"Whew-"
Shihōin Naraku quickly finished reading the intelligence in his hands, then tossed it straight to Jiraiya.
"Take a look at this intelligence the Intelligence Department just delivered!"
"The situation is rather serious!"
Smack!
Jiraiya caught the scroll, glanced at Naraku's serious expression, and solemnly opened it to read.
"What happened?"
At that, the three members of the Senju Clan, spanning two generations, stopped arguing and turned to look.
Jiraiya soon finished reading. His expression equally grave, he passed the scroll to Tsunade, gesturing for her to read it too.
Before long, everyone else in the office had finished reading the intelligence.
Naraku was just about to speak when he noticed Might Guy, who had joined in to read the intelligence, shift his feet slightly. He immediately understood.
"Guy, go get some rest. The aftereffects of the Eight Gates Formation won't pass that easily. Focus on recuperating for now."
"I'm fine." Guy grinned, his teeth flashing.
"Hahaha, once war breaks out, there'll be times when we need your strength. For now, go rest."
"Yes!"
Might Guy also knew there was little he could do by staying here. Since Naraku had put it that way, he immediately nodded to the others and left the Hokage's Office.
Once Guy left, heated arguments rang out in the Hokage's Office.
"A hundred thousand?!"
"Is that number real or not?"
"How could the enemy possibly assemble so many ninja?"
Tsunade had some doubts about the intelligence's authenticity. She simply could not believe that Obito and the Akatsuki had assembled so many ninja.
"Those monsters?" After reading the intelligence on the scroll, Tobirama Senju immediately recalled the stark-white monsters they had wiped out in the Land of Whirlpools.
"Yes, those things. Apparently, they're called White Zetsu!" Jiraiya nodded.
"White Zetsu?"
Tsunade was a little puzzled. Her