"What's wrong? The Sharingan Kakashi Hatake of Konoha is nervous just from seeing me?"
Seeing Kakashi's exposed right eye widen slightly the moment he saw him, Soji smiled and teased him.
Has my intimidation become this great already? Even Kakashi blanked out the instant he saw this identity of mine!
As he thought that, Soji's face also showed a proud expression.
Of course, now that he was in a good mood and had run into Kakashi in Kirigakure, Soji particularly wanted to mess with him!
"My apologies, Mizukage-sama. Your reputation is simply too great throughout the Ninja World."
Only after hearing Soji's teasing did Kakashi finally calm down. With an apologetic expression, he gave Soji, seated behind the Mizukage's desk, a slight bow.
After all, he had lost his composure first, and this was someone else's territory. Kakashi knew he had to keep his attitude in check.
Especially since, the moment he had first seen Mizuki Ember, he had immediately felt that the person before him was someone he could not contend with!
That was utterly terrifying!
He had already become far stronger than before!
Among everyone he had encountered, Mizuki Ember was definitely the first to make him feel this way.
At that moment, Kakashi finally understood why the Third Hokage placed such importance on Kirigakure and Mizuki Ember, even directly sending him here for this matter.
If someone without enough strength had come instead, they would probably have been so overwhelmed by Mizuki Ember's imposing presence that even speaking would have been difficult.
How could they discuss anything then?
Of course, the Third Hokage had definitely not thought that much beforehand. He had merely felt that sending someone as strong as Kakashi was a sign of respect toward Mizuki Ember!
And hearing Kakashi say that made Soji quite