I'm Done Hiding It

Rasa was now convinced that Tsukimi and Orochimaru had been toying with Sunagakure from the start. Faced with their blatant provocation, he stopped hesitating. He raised his radio and ordered the investigation team to redeploy.

"Pass on my orders. Have the laboratory guards relieve you and hold the entrance to the supply passage. Don't let the enemy double back. Every member of the investigation team is to head for the main battlefield immediately and join the encirclement."

He switched the radio to the guards' channel and gave them the same orders.

With the base secured, there was no point keeping so many people inside. Orochimaru and Tsukimi knew the secret of the Living Puppets. If word got out, Rasa would face pressure from the Shinobi World's four great nations, especially the Third Tsuchikage and the Third Raikage.

Those two rotten old men were trouble!

Worse, he had plotted against Ninja from his own village. If that came to light, he could forget becoming Kazekage. He might not even be allowed to stay in the village.

Rasa could almost see it: the Third Kazekage demanding answers, his fellow Ninja looking at him with disgust.

He could not let either of them leave today!

Rasa's eyes reddened. He ordered his forces to advance at full speed and pursue the retreating Tsukimi and Orochimaru. Once the investigation team arrived, they would join forces and surround the two in the mountain forest.

Rasa's orders rang clearly across the entire base over the radio, shattering its defensive arrangement in an instant.

As ordered, the investigation team guarding the supply passage withdrew as soon as the guards arrived. They joined the members stationed outside the archives and raced toward the forest at the front line. The guards who had been responsible for the laboratory took over