Kumogakure, inside the Raikage's office.
The Third Raikage slammed a fist onto the desk before him, sending wood chips flying.
The neat desk split cleanly in two.
Violent Lightning Release Chakra raged around him, electric arcs crackling through the air.
"Konoha... damn Konoha again!"
He clenched a freshly delivered secret report in his hand, its contents written clearly.
"Two-Tails Jinchuriki Yugito Nii is suspected of having followed Chiyo Uchiha into the Land of Fire."
"Chiyo Uchiha... what nerve!"
The Third Raikage's pupils contracted, his fury nearly taking tangible form.
He abruptly rose to his feet, his burly body like a volcano on the verge of eruption.
The pressure in the office plummeted. Even the air seemed ionized by Lightning Release Chakra, emitting faint sizzling sounds.
"Raikage-sama, please calm down!"
The Anbu captain beside him dropped to one knee, cold sweat beading on his forehead.
"Calm down?!"
The Third Raikage let out a cold laugh, his voice booming like muffled thunder.
"How am I supposed to calm down?!"
"That was a Jinchuriki we painstakingly nurtured!!
A strategic weapon of that level was silently stolen by the enemy!
For all we know, Konoha Ninja could appear right in front of us one day, and we wouldn't even know it!!"
The Third Raikage's fist clenched with a crack.
When had that damned Konoha become so cunning?!
They had actually gone and stolen a Jinchuriki!!
That Hiruzen Sarutobi really was two-faced!
He drew a deep breath and forcibly suppressed his anger.
He walked to the strategic map on the wall, his gaze fixed on the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning.
Since the war began,
he had thought Kumogakure could accomplish something great.
While the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire were at war, the disparity in