The battle between the Five-Tails' Jinchuriki and Kisame Hoshigaki caused a tremendous commotion, especially the explosion of the Tailed Beast Bomb, whose sound carried nearly dozens of kilometers away.
Quite a few Iwagakure shinobi who were nearby rushed over to investigate.
They immediately discovered the traces of battle left at the scene, as well as a little girl lying unconscious not far away.
A Jonin from Iwagakure who had been leading a team on a mission outside felt a sense of foreboding. With his experience, he recognized the lingering battle marks and chakra aura at a glance as Han's.
An unfamiliar Kage Level expert had fought the Jinchuriki on the soil of the Land of Earth!
Unable to make a decision, he abandoned the mission he had been carrying out, took the unconscious girl with him, and hurried back to Iwagakure.
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"Lord Tsuchikage! Jonin Shizhi wishes to see you. He says he has something extremely urgent to report!"
An Iwagakure ANBU directly under the Tsuchikage's command knocked on the door to Ōnoki's office.
"Shizhi? Wasn't he leading a team outside the village on a mission? He came back so quickly."
Sitting in his chair, Ōnoki pounded his aching lower back and looked at the ANBU ninja with a puzzled expression.
"Let him in."
Having received permission, the ANBU hurried downstairs. Before long, he returned with Shizhi following behind him.
What puzzled Ōnoki was that Shizhi was carrying a noisy little girl over his shoulder.
"I want to see the Kage! I want to see the Kage! It's really important!" the girl kept shouting, her tiny fists continuously hammering Shizhi's back.
"Quiet down, brat. Do not act recklessly before Lord Tsuchikage!"
The ANBU beside them stepped forward with a warning. The faint chakra he released frightened Zi Luo into silence.