Rasa cast all those memories from his mind and said to Tsunade, "I more or less understand what you've told me, but there are some things I need to ask your Hokage in person. Then I'll decide on my response based on his answers."
Tsunade and Itachi exchanged a glance. Rasa was the Kage of a village, after all, and his request was hardly unreasonable.
They contacted Hinata through a secret technique.
"Our Hokage has agreed to your request, but you'll have to wait a little longer to meet him."
"Why?"
"Explaining everything one by one would be too much trouble. It'll be easier to explain once all the Kage are gathered together."
Rasa's pupils contracted.
"You mean..."
Tsunade nodded.
"At this point, there's no reason to keep it from you. We sent troops not just to the Land of Wind, but to the other three nations as well. News of their victories should have reached the Hidden Leaf Village by now."
"You people... really are completely insane."
The Land of Water.
A major battle had already taken place in the Land of Water.
Kirigakure was in poor shape. Under Neji's leadership, the Hidden Leaf Village's forces had nearly overrun the village.
The crucial factor was one of Neji's Earth Release techniques, whose power already rivaled a forbidden technique. It was so powerful that it had reshaped the terrain across nearly half of Kirigakure.
That had robbed Kirigakure of any will to resist.
Seeing this, Mizukage Mei Terumi had no choice but to surrender.
Neji then personally retrieved the Byakugan from Ao's eye.
At the same time, he killed Ao with a single palm strike.
Seeing this, Mizukage Mei Terumi opened her mouth, but ultimately remained silent.
They had long known that using the Byakugan had put Ao on the