Unlike the other ninja villages, which merely treated Jinchuriki as weapons of war, Kumogakure, influenced by the Third Raikage and by the Jinchuriki's own actions, had undergone a tremendous shift in its attitude toward Jinchuriki.
They had begun to stop treating Jinchuriki as mere tools and instead tried to regard them as true comrades.
By the Fourth Raikage's generation, most of Kumogakure's ninja had already accepted Jinchuriki in their hearts. The Fourth Raikage himself had even sworn brotherhood with Killer B, the Eight-Tails' Jinchuriki.
Perhaps he had initially approached Killer B only to form a combination, but after so many years together, the two had long since forged a deep bond.
The Fourth Raikage placed immense value on this younger brother of his.
Yet at this moment, someone was even more anxious over Killer B's disappearance than he was: a White Zetsu clone.
The instant Kakashi used the Flying Thunder God to take Killer B away, the White Zetsu clone that had been hiding in the shadows and observing could no longer remain calm.
The Tailed Beasts were their most important resource at present, especially the Eight-Tails.
If they could not obtain the Nine-Tails, then the Eight-Tails, whose chakra reserves far surpassed those of the other Tailed Beasts, was intended to be fed to the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path by Zetsu as its main course.
But if Kakashi took the Eight-Tails to Konoha now, things would become extremely troublesome.
Upon seeing this, the clone immediately relayed the news that Kakashi had taken the Eight-Tails' Jinchuriki to Zetsu, while sending another White Zetsu clone to quickly approach Orochimaru, who was controlling the Third Raikage's body.
Buzz!
Just then, the sound of space trembling rang out, and two figures slowly appeared.
One had silver hair and a black mask—it was