Inside the lounge of the Hokage's Office.
"Where is the Hokage?" Seeing that Shin had entered rather than Orochimaru, Pakura could not help but ask.
"The Hokage has other matters to attend to. I was the one corresponding with Miss Pakura," Shin said.
Pakura looked at the young man before her and lightly furrowed her brow. She felt she was being slighted and neglected.
She had heard of Hyuga Shin's battle against the Cloud Ninja, but no matter what, he was still just a child. Since she had not witnessed it herself, she felt the stories had been greatly exaggerated.
After all, she knew exactly what kind of stories were told about her in Sunagakure.
"What, is Miss Pakura dissatisfied with something?"
Pakura was indeed dissatisfied, but she could not voice that dissatisfaction.
She calmly said, "What is it you wish to say, Shin?"
Seeing her attitude, Shin sneered inwardly and put on a look of surprise. "Didn't Miss Pakura come here over the supplies? Wasn't everything made clear just now? If Miss Pakura has nothing else to discuss, you may return. Of course, if you intend to stay in Konoha for a few days, Konoha welcomes you."
The pretext for Pakura's visit was the supplies Konoha had sent to aid Sunagakure.
Pakura's expression immediately darkened. She had traveled all the way to Konoha because of a single letter, simply because it said it could help her defeat the Hidden Mist Village.
Her situation in Sunagakure was not good. Although she was a hero of Sunagakure, Rasa, the newly appointed Fourth Kazekage, had been gradually squeezing her out, intending to drive her from the center of power in the village. It was only because she and Rasa had once been rivals in the election for Fourth Kazekage.
Pakura urgently needed