Others naturally took care of the battlefield, where smoke still hung in the air, while Jiraiya, Tobirama Senju, and the others stood where they were, tensely discussing their next move.
"We can't keep this news secret. We have to inform the other villages and Naraku as soon as possible," Jiraiya said, looking at the ninja still cleaning up around them.
"Yes. Since the Allied Shinobi Forces have already been formed, that would certainly be appropriate."
Tobirama Senju had yet to fully adjust to the current state of the Shinobi World. In the past, even allied Shinobi Villages or factions had never been this close.
Guardedness, wariness, and suspicion had been the most common features of relations between allies.
Things being this way now could only mean that times had changed.
Tobirama Senju stood there, watching Jiraiya quickly issue instructions.
Soon, news from the battlefield began making its way to the various villages' intelligence departments through all manner of communication channels.
"As long as the intelligence reaches them safely, the villages will be able to respond as soon as possible."
Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief. Only then did he have the attention to spare for a chat with Tobirama Senju.
"Finished?"
"Yes, Lord Second Hokage." Jiraiya was exceedingly respectful toward Tobirama Senju.
Quite apart from being Konohagakure's Second Hokage, he was also Tsunade's grandfather. That alone made Jiraiya lower his head involuntarily.
Tobirama Senju waved a hand, signaling that there was no need to be so polite. He was dead anyway and did not care about etiquette:
"You looked so busy just now that I didn't ask."
"Who is Konoha's Hokage now?"
"And which Hokage has Konoha reached by now?"
"The Fourth or the Fifth? Surely not the Sixth!"
Tobirama Senju bombarded Jiraiya with a string of questions.
Their conversation