grew somewhat suspicious of the two foreign travelers Granny Sansho had mentioned, but with neither descriptions nor names, there was no way to investigate. In the end, they could only give up hastily.
Meanwhile, Araki had already crossed the sea and returned to Kirigakure.
Mizukage's office.
Karatachi Yagura wore the Mizukage Hokage Cloak, with his conical hat resting on the desk. He looked up from a mountain of documents.
"You're back?"
"Mm."
"I've already heard what happened from Kana. But this time, our actions may have gone a little too far."
A hint of helplessness surfaced on Yagura's childish face.
"What do you mean?"
Araki asked in confusion.
"Take a look at this. This is intelligence that just came back from the Land of Lightning. The Third Raikage didn't actually die."
Yagura pushed an intelligence report toward him.
"The Raikage isn't dead?"
Araki picked up the report, feigning shock.
So Obito had still gone down the old path of controlling a Kage!
He sighed inwardly.
"Yeah, he isn't dead..."
Yagura sighed. "Our original intention was to help Kumogakure maintain the balance against Konoha after losing the Third Raikage. But after we got rid of Jiraiya and Namikaze Minato, the Third Raikage came back."
At this point, he paused slightly. His voice dropped, and his expression turned dark and uncertain. "I even suspect that Kumogakure saw through our strategic intentions and deliberately set this up."
"Deliberately set this up? Kumogakure?"
Araki was speechless. "Do they have the brains for that?"
"Although the Raikage has always seemed more like