Meeting?
Emergency meeting about what?
Samui felt a sudden tightness in her heart.
She and Killer Bee arrived at the Raikage Building and entered a closed meeting room. There weren't many people inside, mostly high-ranking ninja from the village and the Raikage's secretary.
Click.
The meeting room door opened again, and the Fourth Raikage, A, strode in.
Since everyone was one of them, he wasn't wearing the Raikage robe. His upper body was bare, exposing his burly, muscular body. Just looking at him, you could feel the extreme power of that body.
He was always a decisive person. After coming in, he nodded to everyone, walked to the head seat, took a photo from his pocket, and slammed it on the table.
"Uchiha Sasuke"
A pulled out a chair and sat down, tapping the photo. He said concisely, "This is the meeting topic."
No one was surprised by this meeting topic.
The core of all Kumogakure's actions was to become stronger. Before, Samui led a team to Kirigakure to contact Linto, hoping to persuade Linto and Sasuke to join peacefully.
But Linto rejected the offer.
If words didn't work, they would naturally use force.
Raikage's secretary, Mabui, held files and distributed them to the ninja in the meeting room. The files recorded combat intelligence on Kirigakure and Linto's group.
When Mabui handed a file to A, he waved his hand, tapped his head, and indicated that he had already memorized it.
Samui knew this intelligence very well.
The intelligence about Linto, Sasuke, Momo-chan, and others was submitted by her.
After a few minutes of silent reading, everyone put down the intelligence and looked up at A.
A looked around, his eyes arrogant, and his deep voice echoed in the room:
"Uchiha bloodline, Ripple Skill, Ice Release bloodline limit, Ninjutsu nullification."
"These things can greatly enhance Kumogakure's strength. Now that Linto is out, I have decided to send a special operations team to capture Uchiha Sasuke before Linto returns. If there is extra energy, bring back the Ice Release user Mayuri as well."
As soon as he said this, there was a lot of discussion in the meeting room.
Samui didn't participate. She only felt a loud ringing in her ears, couldn't hear anything, and her mind was blank—
"Going to capture Sasuke?"
"Why? No... this is too sudden. Linto's knowledge is helping us..."
"Hey... hey..."
"I don't understand. If they really act, what will happen to the relationship between Linto and Kumogakure in the future?"
"Hey! Samui!"
Killer Bee raised his elbow and pushed Samui hard. Seeing that her eyes finally had focus, he, as her teacher, felt relieved. He leaned over and said in a low voice:
"Don't worry, this might just be my brother's wishful thinking~
In one month, Kirigakure has gradually returned to normal~
No matter who attacks, they will pay a huge price~
This is simply, a terrible attempt that isn't worth it... Yo!"
Samui nodded slightly.
Even without Linto, Kirigakure was one of the five great ninja villages. They had many ninja, Terumi Mei, Zabuza, and supposedly people from Konoha village had come recently.
Sneaking in and kidnapping would inevitably lead to a battle.
Kumogakure had indeed developed rapidly in recent years, but in someone else's territory, they had to be careful... Surely Raikage-sama and Killer Bee wouldn't go themselves, right?
That would be too risky.
The gain and risk were not proportional.
Besides, there was Linto.
If they really wiped out Linto's base... a strong person who could defeat Yagura head-on would resent Kumogakure and regularly intercept Kumogakure's ninja and missions.
Just thinking about it made her head hurt.
A sat in the Raikage chair with his legs spread wide, listening to his subordinates express their opinions. The meeting room was noisy.
He supported his chin with one hand and raised a finger with the other—
Tap tap!
A tapped the table.
Everyone immediately quieted down.
Because they knew that there was no need to continue. A had already heard their thoughts. They had fulfilled their duties as subordinates. Next was to see the judgment of the "Shadow."
Strict orders, decisive action.
This was Raikage, this was A.
A said, "What you're saying boils down to two concerns."
"One is Linto."
"Once our capture plan succeeds, based on my judgment of Linto's character, he will definitely come to Kumogakure to try to save people. At that time, Killer Bee and I will work together to kill him."
Hearing this, everyone in the meeting room nodded slightly.
A and Killer Bee, working together, were the strongest.
"As for how to sneak into Kirigakure and bring people back, have you forgotten the village's teleportation secret technique?"
