"What! Sunagakure's Kazekage was abducted by the Akatsuki!"
After a night, the news reached Konoha.
Tsunade understood the gravity of the situation and immediately arranged for reinforcements to head to Sunagakure.
The reinforcements were Sakura, Kakashi, and Naruto. This was an S-rank mission.
As soon as the reinforcement team received the news, they set off for Sunagakure. Konoha and Sunagakure had forged a rock-solid alliance over the past three years, and Konoha would certainly do everything it could to help.
Meanwhile, Kankuro and Baki had persuaded Granny Chiyo of Sunagakure to come out of retirement. When it came to dealing with Sasori, they would still have to rely on her.
After half a day of extraction, very little of the One-Tail's chakra remained inside Gaara.
Lin Guang's presence outside the secret room had also been detected by Zetsu of the Akatsuki.
In addition, Kakashi's ninja dog Pakkun had picked up the scent of the Akatsuki members and led Might Guy and the others toward the secret room where the One-Tail was being extracted.
"Enemies are approaching. Not just Uchiha Hikari, who's keeping watch outside, but someone called Might Guy too."
Zetsu spoke. He did not look like a normal human; half his body was black, and the other half was white.
Moreover, Zetsu could travel between locations regardless of the terrain.
"I know Uchiha Hikari, but who is this Might Guy?"
Pain asked.
Uchiha Itachi said, "Might Guy is a Konoha jonin who specializes in taijutsu. He's quite powerful. You'd best not underestimate him."
"Oh, that rare beast!"
Kisame Hoshigaki teased.
"Use that technique!"
Pain said.
"Then let me go. I keep failing to catch the Two-Tails out and about, and I'm getting restless!"
Hidan volunteered.
"No, let me go instead. He and I have a bit of a personal