High-Altitude Talks, Continued

The old Tsuchikage stood with his hands behind his back, raising his eyes to size Shamu up.

He had brought only a few hundred men out, intending to raid Cloud Village and see if there was anything to gain.

It was true that a large number of Cloud Village's forces had gone out, but that did not mean those people were dead.

If Hidden Stone Village committed too many men and got bogged down there, only for Cloud Village to suddenly send reinforcements back, Hidden Stone Village could very well be caught in a pincer attack.

But from what Shamu was saying, there seemed to be more to the matter.

"You can bring Deidara back, and this old man is very pleased. But one thing is one thing—do you really think I would give up the chance to attack Cloud Village because of Deidara?"

Ōnoki was no child. He would not let others lead him around by the nose.

The situation was clear: the Uchiha Clan wanted something.

So Ōnoki immediately seized the initiative.

Shamu was momentarily speechless. Though Ōnoki liked Deidara very much, judging by his attitude...

Once the interests of the ninja village were involved, Ōnoki would abandon Deidara as well.

And Ōnoki had clearly seen that Shamu wanted something, so he had directly turned the tables.

Ōnoki and his people had entered the Land of Fire with the Third Hokage's approval, but Shamu knew that if he did not tell some truth now...

The Deidara in his hands likely would not be enough to trade for anything.

"Lord Tsuchikage, to be honest with you, I have people in Cloud Village. Cloud Village's invasion of Hidden Mist Village this time was entirely a trap set by Hidden Mist Village."

"With so many of them going there, how many