Chapter 234 - 234 (2/2)
The 3rd Kazekage was Rasa's mentor, and the closest thing to a fatherly presence to him. Hearing him being mentioned, the 4th's face changed greatly.
Pakura also became anxious hearing about him and asked hastily: ”Maki, what's the matter? Tell me!”
Maki quickly told Pakura and Rasa about Sasori: ”On our road, we encounted…. and then, he took the Sandaime sama's body and disappeared!”
”What?!” Rasa crushed the teacup in his hand after listening to Maki's narrative.”This is horrible! I never thought that Sensei's disappearance was related to that bastard! He actually dared to make my Sensei into a puppet!”
Pakura feared that the raging Rasa would do something irrational, and quickly advised: ”Rasa, calm down! Sasori is also Chiyo san's grandson; you should take your time when dealing with this matter.”
Rasa still had great respect to Chiyo, so hearing her name made him take a deep breath and force himself to calm down. He then said to Pakura: ”About Ryo Yamanaka, you should go meet him, I want to be alone.”
Pakura nodded and left the office with Maki.
”Maki, where's Ryo Yamanaka?”
”In the conference room; do you need me to accompany you?”
”No, I'll go by myself. You've been working hard these days; go and get yourself some rest!” Pakura rejected Maki's proposal and walked on her own to the conference room.
Ryo, Kakashi and Shisui had been waiting there for ten minutes, with no one from the Sand showing up!
Shisui whispered impatiently: ”Sensei, the Hidden Sand are too rude, not sending anyone to meet us for so long, even though they were the ones to invite us!”
”Maki has seen things involving the 3rd Kazekage; such a level of information should get the higher-ups of the village busy. you should be more understanding!”
When hearing Ryo, Shisui's eyes opened wide open as he muttered: ”Are you still my teacher? My teacher cannot be so understanding!”
Hearing his disciple, Ryo blushed, knowing that his high tolerance to the Sand's behavior is probably just due to his several encounters with Pakura. After waiting for so long, he still didn't lose his patience.
Just as he was about to explain to Shisui, the door to the conference room was opened, and Pakura walked in.
”Ryo, I'm sorry, I've kept you waiting!” Pakura apologized to Ryo.
”It's no problem!”
Seeing that Ryo was far from angry, Pakura was relieved. After the two chatter for a little, she went to the topic, talking to Ryo about the sealing of the Ichibi.
From her words, Ryo understood the Sand's ideas. The Sand intended on forging the next Ichibi Jinchuriki into a perfect one like Nibi and Hachibi Jinchurikis of the Hidden Cloud, not just one that needed to sleep in order to fully transform. Therefore, the sealing of the Ichibi should not to be as sloppy as before.
However, with only a few of their Ninjas being proficient in Fuinjutsu, and none of them being as good as the likes of the Uzumaki and those who had learned their secrets, Rasa and Pakura eventually decided to ask for help from Konoha. The one they trusted the most was Ryo, so he was the one they requested.