Only a few seconds after Shin Uchiha and his group disappeared, a flash of blue lightning streaked through the area. A gust of wind rose, and a tall, powerfully built man appeared.
Blue lightning still coiled around the Raikage's body. Together with the immense chakra radiating from him, it made his white robe billow as though battered by fierce winds.
But the Raikage paid no attention to any of that. His hawklike eyes swept fiercely over the surroundings before finally settling on the kunai lying on the ground.
At that moment, the Raikage opened his hand as well. He had been gripping another kunai tightly in his palm, and a few small words were written on it.
"Village entrance, 500 meters southwest. Urgent."
Just moments earlier, the Raikage had been impatiently working in his office when a kunai suddenly dropped onto his desk, landing directly before his eyes.
From the way the kunai had appeared, the Raikage knew Mabui had sent it using the Heavenly Transfer Technique.
And knowing Mabui as he did, she would never have sent him a message this way unless she had run into something extremely difficult to handle.
That was precisely why, after reading the words on the kunai, the Raikage had immediately activated the Lightning Release Armor Technique and rushed over.
Unfortunately, it seemed the Raikage had arrived too late after all. All that remained for him here was an ordinary kunai. There was no trace of Mabui, nor any indication of what had happened to her.
Still, the Raikage refused to let the matter rest. Once he confirmed Mabui was missing, he immediately put the entire village on a war footing, leaving even the whole Land of Clouds on edge.
Unfortunately, Shin Uchiha and his group had long since left the Land of