The Hidden Mist Blacksmith, forging the glory of the Ninja Sword Style!

To prevent the bamboo-collecting clan from disappearing.

Therefore, the Hozuki clan must have disappeared because they did something far worse than the Kaguya clan.

In this situation, the Taketori Neko (Tankori Neko) has no good feelings towards Hozuki Mangetsu.

Neither of them revealed any flaws despite being secretly monitored by Xiao Nan.

When Rasa and Chiyo returned to Sunagakure, their faces were extremely grim.

Nearly half of the entire Sunagakure village has been reduced to ruins.

Countless casualties.

Along the roadside, amidst the ruins, the corpses emitted a stench.

Even when the Third Kazekage suddenly disappeared, Sunagakure was thrown into chaos and faced a powerful enemy from the outside, the situation in Sunagakure had never become this bad.

"why?"

An ANBU ninja quickly stepped forward and explained the whole story.

But after hearing this, Luo Sha became even angrier.

"Let outsiders sneak into Kirigakure without a sound?"

"Allowing outsiders to easily approach the Jinchūriki, yet no one knows?"

"You guys disappoint me so much!"

"We are Sunagakure, one of the Five Great Ninja Villages."

"If outsiders can infiltrate so easily and cause the tailed beasts to rampage, what kind of great ninja village is Sunagakure? Even a village like Takigakure wouldn't do that."

The ANBU ninja lowered his head.

Luo Sha's disappointment is normal.

The defenses of a large ninja village shouldn't be this weak.

Under normal circumstances, Sunagakure's defense capabilities would not be this weak.

However, with Sasori as an inside agent, it's not impossible for the Akatsuki to achieve this.

Konan, Sasori of the Red Sand, and the Cat of the Bamboo Cutter are all extremely powerful.

Hozuki Mangetsu's abilities are also quite unique.

Luo Sha forced himself to calm down.

"The attacker used Water Release; were they a ninja from Kirigakure?"

The ANBU ninja nodded.

"Yes, Lord Kazekage. While we were attacking the Tailed Beasts, several ninjas suddenly appeared and interfered with us, with the aim of preventing us from quickly suppressing the Tailed Beasts."

"They want the tailed beasts to cause even greater destruction to our village."

"Those ninjas used water-style techniques and explosive tags."

"Lady Yekura was affected by them, and was seriously injured by the tailed beast's attack."

Luo Sha's eyes flickered.

"Where are the people now?"

The ANBU ninja lowered his head again and remained silent.

Luo Sha's face darkened.

"You're not going to say that you didn't catch them and let them get away?"

The ANBU ninja offered an explanation.

"Reporting to Lord Fengying, hundreds of explosive tags suddenly appeared and exploded simultaneously. Our people were forcibly forced back, and by the time the explosions subsided, they had already disappeared."

"However, Lord Kazekage, they may not have escaped."

Luo Sha frowned.

"If they didn't run away, then what were they?"

"Some of us speculate that those Hidden Mist ninjas may have come prepared to die, and therefore used explosive tags to blow themselves to pieces."

The ANBU ninja said, "In that case, we won't be able to obtain evidence that this was done by Kirigakure."

However, before the ANBU ninja could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Rasa.

"Trash, it's all trash!"

The ninjas of the Dark Guard fell silent, daring not to speak again.

Luo Sha quickly issued orders to tidy up the village, burying the dead and demolishing the buildings, in order to restore stability as quickly as possible.

After that, Rasa came to Chiyo's side.

"Chiyo-senpai."

At this moment, two figures were standing behind Chiyo.

One of them is Chiyo's son.

The other person was Chiyo's daughter-in-law.

When Chiyo went to the Forest Garden, she deliberately brought along parts of the two people's bodies.

Orochimaru personally performed the Impure World Reincarnation technique on the two of them.

The offerings were chosen from death row inmates of Sunagakure.

Resurrecting her son and daughter-in-law was one of Chiyo's goals in wanting Sunagakure to maintain its alliance with Konoha.

Now that her goal had been achieved, Chiyo's mood had improved considerably.

Although she was affected by the Tailed Beasts' outburst, it was clear that, despite the combined effects, Chiyo's mood was not nearly as bad as Rasa's.

Next, Chiyo's goal is to find Sasori and bring him back to Sunagakure.

With her parents by her side, Chiyo felt that Sasori of the Red Sand would be able to resolve his inner conflict.

A family can live a happy and harmonious life.

"You guys go down first."

Chiyo gestured to the two of them.

The two left.

Chiyo's gaze returned to Rasa.

"Fengying, you speak."

Luo Sha said.

"According to information provided by the Anbu ninjas, there is a very high probability that this Tailed Beast outbreak was orchestrated by Kirigakure. I remember that when they were targeting Konoha, they also orchestrated the Nohara Rin incident."

“Using tailed beasts seems to be their habit.”

"We absolutely cannot let this matter go."

"Chiyo-senpai, what do you think?"

Chiyo nodded.

"If it really was Kirigakure that did it, we certainly can't just let it go like this. But, Kazekage, are you sure it was Kirigakure? Have you found any evidence? Have you caught the culprit?"

Luo Sha shook his head.

"No, but they all saw it. Those attackers used typical Kirigakure water-style techniques."

"A typical Kirigakure water style? That's a bit too obvious."

Chiyo frowned.

"Could it be another force deliberately impersonating Kirigakure ninjas? Given Kirigakure's situation, it would be unwise for them to attack us. Their opponent should be Konoha."

"It's not normal that they not only don't try to win us over, but they also attack us."

The two sides vying for supremacy are known as the Garden of the Forest and the Garden of the Mist.

But in reality, it's just Konoha and Kirigakure.

Other ninja villages, to put it bluntly, were merely vassals.

Under these circumstances, Kirigakure has no reason to offend Sunagakure to the point of death.

"Perhaps Kirigakure thinks that Sunagakure is unlikely to side with them, so they attacked us to send a warning to other forces that have not yet made a choice."

"In addition, it can also weaken the strength of the Forest Garden."

"Using typical Kirigakure water jutsu, and doing it so obviously, perhaps they wanted us to think it wasn't done by people from Kirigakure because it was too obvious."

"It's equivalent to wearing two layers of disguise."

Chiyo remained silent for a moment.

"It's not impossible."

"Kage, how have you decided to take revenge on Kirigakure?"

"I plan to get Konoha to cooperate with us in this operation."

Rasa said, "We suffered such an attack because we joined the Forest Garden. Konoha must take responsibility for us. We in Sunagakure have Jinchuriki, and so does Kirigakure."

"The best option is to create a tailed beast rampage in Kirigakure as well."

"If we can achieve that, then we'll make further plans."

Chiyo nodded and followed up with the question.

"By the way, Kazekage, how is the Jinchuriki doing now?"

"Jinchūriki?"

Rasa was suddenly taken aback, realizing that he had forgotten to ask Gaara about his situation.

Chapter 304 Kakuzu, I Have Not Been Sorry to the Akatsuki