Kumogakure, the Hokage Building.
Fourth Raikage A sat silently in his seat, his face livid.
In a village as large as Kumogakure, the Akatsuki had actually come and gone as they pleased. If word got out, the village would lose all dignity.
"A bunch of useless idiots!"
"A bunch of useless idiots!"
"You couldn't even stop three people!"
"And you let them take Yugito!"
Everyone present stood frozen with their heads bowed, not daring to make a sound. Fine beads of sweat already covered their foreheads.
"Lord Raikage, the enemy was simply too powerful!"
"All three of them were Kage Level!"
"After you and Lord Killer B left, no one in Kumogakure could stand against them!"
"Besides, you took most of our elite forces with you!"
As the Raikage's right-hand man, C naturally could not remain silent at a time like this.
"Hmph!"
A knew C was telling the truth. Unable to press the matter any further, he could only vent his frustration with a cold snort.
"Who were those three?"
Mabui, the Raikage's secretary, stepped forward, took out a notebook, glanced at it, and said:
"One could split off Black Mask Men. Each of them could independently perform ninjutsu."
"One was a Puppeteer who could control over a hundred puppets in battle."
"One rode a White Bird and could create White Clay Bombs!"
"Not only were they powerful, but they also had extensive combat experience."
"They handled themselves with ease even when surrounded by multiple Jonin!"
"Even Lady Yugito was no match for them, despite using her tailed beast's power!"
A nodded, his expression frighteningly grim.
"Has the sensing unit found where they went?"
Hearing this, Killer B also looked interested.
The importance of a tailed beast to a shinobi village went without saying.
Besides, the Eight-Tails, Gyuki, had