Land of Lightning, Kumogakure.
The Fourth Raikage A disdainfully pulverized the letter in his hand.
What fucking Akatsuki organization? If they dared enter the Land of Lightning, even if A did not make a move, Killer B could defeat every last one of them!
Thus, he attached no importance to Jiraiya's intelligence or Tsunade's letter.
This was the confidence of a Cloud Ninja!
Land of Water, Kirigakure.
The Fifth Mizukage, Terumi Mei, also received Jiraiya's intelligence and Tsunade's letter.
But clearly, it was already too late!
Kirigakure had two Tailed Beasts. The Three-Tails Isobu had been taken by Houka as early as the Third Great Ninja War, while the Six-Tails had been taken away by an Uchiha not long ago.
And now, it seemed that this Uchiha was Uchiha Itachi of Akatsuki!
He might even have been the mastermind behind the Fourth Mizukage's control and the Bloody Mist policy!
"Chojuro!"
Terumi Mei summoned her trusted subordinate and said coldly, "Immediately dispatch the Anbu to gather every scrap of intelligence on Akatsuki. I want to find this organization and destroy it with my own hands!"
Takigakure was far more straightforward. Intelligence, letters—none of that had anything to do with them. After all, the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki had already run off with Houka, and the names of those S-rank Missing-nin in Akatsuki filled them with a deep sense of helplessness.
Sunagakure, on the other hand, was much livelier.
The matter of Akatsuki had the meeting room in the Kazekage Building in an uproar. Quite a few advisers proposed directly imprisoning Gaara, lest he run off and get captured by Akatsuki.
Some advisers leaned toward Baki and spoke more mildly, but they too favored placing Gaara under protection.
After all, Sunagakure had only this one Jinchuriki.
Even though this Jinchuriki was