Hearing the jonin below report on the situation with the mist ninja, especially Hozuki Gengetsu's string of threats...
Xun Uzumaki curled his lip disdainfully. At his age, he was still thinking of tattling? Did he really think Konoha was his boss?
Never mind whether Konoha would pay him any attention. Even if it did, at most it would send someone over to appeal to their emotions and reason, demanding that the Land of Whirlpools return the Three-Tails to Kirigakure free of charge in the name of peace in the Shinobi World.
As for anything else?
What? Attack the Land of Whirlpools?
What a joke. Never mind that Uzumaki Mito was still alive—even if she were dead, Konoha still had its pride. Leaving aside the Generational Friendship they had pledged with Hashirama, during the ninja wars, the Uzumaki Clan had poured their heart and soul into Konoha's battlefields and lost so many people. Konoha would not dare act rashly!
At most, they would resort to some dirty tricks in secret.
Otherwise, how could they remain the big brother of the Five Great Shinobi Villages?
When the Five Kage Summit came around, the other villages would just say, "Look, it's Konoha! Someone devoted themselves to fighting for them, yet they stabbed them in the back. It's dangerous to be allies with them!!"
Wouldn't Konoha be finished then?
Konoha had always called itself an envoy of peace, the righteous alliance dedicated to upholding Hashirama's ideals. How could it possibly do something so damaging to the reputation of a ninja village? If this matter were exposed, even Danzo, Konoha's darkness, would not be able to shoulder the blame!!
So...
Dirty tricks, that was all!!
Would he, someone who knew the Flying Thunder God Technique, be afraid?
Who knew who would kill whom?
So if