"!!!"
At this news, everyone's expression filled with shock and joy.
With Naruto found, there was still hope.
Ōnoki immediately decided, "Time is short, and we can't afford any carelessness. The enemy may also be searching for their trail. I'll go see Jiraiya myself and bring them back."
Raikage A said, "I'll go with you!"
Rasa said, "Take me along too. All the better if we run into the enemy. I must settle the score from last time."
Mei Terumi said, "Although I'm pregnant, the safety of this world is at stake. I don't want to retreat to the sidelines. I'll go with you too. My techniques are primarily long-range, making them ideal for supporting you."
Tsunade glanced at her belly and called out in a grave voice, "Me too. Although I can't take the field, with my Medical Ninjutsu, you can fight without holding back!"
"Heh heh heh, interesting." Ōnoki lowered his head and said with a smile:
"It's good to have lived to this age. I never thought I'd get to see the day the Five Kage stood side by side."
Rasa said, "I really hope we run into those Akatsuki bastards. No matter how strong they are, against the might of the five nations, they'll have no fate but to be wiped out in one fell swoop..."
Ōnoki said, "Everyone, gear up. Move out!"
In front of a thatched cottage at the former site of the Land of Whirlpools.
Konoha's Inoichi Yamanaka, Shibi Aburame, and Tsume Inuzuka, Kumogakure's Dodai, and Iwagakure's Wenya all stood before the entrance.
Soon, Jiraiya quietly stepped out, raised a finger to his lips in a shushing gesture, and signaled for them to be quiet.
"Naruto fell asleep from exhaustion. Let's talk outside the yard."
Jiraiya led them outside the yard. After