Kumogakure.
A delegated nearly all the arrangements for his men to his subordinates.
Taking the sensory ninja C with him, he searched the places around Kumogakure where Killer B might turn up.
Sure enough, in a forest, A found Killer B learning to rap from Goldie-sensei.
"Uh... at this point, I should..."
"Right! Put some feeling into it! Feeling, understand?"
Goldie-sensei was teaching Killer B with boundless enthusiasm.
Suddenly, Big Raccoon seemed to spot something and began trembling all over.
Goldie-sensei saw something too, and the soulful singing cut off abruptly.
"Huh? Sensei, what are you two looking a..."
Before Killer B could turn around, a powerful, enormous hand seized his head and slammed it straight into the snow!
"Ah! That's Big Brother's strength!"
The familiar force came crashing down, and Killer B felt his back take an elbow strike head-on!
"Big Brother! Big Brother, I was wrong!"
He didn't even need to make a point of sensing the strength or chakra.
No one but Big Brother would beat him like this.
Gyuki had, of course, noticed A's arrival long ago, but he rather enjoyed watching Killer B suffer, so he hadn't told him.
"You idiot! You're in danger now!
Come back to the village with me. I have a new mission for you!"
"A new mission?"
Konoha.
After returning to the village, Minato immediately sent people to convene a Jonin meeting without another word.
Almost every prominent figure in the village rushed to the large conference room.
Veteran Jonin such as Tsunade and Dan Katō, along with Jiraiya, who was teaching Naruto in the village, and Orochimaru, who had been conducting experiments, all headed to the conference room.
Minato Namikaze sat at the head of the table, with Senju Nawaki and Xuanhui seated on either side.
Once nearly