Hinata, Stop Pretending

In the Hokage's Office in Konoha, Land of Fire, the moment this urgent intelligence reached Tsunade's ears, she immediately gave Shizune an order.

In less than a moment, numerous elite Konoha Jonin, including Kakashi Hatake, Might Guy, Kurenai Yuhi, and Asuma Sarutobi, gathered together.

After briefly learning about the situation, Kakashi rolled his dead-fish eyes. "There's no need to even think about something like this."

"Someone must be manipulating things behind the scenes, but the pretext is simply too significant. The higher-ups of every country have no choice but to pay attention."

After taking a deep drag from his cigarette, Asuma Sarutobi said, "Indeed. But this is clearly an open scheme. Even if we know someone is pulling the strings behind it, we still have to look into it."

"Moreover, we can't just deal with it casually. We need to treat it with the utmost seriousness, both to verify whether this matter is real—"

"And to better investigate who is truly orchestrating this incident."

Kurenai Yuhi blinked her wine-red eyes. "While that is certainly true, it isn't hard to see from the description just now—"

"This matter is deeply entangled. Based on the intelligence gathered so far, Kumogakure in the Land of Lightning is already involved."

"And they are supporting the destructive faction known as the Four Heavenly Phenomena. According to rumors, only people from the Four Heavenly Phenomena may truly understand the ultimate weapon."

Tsunade said irritably, "Of course I know all that. That's exactly why I'm troubled."

"The question now is, what exactly should we do?"

Shizune said, "Lord Hokage just mentioned that the best method would be to send an elite squad to conduct an in-depth investigation."

"But the problem is that if we send a team made entirely of elite Jonin, it will be difficult to