"Clack!"
Kakuzu raised his sword and blocked Ginkaku's sudden attack, a hint of confusion flashing through the emerald-green eyes beneath his mask.
"What are you two retired old bastards doing here, sticking your noses into this?"
"How could a battle this interesting be missing us Gin-Kin Brothers?"
Bang!
Ginkaku grinned viciously and slammed his fist down hard. The terrifying force that erupted from him sent Kakuzu flying several meters away.
"What exactly is Kumogakure trying to do?"
Ōnoki stared warily at the Gin-Kin Brothers, who had helped him out of trouble. Pies did not fall from the sky. Iwagakure and Kumogakure had kept out of each other's way all these years; though relations had not soured, they were absolutely not good enough for the other side to travel thousands of miles to provide reinforcements.
"Us? We came to confirm a few things."
Kinkaku worked his cervical spine, which had been numbed by the Heavenly Transfer Technique, and swept an appraising gaze around before it finally landed on the battered Danzo. A chilling gleam immediately burst from eyes that had already been savage to begin with.
"So Konoha really has joined the war."
Kinkaku licked his lips, and a bloodthirsty smile surfaced at the corner of his mouth.
"Not good!"
Danzo, being stared at, inwardly cried out that things were bad. Even without using sensory abilities, he could clearly feel the undisguised malice in Kinkaku's gaze.
These two brothers were here for him!
"You offended them?"
Shu, who had also been caught in the spillover of Kinkaku's malice, elbowed the somewhat stiff Danzo beside him and asked in a low voice.
"I definitely haven't, but..."
Danzo's expression turned bitter when he heard that. He knew very well that he could only throw his weight around inside the village. Once he stepped