A look of surprise appeared on Uchiha Obito's face.
"If Orochimaru can be pulled into Akatsuki, then Akatsuki will gain another tremendous source of strength."
"Konoha is helping me."
"Kakashi can go persuade him."
"With Orochimaru's experience, he must know quite a bit about tailed beasts."
Uchiha Obito grew excited.
"If we can obtain Orochimaru's help, the Eye of the Moon Plan will move one step closer."
"Rin, wait for me!"
However, Uchiha Obito did not remain happy for long.
Because he soon learned of something that made him rather unhappy.
"Ninja Major Events Weekly! Ninja Major Events Weekly!"
In the headline of this issue of Ninja Major Events Weekly, another piece of information about Iwagakure appeared.
—Iwagakure's Roshi repeatedly attacked Sunagakure shinobi strongholds and has been killed by our Sunagakure's Kazekage-sama.
Regarding Roshi's actions, Sunagakure expresses condemnation.
During the ceasefire between our two great shinobi villages, he attacked Sunagakure shinobi strongholds. For such provocation and such attacks, Iwagakure must apologize and compensate Sunagakure.
Iwagakure must explain the full cause and process behind Roshi's attack.
Those involved must be severely punished.
Otherwise, Sunagakure will launch a severe counterattack.
Uchiha Obito's expression darkened.
What happened to Iwagakure or Sunagakure was not something Obito cared about.
What Roshi had done, Obito also did not care.
But Roshi's death mattered to him greatly.
"The Four-Tails jinchuriki… is dead."
"That means for the Four-Tails to reappear, I'll have to expend manpower searching for it again, and I'll have to wait such a long time."
"Damn it."
"Why does Rasa like killing jinchuriki so much?"
"The Six-Tails jinchuriki died at his hands. Now the Four-Tails jinchuriki has also died at his hands."
"I have a feeling this guy will absolutely become an obstacle to my Eye of the Moon Plan."
"If only I could kill him."
Uchiha Obito spoke hatefully.
But when he recalled his previous confrontation with Rasa, a trace of wariness could not help but rise in his heart.
"Still, the current me may not need to remain wary of Rasa."
"In the past, I only had one Sharingan. But now, I have already reclaimed my other Sharingan."
"Under dual Kamui, what right does Rasa have to be my opponent?"
"With only his trifling Magnet Release?"
Uchiha Obito began to consider attacking Rasa again.
But whether he would act personally had not yet been decided.
What Uchiha Obito did not know was that the future he imagined—where the Six-Tails would revive three years after Yagura's death, and the Four-Tails would revive three years after Roshi's death—was already impossible.
Because Yagura and Roshi were indeed dead.
But the Six-Tails and the Four-Tails had not died.
The Six-Tails had been suppressed beneath a Sun Disk.
The Four-Tails had also been suppressed beneath a Sun Disk.
If they had not died, they would not revive.
That meant no matter how long Uchiha Obito waited, he would never see the Four-Tails or Six-Tails revive.
And trying to use White Zetsu to find those two tailed beasts would not be easy either.
The Sun Disk would indiscriminately attack any unmarked living creature, and White Zetsu was among them.
The one in an even worse mood than Uchiha Obito was Onoki.
Onoki had never expected Roshi to suddenly be killed.
And to be killed so easily.
No news had leaked at all. Not until Sunagakure announced it in Ninja Major Events Weekly.
Onoki stared at the newspaper in his hand, his face dark to the extreme.
"How was Roshi killed so easily by Rasa?"
"If he couldn't win, did he not know how to run?"
"As a jinchuriki, his chakra is practically limitless. He also possesses Lava Release with extremely powerful offense and defense."
"Roshi, you disappoint me too much!"
Onoki's face was filled with disappointment.
Roshi had wandered outside the village for years and had not returned. Last time, when he attacked Sunagakure shinobi strongholds, Onoki had felt that Roshi was still not bad.
He might be outside the village, but he still had the village in his heart.
For the village, he had attacked Sunagakure to reduce Iwagakure's pressure.
He also possessed very decent strength. If he had obtained the secret of the Sun Disk, that would have been ideal.
Once Iwagakure obtained the Sun Disk, its strength would inevitably increase tremendously.
At the same time, Roshi still carried the identity of a wandering shinobi.
Even if Sunagakure wanted to blame someone, they could not place that blame on Iwagakure.
Onoki snorted coldly.
"This Rasa killed Roshi and still wants Iwagakure to pay compensation?"
"He can dream on!"
"Iwagakure not settling accounts with Sunagakure is already generous enough."
"Don't even think about it!"
Onoki completely rejected the demands Sunagakure had raised in Ninja Major Events Weekly.
Very soon, an announcement was published in Iwagakure's own newspaper.
The meaning Onoki expressed in the announcement was simple.
Roshi was already a missing-nin. Roshi's actions had nothing to do with Iwagakure. Everything had been Roshi's personal behavior. There was even the possibility that Roshi had deliberately framed and taken revenge against Iwagakure.
For Roshi's crimes, Iwagakure would not take responsibility.
Sunagakure could do whatever it wanted to Roshi.
But Iwagakure would not apologize.
Nor would it pay compensation.
A perfect severance.
After the announcement came out, most Iwagakure shinobi supported it.
"That's right. Roshi is a missing-nin. Why should Iwagakure bear responsibility for what a missing-nin did? If your Sunagakure missing-nin commit crimes, will Sunagakure take responsibility?"
But a small number of Iwagakure shinobi knew Roshi's true situation.
The moment these people saw the announcement, their emotions instantly became complicated.
"Roshi-senpai was not a missing-nin. He simply had a political disagreement with Tsuchikage-sama and left the village."
"He never harmed the village. Even outside the village, he still protected Iwagakure."
"How can someone like that be considered a missing-nin?"
"He was like Konoha's Jiraiya and Tsunade back then."
"Why would Tsuchikage-sama say this?"
One shinobi sighed.
"Perhaps because Roshi-senpai is already dead. Clearing Roshi-senpai's name would bring no benefit to the village. Facing Sunagakure's aggressive demands, cutting ties with Roshi-senpai is the only way to avoid Sunagakure's compensation claim."
"Everything is for the village's interests."
The shinobi beside him revealed a pained expression.
"I understand the reasoning, but is this right?"
"For the sake of the village, we ignore Roshi-senpai's contributions and even label him as a missing-nin."
"Then were Roshi-senpai's contributions to the village worth it?"
"If Roshi-senpai ended up like this, then what about us?"
One person thought of Kitsuchi from before.
"Could Kitsuchi's case have been the same?"
"Because Kitsuchi was already dead, Tsuchikage-sama pushed all the responsibility onto Kitsuchi, because doing so was better for the village and better for Tsuchikage-sama?"
Sunagakure.
Rasa had already expected the response Onoki would make.
Rasa had never expected Iwagakure to truly pay compensation.
All Rasa needed was to use Roshi's incident as a trigger, allowing Sunagakure's rumor team to push the Kitsuchi rumor once again, stir discussion across the shinobi world, and gain points.
Rasa glanced at the system panel and revealed a smile.
"Three thousand points. Reached."
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