Then he gave Darui a look, signaling for him to speak.
Darui was originally a rather lazy person. Meetings like this had never needed him before.
But during the time when the Raikage lost his arm, they had gathered all these talented people together for training in order to cultivate the next generation.
And Darui's current status was somewhat special. Although the next Raikage had not officially been decided yet, Darui was already a strong candidate.
And now he also had another special identity.
Darui scratched his head, "Sorry, but this is all the information we have right now. Cee already covered pretty much everything that could be said."
"The only thing I can think of is that Shukaku's involvement this time isn't normal."
"Because Sunagakure has neither the reason nor the strength to take part in this. They might even suffer retaliation from Konoha because of it."
Judging from the battle results, that was indeed the case. Konoha only lost some civilians, which basically didn't matter much.
But Sunagakure would not be able to withstand Konoha's retaliation afterward.
The Raikage nodded, then looked toward Dodai.
Dodai shook his head and pointed at the formation report in the intelligence documents.
"Those things matter too, but the most important point is here."
Dodai reminded them, "The formation Konoha used at the end to defend against the lightning was a space-time formation."
This was actually very hard to tell, because only a space-time formation could transfer away such a powerful attack without any explosion or visible impact.
Everyone suddenly felt alarmed and quickly picked up the reports again for another look.
They discovered that it really was a space-time formation.
That made things serious, because other formation types were fairly ordinary.
At worst, you just needed more people to expand the area covered by the formation.
But a space-time formation required people with space-time talent working together.
Space-time talent was already rare enough, but the key point was that the formation covered the entire inner city of Konoha. The amount of chakra needed for that would be enormous.
But people with space-time talent were rare. In other words...
"Among the people setting up and using the formation, there must be one person providing the largest amount of chakra."
"With Konoha's size, that person could only be the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki."
Because of the previous incidents involving the Nine-Tails, many people believed it had disappeared together with the Sarutobi clan.
Since Konoha's inner city had remained tightly sealed off, and Naruto had been forbidden from using the Nine-Tails, outsiders had no idea where the Nine-Tails was.
Now that Dodai analyzed it this way, everyone felt a chill.
Even the Raikage stood up in shock, "Dodai, are you sure?"
Dodai gave a slight nod, certainty visible in his eyes.
"It's difficult to find a chakra source this huge, especially one with space-time talent."
"Based on the current intelligence, I have several guesses."
"When Konoha wiped out the Sarutobi clan back then, they had already taken the Nine-Tails back."
"They stayed hidden these past years while training the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki."
"As for the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, it could be Uzumaki Naruto, or someone else with space-time talent."
"Of course, the possibility I believe most is that the current Nine-Tails Jinchuriki is the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato."
Dodai's words rang clearly, and everyone's expressions turned ugly.
Minato alone, with Flying Thunder God, had already been able to fight the A-B Combo evenly.
If he became the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, that would be combat power on a disaster level.
This was not hard to understand. After all, the strongest attack of a tailed beast was the Tailed Beast Bomb.
Flying Thunder God plus Tailed Beast Bomb, what kind of concept was that?
It meant someone could throw nuclear bombs at you anytime and anywhere, and you couldn't catch him or defend against it.
How were you supposed to fight that?
Seeing everyone's bad expressions, Dodai understood their concerns, so he added something to ease the mood.
"Of course, these are only my guesses. They may not be true."
"But investigating Namikaze Minato in Konoha is definitely the most important thing."
Although Dodai was not the kind of person who could predict everything perfectly, his analysis of this incident was extremely clear and logical.
It was basically right nine times out of ten.
At this point, the people of Kumogakure had already accepted that the Nine-Tails was definitely in Konoha. They were only hoping the Jinchuriki was not Namikaze Minato.
Seeing the heavy atmosphere, Dodai changed to another way of reassuring them.
"Our Chakra Space-Time Cannon has also made breakthrough improvements recently."
"It can already carry out over-the-horizon strikes, so there's no need for everyone to feel too discouraged."
The Raikage gave a slight nod and said to everyone, "This is only the first wave of intelligence. Once more reports arrive, we'll look at the situation in detail."
"Dodai stays. Everyone else can leave first."
Cee and Darui looked at each other helplessly before leaving.
After all, they had come here to discuss things, only to discover that Dodai had analyzed an enormous danger from the intelligence reports.
Now they could only wait for more information.
After everyone left, the Raikage asked with a worried expression, "If the worst-case scenario is true, can Kumogakure defend against it?"
Dodai shook his head. He understood what the Raikage meant, "No. Flying Thunder God plus flight is already difficult enough to deal with."
"If you add Flying Thunder God and Tailed Beast Bombs, nobody would be a match for Namikaze Minato."
"And no village would be a match for Konoha."
"Hmph!"
The Raikage fell silent for a moment after hearing that, then let out a cold snort and slammed his fist onto the desk.
Everything on the desk jumped.
But the Raikage had held back his strength, so the desk did not break.
Kumogakure had always aimed to dominate the ninja world, but now even protecting themselves had become difficult. How could the Raikage not be angry?
Dodai naturally understood and said nothing.
The Raikage took a deep breath.
"Is Darui stable now?"
Dodai nodded slightly, "Don't worry, Raikage. We didn't directly use the sealing technique Black Zetsu brought us. Instead, we took apart some of its methods and strengthened our own sealing techniques."
"The seal is extremely stable, and Matatabi is now willing to cooperate as well."
"Darui is very stable now. His combat power has already far surpassed Yugito from before."
That's right. Darui was now the new Jinchuriki of the Two-Tails, Matatabi.
Originally, with Kumogakure's sealing techniques, it would not have been enough to create a battle-capable Jinchuriki in just two or three years.
But Black Zetsu had personally come and provided a new sealing technique.
Although Kumogakure remained very wary of him, they considered the fact that he had also provided intelligence during the Fourth Great Ninja War.
Now that the meat was already at their mouth, there was naturally no reason not to eat it, so they accepted it.
And Dodai handled things very carefully. He did not directly use the new sealing technique, but instead strengthened their village's old one.
Seeing the Raikage's expression improve, Dodai suggested, "This Black Zetsu's identity is unknown, but he can still be used for now."
"Judging from the sealing technique he provided, he seems to possess a huge amount of knowledge."
"We can consider asking whether he has secret techniques or technology specifically for dealing with space-time ninjutsu."
The Raikage thought for a moment before answering:
"Then Dodai, make the arrangements."