"Danzo!"
"You know Danzo, the Hokage's aide in your village, Konoha! Lord Danzo is my closest friend!"
"If he knew you were treating me like this, he'd surely punish you when I got back to the village!"
"You don't want to be branded as rogue ninja by your village at such a young age, do you?!"
Karatachi Yagura knelt in the filthy water, his face swollen into a bruised mess and his legs bent at bizarre angles that defied all reason.
The pain had left him with a runny nose and streaming eyes, smearing his face with snot and tears.
Even so, he kept howling like a madman. Danzo was the last lifeline he could cling to!
"You must know Lord Danzo, right?! He's the Hokage's aide! The leader of Root! He wields immense power in Konoha!"
"Kid, if you really dare lay a hand on me, Lord Danzo could crush you with a single finger!"
"The Root Organization will even capture your family and siblings! He'll definitely see that justice is done for me! He—"
Pfft!
Before he could finish, a sudden, mocking sound cut him off.
Yagura froze and looked up, only to see that it hadn't come from Uchiha Jin or Sasuke.
Who was it?
Confused, he turned to look, and then saw that the one who'd made the sound was none other than... Kisame, kneeling beside him!
The very "Tailed Beastless" who'd just been groveling on the ground, kowtowing and wishing he could bury his whole shark head in the dirt!
But now, he'd lifted his head from the rubble.
His deep-blue shark face split into a grin, revealing rows of gleaming, white fangs.
Sharp teeth crossed over one another!
Noticing the Fourth Mizukage Yagura's gaze, he looked back at him with the pity one might