Cloud Ninja's Fury
"Senju Zen? Uchiha Genso?"
"Missing-nin from Konoha?"
"Damn it, I think this is just Konoha's way of fooling people. That damned natural disaster let those two villains escape; it's obvious they're in cahoots."
"That's right, those bastards in Konoha are making a fool of us!"
In the spacious room, the noisy shouts and curses almost lifted the roof off. The Cloud Ninja elders present were spitting wildly, cursing Konoha and Katsuki.
The Third Raikage is dead. He disappeared last night, and his body has not even been recovered. The Cloud Ninja failed to catch up with Senju Zen and Uchiha Genso, and the joint Chunin Ninja Exams were forced to be interrupted.
The Cloud Ninja suffered a huge loss this time. They lost a Kage, and on their own territory no less, which severely damaged their reputation. More seriously, the death of the Third Hokage had a significant impact on the village's ninjas.
Compared to the First and second Raikage, the Third Hokage had extremely high prestige. He killed the Gold and Silver Brothers, who had killed the Second Raikage. He served as Raikage for more than forty years, making him the longest-serving Raikage. During his tenure, he led the village to become stronger and stronger, and can be said to have created the village's golden age.
His death was a severe blow to the village's ninjas.
Faced with this predicament, the Elder Council of Kumogakure hastily promoted A to the position of the fourth generation, without any complicated ceremonies, keeping everything simple.
There's still the mess of the interrupted Chunin Ninja Exams to clean up, and it won't work without the Raikage in charge.
"Lord Raikage, we must settle this score with Konoha. The death of the Third Hokage is absolutely related to the people of Konoha."
"That's right, that's right, we should settle accounts with those bastards in Konoha!"
Ever since Hijiri reported on every detail of what happened before and after the death of the Third Raikage, the elders have been driven to a frenzy, hating the Konoha ninjas and Katsuki to the core.
The fiery elders slammed their fists on the table, turning their gazes to A, the current Fourth Raikage, seated in the main seat, Lord Raikage awaiting his decision.
Ai's face was gloomy and overcast. His father's death had dealt him an extremely heavy blow, and he had to suppress his grief and sit here to handle business.
Killer B was also sitting at the table, silently watching Ai, his eyes behind his sunglasses filled with deep concern.
"Elders, please calm down. Our primary goal right now is to appease the villagers. We absolutely cannot allow any chaos to arise at this time. This matter is to be handled by you elders. Make sure to stabilize the village as quickly as possible. As for Konoha, I will personally go to Konoha to find out the truth from the calamity and the Yellow Flash."
Ai's gaze swept over each of the elders present.
The elders quieted down, their previous anger completely gone. They nodded loudly to Ai, promising to do their utmost to restore peace to the village.
This is the characteristic of the Cloud Ninja: they submit to the strongest in the village and obey the Raikage's orders unconditionally, even from A, who has only been Raikage for less than a day.
Traitors like Gold and Silver Brothers are very rare in Kumogakure. Currently, among the Five Great Ninja Villages, only Kumogakure has no missing-nin.
After the meeting, the elders left one by one to appease the villagers according to the agreed-upon method.
Ai remained seated in the chair.
"Cheer up, brother, you're the Raikage now!"
Tears welled in Ai's eyes. "I know, I know."
The sorrowful sound also silenced Killer B.
"Let's go to the Konoha embassy and find the Calamity and the Yellow Flash. Father's death will not be left like this."
Aiholan stood up, punched a large hole in the wall, and strode out. Killer B followed closely behind.
"Big brother, I'll go with you!"
Embassy.
The Konoha ninjas are packing their bags, preparing to return to the village.
With the Chunin Ninja Exams abruptly canceled, the Kumogakure was in a state of high alert, with everyone on edge and the atmosphere extremely tense. Staying in the Kumogakure at this time was clearly not a good idea.
After exchanging greetings with the Cloud Ninja, the several small ninja villages left overnight, not daring to linger for even a moment.
In other words, the Sand Village and Konoha waited until dawn, preparing to have breakfast before leaving.
"Is everything packed?"
Minato went into the Genin's room to check on the situation.
"It's all set, we can leave anytime," Naruto replied energetically, then asked, "Dad, you could just use the Flying Thunder God to send us back to the village, why are we taking this slow journey?"
"Hey, Naruto, when did you become so cunning? You can't try to take shortcuts! This Chunin Ninja Exams is specifically for training you guys. If Minato sends you back, can it still be called training?" Katsuki reached out and vigorously ruffled Naruto's hair, turning his already messy hair into a bird's nest.
"Eh!!"
Naruto's face was long and drawn.
"Lord Katsuki, Lord Minato, the Fourth Raikage has come to visit!"
Kimimaro strode over and said.
"The Fourth Raikage? The Cloud Ninja are really efficient! The Third Hokage just died, and they haven't even had a funeral yet, and they've already put the Fourth Raikage in charge?" Katsuki exclaimed in admiration.
"Katsuki, stop making sarcastic remarks. The Cloud Ninja are really unlucky; they couldn't even find the Third Hokage's body. What kind of funeral are they holding?"
Minato rolled his eyes, then looked at Kimimaro.
"Kimimaro, who is the Fourth Raikage?"
"It's A, the son of the Third Raikage. He and his sworn brother Killer B are waiting in the hall right now!"
Kimimaro said in a deep voice.
"The AB combination?"
Katsuki pondered for a moment, then looked at Minato and said, "Minato, how about we go and meet this Lord Raikage?"
"Let's go together!"
The Minato responded.
He was quite interested in the newly appointed Fourth Raikage, having previously dealt with A before, and never expected him to become Raikage so suddenly.
First floor lobby.
Ai and Killer B sat quietly on the sofa, the tea on the coffee table in front of them remaining still.
Kakashi sat opposite him, keeping him company in silence.
"Ta-da!"
Footsteps sounded as people went downstairs.
The three of them looked up at the two people coming down the stairs.
"Lord Raikage, please accept my deepest condolences!"
Minato walked at the front, looked at A and Killer B, who were dressed in black, and greeted them with a serious expression.
Ai nodded in return, but didn't say anything, only watching Minato and Katsuki walk over.
"Please sit down, Fourth Raikage. Let's sit down and talk things over."
Kakashi had already stood up and made way for them, Katsuki gestured for A and Killer B sit down.
The four sat down at the same time, looking at each other, but no one spoke first, and they faced off in silence.
"Ahem! Lord Raikage, what brings you here? If it's nothing important, we were just about to take our leave," Minato, ever the good-natured one, broke the silence first.
(To be continued)