Chapter 66 - 66 (2/2)
”The Nara representative is right. The sand now has two more Quasi-Kage Ninjas in their camp. One of them is a Scorch-Release Kekkei Genkai user that should counter Ryo Yamanaka's Ice. And on top of all of that, they still have that killing machine Shukaku. We're in a really bad postion.” Said a Jonin.
”You don't have to worry about Shukaku, I have a way of dealing with it.” Said Jiraya with full confidence.
The people present breathed a sigh of relief. Even though the other camp had a huge power-up, everybody still believed in Jiraya's strength.
”Ryo, what do you think? Ryo was sitting on Sakumo's right hand side thinking and Sakumo thought that he had some idea to offer.
”Oh? I'm sorry, I've been thinking about Pakura of the Scorch Release.” Hearing Ryo's answer, Sakumo nodded. He thought that Ryo was worried about his Ice being counter but in fact, he was just thinking about Pakura herself.
Pakura of the scorch release rose to fame by the end of the 2nd world war. Just to testify for her strength, she is now 18 and already one of the pillars of the Sand village. That's what Sakumo has told Ryo yesterday.
In the Manga, she became a Hero of her village during the 3rd world war due to her Heroic efforts on the battle field against the village hidden in the stone.
Unfortunately, after that battle, the Sand village fell under immense pressure. And in order to settle the problems between them and the Sand, the Mist Village proposed gave an offer to the 4th Kazekage that involved sacrificing some of his fighters.
Today, she is Quasi Kage tier. This is year 43 post the Konoha's inception, and 4 years remain until the war ends. In 4 years, she could probably reach the level of a Kage.
However, even such a great Ninja cannot escape the wrath of politicians.
Pakura in the Manga wasn't too impressive to Ryo. She only appeared when summoned with edo tensey and in the memories of her disciple Maki.
Ryo only remembered about her powers that her scorch release ”Heat Orbs” evaporated all the water in her opponent's body, and that she freely manipulated those orbs.
”Ryo, her Scorch release should be such a bother for you. But at the same time, her power is too great, and you should be the one fit to handle her.” Said Sakumo.
Ryo nodded. Scorch release should be able to evaporate the water that Ryo could use for his Ice release. But he was confident that whatever he has already frozen should not be melted by such ability.
In the following days, the two camps were in a state of full alert and nervousness.
Konoha was in a disadvantageous position, and they would never opt to take the initiative to attack. But it wasn't obvious why the Sand didn't attack just yet.
Ryo and Jiraya were invited to Sakumo's tent, and they found Aburame and Hyuga ninjas waiting there. They had already informed Sakumo of the intelligence they gathered and now they told the two about it as well.
The Aburame's bugs could sometimes be even more useful than the Byakugan. Just now, one of them found out that the Sand were transporting something out of the Byakugan's range. When the Aburame's informed the Hyuga Ninjas about this, they advanced and found out that what the Sand were transporting secretly was puppets!