"Dotō, don't tell me your men fooled you with fake intelligence?" Kankuro Hifū cursed.
He truly could not hold it in any longer. He had thought they only needed to fight a relatively outstanding jonin, but Mu Yue's display was clearly that of a powerhouse famous throughout the ninja world.
Of course, Kankuro Hifū did not suspect that Dotō had deliberately used false intelligence to fool him. They had long since been tied to the same rope. If he could not win here, Dotō could not possibly succeed in usurping the throne.
Kankuro Hifū merely thought Dotō was stupid enough to have obtained bad intelligence.
"Impossible. Didn't you say you could definitely win?" Dotō shot back.
Kankuro Hifū thought his intelligence was flawed, while Dotō thought Kankuro Hifū was weak. The leader of a ninja village was actually afraid of a young man from a major ninja village.
Before the battle, he had been brimming with confidence, saying that dealing with a brat like Mu Yue would be no problem.
Kankuro Hifū dearly wanted to punch Dotō into the ground. He had talked so big only because Dotō's intelligence had been so wildly inaccurate. If he had known Mu Yue was this strong, he would never have worked with Dotō. He would have abandoned darkness for the light instead.
But after trading insults, both men quickly calmed down. One was the leader of a ninja village, while the other was the second-in-command of the Land of Snow. They knew there was no use discussing who was right or wrong now. The most important thing was to win the battle and complete the usurpation.
Dotō led several snow ninja away from the center of the battlefield and moved toward the edge, intending to bypass Mu Yue and capture Kazahana Sōsetsu directly.