Failed to Steal a Chicken, Lost the Rice Instead! Turmoil Erupts Over the Mizukage Succession

Land of Lightning, Kumogakure, inside the towering Raikage Building.

A thunderous BANG! rang out.

Accompanied by the crisp sound of shattering glass, a desk that had been smashed to pieces by a fist was hurled straight down from the Raikage's second-floor office.

Although everyone had long grown accustomed to the Raikage's fiery temper, this scene still stirred their curiosity:

What could have reignited the fury of Kumogakure's strongest man?

"Go get Blue B and Yugito Nii right now! I'm starting a war today!"

At that moment, Raikage Ai was utterly enraged, his eyes wide as lightning flickered all over his body like violent bolts tearing across the sky.

The raging lightning serpents madly blasted everything around him, as though they intended to rip the entire world apart.

However, the Raikage's secretary standing nearby, though equally indignant, understood her duties. She forcibly suppressed her dissatisfaction and anger, striving to remain calm as she coolly analyzed the pros and cons of the current situation for the Raikage.

"Lord Raikage, please think this through!"

The secretary took a deep breath and continued, "Our village only recently suffered the Eight-Tails' rampage and has been severely weakened. Not only that, the outposts guarding the Land of Lightning's borders have suffered nearly devastating blows, and even the intelligence division is too overwhelmed to look after anything else..."

As the secretary methodically laid out the various unfavorable factors, the blazing fury in the Raikage's eyes gradually regained some clarity.

Though he was usually hot-tempered and easily angered, he was by no means a mindless man.

After giving it careful thought, he finally realized that rashly deploying troops now would not be wise.

He turned around and looked out over Kumogakure through the shattered window, the anger in his eyes still clearly visible.

"Use every means possible to