The sky gradually darkened, and Kakashi and the others finally came ashore.
The sky was gray and heavy, looking as though it might rain. That oppressive feeling was deeply uncomfortable.
Kakashi glanced at the sky, then signaled everyone to disembark quickly. Their landing site was very close to Kirigakure, making it far too dangerous for Anbu members like them.
"Are you ready?" Only after Pakura slowly emerged from the cabin did Kakashi speak to her in a low voice. "I know you're full of resentment and anger, and you even suspect we're faking this, but I want to tell you that all of it is true."
"Hmph, true?" Pakura stared at Kakashi for a long time before suddenly giving a scornful sneer. "Who knows whether it's true or not? I don't care anyway."
"Do you really not care?" Looking at Pakura, Kakashi gently shook his head and asked, "Being betrayed always feels terrible. And now that it's your village betraying you, you must feel even worse, right?"
Pakura gave no answer, but tears had already appeared in her eyes.
Indeed, being betrayed by the village she believed in, the village she had worked so hard for and was willing to give her life for, felt absolutely terrible!
Even if the village had merely phrased it differently, changing only its words and methods, perhaps she could still have tried to accept it.
After reading the intelligence Xia Yan had given her, she had begun seriously thinking through this entire chain of events. She also understood why the village had done this.
Or rather, Rasa had orchestrated the whole thing, with the approval of the village's higher-ups!
Simply put, to further secure his position as Kazekage and shake off his poor performance during the Third Shinobi World War, Rasa needed to obtain