Naruto: The Information Broker from the Uchiha Clan

Yes... they're all just excuses.

Aiba glanced at the group, his gaze finally settling on Temari.

He reached out and pressed his hand on the other person, unleashing a burst of chakra. The different chakra entering the body instantly disrupted the formation of the genjutsu.

"Gaara!!!"

Temari was startled awake by the exclamation. After looking around, she turned her gaze to Aiba: "Where's Gaara?"

Aiba lowered his head in shame, and after a moment, said, "Gaara was taken away by those two guys, and we were powerless to stop him... I'm sorry!"

Temari paused for a moment, then glanced at the group again.

Finally, he struggled to his feet and staggered outside.

Aiba hesitated for a moment before asking, "Where are you going?"

Temari stopped, head bowed, without turning around: "Gaara changed more than a year ago. But no one in the village believed him, and fearful and avoidant gazes followed him everywhere, but he didn't care about any of that."

"He wants to protect this village, to protect everyone in Sunagakure. This is his goal, and the meaning behind his efforts to this day."

Temari raised her hand and wiped her eyes as she looked away: "I can feel the change in him, and I'm willing to believe in him. So... I have to save him!"

"Because... I'm his older sister!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Temari walked outside again.

Behind him, Aiba watched this scene with a solemn gaze, his thoughts churning within him.

Perhaps... it was wrong from the start.

Tailed beasts are tailed beasts, and Gaara is Gaara.

At that age, with the One-Tailed Beast sealed within him from birth, how could he possibly control that power?

"Shh."

In a flash, Aiba appeared beside Temari and reached out to support her: "Let's go, I'll go with you."

Temari paused for a moment, then turned to look at him: "On behalf of Gaara, thank you."

Aiba sighed, "If he can come back, I will apologize to him."

"But...where do we look now?"

Temari looked at the figure that suddenly appeared not far ahead: "They've arrived. Before we can rescue Gaara, we must have the power to fight them."

No sooner had she finished speaking than Uchiha Yun appeared beside Temari.

After looking around, Yun asked Temari and the other person, "Are we too late? Gaara's chakra has already disappeared. Those two guys took Gaara away?"

Temari nodded: "Lord Yun, I've heard Gaara mention you often. Gaara was just taken away by two Akatsuki members. Their target was Shukaku, the One-Tailed Beast, not Gaara."

After thinking for a moment, Yun looked at Temari: "Pursue them? That would require knowing their whereabouts and determining their direction."

Temari nodded, then held out her hand and said, "Do you have any soldier pills? I need to recover some chakra."

After taking the soldier's ration pills from Yun and digesting them for a while, Temari summoned a weasel using a summoning technique.

At this time, Minato and the others had just arrived.

"How could it be so far? It seems the other side has already achieved their objective and retreated."

Ōnoki floated in mid-air, looking around with a somewhat depressed expression.

Minato awkwardly replied, "We left a few Flying Thunder God kunai here before when facing Akatsuki, but just now I sensed that the coordinates are no longer here. So..."

Darui sighed, "It seems the One-Tailed Jinchuriki has been kidnapped. We must strengthen the protection of the remaining Tailed Beasts."

Temari frowned at these words, but given the disparity in their status, she knew that her words would have no effect in front of the leaders of several villages.

And so... his hopeful gaze turned to the clouds.

After thinking for a moment, Yun said, "The One-Tailed Jinchuriki has not yet been obtained by the other party. It would be too unlike the style of Yun Village to give up at this time."

As she spoke, Yun looked at Temari and asked, "A weasel that is well-versed in wind-style chakra, such a summoning beast not only has a keen sense of smell, but also, with the added benefit of wind-style chakra... was it marked beforehand?"

Temari nodded: "Because I was worried about Gaara, I marked him before we acted. Also, Gaara wasn't taken away by that guy who knows space-time ninjutsu, but by another guy who sank underground."

"It is similar to earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of escape technique), and it is very fast, but it is not without a trace."

Yun's gaze fell on Minato.

Space-time ninjutsu. As for Obito's situation, he still needs to give the Fourth Hokage some face.

Minato didn't hesitate and said directly, "Since we can track them down, catching up with these two guys who are after Infinite Tsukuyomi will be helpful in the subsequent battle."

After a moment of contemplation, Onoki nodded: "The Hokage is right. The power of the Sage of Six Paths' eyes and Uzumaki Sora is already terrifying enough. Eliminating the two split entities before that is indeed the best option."

Darui and Mei Terumi exchanged a glance and nodded.

"I'm sorry about that... I didn't know it was possible to track it."

Temari was taken aback by the apology, then quickly bowed slightly to him: "Lord Raikage, I am deeply grateful."

