Ōnoki and A remained silent, saying nothing. The leaders of the smaller shinobi villages did not dare speak harshly to Ye Ning given his status, and the atmosphere in the room became strangely calm.
Until Ye Ning spoke again.
"You people are terrible at gathering intelligence, yet you're quite skilled at playing these little tricks. Tsuchikage, Raikage, you two are Shadows of the Five Great Shinobi Nations. Is your intelligence network really this outdated?"
"Don't tell me you couldn't even obtain information about Kirigakure's internal conflict?"
"No way, no way? There can't really be a major shinobi village this useless, right?"
Ōnoki: "..."
A: "..."
Even Rasa, who had been wearing an innocent expression, was somewhat speechless. He felt as though Lord Ye Ning had taken a jab at him too.
After all, Sunagakure had not obtained any intelligence regarding Kirigakure's internal conflict either!
Kirigakure... was in civil strife?
The Shadows of the various shinobi villages were all taken aback, contemplative looks appearing in their eyes.
As for Ye Ning's sarcastic tone... the Shadows could only pretend they had not heard it.
What else could they do?
Fall out with Ye Ning?
What a joke!
After a brief silence, Ōnoki coughed twice and forced an awkward smile onto his face.
"Could... Lord Ye Ning perhaps explain in detail what exactly happened within Kirigakure?"
Kirigakure was secluded overseas, its surroundings perpetually shrouded in mist. Obtaining intelligence on the village had never been easy. Moreover, with the war among the three major shinobi villages in recent years, they had even less energy to investigate what was happening within Kirigakure.
Now that they had suddenly learned news of Kirigakure from Ye Ning, the curiosity of the Shadows was immediately piqued.
"You want to know? Sure!"
Ye Ning snapped his fingers, the corners of