Chapter 168: This Man Is Really Reliable!
The Fourth Raikage was extremely dissatisfied with Oborotsuki openly trying to poach his subordinate right in front of him.
Meanwhile, the person involved—Samui—was asked such a question by Oborotsuki and immediately became very embarrassed, completely at a loss for how to respond.
Oborotsuki shrugged casually as if nothing had happened and looked toward the Fourth Raikage:
"Just joking with her. Don't take it so seriously."
"But a cute girl like Samui—if she wanted to develop her career in our Kirigakure, we'd be more than happy to have her."
As he spoke, Oborotsuki glanced toward Terumī Mei and the others.
He noticed Terumī Mei's pretty face was filled with restrained anger—she was clearly holding back from exploding. He couldn't help but chuckle inwardly.
"No more nonsense with you!"
"We're leaving!"
The Fourth Raikage snorted coldly. Right now, his only thought was to quickly find out where Killer Bee was and rescue his sworn brother.
He had no interest in staying here trading words with Oborotsuki any longer.
With that, he turned and led his subordinates and entourage away.
"If you ever change your mind, feel free to come find me anytime~"
Oborotsuki called out with a smile toward Samui, who was passing by him with her head lowered in silence.
Samui's body trembled slightly. At that moment, the Fourth Raikage turned back and glared fiercely at her. She didn't dare respond to Oborotsuki, kept her head down, and hurried after the Fourth Raikage as they quickly left the meeting room.
"You…"
"Coming all the way here just to flirt with girls, huh?"
Terumī Mei placed one hand on her hip and walked gracefully toward Oborotsuki with a teasing smile.
"How could that be?"
"I came here to help you solve your problems!"
Oborotsuki immediately turned around with a laugh and shrugged nonchalantly as he explained.
Terumī Mei gave him a look that clearly said, "Do you think I believe that ghost story?" But considering that if Oborotsuki hadn't arrived in time, the Fourth Raikage wouldn't have backed down so easily, she felt a small amount of happiness inside.
"By the way, why didn't you just tell them the truth?"
Oborotsuki asked curiously.
He had originally left these matters for Terumī Mei to handle precisely so she could take this opportunity to unite several ninja villages together.
That way, it would prevent these uninformed people from coming to cause trouble.
But he hadn't expected to arrive and see Terumī Mei and the Fourth Raikage already exchanging blows. He had no choice but to step in and deal with the Fourth Raikage himself.
"Hmph, it makes me so angry just talking about it!"
Terumī Mei said somewhat indignantly.
"That Fourth Raikage is really too much—trying to bully me, a weak woman, just because he has the upper hand!"
"Don't—you're not weak at all…"
Oborotsuki shook his head.
But his gaze turned sharp.
Thinking back to how the Fourth Raikage had attacked Terumī Mei earlier—he clearly hadn't held back at all.
If Oborotsuki hadn't arrived in time, Terumī Mei would have definitely suffered some injuries.
Daring to touch his woman—this was no small matter!
"That guy kept insisting we had captured both the Two-Tails and Eight-Tails jinchūriki, demanding we hand over the jinchūriki and you, or else he'd take me hostage!"
"You tell me—in that kind of situation, how was I supposed to talk nicely with him?"
Terumī Mei was still angry and vented to Oborotsuki again.
"So I shouldn't have let them leave just now. Why didn't you tell me these things earlier…"
"I'll go after them right now and finish him off."
Saying that, Oborotsuki turned to chase after the Fourth Raikage and his group.
The Daimyō of the Land of Hot Springs—who had been hiding under the table the whole time—heard these words and was scared speechless, not daring to say a single word.
"No need!"
"He's still a Kage of a village after all. If we deal with the Fourth Raikage like that, it will only bring endless trouble to Kirigakure."
"The Land of Lightning will definitely declare war on us then—but our real enemies aren't them."
Terumī Mei was still quite rational.
Hearing that Oborotsuki wanted to pursue and kill the Fourth Raikage, she hurriedly stopped him.
At the same time, she felt a small wave of happiness inside.
She knew Oborotsuki was doing this to stand up for her.
This man really was dependable.
She had no idea that Oborotsuki actually had another purpose.
Chasing down and intercepting the Fourth Raikage's group was just an excuse.
Earlier, Samui's appearance and voice had already been deeply imprinted in his mind.
At this moment, Oborotsuki felt unbearably itchy inside.
If he didn't manage to win over that famous beauty from Kumogakure, he feared he would never sleep peacefully again.
"By the way, let's not talk about that anymore."
"You came all the way here to find us—has the Akatsuki situation been resolved?"
Terumī Mei came back to her senses and asked curiously.
But after speaking, she realized she had spoken too freely. She subconsciously turned her head to look at the Daimyō of the Land of Hot Springs, who was still hiding under the table.
Oborotsuki walked straight over and cast a genjutsu on this fat, ordinary man with big ears—erasing his memory of everything that had just happened.
Then he turned and left the meeting room:
"Let's head back first and talk there."
"Those Akatsuki guys are quite cunning. I wasn't able to completely crush their plan this time, but I've already brought the Eight-Tails back to the village."
"What?!"
Terumī Mei's footsteps suddenly stopped. She looked at Oborotsuki with full shock.
Just moments ago, she had confidently told the Fourth Raikage that the Eight-Tails jinchūriki was definitely not in Kirigakure and that they hadn't kidnapped him.
Now Oborotsuki was telling her that Killer Bee had already been brought back to Kirigakure by him!
This… was way too sudden!
"Keeping the Eight-Tails jinchūriki in Kirigakure is better than letting him fall into Akatsuki's hands, right?"
"Don't worry—Kumogakure will never find out about this."
Oborotsuki casually waved his hand to reassure Terumī Mei.
"Where were we earlier? Oh right—Akatsuki knows the remaining tailed beasts are all in our hands."
"Next, they will definitely target Kirigakure. We need to hurry back and prepare our defenses in advance."
Oborotsuki deliberately changed the subject.
But his words were very effective—Terumī Mei's attention was immediately drawn away.
Akatsuki targeting Kirigakure was a huge matter. Her expression turned grave:
"Kumogakure's problem has been temporarily resolved, but Konoha and Sunagakure still haven't been dealt with!"
"If Akatsuki takes this chance to invade Kirigakure right now, things are going to get really lively!"
"What problems with Konoha and Sunagakure?"
Oborotsuki stopped in confusion and turned back to look at her.
Terumī Mei looked at him helplessly and deeply:
"Don't you know what good things you did in Sunagakure and Konoha yourself?"
"You still have the nerve to ask me…"
"What good things did I do?"
Oborotsuki was completely confused. He scratched his head and looked at Terumī Mei in bewilderment.
Seeing that he didn't seem to be lying or joking, Terumī Mei was also surprised:
"You really don't know?"
"Both Konoha and Sunagakure were attacked by their own village's tailed beasts. Now they're accusing you—saying you were the mastermind behind everything! That you used the Sharingan to control the tailed beasts…"
"By the way, I've been meaning to ask you—when did you get the Sharingan? Isn't that the Uchiha clan's kekkei genkai?"
Terumī Mei fired off a series of questions, leaving Oborotsuki stunned into sudden realization.
He immediately understood—he had been misunderstood. Or rather, someone had deliberately framed him.
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