Little Goku's Great Adventure Starting from One Piece

Chapter 374 Tsunade's Perseverance

The Hokage's office.

Led by the Anbu, Samui and his two companions entered the room and saw Tsunade sitting behind her desk, her hands resting on the table, looking at them calmly.

"Holy Hokage, I am Samui from Kumogakure. These are my subordinates, Omoi and Karui."

As the office door closed, Samui spoke respectfully to Tsunade.

"Hello, everyone." Tsunade nodded slightly.

"This is a letter from Lord Raikage. Please take a look."

Samui took out a letter from her bosom, and Shizune, who was guarding Tsunade, immediately stepped forward, took the letter from her, and then handed it to Tsunade.

Without saying a word, Tsunade immediately tore open the letter and began to read its contents.

Her pupils quickly contracted slightly.

"What?! Uchiha Sasuke has kidnapped Killer Bee, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki of your Hidden Cloud Village?!"

She looked up in disbelief.

"Yes, this happened just two days ago. Lord Raikage was furious about it, which is why he wrote this letter," Samui said softly.

Tsunade didn't say anything more. She frowned and read the rest of the letter, then put it down and tapped her fingers on the table.

"The Five Kage Summit... The Raikage actually made such a suggestion. It seems he also thinks the situation is quite serious."

The Raikage of Kumogakure is known for his irritability and his reluctance to sit down and talk with others.

But now the other party has become the initiator of the meeting, which shows that they believe the current situation has reached a critical point and cannot be resolved by the efforts of their village alone.

"Yes, the Akatsuki organization is now quite powerful. They have captured many tailed beasts. If this power were used against any of our five great ninja villages, it would have incalculable consequences."

"Therefore, Lord Raikage sincerely hopes that the Kage of the five great ninja villages can gather together to discuss how to deal with the Akatsuki," Samui said gently.

Tsunade pondered for a moment, then raised her eyes to look at Samui: "I know the Raikage's intentions. Don't worry, I will participate in this Five Kage Summit."

She had previously considered sharing information about the Akatsuki with the other four major ninja villages so that they could cooperate to better fight against the Akatsuki, but she was thwarted by those two old guys, Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado.

The Five Kage Summit proposed by the Raikage is exactly what she wants, so there's no way she could refuse.

However... In addition to mentioning the Five Kage Summit, the Raikage's letter also mentioned Uchiha Sasuke. Now, Kumogakure has added Uchiha Sasuke to their kill list. The Raikage demands that Konoha classify Uchiha Sasuke as a rogue ninja and join forces to hunt him down, otherwise... things will become very serious.

After all, Uchiha Sasuke personally captured Killer Bee, the Jinchūriki of Kumogakure and the adopted brother of Raikage A. Now that Killer Bee's fate is unknown, if Konoha still protects Uchiha Sasuke, then... Kumogakure can be seen as Konoha wanting to start a war with them!

What a troublesome fellow... Just thinking about these things gives Tsunade a headache.

In fact, Konoha should have added Uchiha Sasuke to the list of rogue ninjas long ago, since he had defected to Orochimaru.

However, because of Naruto, Tsunade has not issued this order for the past few years, tacitly allowing Naruto to personally find his comrades.

Now that Uchiha Sasuke has committed such a serious crime, suspected of joining the Akatsuki organization and helping them capture the Jinchuriki of Kumogakure, it will be very difficult for Konoha to cover it up, no matter how much they want to.

"Lord Hokage, in addition to delivering Lord Raikage's personal letter to you, we also want to obtain information about the Akatsuki organization and Sasuke Uchiha from your village. This is very important to us," Samui said calmly.

"That's right! I want to rescue my master, Killer Bee! Please, Hokage, provide me with information about Sasuke Uchiha!" Karui's tone was quite agitated because of her master's safety. She didn't care whether she could speak to the Hokage in this tone and followed Samui's words.

However, Tsunade didn't care about this. After all, she could understand how the other person felt. If it were Naruto from her village who had been captured, she would be even more furious than the other person.

