Chapter 699: Speculations...

Chapter 699: Speculations...

"Elder Inazuma?" The call brought Inazuma out of his trance. He looked around to see everyone staring at him. He turned his gaze back to the building and asked, "Do you remember the reports we received from our spies in Konoha around a year ago?"

Everyone was confused by his question. A few wondered, 'What do our spies in Konoha have to do with this? Why is he discussing that now?'

However, the eyes of a few ninjas widened. Mabui muttered, "Around a year ago, there were reports of a massive attack inside Konoha. The attack was so strong that several in Konoha feared that the Nine Tails had been set loose once again. And, that attack was a Lightning jutsu as well!"

Everyone's eyes widened. Inazuma nodded and said, "Yes. And, from my calculations, that attack was made on the Root, a disgusting special force led by the Shinobi of Darkness. This attack makes me suspect that the one who attacked Root was none other than Akuro."

Nanako questioned, "But why would he attack the Root and now attack us? What is his motivation?"

Mabui asked, "Do you think Konoha is involved in this?"

Mabui thought, 'Konoha lured Raikage-sama away and targeted our military bases. If Akuro is also affiliated with Konoha, it would explain a lot of things. However, why would Konoha employ someone who attacked them?'

Inazuma answered, "I can't be sure. Seeing his strength, there would have been a big fight if they found him. So, there is a chance that they don't know anything about him. Or perhaps, they reached a deal with him and are using him to humiliate and weaken us. There's no way to tell for sure unless we can capture him."

Everyone thought carefully about Inazuma's words. However, one guy lost his cool and shouted, "What does that have to do with the current situation? We just lost 16 Jounins! What should we be doing now? If he can bypass the barrier and attack with that jutsu again, our losses would be incomprehensible!"

Inazuma didn't lose his cool and calmly replied, "Considering who our opponent is, our losses are still quite small because I had the foresight to erect this barrier and send only a few ninjas inside."

Everyone around cursed internally at Inazuma's damage control attempt. Before anyone could explode again, Inazuma continued, "The fact that he resorted to such an attack shows that he didn't have any other way to deal with our attack. An attack of this scale would have also eaten into his chakra reserves considerably. However, you're right. It is too risky to continue attacking.

We don't know how many times he can use that attack. Even if he can use it just once more, the losses we suffer would be unacceptable. As demoralizing as it may be, we have no other choice but to wait for Lord Fourth. We can just take solace in the fact that we forced him to consume so much of his chakra."

Everyone around nodded. Being unable to do anything when the most important building was taken over by an enemy was too insulting. However, there was nothing they could do but wait. Of course, there were a few who sneered internally. After decades of advising two Raikage, Inazuma had made an error and they didn't intend to let him off easily. Unfortunately, none of them knew how big the issue had truly gotten!

Alternatively, I could just make them raise animal companions like the Inuzuka clan though that might be a bit complicated. It'll need a lot of resources and I'll need to steal information from the clans who have such companions...'

As he was thinking, Fujin destroyed the underground base along with all the corpses. He only kept Dodai's corpse with him as he found his abilities interesting and felt that he might be useful if Fujin got his hands on the Edo Tensei jutsu.

Fujin teleported to the nearest Flying Thunder God mark and wondered, 'I still have around half a day before I should be back in the village. What do I do in the meantime?'

Several ideas flashed in his mind. The first was visiting Phantom Haven Society, but he dropped it since it hadn't been a long time since his previous visit. After thinking for a bit, a mischievous smile appeared on Fujin's face as he decided, 'Since I'm here, I might as well mark the entire Land of Frost and the Land of Hot Water.'

A couple of hours later, Ay and Bee could finally see Kumogakure! Both their breathing was rough. Ay muttered, "Just in time."

[A/N: Next chapter: Walking into the Trap!]

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