Everyone immediately realized that A was talking about the "Heavenly Transfer Technique."
"But..."
Darui, the Raikage's bodyguard, raised his hand.
"Boss, the Heavenly Transfer Technique can only transfer goods. If it is used to transfer people, they will be torn to pieces before reaching their destination.
In the village, maybe only you, Boss, have the physique to withstand the rapid speed of the Heavenly Transfer Technique. You can't go yourself, right?"
A nodded. "Of course you can't, but we..."
"Have allies."
The meeting room door opened again.
Two women, dressed elegantly and luxuriously, walked in, completely different from the rough men in the room.
"Ah... Achoo!"
Killer Bee sneezed again.
Stinky.
Too stinky.
This snake-like smell, he looked at the two women entering the room:
One had dark blue hair, a crown, and a white robe, and looked like a ten-year-old girl.
One had long brown hair, also wearing a crown and robe, but looked slightly older, a woman in her early twenties.
A introduced, "These two are the Snake Sages from Ryuuchi Cave, Ichikishimahime and Tagitsuhime.
They are acting on White Snake Sage's orders, allied with Kumogakure, and will help us carry out the capture operation against Uchiha Sasuke."
Ryuuchi Cave, Snake Sages.
The ninja in the room were all core members of Kumogakure and knew about intelligence from all over the world. They naturally knew about Linto's grudges with Orochimaru and Ryuuchi Cave. A thought crossed their mind and they understood what was going on.
It was nothing more than using someone else to do dirty work, a game of mutual exploitation.
Ryuuchi Cave had a Snake Princess killed by Linto, and it was said that an important treasure was also taken away. They definitely wanted revenge.
But Ryuuchi Cave was fine for dealing with ordinary ninja and small countries, but to deal with Linto, who could defeat the Three-Tails alone…
These so-called "Sages" were not strong enough.
However, "not strong enough" referred to direct combat.
If they gave up frontal operations and focused on playing a supporting role, the Sages of Ryuuchi Cave were almost omnipotent.
With their long lives, they were proficient in genjutsu, healing, senjutsu, barriers, and all kinds of techniques that were useful for the team.
"The two Snake Princesses will continuously heal the special team's bodies during the transfer process, ensuring that they are not killed by the Heavenly Transfer Technique.
After arriving in Kirigakure, they will immediately set up a genjutsu barrier to seal off the scene. You will have fifteen minutes of safe action time.
After completing the capture, use the Heavenly Transfer Technique to evacuate. The operation is over... This is the Sasuke capture plan."
After A finished speaking, he looked around:
"Who agrees, who opposes?"
Darui raised his hand: "What about the people from Konoha?"
Guy, Asuma, and Ebisu were currently guests in Kirigakure.
If they intervened, it would add some variables.
A waved his hand, "Konoha? A bunch of cowards. Back then, when we raided Konoha's Hyuga, they didn't dare to act. Why would they care about Kirigakure's affairs? Don't worry about them."
After a moment of silence, A saw that no one else had any questions. He looked across the long table at Samui: "You just came back from Kirigakure and know them best. How about you lead the team?"
"I..."
Samui's usually calm and rational brain was not working well today.
She wanted to refuse. No, more than refusing, she didn't want this to happen. But A had arranged everything, the plan, the execution, and the follow-up, all clearly planned.
Samui even knew that once they connected with Ryuuchi Cave, maybe the village would have a few more Snake Sages in a few years. Plus Linto's ideas and the impact on the Daimyo's power, this matter was likely supported by the Daimyo's endorsement and funding.
With so many preconditions, what right did a small ninja like her have to object?
"Forget about Samui, big brother. She's not feeling well these days," Killer Bee said.
A nodded, didn't force her, and turned to a woman with light brown straight hair:
"Yugito, you lead the team."
Yugito Nii, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, was considered Kumogakure's third strongest fighter after A and Killer Bee.
With her leading the team and the two Snake Princesses cooperating, it would be more than enough for a sudden attack.
Yugito nodded slightly, accepting the mission, and asked softly:
"What if we encounter resistance during the capture?"
"Kill them."
A said directly, "You can kill all but Sasuke."
"Understood. When do we act?"
"Tomorrow night."
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