The Beautiful Woman's Revenge

While Konoha was purging its internal traitors, Iori had already left Konoha with Pakura.

Sandstorm winds filled the sky, and the outline of Sunagakure flickered in and out of view in the distance, like an illusion within a mirage.

"How does it feel to revisit your old home?" Iori's voice drifted through the wind, carrying a hint of teasing.

"I can hardly wait. I hope they're all still alive, so I can kill them with my own hands!" Pakura sneered, her willow-leaf brows rising sharply as vengeance glimmered in her eyes. The killing intent in her heart was plain to see.

During the previous Third Ninja World War, Sunagakure's higher-ups had secretly compromised with Kirigakure in order to secure a ceasefire and focus on dealing with Konoha. They had sold her out to Kirigakure behind her back.

Pakura, the Kazekage candidate and renowned Scorch Release user of the Ninja World, had actually died beneath a barrage of kunai. It was the ultimate humiliation.

No matter what, Pakura could never rest in peace after dying that way.

That was precisely why, after Iori revived her, she had merely taken some time to learn about the current state of the Ninja World before unhesitatingly throwing her lot in with him.

Whether for revenge or for Sunagakure's future, relying on Iori was her best choice. To ensure success, she had even offered up her own future as part of the bargain.

Naturally, Iori accepted without any politeness. This had been one of his purposes in reviving Pakura in the first place.

As a Kazekage candidate, Pakura did not lack prestige. The matter of her betrayal was not known to the public either. The lower-ranking ninja all believed she had been killed by Iwagakure Ninja and had no connection to any conspiracy among the