At that moment, in the Hokage Office, Naruto asked in confusion, "What's going on, Granny Tsunade? Where is everyone else? Where did Captain Yamato, Sakura, and Sai go? Even Sister Shizune isn't here? Wasn't there supposed to be an exploration mission?"
Tsunade looked at Naruto with a grave expression. "Yesterday, Kumogakure was attacked by Akatsuki. The Raikage lost an arm, and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki was captured. According to the information Li Feiyu sent over, the one responsible was Pain. Pain with the Rinnegan. Nagato made his move personally."
Naruto's pupils trembled. Captured... Killer B had been captured. The perfect Eight-Tails Jinchuriki had been taken by Nagato. This... this was the major change that had happened because of him.
"Captured?" The Nine-Tails frowned. That Killer B, who always said strange things, had just been captured like that?
"Then... was the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki rescued?" Naruto asked in a low voice.
Tsunade pinched the bridge of her nose, looking terribly troubled. "He came back. That Eight-Tails Jinchuriki is called Killer B. Although the Eight-Tails was taken, Killer B escaped back. But Kisame Hoshigaki severely injured him. He probably won't be able to be a ninja anymore."
"I see... so that's how it was?" Naruto's expression was complicated. The butterfly effect... Killer B was a perfect Jinchuriki. The Eight-Tails could leave behind the chakra from one of its octopus tentacles, so Killer B would not die even if the Tailed Beast was extracted. But now...
"Don't worry, Naruto!" the Nine-Tails' voice rang out in Naruto's mind.
The Nine-Tails said, "As long as that Gyūki returns to his body, that lousy rapper will recover."
"Is that so? Then I'm relieved." Naruto let out a sigh of relief inwardly.
Naruto then asked seriously, "Granny Tsunade, in that case, are the Five Great Ninja Villages going to