The atmosphere in Kumogakure's fortified camp, a hundred li from the Konoha ninja camp, remained unusually tense.
Because of the war against Iwagakure, the Third Raikage had withdrawn another ten Jonin from this camp yesterday, reducing their high-end fighting strength on the Konoha front to a dangerous level.
The Third Raikage's son, A, who was all but guaranteed to become the next Raikage, read the intelligence a Cloud ninja had rushed over. His brow never once relaxed.
What Namikaze Minato did not know was that Killer B, the Eight-Tails jinchuriki, had left for the Iwagakure front four days ago. Only the Two-Tails jinchuriki remained here, and she was not a perfect jinchuriki.
"If only the Two-Tails could unleash its full power." A sighed, unable to help himself. "The Konoha ninja are damn hard to deal with, especially Namikaze Minato. If he weren't holding this position, we'd have invaded the Land of Fire long ago."
"Lord A, that old Third Hokage still hasn't shown himself. This Hokage is known as the Professor of Ninjutsu."
A sighed. "Konoha did win those wars under Sarutobi Hiruzen. He really is impressive. Even in this war, he's held off both us and Iwagakure without personally taking the field. And against Sunagakure and Kirigakure, Konoha has found ways to avoid fighting under his leadership."
He picked up the intelligence on the negotiations between Sunagakure and Konoha again. The more he read, the more alarmed he became. A could not understand why Konoha kept producing such brilliant ninja.
Leaving aside the First and Second Hokage, after the Second came Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō. Then came Hatake Sakumo, the "White Fang of Konoha," who had unsettled the entire shinobi world, followed closely by Jiraiya, Orochimaru, and Princess
Tsunade. Now, not only had Namikaze Minato appeared, but someone