Utakata had regained his status as a Kirigakure ninja. He had come as part of the Mizukage's delegation. He stood outside the tower, waiting with the other Kiri ninja, but soon his gaze focused on the red-haired woman who was approaching him directly.
Tayuya's eyes were particularly cruel, Utakata lowered his head for a moment, not daring to look at her. He didn't even know exactly why he had lowered his head.
-Look who's back in the Mist Village, I thought you hated them.- Tayuya's words were still completely uninhibited. The other Mist ninjas looked at her with clear irritation and tried to pressure her with their glances, but Tayuya only mocked them before turning her gaze back to Utakata.
-Tayuya... - Utakata finally nodded slightly, unsure what to say.
Tayuya's lips tightened, she seemed to grow increasingly irritated, but in the end, she just spat on the ground beside him and walked past them without looking back.
Utakata followed Tayuya with his eyes, his emotions simmering beneath his serene demeanor, in the end, he could only sigh.
They had different positions, Utakata knew this and Tayuya did too, but that didn't make the situation any better for either of them.
Terumi Mei didn't stay in the tower for long, after a few moments, she hurriedly left. The group of ninjas didn't know the outcome, but they were ninjas, only obeying orders.
Thus, with the Mizukage in charge, the group quickly left Otogakure.
But what they didn't know was that a white snake swam easily across the land, following them closely.
But what neither Jugo nor Mei knew was that news of Otogakure's possession of the Six-Tails had already spread.
Spies are common in all ninja villages, especially the larger ones. Jugo managed to circumvent this through the power of the Tenebrous World and his extensive network of clones capable of using Zetsu's Mayfly.
Unfortunately, Kirigakure wasn't so lucky.
Whether they were ordinary spies from other villages or white Zetsu placed at strategic points, both Kumogakure and Iwagakure already knew the news.
Not only them, but Danzo and Obito had also received the news, although Danzo had no interest in informing Tsunade, as he already had his eye on the six tails for himself. Obito, on the other hand, knew the power of the wood style and also that no Zetsu had managed to infiltrate Otogakure for quite some time.
In the end, he passed the problem on to Nagato, but the Three-Tails still hadn't been located, so the plan wasn't ready to begin.
They could only continue to wait for the Three-Tails to reappear.
As for Jugo with his Wood Style? Nagato would handle him, even Wood Style couldn't match those eyes.
Kumogakure and Iwagakure had opposing attitudes. Onoki already had enough problems with his own Jinchuuriki, he didn't want to add another one. However, this information could be useful, for example, in causing Kumogakure and Otogakure to go to war, thus diminishing the power of this old enemy.
The Fourth Raikage, on the other hand, had a more direct attitude, he wanted the Six-Tails.
Having the ability to create perfect Jinchuuriki, more tailed beasts was something he had long desired, unfortunately, once Kumo moved in that direction, it was likely that all the other ninja villages would attack at the same time.
After all, it was no secret that Kumo could create perfect Jinchuuriki, if they managed to get another one, what would stop them from getting a fourth Bijuu? Or a fifth?
Therefore, if Kumo were to move to capture other countrie's Tailed Beasts, it could directly lead to the start of the Fourth Shinobi World War and Kumo would be in a much worse position.
But now there was a chance, if they acted quickly and stole the tailed beast without exposing the thief, they could gain another high-level combat power!
As for Otokagure's strength? The Raikage never considered that, even with the rumors of Jugo's Wood Release. Konoha also had a "known" Wood Release user and he was quite weak. Wood Release doesn't mean you possess Hashirama's strength.
In fact, the Raikage already had his eye on Taki's Bijuu, but Taki's relationship with Konoha is very close and the territory of the Land of Lightning is far from the Land of Waterfalls, so the chance of things going wrong is much greater.
The sound, on the other hand, is closer and their only ally, Suna, is even further away. In the end, the Raikage moved quickly, an elite squad left Kumogakure during the night.
Not only that, but Onoki also began to move, sending a squad to the Land of Lightning. Their objective? To kill some Kumo ninjas using the Sound Hitai-ate.
Whether that was true or false didn't matter, Onoki knew the Raikage very well. That man wouldn't care if it was true or not, he would only see the profit from the attack itself.
Danzo, on the other hand, did not move, but knowing Kirigakure's interest, he expected a war between the two sides before acting, he only hoped that the waters would become muddy enough.
His goal wasn't just the Jinchuuriki, but also Jugo. After all, users of the Wood Release are rare and he believed Jugo was a successful experiment of Orochimaru's that the man had hidden. He wanted that power. Even his interest in Sasuke was put aside at that point.
Jugo, in his tower, began to feel a strange sense of unease, as if something bad was about to happen, due of his sequence, he has a great sense of danger. This feeling hadn't yet reached the point of life or death, but it was slowly growing, as if something or someone was coming after him.
Jugo could only sigh, he couldn't have a break. He knew all of this was probably connected to him capturing the six-tails, but now it was too late to regret it.
Thoughtfully, he shook his head, assigning a few more clones who were training to patrol, after all, he didn't want Otogakure to be destroyed.