"First of all, I want to tell you that the Akatsuki capture Jinchuriki in order to extract the Tailed Beasts from their bodies. So even if Killer Bee from your village is captured, he won't be in any immediate danger," Tsunade said slowly, carefully choosing her words.

"What?! Really?! Master is out of danger?!"

Upon hearing this, Karui shouted excitedly, and Omoi, who was also a disciple of Killer Bee, suddenly narrowed his eyes and subconsciously showed a look of joy.

Samui breathed a sigh of relief. She had always thought that Kirabi had been killed, since two days had passed since Kirabi was kidnapped.

Since the Hokage can say that, it means that Killer Bee is most likely still alive.

As long as the person is alive, there is hope of saving them.

"Yes, according to the intelligence we have gathered, extracting a tailed beast is a time-consuming and labor-intensive task, and it is impossible for the Akatsuki to complete it in a short period of time. Moreover... the leader of the Akatsuki, Pain, is dead. Without him, the Akatsuki simply does not have the ability to extract a tailed beast for the time being."

Tsunade suddenly said something surprising.

"What?! Payne is dead?!"

This caused not only Karui and Omoi to be startled, but even Samui, who had maintained a calm demeanor, to have his pupils shrink in shock.

"That's right. I'm sure you've all seen the battle scars outside Konoha and know that Konoha just had a major battle with Pain a couple of days ago. In that battle, Pain ultimately died."

Tsunade said in a deep voice.

"He actually... he actually died! That was the leader of the Akatsuki!" Samui and the other two were momentarily stunned.

While their Hidden Cloud Village was still struggling to gather intelligence on the Akatsuki, Konoha had already defeated the Akatsuki's leader. The difference was just too great!

They never doubted the accuracy of the news, after all, it came from the Hokage himself.

But what they didn't know was that the news was actually false. Although Pain was defeated in the battle against Konoha and should have died after using the Rinne Rebirth technique, he was ultimately saved by Goku.

The reason Tsunade isn't revealing the truth now is because Nagato wants to fake his death to mislead Madara Uchiha, so that Madara will fall into a trap against him.

Only two days have passed, and no information has been sent back from Amegakure, indicating that Madara Uchiha has most likely not yet fallen into the trap. Therefore, Tsunade could not possibly reveal that Pain was not dead.

"So right now, Killer Bee from your village is definitely still safe, don't worry," Tsunade said seriously, looking at the three people who seemed dazed.

"We understand, thank you for sharing this valuable information with us."

Sami snapped out of his daze and gave a slight, solemn bow.

"So now the Akatsuki is leaderless?" Omoi asked a crucial question.

"No, in fact, there is an even deeper hidden mastermind within the Akatsuki organization. He is currently in control of the organization, and he claims to be Uchiha Madara!"

Tsunade dropped another bombshell.

"Uchiha Madara? Who's that? I feel like I've heard that name somewhere before." Karui scratched his ear in confusion.

"Idiot! That was a powerful ninja who was once on par with the God of Shinobi!" Omoi couldn't help but tap her on the head.

When Madara Uchiha nominally died, these new generation members were far from being born, so they had never experienced his fame and reputation, and at most had only seen him in history books.

Omoi had a deep impression of Madara Uchiha because he had heard an elder in the village talk about the turbulent history of the village's founding.

"You dare hit me on the head! You're asking for it!" Karui rolled his eyes in anger, baring his teeth as he prepared to fight Omoi.

"Behave yourselves! Don't be disrespectful in front of the Hokage!" Samui shouted coldly, glaring at the two of them with murderous intent.

"I'm sorry, Hokage-sama, I'll teach them a lesson later." Samui turned back to Tsunade, apologized, and then steered the conversation back to the main topic.

"You just mentioned Uchiha Madara? But hasn't he been dead for many years?"

Samui's eyes were somewhat solemn, clearly indicating that she belonged to the group of people who knew of Uchiha Madara's formidable reputation.

"You're right, Madara Uchiha should indeed be dead. He died at the hands of my grandfather, the First Hokage of Konoha," Tsunade said in a deep voice.

"Therefore, we suspect that the current Uchiha Madara is just an imposter, but we have no evidence to prove it."

