Land of Lightning, Kumogakure, Raikage's Office.
Bang!
A dull, violent crash erupted inside the Raikage's office, accompanied by the piercing crack of splintering wood!
Wood chips and dust flew everywhere.
Behind the desk, the Raikage's secretary, Mabui, adjusted her glasses expressionlessly. Her gaze swept over the pile of wreckage on the floor that had once been a solid wooden desk.
That made three this month.
Lord Raikage's temper really was getting worse by the day.
Perhaps we should have a metal one custom-made next time?
In the center of the office, Fourth Raikage A stood like an enraged thunder god, visibly radiating Lightning Release chakra. Blue snakes of electricity darted across his muscular body.
Veins bulged like coiling dragons along his thick, bronze arms.
A bent down and roughly rummaged through the wreckage with one large hand, pulling out a slightly damaged letter-the very "declaration of war" Konoha's Hokage had just sent!
He gripped the scroll as though he meant to crush it, his eyes blazing with fury and the humiliation of something he could scarcely believe!
His voice rumbled like thunder as he growled through clenched teeth,
"That wet-behind-the-ears blond brat is this arrogant?!"
He shook the scroll open, revealing wording so concise it could only be called brazen.
Its gist was: Naruto Uzumaki, Konoha's Sixth Hokage, hereby notified Kumogakure that Konoha would formally launch a full-scale military operation against it.
"Ha!"
A laughed in sheer fury, but his laughter was filled with cold murderous intent and scorn,
"He wants us to move every villager somewhere safe within four hours? Who does he think he is?! The Sage of Six Paths?!"
"What a load of posturing!"
A hurled the scroll he had just retrieved onto the floor.
"Hmph!"
He snorted heavily, as though trying to force down all his