"So, we're officially Konoha's allies now? No more worries hanging over us?"
The scroll in her hand slowly turned to ash in the flames flickering between her fingers. Having already sat down, Hada Kazune glanced at the stack of documents on the table, then fixed her gaze on the young man in the silver-moon black robe before her—Haneda Yu Ze—as she seemed to seek confirmation once more.
"Yes."
In response, Haneda Yu Ze looked at the formal alliance agreement he had signed with the Third Hokage, spread out before Hada Kazune, and nodded.
By then, the copy of the agreement Hada Kazune held had already become drifting ash.
"Then what are these documents?"
Hearing that, Hada Kazune put away the alliance scroll and picked up one of the documents before her to read.
When Haneda Yu Ze had handed her the documents earlier, she had learned from him that the formal alliance agreement had already been signed and that the copy in her possession needed to be destroyed. Her attention had therefore been drawn entirely to the formal agreement, and she had not examined these documents at all.
After all, whatever these documents contained, the most important thing was still the formal alliance agreement with Konoha. And since Yu Ze had already come here, that formal agreement must already have taken full effect. No, rather, both leaders had agreed to it, meaning that from this moment on, the agreement was to be carried out.
Every condition imposed on Konoha and every condition imposed on Kusagakure had to be honored.
She still had to confirm whether Konoha had tampered with the agreement signed with Yu Ze. If they had, then the copy in her hands could not be destroyed. It could serve as evidence when the time came.
It would also