After spending the entire night fooling around outside, Jiraiya had been dragged into a meeting before he could catch up on sleep. He looked utterly listless, his white hair a complete mess.
Strange smells still clung to him, making Orochimaru, who sat beside him, keep shooting him disgusted looks.
"Meet—"
"Sunagakure has gone too far!!"
Before Jiraiya could finish, he was cut off. Looking at the furious Utatane Koharu, he hesitated, then chose to swallow the rest of his words.
Before becoming one of the Three Sannin, Jiraiya and Orochimaru had not held much influence in the village.
Had they not been powerful enough and students of the Third Hokage, they probably would not even have been qualified to attend a meeting like this.
So when his words were interrupted, Jiraiya hesitated before choosing silence.
Forget it. He could just watch Elder Utatane Koharu perform.
Why butt in?
After comforting himself a little, Jiraiya looked up just in time to see Orochimaru cast him a sidelong glance before turning away in disgust.
"???"
What was that supposed to mean, Orochimaru?
"They first provoked us in the Land of Rivers. After the village responded, they actually dared to surround and kill our people. Are they trying to start a war between our two villages?"
In her younger days, Utatane Koharu had always been rather impatient and hot-tempered.
The moment she opened her mouth, she pinned all the blame on Sunagakure.
"Could there be some misunderstanding here?"
Tsunade was not about to indulge Utatane Koharu. After reading the intelligence reports, she thought for a moment before cutting in.
"I just feel that something is off. Even if Sunagakure cannot wait to make a move, there is no need for them to escalate their provocations."
"One or two times might be provocation. If