"Mizukage-sama, may I presumptuously ask how you obtained this intelligence?"
Although Jiraiya knew that asking such a question seemed abrupt, after all, everyone's sources of intelligence were highly confidential.
But Jiraiya was simply far too curious about this matter now!
He desperately wanted to know whether these things were true.
How should he put it? It was not that Jiraiya suspected Soji of lying. After all, the words of the Ninja World's number one carried considerable credibility.
He merely wanted to obtain more information from Soji about Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan.
He had lost contact with those three disciples of his for more than a decade.
At first, he had always believed they were dead.
Now that he had suddenly received news of them and learned that they were members of the Akatsuki Organization, how could Jiraiya not be worried?
Jiraiya might usually be unreliable, but he cared deeply about his disciples.
"Hm? Don't you all know that I once fought the leader of the Akatsuki Organization?"
Seeing everyone's eyes focused on him, Soji spoke with a hint of surprise in his tone.
He truly was not trying to show off. He simply thought this was a perfectly ordinary matter.
Yet when those words reached the ears of everyone in the conference hall, they immediately stirred up raging waves in their hearts.
"Mizukage-sama, you once fought the Akatsuki Organization's leader?"
"Yes, why have we never heard about it?"
"So Mizukage-sama had already come into contact with the Akatsuki Organization's leader?"
"Then, Mizukage-sama, could you tell us about the Akatsuki Organization leader's strength?"
"That's right. If Mizukage-sama tells us, we'll be better able to deal with the Akatsuki Organization."
"By the way, Mizukage-sama, what was the outcome of your battle against the Akatsuki Organization's leader?"
Amid Soji's effortless showing off,