Dodai's hands trembled as though he had Parkinson's, shaking the letter in his hands like a sieve.
He lay limply in his chair in the conference room, staring blankly at the ceiling. The others exchanged glances, unsure why he was reacting this way.
Wasn't surrender the worst possible outcome?
Hadn't they been mentally prepared from the start?
A, whose jaw was wrapped in a splint, also looked at the dispirited Dodai in surprise and snatched the letter from his hands.
Bang!
A had once again given the conference room table cause to be replaced.
"A! How many times have I told you to restrain yourself? Is this how a qualified Raikage candidate behaves?!"
A flung the envelope in his hand into the face of the elder criticizing him. His entire face was as red as a boiled shrimp.
His muscles bulged grotesquely with agitation, veins continually standing out as flickers of electricity appeared and vanished.
If Takahashi Yū hadn't knocked his jaw crooked with an elbow, he would already have started cursing.
The Kumogakure elder pulled the letter off his face in bewilderment. A single glance was enough to send his blood surging.
"How dare he!!"
The other senior officials promptly seized the letter and passed it around. Cries of grief, indignation, and fury filled the conference room without pause.
"We in Kumogakure have never suffered such humiliation! I'm furious!"
"Better to die with honor than live in disgrace!"
"Let's fight Danzo to the death!!"
Bang!
Dodai finished flattening the table, and the wood split along its grain into fragments on the floor.
"Shut up!"
"Fight to the death! And wipe out every last Cloud Shinobi in the process, is that it?!"
"Then the name Kumogakure really will cease to exist!"
The others were stunned by Dodai's uncharacteristic attitude.
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