Konoha: Unable to learn ninjutsu, they had to develop their own.

These things...

He really didn't know!

The four major villages have actually joined forces, and none of them even notified them.

Two possibilities.

One reason is that they are preparing to join forces to exclude Iwagakure, and their future goal is to have only the so-called Four Great Villages in the ninja world, and no more Five Great Villages.

This is a very frightening development.

The other one is—

The reason they joined forces was to wipe out the Akatsuki organization, but Iwagakure was suspected for some unclean reasons and was therefore excluded from the cooperation.

Either one.

The current Iwagakure (Hidden Stone Village) has been excluded.

The core of this four-village alliance is definitely not Kumogakure.

Based on Onoki's understanding of Kumogakure, those people were simply not cut out for this kind of diplomacy. If it were them, they would definitely take down Kirigakure first, rather than forming an alliance.

He narrowed his eyes.

Konoha!

This method is reminiscent of Konoha.

"Konoha, right?"

"You guessed right. As expected of the Tsuchikage, he is quite different from your subordinates."

Ah Fei couldn't help but make a sarcastic remark.

Apart from Onoki, the other two looked dazed, seemingly still immersed in the news, not even thinking about what was going on.

Such an heir...

No wonder Onoki was anxious.

If it were him, he would be anxious too!

Ah Fei harbored resentment.

Onoki was very unhappy inside, but he had to maintain his composure on the surface so as not to let anyone see through his act.

At that moment, pieces of paper fluttered in the air.

Soon after, a group of figures gathered.

"what happened?"

"Now is probably not the time to chat. Right now, your Jinchūriki are being coveted by others."

"Ok?"

Onoki immediately wanted to go over there.

but.

Soon, he looked warily at Xiao Nan and A Fei.

Even if I go there, I can't be with these people, otherwise it'll be impossible to explain myself.

Onoki formed hand seals and patted Huangtu and Akatsuchi, after which the three of them flew up.

"let's go."

"Yes!"

The three of them flew through the air towards the location of the Jinchūriki.

Afei remained silent for a few seconds.

"Senior Xiao Nan, what do we do now?"

"wait."

Xiao Nan pondered for a moment, "They're definitely going to have a fight. We can wait on the sidelines, and you can find an opportunity to intercept him."

"That's a great plan, but what if they join forces?"

Ah Fei couldn't help but say.

Konan said nonchalantly, "Then let's give up. We have many tailed beast jinchūriki that we can't get. We'll have to fight them sooner or later. It's just a matter of one more or one less."

"What the senior said seems to make some sense."

Afei thought about it and didn't refute it.

Stealing chickens would be ideal, but if they can't, it would just give them another reason to deal with Konoha, which wouldn't be much different from what they are now.

and many more?

If there were another Five-Tails, wouldn't that group have gathered all eight powers?

Ah Fei thought to himself.

"In that case, if we can directly destroy their base, we can directly obtain all eight tailed beasts."

"Luckily, I got the Seven-Tails."

……

Another place.

Chiba and Kakashi hid in the shadows.

Kakashi gave him a suspicious look.

"Shouldn't we make a move?"

"Xiao Nan may have seen us just now. Her concealment and detection techniques are quite difficult to guard against, so we couldn't avoid her."

Chiba answered.

but.

He didn't do nothing either.

"Kakashi-sensei, I'll help you conceal your presence, and you hide for me. Let's hide here for now, and when the fighting starts up above, we'll gather chakra down here."

"..."

Kakashi remained silent for a few seconds.

This was not the situation he had imagined.

but.

Who would have thought that Onoki would actually come?

He couldn't communicate telepathically, so he couldn't answer and could only communicate with his eyes.

but.

Chiba didn't need him to speak.

Although Kakashi didn't say anything, you could sense his emotions and his eyes.

"Our primary goal is chakra. Once we have chakra, it doesn't matter if we don't have a Jinchuriki. Besides, it wouldn't be good to completely break ties with Onoki."

"..."

Kakashi nodded.

That wouldn't be a mere skirmish; it would be a direct war.

Even though this Jinchuriki was a rogue ninja, killing him right in front of everyone was still too much.

If Onoki were to bring Iwagakure to join Akatsuki, the consequences would be far more severe. Currently, Akatsuki only has a lot of elites, and its manpower is not sufficient.

Things will be different then.

With the Akatsuki joining forces with Iwagakure, their strength will undoubtedly increase exponentially.

……

"Han, come back with me."

"Oonoki, hey, why should I go back with you?"

Han sneered and said arrogantly, "To me, your governance of the realm is a complete failure. I will never return unless a new Tsuchikage is appointed."

Ōnoki remained silent for a few seconds.

Old Zi and Han left in their early years due to differences in their ideologies, and it's unexpected that after so many years, they still refuse to come back.

He sighed, "Things are different now. Two groups of people want to capture you. Old Zi fought with them in the south, and now they can't be found. Come back. I don't want you to end up like that."

"..."

Han remained silent for a few seconds, then a hint of struggle appeared on his face.

follow closely--

His eyes narrowed.

Subsequently.

The tailed beast's chakra erupted, striking a tree not far away.

boom!

With a loud bang, the trees over there exploded.

A White Zetsu clone was smashed out from underground.

"Roar!"

With a furious roar, Han unleashed a burst of power that tore Bai Jue's clone to shreds.

Afei, who was not far away, looked at Xiaonan.

"What do you say now?"

"Look again."