Many of Konoha's senior officials attending the meeting had not known beforehand about "Jizo," the God Organization's new member. After hearing Kakashi's account, all of them wore puzzled expressions.
With the Third Hokage's permission, Kakashi gave the Konoha higher-ups in the conference room a detailed account of how they had encountered Akatsuki members while pursuing Danzo, only to be aided by the God Organization's "Jizo." He especially emphasized the thrilling clash between "Jizo" and Obito.
"Hiss..."
After hearing Kakashi's description, Hiashi drew in a sharp breath.
A youth of fifteen or sixteen had not only mastered the Explosion Release Kekkei Genkai, but also possessed the terrifying Kekkei Tōta, Dust Release. It was simply hard for him to believe.
Hiashi was clearly not the only one showing an unusual expression.
The other Konoha higher-ups who had not known beforehand were equally astonished. Dust Release's status in the ninja world meant that every ninja who wielded it inevitably became the focus of attention for all the major ninja villages.
Shisui looked at Hyuga Kagami again, his face full of confusion.
Clearly, he was more curious than anyone else about this newly emerged God Organization member, "Jizo," because he had never heard Hyuga Kagami mention anyone like that in the organization.
Hyuga Kagami was utterly speechless. By now, he had realized why Akatsuki had launched its surprise attack on Iwagakure.
When he thought about how he had been forced to use his Number Two Earth Release clone to fight Akatsuki members in order to rescue Hayate and several other old comrades from the Anbu, only for it to result in Iwagakure being utterly wiped out by Akatsuki, with the Four-Tails and Five-Tails captured in a single battle and the Tsuchikage missing without a trace, he could not help but lament the unpredictability of