Roshi Attacked

Land of Earth.

In a forest somewhere, someone had built a temporary dwelling.

A little old man was chopping firewood at the entrance.

He wore purple clothes and a breastplate, with the hair at the back tied into a small ponytail and a large beard on his face.

This man was Roshi, Iwagakure's Four-Tails Jinchuriki.

After Natsuki issued his warning, he had returned to Iwagakure.

He had reluctantly stayed there for several months.

But after Obito failed to rob the tomb, the only intelligence that came out was about an attack on the Land of Demons Miko.

After that, there had been no further movement.

Although Ōnoki was no longer as stubborn as he had been in the past, Roshi had grown used to drifting freely like a wild crane in idle clouds.

He did not like staying in the village either, so he had once again set out on his travels.

Still, he was no fool who took no precautions.

"Flutter, flutter..." A messenger bird descended from the sky.

Roshi sighed irritably and reached out to catch the messenger bird.

He opened the scroll tied to the bird's leg.

The scroll was completely blank. Roshi wrote several numbers on it with his finger.

After leaving behind his Chakra mark, he released the messenger bird.

The bird immediately spread its wings and flew away.

This was a messenger bird used to report that he was safe.

As a Jinchuriki, people were always assigned to stay by his side, but his temperament was poor and he disliked having others follow him.

Ōnoki had therefore settled for the next best thing, having Anbu protect him from places where he could not see them.

If danger arose, Roshi could fire a signal flare or use a particularly loud technique.

The distant Anbu could