Before Bieshu Feifan had sent his letter, he heard another piece of news while walking through Konoha.
The capital of the Land of Earth had been robbed.
Bieshu Feifan suddenly realized that Orochimaru was anything but well-behaved.
He used a transformation and went for a look around Orochimaru's house, but Orochimaru was not home.
However, this time Orochimaru had left a letter of his own accord where they used to exchange messages.
As usual, Bieshu Feifan took it outside the village to read.
Orochimaru's letter contained only a drawing of the emblem on Iwagakure's forehead protectors.
Bieshu Feifan let out a long sigh. Orochimaru had thoroughly gone bad.
But what did he mean by drawing an Iwagakure emblem for him?
Was he telling Bieshu Feifan to go rob them too?
At that moment, Orochimaru was counting money in his secret experimental base, a cold yet cheerful smile covering his face.
He had gotten his hands on the money.
The last time he had gone robbing, Hiruzen Sarutobi had broken his leg. He had been nursing that resentment ever since.
This time, he had left the village without Hiruzen Sarutobi finding out, and Hiruzen Sarutobi had not known when he returned either.
And he had gotten the money.
Leaving an Iwagakure emblem for that mysterious guest was a provocation.
Orochimaru desperately wanted Hiruzen Sarutobi to see that he was no worse than anyone else.
If others could rob, then so could he, Orochimaru.
Meanwhile, before the Third Raikage of Kumogakure had finished wrangling over the lawsuit with the Land of Hot Water, he received another complaint from the Daimyo of the Land of Earth.
It claimed that a shinobi suspected of being a Kumogakure jōnin had robbed their nobles.
The other countries did not doubt this.
After all, the Raikage had