Even if he's an imposter, his strength shouldn't be underestimated. I'll have someone send you some detailed information later.

Samui took a deep breath and nodded, saying, "Then thank you very much, Hokage-sama."

"Well, but..."

Tsunade tapped the table lightly, her expression solemn. "However, I cannot add Uchiha Sasuke to the list of rogue ninjas for the time being, and therefore I cannot give you any information about him. We cannot believe that he would join the Akatsuki and do such an unforgivable thing. This is not to question the information you provide, but I believe there are some unknown reasons that led him to do this."

"Konoha will investigate this matter thoroughly, and we will cooperate with you to find Killer Bee's whereabouts as soon as possible and rescue him. I will also give the Raikage an explanation."

Karui and Omoi's expressions changed, and the former immediately opened his mouth: "But—"

She had barely opened her mouth when Samui raised his arm to stop her from speaking.

"Lord Hokage, I understand your thoughts, and I will relay them to Lord Raikage in full. We will take our leave now."

Sam said calmly.

"Yes, you can wander around Konoha as you like. I'll have someone make a copy of the Akatsuki's information, and it will be delivered to you once it's done." Tsunade nodded slightly.

After Samui and the other two left, Tsunade sighed and rubbed her temples wearily.

"Lady Tsunade, why..." Shizune, who had been silent until now, opened her mouth, but hesitated to speak.

"Why are you still insisting on not including Uchiha Sasuke on the list of rogue ninjas?" Tsunade glanced at her.

"Mm." Shizune nodded, then came behind Tsunade and massaged Tsunade's temples.

"Because I don't want to see Naruto have the same experience as me." Tsunade's expression became somewhat complicated.

She had always been resentful about Orochimaru's betrayal of the village. After hearing the news of his death some time ago, she was in a daze for a long time, and her mind kept replaying the moments when she, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya trained and grew together, faced enemies together, and relied on each other.

She knew the pain of former allies becoming enemies, so she desperately didn't want Naruto to suffer the same pain as her.

Naruto has been searching for Sasuke for the past three years, trying to bring him back, and he has not given up until now.

She couldn't offer much help in other areas, but at times like these, she could only do her best to shield Naruto from some of the pressure.

Of course, she's almost reached her limit now. If Killer Bee isn't safely rescued, she'll have no choice but to put Sasuke Uchiha on the list of rogue ninjas and join forces with the Hidden Cloud Village to hunt him down.

"Captain, why did you stop me just now?"

After leaving the Hokage Building for a while, Karui asked, puzzled.

"We desperately need information about Uchiha Sasuke right now, so we can have more clues to find our master's whereabouts."

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Samui remained calm and said indifferently, "Since the Hokage has already made that decision, it is not something that you or I can change. Even if you argue with reason, what can you do?"

"I..." Karui's words trailed off.

"So we're just going to leave it at that? What if Master gets into danger because we couldn't find him?" Karui bit her lip.

"Even if you know where Lord Killer Bee is now, do you really think the three of us can rescue him?" Samui glanced at her.

"Our purpose in coming here is to gather intelligence and then hand it over to Lord Raikage, not to take it upon ourselves to search for and rescue Lord Killer Bee."

"But, but we haven't gathered complete intelligence yet!" Iruka argued.

"Perhaps... we can go to the ninjas of Konoha ourselves to find out information about Uchiha Sasuke," Omoi suddenly said.

"Hmm? You finally said something sensible this time!" Iruka's eyes lit up.

"Since the Hokage won't tell us, then we'll find it ourselves! Captain, is that alright?"

Seeing her anxious eyes, Samui remained silent for a few seconds before finally nodding slowly: "Alright, you two can go and investigate, but remember, you must never clash with the people of Konoha."

Meanwhile, on a commercial street in Konoha, Goku was enjoying a delicious meal at a restaurant.

"Mmm...delicious! Please give me fifty more of these!"

After showing off a plate of dumplings, Wukong put the plate down and said to the restaurant owner next to him.

"Okay, okay! Mr. Sun, please wait a moment! It'll be ready soon!" The boss smiled and nodded repeatedly.

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