Fourth Raikage's Response (Third Update)

"Yes, Lord Raikage. This is a message sent back from Lady Kayo at the front. The intelligence has been verified repeatedly. Although we still don't know the exact details, the Mist Ninja's defeat and the appearance of the Three-Tails and Six-Tails have been confirmed. There's one other report that hasn't been fully verified yet: the leader of Snow Ninja Village seems to be the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki who defected from Konohagakure two and a half years ago—Namikaze Naruto!"

As one of the Cloud Ninja whom the Fourth Raikage trusted most, Samui was truly a woman who combined beauty and intelligence. Throughout the Shinobi World, her looks and figure were among the finest. Of course, beneath her angelic face and alluring figure, what mattered most was her exceptional intelligence. She could help the Fourth Raikage—A—manage the affairs of Kumogakure, great and small. That was precisely why the Fourth Raikage valued her so highly. If her personal combat strength weren't a little lacking, she would even have been qualified to compete for the position of Fifth Raikage.

Even so, Samui held an exceptionally high position among Kumogakure's Jonin.

During this special period of preparation for war,

the Fourth Raikage had entrusted Samui with handling intelligence. A knew he could rely on his assistant. Since the detailed intelligence on the battle between Snow Ninja Village and Kirigakure hadn't yet been gathered, Samui could only report the most important part first. When it came to the identity of Snow Ninja Village's leader—Namikaze Naruto—she sounded hesitant because it remained unconfirmed. But it was too important to leave out.

So Samui reported it to the Fourth Raikage all the same.

"The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki? Namikaze Naruto? Could he be the Fourth Hokage's son?"

The Fourth Raikage was taken aback. Then, as though he'd recalled something, he looked at