The Land of Wind was vast.
Its coastline was long, too. Rasa had already spent two days flying along it on his Gold Dust Sand Cushion.
He was still diligently providing Sasori and Deidara with new targets.
By his estimate, this war would be a drawn-out campaign.
The more detailed his intelligence, the greater the results Sasori and Deidara could achieve.
But he had visited many places over the past two days.
He discovered that Sunagakure had designated sites for numerous Seawater Desalination Bases along the coast.
The pits had been dug, but no equipment had been installed.
"Could they have suspended construction out of fear of Deidara and Sasori's bombing?"
Rasa had covered nearly half the Land of Wind's coastline, and almost every site was the same.
Just as he was about to continue scouting,
a green branch suddenly shot up from the ground.
Rasa leaned out to look down. The masked Senju Hiroshi was standing below.
He descended, looking puzzled. "What are you doing here?"
Rasa had been flying the whole time, so finding him had been no easy task.
There was a hint of helplessness in Obito's voice. "Things have changed."
"What changed?"
Rasa had spent the past two days in the sky and had no idea what had happened.
"Yesterday, Pakura and Uchiha Zhengye launched a joint surprise attack on Amegakure. Pain was defeated, Amegakure surrendered, and the Akatsuki was forced to disband."
"Today, Sunagakure issued an announcement saying they had successfully captured Sasori of the Red Sands and Deidara alive."
The corner of Rasa's eye twitched. Unable to believe what he had heard, he dug a finger into his ear.
"What did you say?"
Obito sounded weary. "You heard me. Pain lost to Zhengye, and the Akatsuki has disbanded."
"Deidara and Sasori have been captured