The Mysterious Person

After all, he intended to deliberately scheme against Naruto and the other two to provoke everyone in Hoshigakure, especially those children who were still practicing the Mysterious Peacock Method.

By provoking them and making them train even harder, he could achieve his goal more quickly.

Besides, he truly did not mind if the three of them were capable enough to get rid of that mysterious person.

In fact, he already had some rough guesses about the mysterious person's identity, but he did not say them aloud.

Saying it might only create unnecessary complications. It was better to let both sides fight in confusion!

As for them, they only needed to silently protect that meteorite.

According to Akaboshi's observations, that meteorite seemed to be on the verge of reaching his intended goal.

He would never allow anyone to snatch food from a tiger's mouth at a time like this.

As for whether achieving his goal would provoke retaliation—especially if, through one careless mistake, the three Konoha genin were buried here—

Whether Konoha would directly slaughter all of Hoshigakure.

Well, sorry, but to be honest, he had no interest whatsoever in that kind of power.

He had already made plans. Once he achieved his goal,

Anyone who dared stand in his way would be dealt with.

After he left, whatever happened to Hoshigakure would no longer be his concern.

It was not that he wanted to abandon Hoshigakure of his own accord. The real reason was that

Although Hoshigakure had always followed the teachings of the first generation and maintained the position of Star Shadow because of its unique qualities,

That position was extremely taboo in the ninja world.

Thus, they did not dare interact much with the outside world. After all, no country liked dealing with a ninja village that thought