The messenger Ninja had barely finished speaking when A, the Fourth Raikage, who had already been deeply wary of Uchiha Minato's strength, sprang to his feet, his eyes filled with astonishment.
"What!? Already!? Where is he now!?"
As though he had anticipated something, A, the Fourth Raikage, forgot everything else. With a bang, he punched straight through the wall before him, activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode, and raced toward the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki's location.
As a Raikage, he knew all too well how important a jinchūriki was to a hidden village. If Uchiha Minato abducted theirs, Kumogakure's fighting strength would be greatly diminished.
But as he pondered this, the shocking sight before him left A, the Fourth Raikage, rooted to the spot in disbelief.
The enormous Eight-Tails, which had already transformed into Gyuki, lay listlessly on the ground, his face filled with terror. Standing quietly atop Gyuki was a young boy.
This boy was none other than Uchiha Minato, the Third Rain Shadow!
Looking at the astonished A, the Third Thunder Sound, not far away, the smile on Uchiha Minato's lips could not help widening dramatically.
In fact, back when Amegakure had been developing rapidly, he had already guessed that A, the Fourth Raikage, and the others would never leave him alone, and would gather the various Ninja Villages to join forces against him.
Rather than wait for others to unite, he might as well strike first and defeat them one by one, establishing an image that the Ninja Villages could hardly shake, thereby allowing Amegakure to fully develop.
Of course, Ning Feng also knew that even if he destroyed all of Kumogakure single-handedly, the Other Ninja Villages would seize the opportunity to kill him while he was weakened.
Thus, Ning Feng had come primarily to intimidate them.
Only when his