Chapter 34 Aftermath

Sand Stronghold.

The air grew heavy and the humidity pressed down, almost suffocating. The scent of rain dark and heady and a stillness falling over the whole stronghold.

Rumble!!

In the silence came a crackle of thunder along with the raindrops, a heavy atmosphere.

In the medical camp,

Three figures stood at the center with eyes glued at the two people placed on the ground, one dead and one alive.

"Fighting, plotting, killing each other, just when will it stop!!!? How many more lives are going to be wasted? How many more years will this world continue to suffer?"

Asked Jiraiya with a sad look on his face, for the first time focusing on a man despite a woman next to him.

The man who he was joking and talking with couple of days ago was now dead on the floor, just like many in the past.

He just couldn't understand why people won't understand each other's pain, when they do it'll surely stop this madness that has been lasting for hundreds of thousands of years.

"This is reality. The reality of these fragile people."

Thought Orochimaru with an abnormally calm look on his face, his eyes seem to be slowing losing an emotion.

"I think we should send Kato-San's body back to the village as soon as possible, It's best if Lady Tsunade doesn't see him in this state again!"

Spoke the other person in the camp, Kazuki giving a suggestion as he knew Tsunade after waking up seeing Dan in this state might pass out again.

He had seen how she broke down at the moment of Dan's death, so he didn't want her to be mentally affected again.

Everyone only has few such people in their lives whose death would break them down so much.

"The news of what happened needs to be reported back to the village; I'll send his body back along with the news"

Agreed Orochimaru with the suggestion given by Kazuki, he naturally knew how much Tsunade loved Dan and could understand him staying here will be a constant factor of grief for Tsunade.

Soon a squad carrying the body of Dan in a scroll left the stronghold and marched towards the leaf village.

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Sunagakure.

At the hospital,

Once again in the priority room stood Chiyo along with Kazekage who had a bandage wrapped around his forehead, few on the arm and other wounded places.

On the bed before them lay Rasa still unconscious.

"Pakura…did she truly died just like this…

Said Chiyo in a tone full of grief and sadness, last night Kazekage who was awaited by everyone came back looking exhausted along with the fainted Rasa.

The plan of Sunagakure although didn't fail completely but the main target of the whole ambush survived.

Not only that Sunagakure also lost a potential future kage shinobi, Pakura of the scorch release.

"That konoha shinobi destroyed her stomach completely; even Rasa nearly died in his hands."

Said Kazekage biting his lips, a look of regret on his face for not being able to save Pakura.

"The way the intelligence describes him, silver hair, good at water style, shadow clone jutsu, excellent chakra reserves and amazing combat intellect, I would be a fool if that guy doesn't come in my head."

Said Chiyo with a deep look in her eyes, everything about this shinobi whose name they still don't know was so similar to that man.

"True, But I assure you he won't live as long as him."

Kazekage naturally knew who Chiyo was hinting at but that didn't bring any fear on his face, only anger and desire to kill.

It can be said that the plan of Sunagakure was foiled only due to the existence of that shinobi, Kazekage only brought Pakura and Rasa because he thought the three of them would be more than enough.

It didn't need much thinking to guess that to treat the poison affected town, the squad would only have one commander at most as guarding the sand stronghold was important.

There thinking was correct but one genin in that squad turned out to be the game changer, Kazekage and whole Sunagakure naturally hating him.

"But for now we need to wait; although we failed to kill her but even she would take some time to recover from the damage I inflicted on her."

"Spread the news about her current state and death of Dan Kato and wait for the response of others."

Gave Kazekage his order to Chiyo with an anticipating look on his face, there were twists and turns but he believed that the news of Tsunade critically injured and Dan Kato dying would be enough to entice the other villages to jump into the war and attack konoha, which was the purpose of this whole plan.

Soon Sunagakure released the news of what happened and the intelligence of other villages bringing the news to the higher ups immediately.

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