Back home, Naruto eagerly tore open the envelope.
The letter contained only simple greetings, talk of not having seen each other for a long time, and other such disguised words of thanks.
After Naruto infused the letter with the Nine-Tails' chakra, the writing on it suddenly shifted, forming a sealing formula.
This was a coded message specially designed by Killer B, one that could only be opened with a Tailed Beast's chakra.
Naruto undid the seal. As the smoke dispersed, he found a map and another letter.
"Is this... that stubborn Raikage uncle still unwilling to form an alliance of the Five Great Nations?" Naruto asked as he opened the envelope.
"Oh, rap, stubborn big bro, cannot communicate, Naruto, you can only go yourself, depart from Land of Frost, Turtle Island Waterfall, yo!"
With that rapping rhythm lingering in his mind, Naruto looked over the map again.
A red line was drawn across the map. It started from the waters of the Land of Frost, circled around, and reached the offshore region near the Land of Lightning. The marked location was Turtle Island.
Killer B had always urged the Fourth Raikage to unite the Five Great Nations against the Akatsuki. However, the Fourth Raikage, A, was incredibly stubborn. Especially after the Akatsuki's Immortal Duo had failed, he did not take the Akatsuki seriously at all. In A's eyes, threats like Konoha and Iwagakure were far greater than the Akatsuki.
Killer B and Yugito had been keeping watch over the situation outside. Many Jinchuriki had already been captured. Only after Killer B had finally arranged everything properly did he secretly hand these things over to Naruto.
"Sigh! That hot-tempered Raikage uncle... no, people from the past were really stubborn. You could pull them and they wouldn't move, but once a ghost