Shikaku nodded toward the side door. Two Konoha Chunin immediately approached the five Kage in turn, each carrying a stack of bound documents, and gently set the documents beside them.
A copy was placed in front of Shihōin Naraku as well.
He opened it and skimmed the contents he already knew by heart.
The other four Kage each reacted differently.
After opening the document, Gaara looked straight at the images of the rubbings.
He stared at the image of the God Tree for a long time, his brows slightly furrowed, but said nothing. He simply continued turning the pages quietly.
Kurotsuchi flipped through it quickly, her fingers almost sliding across the pages.
Mei Terumi read the most carefully.
Burūi was the last to open his copy.
Although he had adopted a sufficiently humble attitude while apologizing earlier, once they returned to business, the Raikage's vigilance and caution took over again.
He first skimmed all the intelligence, then returned to the first page and began reading it closely, paragraph by paragraph.
Compared with the other four Kage, he had only just taken office and knew relatively few of the secrets.
That was why he read so carefully.
Burūi soon noticed that the intelligence repeatedly mentioned corroboration with information obtained during the Fourth Shinobi World War.
The God Tree, the Chakra Fruit, Kaguya's origins...
These terms were not unfamiliar to him, but this was the first time he had seen them presented so systematically in a single intelligence report.
The conference room remained quiet for a little over thirty minutes, with only the rustle of turning pages.
Kurotsuchi was the first to put down the document.
She leaned back in her chair and asked, "How much of this intelligence... can we confirm is true?"
Mei Terumi looked up from her document and