Needless to say, anyone would be furious.
And anger needed an outlet. Naturally, the target was Akatsuki, the ones manipulating everything from behind the scenes.
But besides anger, what they were unwilling to admit was that deep down, they were all afraid.
They simply did not want to say it for the sake of appearances.
The reason was simple.
Setting aside the fact that every member of this organization was an S-rank Rogue Ninja of the ninja world,
they had already captured exactly seven tailed beasts.
There was no need to elaborate on how terrifying tailed beasts were. They were not something one or two people could handle easily.
The disasters tailed beasts could cause were absolutely on the level of destruction.
But that was not all. If the intelligence was accurate, then all nine tailed beasts were necessary to activate their plan.
In simple terms, those were merely the conditions for activation. If even the basic requirements were enough to make people tremble, then just thinking about their true objective sent a chill down one's spine.
Since that was the case, they had to do something.
So, not long after the news spread,
basically every ninja village convened meetings of their higher-ups, then argued back and forth.
Afterward, they reported the news to their daimyos, allowing them to understand the full situation. The daimyos then took the lead in expressing support and calming the people.
At the same time, they relayed the news to other countries and ninja villages, probing and trying to understand their thoughts.
Once they had roughly figured out everyone's stance, they assessed their own ninja villages.
Then, they tactfully revealed some of their own village's intentions.
After several rounds of this process, the Kage of the Five Great Nations jointly decided to convene the Five