Kumogakure.
Raikage's Office.
"What did it say?"
Seeing Mabui's expression,
Dodai frowned before asking.
Mabui handed over the Scroll.
"Konoha's ransom demand."
"They demand that we prepare ten billion ryo in war reparations within a week."
"And hand over every secret scroll of Kumogakure's Lightning Release techniques."
"Otherwise, they'll kill the hostages."
Dodai snatched the Scroll away.
Once he saw the terms written on it, he was so furious he nearly passed out.
"Ten billion ryo!"
"And all our secret Lightning Release scrolls!"
"Why don't they just rob us?!"
Kumogakure's annual tax revenue wasn't even that much.
If they really paid it,
Kumogakure would probably be left eating dirt for the next ten years.
"Impossible."
"We absolutely cannot agree to this."
A hot-tempered Jonin roared.
Mabui gave a bitter smile.
"If we don't agree,"
"Lord Raikage and the Eight-Tails will die."
"Without the Kage and the Tailed Beast, Kumogakure will soon be reduced to a second-rate ninja village."
"Iwagakure and Kirigakure will definitely descend on us like sharks that smelled blood."
The enormous conference room fell into deathly silence.
No one could bear the consequences of losing their strongest fighters.
But this enormous sum would be just as deadly for Kumogakure.
Tap, tap, tap.
Heavy footsteps sounded from outside the door.
A tall woman with a light blond ponytail entered the office.
The Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Yugito Nii.
Her gaze was cold, carrying the resolute determination of someone prepared to die.
"Yugito?"
Dodai froze for a moment.
Yugito walked to the table and pressed a finger against the Scroll.
"Let me go."
Mabui was shocked.
"What are you going there for?!"
"Konoha is a dragon's den and tiger's lair right now!"
"The Eight-Tails has already been captured. If something happens to you too, the village is truly finished!"
Yugito looked coldly