Hatake Sakumo glanced at Orochimaru and Shisui respectively, then took a deep breath and faced the two formidable enemies before him with his guard fully raised.
However, facing two opponents alone, Hatake Sakumo did not dare to take the initiative. That would make it too easy to expose an opening and give the two of them an opportunity to exploit it.
His main task now was to stall for time.
"Orochimaru, Shisui Uchiha, I never expected the two of you, after betraying Konoha, to end up together and even come to assassinate the Daimyo at the same time. I'm curious—who has the ability to gather dangerous people like you under one roof?"
Hatake Sakumo asked this partly to buy time, but also because he genuinely had doubts.
Whether it was Orochimaru, whom he knew well, or Shisui Uchiha, both of them had come to assassinate the Daimyo of the Land of Fire wearing the same clothes.
If someone claimed they did not belong to the same mercenary organization, Hatake Sakumo would not believe it.
Their loose black robes patterned with red clouds, along with the purple nail polish on their fingernails and toenails, made for an utterly bizarre appearance.
If Orochimaru and Shisui had been dressed differently, Hatake Sakumo might have thought they were merely temporary partners.
But now, anyone with eyes could tell that they came from the same organization.
After all, whether it was Orochimaru or Shisui, both were extremely dangerous S-rank rogue ninja!
Could an organization capable of making them willingly join possibly be simple?
"We merely joined an organization willing to take us in. As rogue ninja, it isn't easy to find an organization willing to accept us, so there's nothing surprising about it." The Akatsuki Organization's objective had not yet been exposed, so Shisui did