In the residence attributed to them, Tsunade was writing a letter to the Hokage about the event that had transpired today.
"How dare they reject us and throw us out like that like we are no one, those Uzumaki have no respect for anyone,"
"Those creatures obviously have some relations with the first Hokage, if another village has managed to recreate those abilities Konoha must know it, we should force them to give us access to their residence..."
"Shut up!" Tsunade exclaimed anger at the rambling of the elders of her village.
"You want to force them to give you access to their estates that have just been attacking or force your way there go ahead, see if you come back alive, that old man seems to have his eyes on you during the meeting," he said referring to the old Kuroko.
"Be careful how you speak to me little girl," Danzo said as his chakra flared up even though he wasn't as powerful as his comrade in arm Hiruzen he was still more powerful than her right now.
"I thought it was clear during the last meeting. We Konoha are the prime suspects in that attack, after the body of my grandfather the abilities and they know that the village has already done research like that in the past! Maybe I should go back to make sure that the body of my grandfather is still there, dammit,"
Tsunade too in a beautiful and uncharacteristic kimono started rambling incessantly for a while under the eyes of their subordinates in the room.
"You should use your family relationship to convince the Daimyo to allow some of our people to join the team inspecting those trees,"
Danzo said the Uzumaki had allowed a few of the Daimyo monks to examine the tree created by the destruction when the zetsu fell. Still, the ninjas of Konoha hadn't been granted access due to the suspicion on them.
"Why don't you ask him you are from the same generation if I remember,"
"..."
"It seems like their view of Konoha is not very good!"
"And whose fault is it again," Tsunade rebuked with a snort
It was clear to everyone that none of the two deeply disliked each other yet they continued to discuss ideas on the matters.
Right now, they were a little on edge, their goals here were relatively simple, to do their best to renew their relationship with the Uzumaki clan even after their alliance with the country that had attacked them directly only a few years ago.
Unfortunately, everything had changed from the attack on the town of the fire country to this attack on them in the capital, the situation was now very tense and all negotiations had been halted.
****
Madara lair
"Master Madara!"
One of the Zetsu half white and half dark shouted getting out of the ground.
"Mission accomplished, we used the eyes of the Uzumaki as per your instruction, in sacrificing them we were able to implant manipulated a few of the Uzumaki and make them our puppets, even the Uzumaki will not be able to detect it."
Leaning forward he asked slowly.
"Did you take all the necessary precautions?"
"Absolutely, nobody saw us we were very careful, and we even paid attention to the camera's this time, nothing can pass our perception," it said confidently.
"Good with those people we will be able to keep an eye on them, know their secret, and manipulate them at will if necessary, like all the other great powers!"
Madara said before leaning back on his chair.
"Was it necessary," Asked a deep voice coming from the black part of the Zetsu "Until now the knowledge of the white Zetsu had been kept a secret, but now with an attack on the capital of the fire nation, all the major powers will know about it!"
"Huh, It doesn't matter if they don't find anything, it isn't like they could imagine that Madara Uchiha is still alive or that the Zetsu are the result of my research, if anything it will just make the five villages more on edge," he said before returning to sleep.
****
Akashi looked at Snakyl slithering in his hand with the attention he could feel the distress emanating from it.
"so what did you want to tell me, you refused to show yourself before," he asked seriously to what Snakyl hissed before moving into his palm and disappearing into his body.
Into the lake that was his consciousness, he looked at the little snake swimming underwater with a questioning eye when the water where he was standing started to move, and in front of him images started to appear.
'I didn't know that you could do that, that little snake knows more about that place than I do myself,'
He thought but he didn't have much time pondering about that fact as soon the scene of the attack that happened on the estate started to play n front of him, but from the viewpoint of Snakyl hidden in the grass.
Initially, everything seemed to be going like what they received in the report but after a while, he saw something that shocked him.
The image of a white zetsu with a Sharingan on the head appeared, and he saw how it was able to sacrifice the eye to put her under a powerful illusion.
His expression hardens seeing Karin fall under that illusion.
"So that was their goal, huh? Thank you for the information Snakyl it is very useful, I will make sure to reward you later."
The snake swam happily in the water earning that.
'Madara, you miserable old vermin. You will make sure that you regret what you did Uchiha Madara,'
With that new resolve, he left the room.
****
The next week news of the event that had transpired in the fire capital had made its way toward the desk of all the great dignitaries of the world, Kages and Daimyos alike.
In the following days, an influx of spies and ninjas from other nations would make their way to the capital hoping to find out the truth about the creatures' made of wood style.
In Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi was seated on his seat the rapport of Danzo and Tsunade in front of him and beside him were powerful and respected ninjas.
People like Atake Sakumo, his two friends and advisors the head of the Nara clans, and his disciples.
"What do you think of those informations," he asked leaning on his seat
"The rapport is very clear, they saw those creatures with their own eyes and both are convinced that it may have some links to the first Hokage, and we know that both of them can be trusted on that subject," said Shikuna Nara and everyone agreed
Tsunade is the granddaughter and Danzo had access to the information on the research of the second on wood style and was very knowledgeable on the subject.
"So that's safe to assume that one of the four villages managed to create those white creatures using the wood style of the lord first, something that we failed to do," Hiruzen said with anguish in his voice.
A sentiment shared by the others
"Maybe we should resume our research on the wood style," Homora proposed with the support of Koharu to the great delight of Oroshimaru who smiled a little at those words.
"And what about the Uzumaki, they don't seem ready to renew the tie between us," said Sakumo changing the subject
"Nothing surprising considering that we failed to provide any help in their time of need, and may even have been involved in the attack on them," The Nara head said and everyone knew who he was referring to Danzo
"And they were sent on a specific mission do not forget that the ones leading the team are the kids, they probably don't have the right to make this kind of decision," Sakumo said earning nods from the others.
"The accusation is unfounded, Danzo didn't do anything against the Uzumaki," Homura defended her comrade but everyone was suspicious, and according to what they knew he knew about the attack and let it happen and may even have facilitated it.
"I also wonder why you send him teacher, if they suspect something they it may come on like an insult," Jiraya said
"Danzo is basically my right-hand man, I can't leave right now finding a way to bring them back on our side after his failure is his responsibility, that's why I sent him and he is used to take care of things like that,"
"And that attack make things even harder, we are the main suspect from the rapport and we have no way to refute it, everything points toward us,"
They continued their meeting discussing how to solve the issue that was happening.
****
In the fire capital, another massive ship flying the color of the Sky nation arrived in the port.
"Hello uncle," Akashi said looking at his uncle Ashina in a kimono as luxurious as his own got down.
"Hello nephew, son, and you too Karin," he said his gaze lingered a little on her before he continued greeting the others.
"I heard about the trouble that you have caused, it has been only a few days and you are already fighting princes, and getting attacked, that one is not on you but I must say, you all are real trouble magnets huh,"
"Like you said, it wasn't our fault," the boys defended themself and started to explain what happened in more detail during the stays.