Of those in the conference room, only Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura knew much about Yakushi Nonō.
The others might have heard a piece of news about Yakushi Nonō, but they had no way of knowing the details.
"That shrine maiden of the intelligence world?" Jiraiya seemed to remember something and looked curiously at the two elderly advisors.
He had heard about Yakushi Nonō from Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi before, but it had been a long time.
Besides, they had only been chatting at the time, so Jiraiya had not looked into it further.
"Ahem, ahem..."
Mitokado Homura coughed a few times, showing no intention of sharing any information about Yakushi Nonō.
Mainly because many of the matters involved their departed old friend, Shimura Danzō!
Danzo was already dead anyway, so there was no need to pursue the matter.
So Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu exchanged a glance, then simply stood and left the conference room.
Watching them leave, Tsunade snorted coldly.
"Tch!"
Tsunade knew considerably more about Yakushi Nonō than Jiraiya did.
So she knew why Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura had kept their mouths shut.
"A bunch of old fossils who love playing with people's hearts. They make me sick!" Tsunade made no effort to hold back and launched straight into a tirade.
Jiraiya felt a headache coming on. He could tell that Tsunade had included Hiruzen Sarutobi in her insults.
But there was little he could say.
Besides, he disliked the older generation of ninja's way of doing things too.
He had left the village and spent years traveling precisely to avoid the things in the village that he could not stand.
Kakashi Hatake and Shikaku Nara exchanged a glance. Neither got involved; they simply stood, said their goodbyes, and left the conference room.
"Let's go too."