In just a few days, after successfully capturing One-Tail Shukaku from Sunagakure, Kai immediately turned his attention to Iwagakure, where he successfully captured both Four-Tails Son Gokū and Five-Tails Kokuō in succession.
Thus, the entire shinobi world gradually began to descend into chaos.
Iwagakure, Tsuchikage's Office.
"The Four-Tails and Five-Tails in our village have been captured by someone else, and you're telling me you don't know who did it?!" Ōnoki glared at Iwamon beside him, roaring at the top of his lungs.
Looking at the furious Ōnoki, Iwamon could only show a helpless expression. He truly didn't know who was responsible. From detecting that the two jinchūriki were engaged in battle with an enemy to when the village's reinforcements arrived, only a few minutes had passed.
When Iwagakure's support forces reached the scene, only the corpses of the two jinchūriki remained, their Tailed Beasts already extracted from their bodies.
"Although we can't confirm who the culprit is, we do have a general target," Iwamon quickly said.
"Speak! Who is it?" Ōnoki pressed urgently.
"A ninja named Kai Mitarashi. Three days ago, he captured One-Tail Shukaku in Sunagakure, and his strength is extraordinarily powerful. According to Sunagakure's description, his abilities completely exceed the Kage-level category," Iwamon replied.
"Exceeding... Kage-level?"
Hearing Iwamon's words, Ōnoki's expression lost some of its fury and gained more gravity.
Even Ōnoki himself, who wielded Dust Release, didn't dare claim he'd entered the ranks of super Kage-level fighters. He was all too aware of how powerful super Kage-level warriors truly were.
When Ōnoki was young, before the era of hidden villages existed in the shinobi world, Hashirama Senju had once single-handedly fought against all the powerful warriors of the entire shinobi world to bring peace to the chaotic era.
Ōnoki had been fortunate enough to witness that battle, which left him with an impression he could never forget.
Not because the entire battle was too intense—quite the opposite. It was because the entire battle was far too simple! Hashirama Senju had used just one Wood Release technique to defeat four peak Kage-level ninjas!
The power of super Kage-level fighters had been deeply etched into Ōnoki's mind ever since. Without seeing it with his own eyes, Ōnoki would never believe that super Kage-level warriors still existed in the current shinobi world!
"Mitarashi... Kai?"
Ōnoki also noticed Kai's surname, frowning. After a moment of silence, he looked at Iwamon and asked, "Is he from Konoha's Mitarashi clan?"
Mitarashi wasn't a common surname. After thinking it over, Ōnoki could only recall Konoha's Mitarashi clan.
"He should be. This person admitted it in Sunagakure, but also said he wasn't from the Konoha we know. I don't understand what he meant," Iwamon replied.
"Hmph, just playing mysterious. There's only one Konoha in the shinobi world. Not the one we know—what, is there some other world's Konoha?" Ōnoki was clearly dismissive of this point.
Ōnoki had no idea that his casual remark had actually hit upon the truth.
"Iwamon, you—go to Konoha immediately. Sarutobi Hiruzen must give us Iwagakure a satisfactory explanation! Otherwise, we'll declare war on Konoha at any time!" Ōnoki ordered sternly.
"Yes, Lord Tsuchikage!" Iwamon replied and turned to head for Konoha.
"Iwamon." Ōnoki suddenly called him back again. "Actually, I'll lead the team personally. Immediately gather Iwagakure's most elite squad. We depart for Konoha in three hours!"
For some reason, Ōnoki felt something wasn't quite right about all this. To be safe, he'd better go to Konoha himself. With mastery of Iwagakure's secret techniques, he possessed the ability to fly and wasn't afraid of Konoha detaining him.
After thinking it over, Ōnoki added, "Also, inform Sunagakure and Kumogakure of Iwagakure's actions. Hmph, I don't believe Sunagakure won't want to demand an explanation from Konoha! Looking at an opportunity like this, I doubt that Third Raikage can hold back either!"
Ōnoki had calculated everything into his plans. His ability to hold the Tsuchikage position for decades relied not just on strength, but also on his cunning and calculating nature.
Iwamon was startled but didn't object, immediately setting off to organize the elite ninja squad.
Sunagakure, the new Kazekage's office.
After Elder Chiyo finished reading the message scroll in her hands, the Third Kazekage spoke: "Regarding the Tsuchikage's suggestion, I believe it's feasible. So, I'm preparing to go to Konoha personally. I'd like to invite you and Elder Ebizō to accompany me. What do you think?"
"Konoha?" A light of hatred flashed in Elder Chiyo's eyes. She nodded and continued, "Moreover, like Iwagakure, we should gather all of Sunagakure's elite ninjas and go to Konoha!"
Kumogakure, Raikage's Office.
The Third Raikage looked at the message scroll in his hand with some annoyance, casually tossing it at one of his Raikage Guard members behind him. He spoke bluntly: "Tell me whether we should go or not."
The Third Raikage had taken the Raikage lineage's characteristic of "strong limbs, simple mind" to the extreme. He'd rather engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Eight-Tails than deal with these headache-inducing matters.
The Raikage Guard member behind him opened the scroll and, after a moment, said: "Lord Raikage, we can go, and we must gather the village's elite forces to go together!"
"Then we go. The entire Raikage Guard moves out!" The Third Raikage didn't hesitate, immediately standing and giving the order.
Kai had no idea that simply revealing his name had stirred up the entire shinobi world, bringing all the major villages together at Konoha and causing quite a disaster for them. But even if he knew, Kai wouldn't care much.
This timeline's Konoha had absolutely nothing to do with him.
At this moment, Kai had already appeared in the Land of Water.
His targets were precisely Three-Tails Isobu and Six-Tails Saiken—two Tailed Beasts belonging to Kirigakure!
Kagura Mind's Eye—activate!
In just an instant, Kai had already discovered the traces of both Tailed Beasts. He directly used Divine Descent, appearing beside the Six-Tails' jinchūriki.
Using repulsive and attractive force fields to restrain the Six-Tails' jinchūriki, Kai directly extracted all of Saiken's chakra! Then he returned to the Shikkotsu Forest dimension and sealed the Six-Tails' power into the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
"The next one... will be the Three-Tails. Uchiha Madara, can you still hold back?" Kai murmured.
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