"Master Jiraiya!" Minato suddenly called out.
"What is it, Minato?"
"Master Jiraiya, do you think this country will end up opposing us after all?"
"Whatever happens in the end, let's just do our part, Minato!"
"Yes, Master Jiraiya!"
With their mission complete, Minato and Jiraiya returned to the Land of Fire.
"To think that little country, once ravaged by war, has become so prosperous!" Hiruzen, the Third Hokage, said slowly.
"Old man, what are you going to do?"
"Let's leave things as they are for now. Peace was hard enough to come by. I don't want to shatter these quiet days!" the Third Hokage said helplessly.
"All right!" Jiraiya nodded. "If there's nothing else, old man, I'm off!" With that, he vanished from the Hokage Building using the Body Flicker Technique.
Bang! The Hokage Building Gate suddenly swung open.
"Sarutobi, I warned you back then to stay wary of those Evil Cult organizations. Now you've watched our enemy grow powerful, and you still intend to do nothing?" Danzo demanded as he rushed in.
"Then what do you suggest?" the Third Hokage asked calmly.
"Leave this matter to me! I'll give you a satisfactory answer!" Danzo said, his expression sinister.
"Make sure you preserve peace between our countries!" Hiruzen conceded.
"Hmph!" Danzo snorted coldly, turned, and left the Hokage Building.
"Aburame!"
"Lord Danzo!" the Aburame subordinate answered, lowering his head.
"Send someone to deliver this intelligence to that old man in the Land of Earth. With such a powerful neighbor appearing right beside his country, I imagine he can hardly eat or sleep in peace!"
"Yes, Lord Danzo!"
In Iwagakure, Ōnoki chuckled. "That old fox Danzo has it all worked out. He's spotted a juicy prize, but he wants the Land of Earth to stick its neck out. He makes it