Yun smiled and looked at everyone: "Since the establishment of the ninja village system, this is probably the first time that the Raikage has apologized for rescuing a ninja from Sunagakure, right?"

As she spoke, Yun looked at Darui and said, "Don't misunderstand, this isn't about humiliation or anything. On the contrary, I think it's a kind of progress. A kind of progress for ninjas towards peace."

For a moment, Yun's words stirred something indescribable within the hearts of the several shadows.

A new era?

Or is it a new system that continues after the union?

"Hurry up. In any case, I don't want everyone in the ninja world to be dreaming."

Onoki looked at the weasel on Temari's shoulder and said, "It's very fast. You and Kumo should keep up with it. Whether the Sand Village's Jinchuriki can be saved depends on you."

Temari nodded repeatedly, then exchanged a few words with the weasel, and quickly locked onto the direction.

……

Meanwhile, outside the Hidden Mist Village.

Uzumaki Sora and Konan have arrived here.

Reaching out to take the Flying Thunder God kunai, Konan, standing to the side, remarked, "Space-time ninjutsu is indeed very suitable for infiltration and sneak attacks."

Uzumaki Sora smiled and replied, "However, this kind of technique would be quite disgusting if used on an enemy."

Konan looked at Uzumaki Sora and asked, "Are you talking about Obito? His ability to be immune to all attacks is really disgusting. However... I think with your intelligence capabilities, you should also know the weakness of his technique."

Uzumaki Sora put away his kunai: "As for weaknesses... if you're talking about your six hundred billion explosive tags, they shouldn't be of any use to him right now."

???

Konan paused for a moment, then sighed helplessly: "Nothing can be hidden from you, but according to my calculations, Obito should not be able to escape my explosive tag array."

Uzumaki Sora shook his head slightly: "Whether it's the eyes he got from Uchiha Fugaku, or the Uchiha's forbidden technique Izanagi, they can both break your explosive tags."

As he spoke, Uzumaki Sora looked towards Kirigakure outside the alleyway: "I will explain these two points to you later. Now... let's begin our plan."

Xiao Nan nodded, and then began to form hand seals.

At that moment, his entire body was covered in origami, which rose into the air and transformed into butterflies.

With a flap of their wings, large numbers of butterflies scattered in all directions.

"The list is long, so it will take some time."

Uzumaki Sora nodded, then led Konan out of the alley.

Of course, neither of them were wearing Akatsuki uniforms or headbands from Amegakure rogue ninjas at this moment.

After a long while, in a tea shop.

Xiao Nan, who was drinking tea, put down her teacup: "We've confirmed several targets, the closest one is in this vicinity."

Kong nodded: "Then let's go. The sooner we get it done, the sooner we can finish."

……

Inside the izakaya, two ninjas who had just completed their mission were drinking.

It's not hard to hear the dissatisfaction with the village in one of their voices.

"The Five Kage Summit is actually going to be held in Konoha, and the Fifth Mizukage is actually going. With such a move, everyone will think that we are inferior to Konoha."

"And that joint investigation unit, making us team up with those bastards from Iwagakure, I absolutely refuse to do that!"

His companion sighed: "The hatred brought by war cannot be undone. The hatred of your brother being killed by Iwagakure cannot be forgotten."

"But... we have no way to oppose the decisions made by the higher-ups."

……

Chapter 282: Zabuza and Haku

"There's nothing we can do to change the decisions made by the village's leadership."

The Hidden Mist ninja sighed, "In any case, the Blood Mist Village is now a thing of the past under the new policies of the Fifth Hokage and the Genji, which is a good thing."

"Ha ha……"

After a light laugh, the already resentful companion said in a deep voice, "To accept back that rogue ninja who betrayed the village and assassinated the Kage, to bow down to a rogue ninja, Kirigakure has no face left."

As soon as he finished speaking, his companion frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "There's... another reason behind this."

Another reason?

Just as they were about to ask something, a figure lifted the curtain and walked in.

"Another reason... is this done for Biwa Juzo's benefit? Because Akatsuki's intelligence is crucial. The first transmission alone brought the Fourth Mizukage's control to light, so the Kirigakure higher-ups value the intelligence here with Biwa Juzo..."

The sounds around them stopped, but the two people drinking in the private room found themselves unable to move no matter what they did, as if their bodies were imprisoned.

Write... the Sharingan!

The thought had barely crossed my mind when a cold touch on my neck shot straight to my brain.

The approach of death brought the two back to reality.

"Cuckoo..."

They seemed to want to say something, but the two men, whose tracheas had been cut, could not utter a sound; the air and blood prevented them from speaking.