"The Cloud Ninja Leader is dead? He died in the ANBU interrogation room?" The Third looked at the ANBU operative before him, his gaze grave and intent.
"Yes, Lord Third!"
After a pause, the operative continued, "According to the Medical Team's autopsy report, the Cloud Ninja Leader committed suicide. He also destroyed his brain with a Cursed Seal when he killed himself, so we cannot extract any more intelligence."
The Third's expression shifted, and he inwardly sensed trouble.
The leader of the Envoy Corps had actually died in the Anbu Base. Kumogakure would likely make an issue of this.
Just then, the ANBU operative beside him hesitated before asking, "Lord Third, should we dissect the body?"
Although the brain had been destroyed, dissecting the body could still yield a fair amount of intelligence. Under the circumstances, it might offer a new breakthrough.
The Third shook his head. "Return the body to the Kumogakure Envoy Corps."
His mind was now wholly occupied with finding a solution to this thorny problem. Whatever the circumstances, the leader of the Kumogakure Envoy Corps had died inside the village.
The leader of the envoys who had come to bring peace between the two nations had died in their village. Who knew how seriously Konoha's reputation would suffer once word got out?
And it was not just the Kumogakure Envoy Corps they had to deal with. The villagers also needed to be reassured.
The Cloud Ninja Leader had launched his indiscriminate attack on the village's busiest street. By a conservative estimate, at least a hundred people had witnessed him attacking the villagers.
Word would spread from ten people to a hundred. After a few hours, more than half the village would probably know about it.
It was bound to spark conflict between the village and the