The massive explosion blasted away part of the building where the meeting was being held.
Two figures rushed out of the damaged building and leaped down onto the street below.
"Are you all right, Tsunade?"
Jiraiya shielded Tsunade as he checked on her.
"I'm fine. Are you okay?"
"Not too bad."
Covered in dust, Jiraiya brushed off his hands and clothes.
He did not seem seriously hurt, but a large portion of his signature white hair had been disintegrated by Ōnoki's Dust Release.
"Jiraiya, what do we do now? Go back to Konoha?"
Tsunade felt as though her head was about to burst. What was going on with this endless string of incidents?
Who on earth was targeting Konoha, and why wouldn't they let up?
"We can't leave."
Jiraiya rejected the idea without hesitation.
"If we leave now, we'll be in real trouble. Once we're gone, Konoha could face a joint offensive from Iwagakure and Kumogakure.
We have to settle things here first. As long as we stay, this is, at worst, a dispute between the Hokage, the Tsuchikage, and the Raikage."
One meant a war between villages; the other meant a fight between Kage. Clearly, the latter was far more acceptable.
"You Konoha bastards!"
A roar rang out as a streak of blue lightning shot through the opening in the building and hurtled straight toward Tsunade and Jiraiya.
"Watch out!"
Both quickly retreated, putting distance between themselves and the attack.
Boom!
The lightning struck, instantly caving in the ground as a massive shock wave spread in every direction.
"Tsunade, get ready to fight!"
"We don't have a choice."
Although Tsunade did not want to fight, she could only grit her teeth and face them.
If they simply left, the Raikage and the Tsuchikage would undoubtedly gather their armies and