In Kumogakure, Raikage A looked at the letter in his hand and slammed the desk. "Good timing! Even if the Kazekage hadn't suggested this, I was about to propose it myself. Has Samui still sent no word from Konoha?"
His guard Hi said, "No. When she first arrived in Konoha, she still sent messages from time to time, but now there's been no word at all. Even our undercover agents in Konoha haven't seen her. We don't know where she's gone."
"Damn Konoha!" the Raikage raged. "And this Akatsuki-has it been confirmed? Were they the ones who captured Yugito Nii?"
Hi said dejectedly, "Yes. She's already dead, and the Two-Tails inside her was extracted."
The Raikage calmed down and gritted his teeth. "Strengthen the defenses at the Valley of Clouds and Lightning. While I'm away attending the Five Kage Summit, you must keep Killer B safe."
"Yes, sir."
Once he had issued his orders, the impatient Raikage smashed straight through the glass and leaped from the tall building.
At the entrance to Iwagakure, two burly men stood beside the short-statured Ōnoki. Behind them, a large crowd of Iwagakure ninja waved. "Kitsuchi, Akatsuchi, keep Lord Tsuchikage safe. We're counting on you!"
Some of the Iwagakure ninja even shouted, "Lord Tsuchikage, show the other village leaders what you're made of!"
Ōnoki rubbed his lower back and couldn't help grumbling, "At my age, even attending a summit is difficult, and I still have to carry all this luggage. No consideration for me at all. Young people these days are far too troublesome."
Seeing his son Kitsuchi beside him with a worried frown, looking in no mood to pay him any attention, Ōnoki asked, "What, you still haven't found Kurotsuchi?"
Kitsuchi shook his head. "That girl said she'd run into someone she knew and