Before long, several pieces of news spread throughout the Shinobi World.
Kumogakure's Raikage and its two perfect jinchuriki had all been defeated by Uchiha Fengyao of Amegakure.
Fourth Raikage A had surrendered of his own accord.
Yugito, the Two-Tails' jinchuriki, had become a hostage.
The moment this news broke, it shook the entire Shinobi World!
At the same time, several other pieces of news emerged.
Amegakure's Hanzō had been killed years ago.
The person who had controlled Amegakure all these years was someone named Pain, a man with the Rinnegan who called himself a god.
The Rinnegan!
Those were the eyes of the Sage of Six Paths!
And Uchiha Fengyao, who had been dispatched to defeat Kumogakure this time, was merely Pain's subordinate!
Before they could digest that, however, another piece of news arrived from Amegakure.
Amegakure's Opening had been announced!
Previously, Amegakure had kept an extremely low profile, completely shutting itself off from the outside world.
Now, however, Amegakure had opened up.
In short, the entire Shinobi World knew that Amegakure had risen!
It had become one of the Six Great Nations in every sense!
Land of Lightning, Kumogakure.
"Lord Raikage, we've prepared all of Kumogakure's ninjutsu here, along with some... money."
Mabui's expression was troubled. In the end, she called the reparations "money."
"What did the daimyo say?" A asked, sitting on his desk and looking at Mabui.
Mabui shook her head. "The daimyo refuses to help us pay this money. He said this was our..."
At this point, Mabui hesitated for a moment.
"Say it!" A's voice was heavy.
"He said we brought this on ourselves, so we should pay it back ourselves..." Mabui's expression turned bitter.
Bang!
"He's gone too far!" A sprang to his feet, his eyes wide with fury.
The desk instantly shattered