Land of Lightning, Kumogakure.
The Third Raikage had just stepped down from the defendant's stand for a rest.
He was exhausted.
Why had the situation suddenly deteriorated so badly lately?
He did not understand.
Ōnoki had launched a surprise attack, and Kumogakure had lost a battle.
His son had also gone missing in the Land of Water.
Now Kirigakure was demanding an exorbitant price.
The Third Raikage had to face judgment from the various nations' Daimyō while also making money to ransom his son.
He also had to confront Iwagakure.
The only good news was that Ōnoki's son had gone missing too,
and no one even knew who had bought him.
Now Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure,
the three powers, had already fought several battles at sea, large and small.
The Third Raikage had sent people to Konoha, hoping to seize on the likelihood that Daddy Shinobi was Danzo and extract some benefits from Konoha.
At the very least, he had to secure an alliance with Konoha. He absolutely could not let Konoha turn against Kumogakure as well.
The exhausted Third Raikage had just taken a sip of water when an Anbu hurried in with a report.
"Lord Raikage, bad news.
"Half the delegation we sent to Konoha has been killed, and the other half has been captured."
"What? Hiruzen Sarutobi dared to do that?"
The Third Raikage instantly flew into a rage and smashed his desk with a slap.
"What happened?
"Hiruzen Sarutobi shouldn't have done something like that!
"Does he really want to go to war with us?"
The Anbu sighed and said,
"Lord Raikage, apparently our delegation sent people to deal with three idiots in Konoha, only to be killed by them instead.
"And one of those three idiots is Hiruzen Sarutobi's brother."
After hearing the Anbu's account,