However, the more Tsunade read, the angrier she became. She unconsciously clenched the note in her hand, crushing it into a ball until the writing was completely obscured.
"..."
A bead of cold sweat trickled down Kakashi's forehead. He took half a step back, wondering whether he should leave first.
Tsunade took a deep breath and calmed herself. "Kakashi, go find Hyuga Mokujin. I want to talk to him."
"Yes, ma'am!"
After Kakashi left, Tsunade bit her finger lightly, her brows tightly furrowed. Those bastards! Clearly, these ninja villages were not unaware of Akatsuki's danger.
They were merely preserving their strength and waiting for someone else to take the lead. Apparently, because Lingchuan had been captured and Konoha had taken the initiative to contact them, those people had tacitly placed Konoha in that position. Except for Iwagakure—there was no helping it, since that old man's losses were very real.
No wall was airtight. Due to Iwagakure's unusual movements, the other ninja villages learned through their own channels that both their Four-Tails and Five-Tails had been taken. For a time, some mocked them while others looked down on them, but all of them took Konoha's words to heart.
Akatsuki had to be destroyed. Not only because of the Tailed Beasts, but also because it had gathered rogue ninja from every village. It was just that none of them wanted to pay too great a price in the process.
"Genkyo..." Tsunade murmured. Calling Mokujin over was merely an attempt to see whether she could get any other information from him. According to their agreement, Mokujin would leave after tomorrow. Clearly, during these past few days together, Konoha had not given him any reason to stay.
Meanwhile, just as Kakashi left the Hokage's office, Guy blocked his path, tears and snot streaming