From the moment Akatsuki moved against the daimyō, there had been no shortage of sharp minds among the Five Great Shinobi Villages who had discerned Akatsuki's intentions. That was why Konoha had been trying to contact the God Organization ever since.
In everyone's understanding, the only one in the Ninja World who could currently rival Akatsuki's leader, Nagato, was Yama, the leader of the God Organization. As for other ninja, even the Kage of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, who had once stood at the pinnacle of the Ninja World, would find it difficult to withstand Nagato and his Rinnegan. Thus, whether they could obtain the God Organization's support had become the key to whether Konoha could fend off Akatsuki's attack.
Seeing Itachi, disguised as Hyuga Kagami, shake his head, the consultant elders all looked grave.
Everyone present knew very well that without the God Organization's support, the Five Great Shinobi Villages alone would struggle to withstand Akatsuki's attack.
At that moment, an Anbu rushed into the Hokage's Office and reported, "Third Hokage, Fifth Hokage, elders, the Intelligence Division has sent word. After verification, they have confirmed that the intelligence sent back by the forward patrol is true! And..."
Tsunade immediately urged, "Stop hemming and hawing!"
The Anbu could only force himself to continue. "And the actual situation is even worse than what the patrol reported!"
After learning of the intelligence sent back by the forward patrol, Yamanaka Inoichi had immediately used the Mind Body Switch Technique to control a communications hawk and fly swiftly to the site of the incident, personally confirming that the patrol's report was true.
Not only that, he had discovered that the patrol's report had not been exaggerated at all. If anything, it had been incomplete.
The cloud of Explosive Tags advancing toward Konoha was