He shot Huang Tu a fierce glare, and Onoki, rubbing his still aching lower back, flew up from his embrace.
Frowning at the ANBU kneeling on the ground with a somber expression, Onoki felt a bad premonition flash through his mind.
"Roshi?"
"Hmph!"
"That stubborn old fool actually came back? Does he think the Hidden Stone Village is an izakaya?"
"To come and go as he pleases..."
"What's he back for?"
As ANBU of the Hidden Stone, the ninja delivering the message naturally knew about the conflict between the Tsuchikage and Roshi. He had no right to interfere in the affairs of high-ranking officials, and merely shook his head slightly.
"Your subordinate does not know!"
The ANBU ninja replied, then said gravely:
"But Lord Roshi's expression was extremely serious, and he only said to return to the Tsuchikage's office as soon as possible!"
Onoki's heart tightened instantly.
Although he and Roshi had their differences due to clashing personalities and disagreements on village governance, their hearts had always been for the good of the village.
Now, with Roshi suddenly returning and dispatching ANBU to tell him to see him quickly.
He could guess...
The news Roshi brought back would not be good. wap.kanshu伍.net
"I'll deal with you later!"
Onoki snorted coldly, shot Huang Tu another fierce glare, uttered a harsh threat, and then his figure quickly flew towards the Tsuchikage's office.
...
Roshi dismissed all the patrolling ninjas from the Tsuchikage's office and sat alone with his eyes closed in Onoki's office.
"Bang!"
The office door was suddenly violently pushed open from the outside, and Onoki's short, stout figure floated in.
"Returning suddenly and occupying my office, sending everyone away, and having the ANBU notify me to come see you immediately..."
Onoki's stiff voice rang out. Roshi seemed not to hear, his eyes still closed.
Seeing Roshi's indifference to his arrival, Onoki couldn't help but feel a surge of anger.
He rushed to have the ANBU notify him, and upon arriving, Roshi wouldn't even open his eyes.
Roshi, Roshi, you're coming to my place to act like a big shot!
"Close the door!"
"I have something to ask of you!"
Roshi reached for his abdomen, opened his eyes, and solemnly ordered Onoki.
Onoki's expression froze. His anger churned wildly in his belly for a moment, but finally, after seeing the serious and grave expression on Roshi's face, it slowly subsided.
He casually closed the office door, floated in front of Roshi, and looked down at the man who had never bowed to him before.
"Old friend..."
"What... happened?"
Roshi didn't answer immediately. He reached out and lifted his robe, revealing his abdomen. kanδん
Onoki's face darkened, and he was about to reprimand Roshi for such an indecent act. Roshi shook his head slightly and slowly entered the Lava Release Chakra Mode.
The Lava Release power, which should have enveloped his entire body, invariably encountered five streaks of colorful sealing jutsu light that suddenly illuminated as it flowed through Roshi's bare abdomen, forcefully tearing open a large hole in the outer layer formed by the Lava Release Chakra Mode.
The crimson light cast the Tsuchikage's office into a scorching heat. The desks and chairs near Roshi's body began to emit a burnt smell.
Fortunately, Roshi knew this was the Tsuchikage's office, and the Lava Release Chakra Mode was activated and retracted quickly.
As Roshi's chakra dissipated, the five-elemental seal lights on his abdomen dimmed, gradually turning into five black seal runes that disappeared into Roshi's body.
Onoki looked at the seal patterns on Roshi's abdomen, which were completely different from before, and his pupils suddenly contracted.
"The Four-Tails' seal is in trouble?"
Roshi nodded grimly and recounted the entire process of his battle with the ninja named Kong Chen to Onoki in detail.
At this moment, he needed Onoki's intellect, as the wielder of the "Scales of Two Heavens" moniker.
Onoki looked at the seal on Roshi's abdomen with a solemn expression and slowly reached out to press it. His chakra surged, and the five-elemental seal lights lit up again.
"Not even a trace of the Four-Tails' power can be sensed. This kind of seal..."
"Apart from Leaf Village ninjas, no ninja from other villages could have used it."
"You said that person claimed to be Kong Chen?"
Roshi nodded.
"That's right!" kan書溂
"He also brought a summon beast that looked like a fox. Before the Four-Tails' power was sealed, I heard the Four-Tails call that fox Kyuubi."
"The Four-Tails' meaning..."
"That fox is likely the Leaf's Nine-Tails!"
Onoki was shocked and looked at Roshi seriously.
"Are you sure it's the Nine-Tails?"
Roshi hesitated for a moment, then slowly shook his head.
"It's just a guess!"
"But the Four-Tails said that fox is someone who likes to bully other Tailed Beasts by relying on the number of its tails."
"That Kong Chen is powerful and skilled in this level of sealing jutsu..."
"The possibility of that fox being the Nine-Tails is very high!"
Onoki nodded with a grave expression.
He floated behind the desk, reached into a drawer, and pulled out a sealed document.
"This is intelligence about Kong Chen that the village has collected before. It seems this person's threat level needs to be elevated to the same height as the Kage!"
"I didn't expect this Kong Chen's true strength to be so formidable, actually having a being that is suspected to be the Nine-Tails as his summon beast..."
Roshi took the document, scanned it casually, and then tossed it back onto the desk with disinterest.
"Being able to defeat me in my semi-tailed beast form, it's no wonder he could help the Leaf defeat Chiyo on the battlefield..."
"My purpose in returning, besides informing the village to be wary of this Leaf ninja named Kong Chen, is also to ask for your help in finding a way to break this seal!"
"You know, a jinchuriki without a Tailed Beast loses my value to the village!"
Onoki floated in front of Roshi, stared intently at his face for a long time, and then slowly said:
"Roshi, you..."
"Are willing to come back?"
Roshi glanced at Onoki, and somewhat unnaturally turned his head away. He said nothing, yet it seemed he had said everything.
After all, he was the Four-Tails jinchuriki of the Hidden Stone Village.
A smile flickered in Onoki's eyes, followed by a sigh.
"I'm sorry!"
"Such a powerful sealing jutsu, personally set by a strong individual. With the sealing jutsu proficiency of the ninjas in our village, I'm afraid they won't be able to help you resolve this!"
Roshi dejectedly lowered his clothes, his brows furrowed tightly.
"Then what should we do?"
"If the village needs to deploy a Tailed Beast, without me, a jinchuriki who can merge with the Four-Tails, can you, with your old bones, or that unstable Five-Tails, manage it?"
Onoki placed his hand on Roshi's shoulder and patted it gently.
"Old friend, you're actually thinking for me and the village..."
"It seems you've truly changed..."
Roshi stiffened slightly when Onoki patted his shoulder. Hearing Onoki speak of his change in a voice filled with relief, he became somewhat embarrassed and pushed away the hand Onoki had placed on his shoulder.
"I'm asking you for a way to resolve the seal!"
"You're rambling about all sorts of nonsense here!"
Onoki didn't seem to care about Roshi's rude action and chuckled. Roshi, angered by the laughter, was about to lose his temper when he saw Onoki slowly float to the bookshelf where mission scrolls were stored and take out a scroll.
"Although the sealing jutsu in our village cannot help you with the Four-Tails' seal, I, along with the ninjas from the Sealing Squad, have discussed the sealing of Tailed Beasts."
"It's difficult to perfectly seal a Tailed Beast like that Kong Chen, but it's very easy to release the Tailed Beast's power!"
Roshi's heart leaped with joy, and he stood up excitedly.
"What method?"
Onoki floated back in front of Roshi and handed him the scroll.
"Go and kill!"