A streak of blue lightning suddenly flashed through the dust. He roared at Souya, "You! What took you so long to show up? Where have you been?!"
"Was the cooperation you agreed to with our village just a trick to fool me?!"
Clearly, even though the Raikage had just beaten an Anbu member into a pulp, he was still furious and badly needed to vent.
"Lord Raikage, please calm down. I went to help out on the battlefield to the northwest. We've nearly finished clearing out the Uchiha Clan over there."
"I thought that with you personally leading the charge here, victory was assured, so I never imagined you'd need reinforcements. Please forgive me, Lord Raikage..."
Souya still wore a faint smile. The Raikage's interrogation didn't affect him in the slightest; instead, his words carried a hint of mockery.
At that, the Raikage immediately caught the barb in his words. His brow furrowed, and he nearly lost his temper on the spot.
But the terrifying aura radiating from Souya kept reminding him of one thing:
In the Ninja World, strength was everything!
Was this the power he hadn't revealed when they signed the treaty?
And his appearance...
Those strange markings on his face—he seemed to remember reading about them in one of the village's scrolls. When the First Hokage had fought at full strength, similar markings had appeared on his face...
And there were markings on Minato Namikaze's face, too...
Damn it!
Why could people from both of those villages gain this kind of power?
The Fourth Raikage could only grit his teeth and force down his rising anger, his face twisted in a snarl.
"Lord Raikage, how about we join forces and keep Minato Namikaze here first?"
Souya turned to the Raikage as he spoke.
Across from them, Minato