After securing a promise for the last thing he wanted, Shirozumi left the Four Violet Flames Formation, satisfied.
"Konan, we're all done here. Tell the Azure Dragon waiting outside the village he can come in."
"Mizukage, Tsuchikage, just help clean up the area a little."
After giving his orders, Shirozumi headed toward the place Gaara had broken through earlier.
He wondered if Naruto had managed to talk Gaara around yet.
On the rooftop.
Mei Terumi and Kurotsuchi had been watching the show for quite a while.
Though they were standing in a conspicuous spot at the highest point, the forces present had tacitly agreed to fight their own battles and not disturb the two of them as they watched.
No one had even come close.
They were afraid the pair might accidentally join the fight on the other side.
After hearing Shirozumi's words, they exchanged a glance.
"Mizukage, I'll leave this to you. I haven't been Kage for long, and my strength is still a little... Anyway, I'll be off first."
Kurotsuchi finished speaking, then flew away using the Light-Weight Rock Technique.
Her words were half true and half false.
Kurotsuchi's current strength—and even her future strength—was a long way behind Mei Terumi's.
But she hadn't left because of her strength. She'd heard what Shirozumi said to Konan and knew Deidara was coming, so she was heading over to watch the fun.
"Ah, now I'm all alone. You seduce me, then abandon me."
Mei Terumi sighed softly and casually formed a hand seal, going through the motions. A Water Formation Pillar poured from her mouth and crashed onto Konoha's streets. The surging torrent swept away groups of ninja.
If it happened to sweep away some Konoha Ninja too, she couldn't be blamed.
Large-scale jutsu were indiscriminate. The fact that she