The Second Matter of Their Agreement

Ōnoki looked at the four reply letters on the table and could not help cursing, "Now that it's come down to this, they're finally getting anxious one by one."

Thinking about what had happened before made Ōnoki furious. He had already sensed that something was about to change. Though there had been a slight discrepancy, it was nothing worth dwelling on. Yet not one of them had taken it seriously, and they had not even taken Ōnoki's name seriously. It was truly outrageous.

After the commotion caused by the Akatsuki Organization and Uchiha Qingfeng a few days earlier, all the ninja villages had finally realized the severity of the situation.

What had been confirmed was the loss of the One-Tail, Four-Tails, Five-Tails, Seven-Tails, and Nine-Tails. There was still no news of the Six-Tails, so it could tentatively be assumed that it had already fallen victim as well.

The only villages that still had Tailed Beasts were the Hidden Mist and Kumogakure. What needed to be done now was to protect the remaining Jinchuriki first.

"Lord Tsuchikage, the Raikage has arrived at the village entrance."

Even before things had become this serious, the Raikage had shown great interest in joining forces to eliminate Uchiha Qingfeng. When he saw that those thieves had actually dared to invade Kumogakure, he truly could not endure it. He could not wait to destroy that organization.

Ōnoki had known from the start that this Raikage was wildly ambitious, but he had never taken it to heart. Though there were some minor grudges between them, they were small issues that could easily be resolved and were not worth starting an all-out war over.

The Raikage had always had his sights set on Konoha. As long as Konoha was destroyed, Kumogakure would become the leader of the Ninja