The Reactions of the Nations

"Yes, Lord Raikage. I understand!"

Her body leaned forward slightly.

Her ample breasts swayed with the movement.

Her curvaceous figure stood out.

Samui replied with an intensely serious expression.

"Good. I'll leave the rest to you. Also, send someone to contact Kirigakure. We can't skip the necessary probing. And send someone to Unraikyo and tell that guy Bee to get his ass back here immediately!"

"Yes, I'll obey your orders, Lord Raikage!"

Watching Samui hurry away after answering, the Fourth Raikage sat upright in his seat, his mind flashing through various thoughts. He recalled the Third Shinobi World War from more than ten years ago, when he hadn't yet become Raikage.

"Heh. Looks like it's time for the curtain to rise again! This time, we'll settle all three scores at once!"

A grim expression surfaced on Fourth Raikage A's face. A vast, chilling aura radiated from him, and faint flashes of lightning flickered around him. The Cloud Ninja Anbu hidden in the shadows nearby felt their Raikage's immense pressure and could hardly breathe. This was the might of one of the Five Kage—the Raikage!

The Shinobi World was in turmoil.

Even wars between minor nations were enough to attract widespread attention, let alone a war involving Kirigakure, one of the Five Great Nations. Before the fighting had even begun, all eyes had been fixed on it. Once the war ended, nearly every nation received the news at about the same time. Only Cloud Ninja forces stationed near the front had learned of it a day or two earlier; setting aside truly remote minor nations, the rest found out simultaneously.

Just like the Land of Lightning and Kumogakure.

The moment these nations and their affiliated shinobi villages learned what had happened, their first reaction was disbelief.

Only after repeatedly confirming