Four-Tails Jinchūriki? Nothing Special

A piece of special intelligence reached the Third Raikage. He decisively left the battlefield with several guards and took a detour into the Land of Earth.

In the Land of Earth, within a small valley near the border with the Land of Rain.

After a fierce argument with Tsuchikage Ōnoki over their conflicting ideals, Roshi had withdrawn directly from the battlefield.

After leaving the battlefield, he had not returned to Iwagakure. Still angry, he did not want to see Ōnoki's unpleasant face again.

So Roshi had found a secluded place to live.

He did not want to return to the village, nor did he want anyone from the village to find him.

Roshi had already lived in this secluded place for some time.

Today, several uninvited guests arrived in the valley.

"Third Raikage..."

Seeing the visitors, Roshi recognized the man's identity at a glance.

He truly had not expected the Third Raikage to leave the battlefield at a time like this, travel all the way into the Land of Earth, and track down his residence.

It seems my whereabouts were exposed long ago.

Only upon seeing the Third Raikage did Roshi realize that his whereabouts had been exposed—and exposed to the enemy, at that.

Otherwise, the Third Raikage could not possibly have appeared here.

As for why the Third Raikage had come all the way to the Land of Earth and appeared before Roshi, there was no need to think about it. He had come for Roshi, a Jinchūriki.

"Roshi, it has been a long time."

Standing atop a boulder, the Third Raikage crossed his arms and looked down at Roshi below.

Meanwhile, the Third Raikage's guards quickly spread out and blocked every possible exit from the valley.

The Third Raikage had come all this way for the sole purpose