Kumogakure's Eight-Tails jinchūriki suddenly disappeared inexplicably inside the camp.
After being reminded by the Third Tsuchikage, the Second Raikage pointed the spearhead at Renya.
Being able to make Blue B vanish from the camp without a sound, Renya—who could use Flying Thunder God—was the most suspicious.
Moreover, Renya already had a precedent of killing the Four-Tails jinchūriki.
If he harbored ill intent and secretly infiltrated the Kumogakure camp, used the Flying Thunder God Technique to transfer Blue B, and then used the Mangekyō Sharingan to kill him—
It was not impossible.
As for the reason?
Nothing more than wanting to weaken Kumogakure's fighting strength by killing the Eight-Tails jinchūriki.
If Iwagakure and Kumogakure lost their tailed beasts, then the powerful Konoha would be able to secure victory with ease.
The Second Raikage and the Third Tsuchikage gathered together to discuss countermeasures.
Because the Third Mizukage had been slain by Renya some time ago.
This time, the one who came to the meeting was the temporary Mizukage and battlefield commander selected by Kirigakure.
"The Konoha poisoner relies on Flying Thunder God and doesn't put us in his eyes at all!"
The Second Raikage slammed his fist angrily onto the table, and several cracks instantly appeared in the solid wood tabletop.
The Flying Thunder God Technique used by Renya could be said to be unstoppable on the battlefield.
Even when three Kage joined forces, they were no match for him.
And the key point was that one of them was counter-killed.
To them, this was simply an enormous humiliation.
"Raikage, please calm down."
Ōnoki frowned as he looked at this brute, feeling a headache coming on.
At the slightest disagreement, he destroyed things.
With an ally like this, no wonder they had always been suppressed by Konoha.
"Calm down? Blue B's whereabouts are unknown right now—how am I supposed to calm down?!"
The Second Raikage said in a fury.
At the time, he was worried that Blue B might meet with misfortune, so he didn't let him go to the battlefield.
Who would have thought that Renya would actually dare to infiltrate the camp?
With just one moment of inattention, the village's jinchūriki was gone!
If they didn't hurry to search, Blue B would probably lose his life.
Or perhaps he was already dead—there was no guarantee that wasn't the case.
"Raikage, I understand how you feel," Ōnoki comforted him. "But right now, our top priority is to kill the Konoha poisoner!"
Only if that damned Uchiha died could they launch a full-scale attack on Konoha.
Some time ago, if Renya hadn't arrived with crucial support, Salamander Hanzō would have already been killed by them.
As a result, not only did they fail to kill Hanzō, but the Third Mizukage ended up beheaded.
When the Kirigakure ninja later learned of the news, all that was left on the ground was a headless corpse.
There wasn't even a complete body.
"May I ask what insights the Tsuchikage-sama has?" the temporary Mizukage asked curiously.
He had previously been the Third Mizukage's guard, and this was his first time participating in such a meeting.
There were many things he didn't understand, so he could only show extra respect to the two Kage.
After all, they were senior figures.
Ōnoki gave him an approving glance, thinking that this guy was more reliable than the Raikage.
Then he began to lay out the plan for this time.
"Although the Konoha poisoner's Flying Thunder God is extremely troublesome, I have a way to prevent him from using it!"
Upon hearing this, the two of them brightened.
"Tsuchikage, if you had a method, why didn't you bring it out earlier?" the Second Raikage said with some dissatisfaction.
If the Tsuchikage had done this from the start, they wouldn't have been beaten into such a sorry state.
"Tsuchikage-sama, what exactly is the method?" the temporary Mizukage hurriedly asked.
"Our Iwagakure has a sealing technique. Once cast, it can prohibit the use of space-time ninjutsu within a certain range."
Ōnoki didn't keep them in suspense and stated his plan.
"If the Konoha poisoner steps into the range of the sealing technique, the Flying Thunder God Technique will be unusable!"
"Haha, wouldn't that mean he'd be at our mercy?" The Second Raikage revealed a smile.
"Don't be happy too soon. Even without Flying Thunder God, that guy is still extremely hard to deal with!" Ōnoki quickly warned.
He was afraid that this brute would get hot-headed and rush forward to throw his life away.
After all, Renya was someone who possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan!
Hearing this, the Second Raikage gradually calmed down. What the Tsuchikage said was right.
The formidable reputation the Konoha poisoner had earned on the battlefield back then—
It wasn't built on Flying Thunder God.
The Second Raikage felt a headache coming on. How had that guy become stronger and stronger?
If Renya couldn't be killed in this war, there might be no chance in the future.
"At that time, we'll cooperate tacitly and strive to kill the poisoner in a short time!" The three gathered together and began to discuss combat details.
The temporary Mizukage always felt that the plan was somewhat unreliable, but in order to avenge the Mizukage-sama,
He could only give it a try for now.
If they failed again this time, Kirigakure planned to surrender to Konoha.
Continuing to fight with no hope of victory, the Kirigakure ninja would sooner or later fall into despair.
It would be better to surrender outright.
...
"These days, the enemy's offensive has been getting weaker and weaker. I reckon they're about to surrender."
In the Konoha camp, everyone sat around the campfire discussing things.
"The war has only been going on for a month, and it's already ending so quickly?"
"That's because our Konoha is very powerful right now."
"Haha, I can already imagine Danzō's arrogant face at the negotiation table."
Several people couldn't help but smile.
"When the war ends, what do you plan to do?" Hiruzen suddenly asked.
Then he began answering his own question.
"Anyway, when the war ends, I plan to stay home and spend time with my children. I've been busy handling documents before and neglected their feelings."
Renya: "???"
According to the usual plot, NPCs who say things like this generally die the fastest.
Fortunately, Hiruzen wasn't an NPC, so he probably wouldn't die here.
"When the war ends, I plan to go home and sleep really well," Koharu Utatane said with a smile.
"Being on the battlefield all the time keeps you tense—you can't sleep soundly at all."
They began to casually discuss what they would do after returning to the village.
Only Renya didn't participate.
He always felt that saying such things on the battlefield was bad luck.
Words like these were no different from, "After this job, I'll wash my hands of it," which directly raised the death rate.
"Renya, what about you?"
Seeing that Renya hadn't spoken at all, they all looked at him curiously.
It seemed he had no choice but to answer.
"Go home and lie in the sun. I hate the weather in the Land of Rain."
After coming to the Land of Rain for a month, he hadn't seen a single sunny day, let alone sunbathing.
Hearing this, the others felt somewhat helpless.
Why did this guy Renya think about sunbathing all day long?
The key point was that after basking in the sun for so many years, his skin hadn't even turned dark.
Koharu Utatane was extremely envious of this.
She could only comfort herself by saying that people's constitutions were different…
"Renya, besides sunbathing, don't you have anything else to do?"
Hiruzen said with a mix of envy, jealousy, and resentment.
He worked himself to death every day in the office reviewing documents, and from time to time even argued with Danzō due to differing ideals.
In the end, Danzō would pull out the Hokage's position, and he could only swallow the grievance.
Uchiha Kagami also wore an envious expression.
He needed to mediate the conflicts between the clan and the village, constantly worrying that the contradictions would erupt completely.
Comparing people could really drive one mad.
Renya felt a bit helpless about this. Don't be fooled by how he slacked off every day—
The bitterness behind it was known only to himself.
Just dealing with that Madara alone was enough to give him a headache.