Return to the Village! An Eerie Atmosphere!

"The Hokage is right. Rather than search aimlessly, we should guard our own tailed beasts and jinchūriki. As long as Akatsuki's plans do not change, they will show themselves sooner or later."

Mei Terumi was the first to step forward in support of Yan.

She did not want to cast aside the village's affairs and run around dealing with this mess either.

Having clues and intelligence was one thing, but with nothing at all, what the hell were they supposed to search for?

Besides, you two old bastards had such sour faces when you were trampling on others. Now you knew to seek cooperation?

If you want to search, go search yourselves. Kirigakure would not participate.

"Sunagakure also has many matters that require my personal attention. The village cannot provide much help with this."

Rasa also made his stance clear. He could barely deal with his own mess, so who the hell had the mind to worry about Akatsuki?

With Yan, Mei Terumi, and Rasa stating their positions one after another, Ōnoki and A knew this matter could not be discussed any further.

The two could only end things regretfully.

Yan did not completely shut down every possibility either, and offered a small suggestion.

"Although the proposal to search the entire world for Akatsuki is not ideal, the Five Great Shinobi Villages should still communicate and exchange information more often. We should establish some reliable means of communication. If Akatsuki cannot resist making a move, we can ask the other villages for aid. Without suitable communication methods, the enemy could come knocking at our door and we would not even have anyone to ask for help."

"Do not forget that Akatsuki is very strong. They possess the power to crush an entire village. Even among the Five Great Shinobi Villages,