The Battle Draws Near (Part Two)

"I'm truly sorry!" Hiruzen Sarutobi said apologetically, apologizing once again.

Unfortunately, the hot-tempered Fourth Raikage was not so easy to placate. Lightning flickered across his body, making him look like a ferocious tiger ready to pounce at any moment.

The atmosphere grew extremely tense, as if a fight could break out at any moment.

"Forget it, A!"

Just then, a rough hand landed on the Fourth Raikage's shoulder.

A, who had been on the verge of erupting, immediately reined in his Lightning Release chakra and returned to his calm state.

That was because the owner of that large hand was his father, the Third Raikage.

He could ignore other people, but not this one.

The Third Raikage slowly said, "I've heard of Madara Uchiha's reputation."

"If we had informed everyone in advance that he would appear, it truly would have harmed the stability of the troops' morale."

"The Third Hokage did nothing wrong!"

Although father and son were both hot-tempered, the Third Raikage had governed Kumogakure for many years and was considerably older than A.

Naturally, he was much better at keeping his temper than his son.

He would not lose his temper over such a minor matter.

Hearing his father say the same thing, A could only suppress his anger.

Then, the Third Raikage turned to Hiruzen Sarutobi and said, "Hokage, we can understand what happened this time, but that doesn't mean we'll let it go just like that!"

"You concealed information from us. After the war, we'll discuss how to deal with this together with Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure!"

"Mizukage, Kirigakure has no objections, does it?"

As he spoke, he looked toward the Kirigakure group beside him.

Before Mei Terumi could answer, Hiruzen Sarutobi gave the Kirigakure group a deep look and said, "Mizukage, Kirigakure was the initiator