"Lady Shion!"
The two maids who had been keeping watch heard the commotion in the room and hurried inside.
The maids helped Shion get dressed and asked with concern, "Did Lady Shion have another nightmare? Were your training sessions with the priests too exhausting?"
The other maid said worriedly, "Lady Shion, you don't need to train so desperately. Mōryō has already been destroyed by you and Lord Naruto."
Shion shook her head and said, "I no longer need bells to restrain my power. As the shrine maiden of the Land of Demons, I can't just sit around and wait."
After getting dressed, Shion instructed the maids, "Bring Tōji here. I have something important to discuss."
"Yes, Lady Shion!" One of the maids hurried away.
Shion's violet eyes glimmered with stubborn determination as she murmured, "Naruto, I wonder how you're doing now. But I'll be coming to find you soon. It's been so long, and you haven't even sent me a single letter. This time, I'm going to Konoha to find you myself. Hmph..."
At the same time, Kumogakure in the Land of Lightning was filled with burning flames. The Six Paths of Pain strolled away leisurely, while Pain of the Asura Path extended steel wires from his palm and bound Killer B.
Deva Path Pain said coldly, "The Eight-Tails is in our hands, but the Two-Tails isn't in Kumogakure."
A White Zetsu emerged from the ground and said with a smile, "It isn't. The Two-Tails Jinchuriki left on a mission and isn't in the village. What bad timing."
Deva Path Pain said, "A mission? Where did she go?"
White Zetsu said, "I don't know... It was a classified mission. Pain, with things blown up this badly, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki will probably go into hiding too. We came at the wrong