The group headed to the conference room in the Hokage Office Building.
Just before they reached the conference room doors, Yanbai quietly called out to Madara Uchiha, who was walking ahead of him with Shukaku in his arms.
Madara Uchiha turned back in confusion, only to meet Yanbai's Mangekyō Sharingan.
Their eyes met for only a few seconds, and neither Madara Uchiha nor Yanbai spoke.
Before entering, Madara Uchiha unobtrusively handed Shukaku back to Yanbai.
Shukaku had been dazed the entire time. He had no idea what Yanbai and Madara were up to.
Still, Shukaku had initially sensed Madara's hostility toward him. Now, that hostility seemed to have faded considerably, perhaps even disappeared.
Unable to figure it out, Shukaku stopped trying and began looking around.
Hmm...
Shukaku kept thinking that the buildings here felt strange. They seemed neither wooden nor stone, and Yanbai, who was carrying him, felt more like stone than any of them...
Still thoroughly bewildered, Shukaku was carried into a brightly lit hall by Yanbai.
Only two people were already seated at the round table in the spacious room.
Hashirama Senju sat at the head of the table, and all three Hokage Advisors were present.
Tobirama Senju stood in front of the whiteboard and began his report.
"According to intelligence from the Courier Station I established in the Capital of the Land of Fire, the four great nations other than the Land of Fire have begun preparing to establish their own shinobi villages."
"The Land of Wind has decided to establish Sunagakure, with its leader provisionally titled the Kazekage."
"The Land of Earth has decided to establish Iwagakure, with its leader provisionally titled the Tsuchikage."
"The Land of Lightning has decided to establish Kumogakure, with its leader provisionally titled the Raikage."
"The Land of Water has decided