"Isn't that what I'm asking too?"
Shikaku's head was spinning, but he still worked quickly. Before long, he had a rough understanding of what was happening in the village.
"Everyone who died on the night of the Nine-Tails' Attack has been resurrected... Something this unbelievable probably has something to do with the Shinobi War underway right now."
"Have communications with the Land of Whirlpools been restored?"
"No. Since the Fourth Round began, neither the Messenger Toad responsible for delivering messages nor the Intelligence Division has responded."
"And none of the people we sent have returned?"
Shikaku frowned as he listened to his subordinate's report.
They had already anticipated that problems might arise during the Shinobi War.
After all, even he didn't know its true purpose.
From the beginning, I thought this plan to involve the entire Shinobi World in a Shinobi War sounded more like bait. But what are they trying to catch...?
As Shikaku pondered this, a Jonin hurried over.
"Urgent report!"
"Communications with the Land of Whirlpools have been restored!"
"The roster for the sixth round of the Shinobi War is out!"
Shikaku, who had been dealing with the village's sudden crisis, hurried to check it. The names before him were somewhat unexpected.
"The sixth round... No members of Konoha or Reshape are participating?"
The Land of Whirlpools, the Shinobi War battlefield.
The sixth-round roster—
Iwagakure, Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki.
Kumogakure, Fourth Raikage A.
Kirigakure, Fourth Mizukage Mei Terumi...
The Kage of the other three Shinobi Villages, along with several contestants who were quite famous in the Shinobi World.
"Not only is no one from Konoha participating, but the Reshape Organization isn't making any moves either?"
The question came to Shikaku instinctively, but he soon realized—
Though he had no conclusive evidence, the change in the sixth-round roster