If the other Ninja Villages tried to seize the Three-Tails, they were showing Kirigakure no respect.
After Mei Terumi made her bold declaration, Tsunade sent letters to every village, even the small ones along the border.
The letters announced that she had become the Fifth Hokage and declared Konoha an ally of Kirigakure.
That declaration made it clear she stood with Kirigakure!
Shizune flinched at Tsunade's sudden fury. Clutching a little pink pig, she trembled and asked cautiously, "Lady Tsunade?"
"That damned old man." Tsunade's face turned cold. She bit her thumbnail, lost in thought.
Ōnoki of Both Scales knew Konoha and Kirigakure were allies. He knew Tsunade had taken Kirigakure's side this time, yet he still dared to write back saying he would intervene over the Three-Tails.
He had slapped both her and Mei Terumi in the face.
Strange.
That old fox Ōnoki was cautious. He knew meddling in the Three-Tails' resurrection would enrage every Ninja in Kirigakure, yet he was doing it anyway.
Had the cautious old fox suddenly turned aggressive? What was his game?
And more importantly...
News of the Three-Tails' impending resurrection had spread across the Entire Shinobi World. Information like that was normally top secret. Someone had to be leaking it deliberately.
Even wandering Ninja on the roadside knew the Three-Tails would soon revive!
"Which idiot keeps spreading classified information? If I catch you..." Tsunade's cute face hardened, cold anger flashing in her eyes.
Because that idiot had spread the news, the Three-Tails' resurrection had become a huge affair. Now even the Tsuchikage wanted to intervene.
Tsunade turned to Shizune and asked sharply, "Where's Cangyue?"
She hadn't seen Cangyue lately. Where had that brat run off to?
Four days without seeing him... She missed him a little.
"Huh?" Shizune answered hurriedly, "Cangyue said he had