"The other reason why he did this was because of the Akatsuki, since they're after all nine Jinchūriki's and Kumo has two of them, making Kumogakure a large target for them. Which was also why he had everyone believe they had a Shinobi powerful enough to fight and kill two of their member at once, both of whom were suppose to be immortal. Also if you combined the strength of the two Jinchūriki's with that of Kumo and The Raikage, from what little we know of his powers, as well as the strength of Sourai, whom we believed until now was a different person, you get a very powerful force that even the Akatsuki would be weary to attack. Hence why he kept everyone thinking that he and Sourai were two different people. It would also make the Akatsuki and other Shinobi Nations follow false leads and waste resources to try and get information on Sourai, which would most likely lead them to come up with false conclusions about Kumo and the Heavenly Alliance"
"I have to admit it was quite a clever of him to trick everyone into believing that he and Sourai were two different people, so to make people more hesitate into attacking Kumo. As well at the same time not paint a target on himself for the Akatsuki to attack, since if they knew at the time that he killed two of their members, they may have decided to attack Kumo just to eliminate him which is why we shouldn't underestimate him. Since he's clearly a person who could be a dangerous enemy for us should we ever provoke him, Kumo or the Heavenly Alliance" spoke Jiraiya, which caused the room to go quite, since everyone was thinking over at what Jairiya had said and could not find any fault at his answer since it made sense.
"But still even if that is true, why did he reveal the truth about him being Sourai now" asked Amako Taichi
"Isn't it obvious Kumo and and Kaminari no Kuni are back to full strength and have fully recovered from their Civil War. Thanks to the other members of the Heavenly Alliance who most likely helped them recover from their Civil War so quickly. Hence they're now more powerful than they were before, which they've clearly shown when they attacked "The Hold". Not to mention even if the Akatsuki attack them, I'm willing to bet that Kumo will be ready to handle them, that's why they're now openly showing the world how powerful they are". answered Jiraiya.
"This is troubling in terms of military and technology development Kumo and the Heavenly Alliance, has become much too powerful for my likely and they must be dealt with before they become a threat to us", said Danzo.
"That enough Danzo neither Kumo nor the Heavenly Alliance have made or shown any hostile action against us, they even rescued several of our best Shinobi's and brought them back safely. Hence I do not want such talk mentioned since we have more enemies than we can handle right now and we don't need more", spoke Tsuande.
"Very well Tsuande-san" said Danzo with a slight scowl "That foolish women she willing to ignore a clear threat to Konoha just because they saved her student and her team. But regardless of that we need more information on what else Kumo and the Heavenly Alliance have up their sleeves, hence if Tsuande won't take action I will, and perhaps I can even use what Kumo and the Heavenly Alliance has to my own advantage".
Tsuande then turned back to Kurenai and her team and asked them to continue with their report.
Which Kurenai did where she informed them of their stay on the Zennyo Ryūōa and told them that like on their stay in the Swordfish. They were kept away from many of the levels on the ship, such as the bridge of the ship and the Capulet launchers for the Sky-Hawk Ninja's, and other areas and how they were escorted wherever they went even to area's they were allowed in.
This of course caused many Council members like Danzo and Koharu to frown since they had hoped that they might get a more detail layout of the ship, but even so they weren't surprised by the action The Raikage took. Since Konoha was not an Ally or member of the Heavenly Alliance hence they would naturally keep many things from them even if they weren't enemies. Both Koharu and Danzo had to admit they themselves would have taken the same precautions as The Raikage did if they had been in his situation.
Kurenai even then went to explain how both the Prince's of Umi no Kuni (Sea Country) and Tsuki no Kuni (Moon Country), had expressed wishes to join the Heavenly Alliance and become members of it after they had met the escort fleets from those Countries.
When the Council heard this many members especially Ashikaga Shin and Amako Taichi where furious, since this made sure that any chance they may have had left of get a Trade Alliance with either Countries was gone. Which in turn they would also lose any of the possible missions they may have gotten from those Countries, and in getting some badly needed funds for their village.
After which Kurenai then told the Council how they were then brought back to the Fire Country shores where they made their way home from their.
"So he simply let you all go without even trying to get information on us from you, he could of even just took you all back to Kumo and held you Prisoner, to get information from you there and yet he didn't. Despite his reputation The famed Raiden no Kami (God of Thunder and Lightning) doesn't sound all that terrifying. He sounds more like some soft weak hearted fool of a Kage instead of a real Kage who wouldn't have saved you at the Prison in the first place or let you all go the way he did". scoffed Sasuke (who was also a member of the Council).
"If you think that "Uchiha-san" then you're a even bigger fool than I though, because The Raikage is a lot more powerful than you think, and I bet he wipe the floor with you if you fought him. Besides he also more honour in his one finger than you will ever have", sneered Choji.
Which caused Sasuke glare at him and would have retorted had Tsuande not interrupted him
"ENOUGH! There will be no arguing or fighting in here is that clear" order Tsunade
"Yes Hokage-sama" said Choji bowing his head
"Yes Hokage-san" sneered Sasuke where he use san instead of sama when he responded to Tsuande order.
Tsuande scowled at the young Uchiha blatant disrespect to her but decided to deal with that later.
"The Hokage is correct we have more important issue to deal with, such as the military strength that Kumo and the Heavenly Alliance have shown" spoke Homura.
"Agreed, those new Airships that Kumo has can cause a great deal of trouble in the future if we are not carful. Since with those Airships they could easily fire down on any base, village or fort they want and there wouldn't be a thing anyone could do about them", spoke Inoichi.
"True, but still we should have seen this coming since according to Hatake Kakashi and his old Genin team report on his mission to protect Lady Daimyo Koyuki, back when she was just an actress. Haru/Yuki no Kuni (Spring/Snow Country) had some Airships at their disposable. So it makes sense that they share the knowledge to build them with Kumo and the rest of the members of the Heavenly Alliance", answered Yakumo.
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