How could this be?!
Sound Village and Sunagakure, and Orochimaru... So this was what Lord Kazekage meant...
The chill of the wall against his back gradually faded as Gekko Hayate leaned forward slightly in shock. Yet an unprecedented coldness, countless times colder than the wall itself, suddenly rose from his spine. Hayate, who had silently landed and crouched down, widened his eyes, his face already filled with horror.
Originally, he had thought that some conflict had broken out between ninja from other villages in this direction. After all, ever since the Chunin Exams began, nothing seemed out of the ordinary during the day and nothing major had happened, but small frictions at night were normal, especially between different outside villages. During the day, these small ninja villages kept the peace. Even if there was a conflict, both sides would take a step back and exchange a few harsh words at most. But that was only to give Konoha face. Once night fell, there were still fights taking advantage of the quiet darkness. In fact, there had already been a few casualties over the past several days, all handled internally by the small ninja villages themselves.
There had also been minor disturbances the night before last and last night. Although he had not been the one handling them, according to the established rules, as long as they did not alarm too many people, affect the official trials the next day, or cause too much damage, they would simply turn a blind eye.
They only needed to make a record of it.
There was no need even to stop them.
After all, the grudges between small ninja villages were no less numerous than those between the great ninja villages. They were all interconnected. Small ninja villages fought over territory and competed for