"What do you mean, after some time?"
Jiraiya seemed to understand something. After a slight pause, he continued, "You plan to find an opportunity to make a move against Naruto in the coming war, don't you? And what do you mean by everyone? You don't just want to capture Naruto alone?"
As one of the Sannin, he knew something about Kumogakure's actions against Konoha. Their words clearly meant that they would return once the war began.
Kisame was slightly taken aback. He glanced at Itachi and said in a surprised tone, "Itachi-san, it would be better not to tell them too much."
"You're right. Let's go." Itachi could not reveal too much either, so he immediately threw down a smoke bomb and retreated.
Yamato coughed several times. He had been unable to breathe inside the water prison just now, but he slowly recovered.
He stood beside Jiraiya and asked in confusion, "Lord Jiraiya, are we just letting them go?"
Jiraiya's gaze was very calm, yet Yamato could not understand it.
Jiraiya explained, "That organization is called Akatsuki. I've been investigating them for a long time. There are more than just those two; nearly all of them are extremely dangerous people. If we leave them here now, we'll only alert them. Since we've discovered them this time, I'm going to track them down and find their base!"
"I see. But what about the village?"
"Help me explain it. Naruto will be in your care for now. Tell him to train properly."
"Yes, I understand."
After making all the arrangements, Jiraiya used the Body Flicker Technique and left.
The scene returned to the Sound Village.
A Kamui vortex appeared, flinging out four people. They were Feng Yao and the others, who had just returned from Kusagakure.
They had needed to travel on