After the funeral, the Five Kage who had gathered in Konoha immediately convened a new Five Kage Summit.
The mood at the summit was rather somber.
The four Kage who had originally intended to demand an explanation from Konoha all abandoned the idea after seeing the devastating losses the village had suffered in Akatsuki's surprise attack.
This battle had already proven Konoha's innocence.
"Those bastards in the Akatsuki Organization are far too arrogant!"
The Fourth Raikage's gruff voice broke the silence in the meeting hall.
The Third Tsuchikage followed up, "The failure of our attack on Akatsuki this time proves that they have a spy among us. They know our every move!"
The Fourth Kazekage nodded. "Their ability to seize this opportunity to attack Konoha shows that they really did know what we were doing."
The Third Hokage silently puffed on his pipe.
He had considered this possibility, too.
The fact that Tsunade and Jiraiya had left the village with an elite force was an absolute secret. Aside from those involved in the mission, only a very small circle of people knew about it, so it wouldn't be difficult to investigate.
The Fourth Mizukage said with a dark expression, "I just received word from my village. Our Six-Tails Jinchuriki has been confirmed missing for three days."
"Damn it!"
At that, the Fourth Raikage slammed his fist against the conference table with a bang.
The other Kage also looked troubled.
Given the current situation, a Jinchuriki who had been missing for three days was almost certainly attacked and abducted by an Akatsuki member.
And when they considered that Akatsuki had not only used Amegakure to deceive the allied forces of the Five Great Shinobi Villages, but had also attacked the Jinchuriki of Konoha, Kirigakure, and Takigakure, the Kage were all enraged