Chapter 320: Your Letter
In the throne room.
Things were calm as Arthur sat in silence. His eyes were closed and he was in deep contemplation.
The events of the past week replayed in his mind like watching a movie.
Not long ago, he had successfully teleported the Sound Five back to Sun Stream Plaza after their unsuccessful confrontation with Jiraiya.
The mission's objectives had been achieved in one sense; they had tested their cloaks effectively, allowing them to approach the legendary Sannin without detection.
Tayuya had expressed her disappointment to Hoshikaze due to feeling as if she failed. But Arthur knew better than to focus solely on the outcomes. To him, their training was a phase, and not every experiment yielded its fruit immediately.
Jiraiya was a force—far too strong for the Sound Five to handle independently. That was considering Kimimaro and Tayuya were the only A-rank ninjas in the group.
The others, while formidable, hadn't trained long enough in the Cayman Jungles to be on their levels. They were at most B and C-ranks with untouched potentials.
Arthur mused on Naruto's latest explosive shadow clone technique. It didn't surprise him; the main character had a way of pulling new tricks from his sleeve. But because of it, now Arthur had to adapt.
He was deep in thought about the next phase of his schemes.
The first of his acts involved deploying his clones to drive the wheels of his ambitions while his nation continued its reconstruction. With Naruto back in the Leaf Village, Arthur knew it was time to escalate to his second act.