Burūi was very grateful to Shihōin Naraku for postponing the Five Kage Summit for him, but that did not stop him from deciding to question Konoha's intelligence concerning Otsutsuki Toneri at the meeting.
Moreover, he had already discussed this matter with the elders while he was still in Kumogakure.
So it was not something he could abandon simply because he wanted to.
"What a headache."
Burūi sighed and took another sip of tea.
At this summit, he needed to seek answers for Kumogakure's casualties and lost interests, while also avoiding offending that Hokage.
No matter what, as Kumogakure's Seventh Raikage, he had to think of his village.
Even if he ultimately could not obtain more specific answers from Konoha, he at least had to ensure that the same thing would not happen again.
That was his bottom line.
Of course, Burūi was grateful to Shihōin Naraku for postponing the summit for him, and he would remember that favor. But a favor was a favor; he could not compromise the village's interests or the answers owed to those who had died because of it.
He repeatedly weighed his tone and how far to go.
He could neither make his questions sound aggressive nor let his demands sound weak and easily dismissed.
His position as Raikage mattered here. He represented more than himself.
"One step at a time..." he muttered under his breath.
Burūi raised a hand and rubbed between his brows. Now that he had relaxed, the exhaustion of a sleepless night surged over him instead, leaving his eyes aching slightly.
He pushed himself up from the floor and walked out beneath the eaves. A cool breeze brushed his face, reviving him a little.
He looked up at the sky. The Sun had already shifted a little past its noon position;