Land of Iron.
Moryo chased the Konoha group south, but under the protection of Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Uzumaki Kushina, it was extremely difficult for him to strike directly at Shrine Maiden Miroku.
After all, half of Moryo's combat power lay with the Ghost Army, and he himself was better suited to large-scale warfare.
In a one-on-one battle involving fewer than ten people, he always felt like he could not put his strength to use.
Therefore, after observing for a while, Araki cut off the [Demon Eye] over there and gently shook his head. "There's no opening on the Nine-Tails' side."
"Then let's choose Iwagakure. Perfect—we still have a score to settle with them!"
Karatachi Yagura made the decision, choosing their target from the remaining Cloud Village and Iwagakure.
This decision received strong support from Kisame Hoshigaki and the others.
Araki could understand their thinking as well.
Ever since its founding, Kirigakure had spent most of its time isolated from the outside world. Due to its geographical location and national policy, it rarely clashed with other villages.
Thus, the death of the Second Mizukage was a blood feud they could remember for a lifetime.
Iwagakure was almost exactly the same in this regard.
Although Iwagakure often clashed with Sunagakure and Cloud Village along their borders, the only incident that truly involved major casualties was what happened to the Second Tsuchikage.
Therefore, their hatred for Kirigakure was no less profound.
And now, Iwagakure had just lost its leader, the Third Tsuchikage. If they did not strike now, when would they?
Of course, the current overall situation was that the five villages were united against the Dream Organization. Kirigakure could not be the first to step forward and disrupt the bigger picture.
Thus, the Third Kazekage, who had just left the Five Kage