After Nawaki returned to Konoha with the bodies, the higher-ups finally concluded the emergency meeting after a full morning of discussion.
That afternoon, Konoha issued an announcement to the entire Shinobi World.
In the announcement, Konoha first exposed Kirigakure's plot to send a delegation carrying the Three-Tails' jinchuriki under the guise of negotiations in order to destroy Konoha, and briefly described how Team Kakashi had discovered and thwarted the Kirigakure delegation's scheme.
Konoha then formally redeclared war on the Land of Water, announced the complete termination of the current war mediation efforts, and questioned whether the other three great shinobi villages involved in the mediation had participated in Kirigakure's plot.
Finally, Konoha announced that the Third Hokage had made a major error in judgment during this incident and had decided to resign in accountability, formally passing the position to Skywalker after the war ended.
The moment Konoha's announcement was released, it caused an enormous uproar throughout the Shinobi World. The leaders of every nation immediately convened emergency meetings, while the public endlessly debated the matter.
In truth, the announcement had hit everyone like a bomb, leaving them stunned. Their first reaction was disbelief—Kirigakure would have to be insane to do something like this! Some more cynical people even suspected that this was a plot Konoha had devised to continue the war.
However, after carefully analyzing the announcement, they changed their minds. First of all, the details of the entire incident were highly plausible and did not seem fabricated.
Second, while Konoha's losses in this incident appeared minor, closer examination revealed that the impact on Konoha was actually enormous. The identities of the two who had died were highly unusual. Rin Nohara was Tsunade's disciple and had an extraordinary relationship with Kakashi, while Uchiha Hikari had been Skywalker's teammate in his