"Lady Tsunade, not long ago, someone claiming to be the leader of the Zero Organization suddenly appeared in the Land of Frost."
"Right afterward, the Shinobi Army stationed there defected."
"There was no fighting at all. They acted as if they'd agreed on it beforehand and simply chose to join the Zero Organization."
"That's all the intelligence we have so far."
The Anbu immediately reported.
"Go. Bring Naruto here."
"Yes!"
After the Anbu left, Tsunade's frown deepened.
As Hokage, she knew the Shinobi Army Naruto Uzumaki had founded well.
Its ranks included not only ordinary ninja, but also modified artificial humans.
Its makeup was extremely complicated.
Even if some of them had defected, there was no way they all would.
So...
There had to be more to this.
Before long,
Naruto Uzumaki appeared in the Hokage Office.
"Tsunade, I heard you've run into another problem?"
Naruto Uzumaki looked at Tsunade as he asked.
"That's right."
"Naruto, the Land of Frost has been occupied."
Tsunade's voice was grave.
"Oh?"
"That actually happened?"
"This Shinobi World really won't give us a break."
Naruto Uzumaki shrugged helplessly.
Konoha's F4, the Akatsuki, Obito Uchiha, Black Zetsu, Otsutsuki Toneri, Otsutsuki Kaguya, Momoshiki Otsutsuki, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki...
They had dealt with so many problems already, yet trouble kept coming.
Still...
"Now that the Land of Frost has fallen, why not send the Shinobi Army from somewhere else to reinforce it?"
"Did you really need to call me over for that?"
Naruto Uzumaki spoke with a light laugh.
"If it were that simple, I wouldn't have called you here in such a hurry."
Tsunade rolled her eyes at Naruto Uzumaki, then told him everything that had happened in the Land of Frost.
After listening, Naruto Uzumaki stroked his chin.
He had only recently learned about the Zero Organization.