As he listened to his subordinate's report, the Fourth Raikage frowned in irritation. A violent storm seemed to brew between his brows as he snapped:
"Those damned Uchiha, stirring up trouble at a time like this! Back when they moved out of Konoha, if I'd been able to find them, I would have joined forces with that scheming old bastard Ōnoki and wiped the Uchiha Clan off the face of the Shinobi World."
After saying this, the Fourth Raikage looked at his subordinate, who seemed hesitant to speak, and demanded impatiently:
"What else do you have to report? Why are you standing there dithering?"
The Fourth Raikage was far from satisfied with this subordinate, either.
For some reason, people had kept disappearing from Kumogakure over the years, and every one of them had been among his most capable aides.
First, Yugito, the Two-Tails jinchūriki, had mysteriously disappeared during an attack on the village. Even after more than half of Kumogakure had been sent out to search for her, they had failed to find a single trace.
Then the Mysterious Man had attacked his younger brother-Killer B, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki-and two of his top officers, Samui and Mabui, had also mysteriously disappeared.
Although Killer B had later regained consciousness, the Mysterious Man had erased his memories of the attack, leaving them with no leads to investigate.
As for the subordinate before him, he was merely the best of a bad lot. He could not begin to compare with Samui or Mabui.
At that thought, the Fourth Raikage gave another irritated snort.
Hearing the Raikage snort, his subordinate scratched his head in confusion before continuing:
"Lord Raikage, in this latest attack on Iwagakure by the Uchiha Clan, not only was more than half the village destroyed, but even the Tsuchikage was gravely