"Rizai, how could you agree to let Kushina leave Konoha? She's the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Going to another country will only add more variables to the upcoming Five Kage Summit."
The advisors on Konoha's side had started rambling again.
Kushina Uzumaki's identity as a Jinchuriki was no secret intelligence. Even if the various countries couldn't obtain definite information that she was a Jinchuriki, they could still guess the truth from her Uzumaki surname alone, or simply from her red hair... In fact, more than ten years ago, Kumogakure had sent people to Konoha in an attempt to abduct Kushina. At the time, their Jinchuriki was unable to control the Eight-Tails, so they had no choice but to seek the aid of the Uzumaki Clan.
Then they had been thoroughly beaten up by some grade-schoolers.
The Uzumaki Clan's special talent for dealing with tailed beasts was practically an open secret in the shinobi world, so even if people had to guess, they could still figure out that Kushina Uzumaki was a Jinchuriki.
That was precisely why letting Kushina leave Konoha seemed so inappropriate.
The Third Hokage could only smile bitterly. Did he really not understand such a simple principle? However, ever since the Fourth Hokage's misfortune, Kushina Uzumaki, who had gradually become a "virtuous wife and loving mother," had begun reverting to her original nature.
"I've tried my best to persuade Kushina, but you know what her temper is like... If we judge solely by her strength as a shinobi, there's no problem with her going to the Five Kage Summit. At this stage, she's already working hard on her little scheme."
"To show off the value of that newly established organization? This is truly one mistake leading to another." Mitokado Homura shook his head.
As for the list of shinobi the