"No, it was Itachi crossing missions after Sasuke's was revealed to have nin, which weren't supposed to be there, and high ranked ones at that." He was quiet a beat, looking at Shisui very seriously, expression turning solemn. Usually, he'd correct one of his cousins using his title, but a lot of bad things were starting to stir in the world these days, and he was having to work doubletime to check up on the treaties because of it.

"From what I understand, one of the combatants was a man that had long black hair and summoned snakes on the team." He had no doubt that Shisui would see how bad of a picture those facts painted. "As for the information problems... it's not inside the village. All intelligence personnel have been gone over recently. It's the missions themselves, they're being misrepresented by the clients more often, and I've started to send out people to see if this is a coordinated effort to thin the ranks."