With his true identity exposed, there was no telling what Obito Uchiha might stir up.
But that did not matter. Right now, only Shihōin Naraku, Kakashi Hatake, and Tsunade knew his true identity. Everyone else was still in the dark.
So, for the time being, it would not stop Obito from continuing his mysterious act.
As Kakashi went off to investigate the Nine-Tails' Attack and the destruction of the Uchiha, Naraku actually found himself with time on his hands.
Presumably, Tsunade had seen how he could cause a major incident with just one trip outside and did not quite dare let him go out again. Besides, ordinary missions did not require a top-tier fighter like Naraku.
But before Naraku could rest for even a few days, Kirigakure's protest arrived.
The Hokage Building.
"Ha, this is interesting."
Shihōin Naraku looked at the letter of protest in his hand and laughed aloud.
The entire letter went on about his killing Kirigakure's Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, without once mentioning that Yagura had been controlled by Genjutsu. It pinned all the responsibility on Naraku, but it was all bark and no bite: not only did it not demand that Konoha hand Naraku over, it did not even ask him to apologize.
At first, the nations of the Shinobi World saw that Kirigakure had lodged a protest against Konoha, over a major incident involving the current strongest man in the Shinobi World, no less.
Then they learned what the letter actually said and were left utterly speechless.
Shihōin Naraku had killed your Fourth Mizukage, and you were just going to shrug it off?
Even if you feared his strength, you could at least curse him out a little. But this was all you had?
Across the Shinobi World, Konoha offered some meaningless nonsense and then