The Land of Wind, Sunagakure, the Kazekage Building.
"It's over. It's all over!"
"I opposed the Fourth Kazekage's radical approach from the start. Orochimaru couldn't be trusted! Now look what's happened. Konoha has sent people demanding an explanation. What are we supposed to tell them?"
"What's the point of saying that now? Anyone can be wise after the fact! We were called here to find a solution, not shirk responsibility!"
"Easy for you to say. What option do we have now besides surrender?"
"Surrender? You want us to admit that we instigated all of this, including the war? How are we supposed to pay reparations then?"
"What else, then? The Kazekage died in battle, the people he took with him were either killed or captured, and we even lost our Jinchūriki. Fine, you tell me what we can do now. Fight Konoha to the death? With those old bones of yours?!"
"You!"
Bang!
"Enough! All of you, shut up!"
Chiyo slammed the table and glared. Everyone else immediately settled down and stopped arguing.
With the Kazekage gone, Chiyo and her younger brother Ebizo now held the highest standing in Sunagakure.
The former served as an adviser and was currently Sunagakure's strongest combatant.
The latter was not only a senior adviser to Sunagakure but also controlled all the spies and covert agents Sunagakure had dispatched. He was a spymaster through and through.
Although the two had lived in seclusion for years, Sunagakure's very survival was now at stake, so they naturally had to come out of retirement to take charge.
"I want to know exactly what happened in Konoha, in as much detail as possible."
Her younger brother Ebizo immediately said, "We need some time. Our people are trying to get the intelligence out."
Chiyo nodded, then asked, "If we went