"Of course it's a good thing!"
Rasa could clearly sense Sasori of the Red Sand's reluctance.
But he could understand it.
After all, Sasori was not cooperating willingly. He was cooperating because he had no choice.
The moment Sasori killed the Third Kazekage, he had already become a missing-nin.
"I need you to help me conduct an interrogation. Any method is acceptable. The more information you can extract, the better."
Rasa paused, then added,
"I've heard that some people can manipulate a human brain and read the memories inside it through the special electrical signals flowing out of the brain."
"Can you do that?"
Of course, Rasa had not heard of this in this world.
It came from the world of Hunter x Hunter. A Chimera Ant named Neferpitou had once manipulated Pokkle's brain in that manner and extracted his memories.
"Read memories through electrical signals?"
Sasori immediately became interested.
This was not part of puppet-making, but Sasori was still very interested in such a technique.
He felt it might help him with creating puppets.
"Can it really be done?"
Rasa shrugged.
"I've only heard of it. I can't guarantee whether it's true. You can try it yourself."
Sasori fell silent for a while.
"When is the interrogation?"
"One week from now."
"Fine. I'll come back in a week."
After that, Rasa placed all the evaluations of Yagura that had been gathered from the Land of Water and Kirigakure before Yagura's eyes.
Along with the current situations of Fuguki Suikazan and Jinpachi Munashi.
And Kirigakure's current state.
And the Kaguya clan's declaration.
Even though Yagura was still sealed, his whole body trembled with fury.
"Pfft!"
A mouthful of blood sprayed out, seeping through the gaps of the sealing scroll.
At last—
"Two thousand emotion points. Reached!"
Rasa turned around and left directly.
He had already decided how to deal with Yagura.
The only reason he had stimulated Yagura was to obtain emotion points. Now that the emotion points were in hand, Rasa had no intention of wasting any more time on him.
That left Yagura somewhat stunned.
"What is wrong with Rasa?"
"Wasn't he trying to humiliate me? To satisfy himself?"
"Why did he suddenly leave?"
"What is that bastard planning to do to me next?"
Very soon, Yagura found out.
He was transferred to a new location. What entered his vision was a face he had never seen before, and that person's body gave off an extremely strange aura.
It did not feel human.
Then Yagura experienced pain unlike anything he had ever known.
The pain Rasa brought him was mental.
The pain Sasori of the Red Sand brought him was physical.
As someone who had even dissected his own body, Sasori possessed an extremely deep understanding of the human body.
He knew very clearly where to cut and what effect it would produce.
He knew where to act to keep someone awake, conscious, and fully capable of feeling the pain.
"Will you talk?"
"Will you talk?"
Yagura gritted his teeth and glared viciously at Sasori.
The current Yagura had already been separated into several parts, but because Sasori controlled the process well, his vitality remained extremely strong.
He could not struggle.
He could only watch himself be tortured.
"Devil!"
"You devil!"
"You will all suffer retribution!"
…
Rasa left a clone here.
His real body departed.
"Kazekage-sama."
A figure arrived before Rasa.
"What is it?"
"Kirigakure has sent a letter."
"Kirigakure?"
Rasa raised a brow.
Kirigakure's Fourth Mizukage had only just fallen into his hands. Why would Kirigakure send a letter now?
Had the new Mizukage barely taken office and already wanted to regain face?
But did Kirigakure have that strength?
After opening the letter, Rasa realized he had misunderstood.
Kirigakure was not here to cause trouble.
They were here to curry favor.
The main content of the letter was that Kirigakure's Fifth Mizukage was about to officially succeed the position. They invited the Kazekage of Sunagakure—Rasa—to Kirigakure to observe the ceremony, hoping Rasa would give them face.
Rasa's eyes narrowed slightly.
New ruler, new ministers.
But Kirigakure was not a two-party government.
With relations between Kirigakure and Sunagakure this terrible, they were inviting him, the Kazekage, to observe the ceremony?
"The points aren't far from three thousand now."
"If I go to Kirigakure and ask them in person whether the matter of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen had anything to do with Yagura Karatachi, it will definitely spark a huge discussion."
"Maybe it can push me straight to four thousand points."
Rasa looked at the ANBU ninja before him.
"Bring that Kiri ninja here."
"Yes, Kazekage-sama."
Very quickly, the Kiri ninja who had come to deliver the letter was brought before Rasa.
"Greetings, Kazekage-sama!"
The Kiri ninja lowered his head. His attitude was extremely respectful.
And aside from respect, there was fear.
To Kirigakure, the Fourth Kazekage Rasa had brought only nightmares.
It could be said that Kirigakure's current state had a great deal to do with Rasa.
Rasa asked,
"Who has Kirigakure invited?"
"Besides you, Kazekage-sama, we have also invited the Kage of the other great shinobi villages."
"Which ones have agreed to go?"
"Basically all of them."
The Kiri ninja said, "Mizukage-sama said he wishes to use this opportunity to discuss the matter of the sailing groups."
Rasa nodded.
"In that case, Sunagakure agrees as well. Go back and report."
"Yes, Kazekage-sama."
The Tsuchikage, whose village was the farthest from Kirigakure, had already begun his journey.
A convoy departed from Iwagakure.
Aside from the Tsuchikage, there were also several dozen elite ninja.
However, Iwagakure's convoy did not head straight to Kirigakure.
Halfway there, they made a stop at Konoha.
"Tsuchikage?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi was somewhat surprised by Onoki's visit.
"Hokage."
Onoki revealed a friendly smile.
Even though not long ago, Iwagakure and Konoha had fought fiercely, and Iwagakure had lost.
"What brings you here, Tsuchikage?"
Onoki did not answer directly. Instead, he asked,
"What does the Hokage think of the current state of the shinobi world?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi raised his brow slightly.
"Tsuchikage, what are you trying to say?"
Onoki sighed.
"Sunagakure is far too dangerous now. I worry about it day and night. Does Konoha not feel the same? Look at Kirigakure's current situation. It can no longer truly be counted as one of the Five Great Shinobi Villages."
"One issue of the Weekly Shinobi World Incident Report created the Great Age of Sailing."
"And then they even killed Yagura, who had become the Six-Tails Jinchuriki and possessed a powerful technique like the Water Mirror Technique."
"Ask yourself honestly. Iwagakure could not do that."
"And Konoha likely could not either."
"Sunagakure must be restrained."
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