Meanwhile, inside the Raikage's office in Kumogakure.
"Hm!?"
"Killed?!"
"What are the specific details?!"
The Fourth Raikage furrowed his brow tightly.
For so many years, ever since he became the Raikage.
There had never been such a large number of casualties among the village's shinobi.
"The 72 shinobi originally operating within the Land of Fire, and the 18 shinobi responding this time to Konoha's initiated Land of Fire clearance mission."
"All perished."
"Moreover, their corpses were basically all disposed of."
"Even the eighteen shinobi who went out later were cut down within the territory of the Land of Grass."
"The other villages are facing pretty much the same situation."
Rosu spoke somewhat nervously.
Having served as the Fourth Raikage's intelligence officer for so long, this was the first time he had reported intelligence on such heavy losses.
Furthermore, he was also familiar with the Fourth Raikage's personality. With such a thing happening, Lord Raikage would inevitably...
"Bang!"
The very next instant, one of the most high-risk professions in the Shinobi World-the Raikage's desk-was directly smashed to pieces by a punch from the Fourth Raikage.
"How dare Konoha!?"
"It seems the peace of these years has given them the illusion that they are powerful!"
"Get ready, we are directly declaring war on Konoha."
"I want to see how Konoha can possibly have such confidence!"
"I just hope they won't be like the old Third generation fellow back then, who didn't dare to fight at all and surrendered!"
The Fourth Raikage's face was livid!
At this moment, due to being overly excited, the Lightning Release chakra inside his body had already overflowed.
Even his hair stood on end along with it.
The shinobi below trembled slightly.
When the Fourth Raikage was in a state of violent rage, he would hit people!
"Lord Raikage, we..."
"Are we really going to declare war directly!?"
Perey stepped forward and spoke with some concern.
Although she was not afraid of Konoha either, Konoha's weakness over the years had caused everyone to forget that village which once stood at the pinnacle of the Shinobi World.
However, Perey was clear on one matter.
Konoha's shinobi shouldn't be fools.
Because according to the intelligence obtained, it wasn't just Kumogakure's shinobi who were cleared out; the shinobi of the other major villages were also being targeted.
Over these past few months, the number of shinobi Konoha had moved to kill was simply too high.
This kind of matter was far too bizarre.
It didn't look like behavior Konoha ought to exhibit at all.
To put it this way, Konoha definitely had some trump card to be doing this sort of thing.
Of course, it might also be because this newly appointed Fifth Hokage had done such a radical thing for the sake of his own reputation.
"Regardless of the reason, and I don't care what trump card they have."
"They raised their hands against Kumogakure's shinobi, so they had better prepare themselves for war!"
"Perey, immediately go and assemble all shinobi of Chunin rank and above."
"Get ready and set out directly!"
"I will lead the team personally!"
The Fourth Raikage spoke rapidly.
The Raikage of Kumogakure all shared a single habit.
That was once a war broke out, the Raikage would go in person.
The Third Raikage was just like that, ultimately dying in the encirclement of Iwagakure.
"No!"
Right at that moment, Killer B rushed in.
He had already been outside the door for a little while.
He was also very clear on what had happened.
"B?!"
The Fourth Raikage looked at Killer B in some astonishment.
You had to know that Killer B did not participate in the village's decision-making.
He was simply a younger brother protected by him.
Now he suddenly appeared, and was even opposing his decision.
A matter like this made the Fourth Raikage somewhat displeased.
"Raikage, we still need to investigate this matter."
"Besides, Konoha is different now than it was before."
"Even if we are going to make a move, we still need to investigate the current situation regarding Konoha."
"Then we can decide!"
"Striking out rashly will carry immense danger."
Killer B's expression was solemn.
For a fellow with his bouncing, carefree personality to speak like this was already enough to show his seriousness.
"Those cunning fellows in Konoha simply think we will have reservations, which is why they made such a frantic move."
"If we really give them time to prepare, it will instead plunge us into a difficult plight!"
"B, you don't need to concern yourself with the village's affairs."
"Just stay properly in the village and guard it well."
"Leave everything else to me!"
The Fourth Raikage rejected Killer B's thought without the slightest hesitation.
Immediately, he strode out of the Raikage's office.
"Lord B, we should still handle this matter according to Lord Raikage's way."
"And..."
"The number of shinobi who suffered casualties this time is more than what was lost in the entire previous year."
"And it was all done by Konoha."
"Therefore, this war is unavoidable!"
Perey walked up to Killer B's side and spoke with a hint of helplessness.
As the village's strongest Jinchūriki, Lord B's words actually still carried some weight.
Only now...
"I know."
Killer B left this place.
Very soon, Killer B found the Two-Tails Matatabi Jinchūriki, Yugito Nii.
"Lord B!"
Upon seeing Killer B, Yugito Nii immediately greeted him respectfully.
"You should also know about this matter."
"Stay in the village and guard it properly."
"I am going out with A."
"If any problems arise, I will help A properly."
Killer B stated his own thought.
"But..."
"Listen to me!"
After Killer B cut off Yugito Nii's words, he left.
Meanwhile, inside Iwagakure.
"Lord Tsuchikage, we have already obtained the intelligence."
"Our shinobi, as well as the shinobi from Kumogakure and Sunagakure... have all been slain by Konoha's people."
"The ones who made a move were the subordinates of Orochimaru, the missing-nin who just returned to Konoha."
"The shinobi within the borders of the Land of Fire have also been cleaned out."
"Now, shouldn't we make some kind of move!?"
Tiegan felt some anger.
Among the shinobi they had dispatched this time, quite a few were Jōnin and Chunin.
These were, after all, precious resources for Iwagakure!
Back then, because of the Third Raikage issue, a great many shinobi had died.
Ever since, Ōnoki had treated the village's shinobi as its most precious resources.
Now so many had been sacrificed all at once.
Not only Ōnoki, but the other high-ranking officials of Iwagakure were also furious.
"There's no rush!"
"Wait!"
Ōnoki didn't show the anger one might expect, instead speaking two simple sentences very calmly.
"Huh?!"
"But, Lord Tsuchikage..."
"Kumogakure will make a move, and they will definitely come looking for us as well."
"Wait!"
After saying this with certainty, Ōnoki looked at Kitsuchi beside him.
"Go bring those two back."
He assigned yet another mission.