"Akatsuki..."
At the entrance to Yugakure, the Fourth Raikage's expression froze. He remembered!
There really had been a letter like that, but...
A's expression suddenly darkened.
As a ninja village that advocated military expansion, Kumogakure paid close attention to the other Four Great Ninja Villages. Iwagakure, in particular, often appeared alongside a Missing-nin organization called Akatsuki.
According to the intelligence Kumogakure had gathered, Akatsuki was essentially a War Mercenary Organization. They often accepted commissions from Ōnoki of Iwagakure to carry out all kinds of dangerous, underhanded missions, making a fortune in the process... A fortune that even A, the Fourth Raikage, envied!
That was why he had paid close attention to the organization and sent out plenty of spies to investigate it. Unfortunately, its leader and members were all too mysterious. Aside from confirming that they were all Missing-nin, they had learned nothing else!
But they could confirm that the organization was, without a doubt, merely a War Mercenary Organization. So after A received Namikaze Minato's letter, he read it and tossed it aside.
Collecting the Nine Tailed Beasts? Destroying the Five Great Ninja Villages? Rebuilding order in the Shinobi World? Was that what a War Mercenary Organization did?
A scoffed. He didn't believe a single punctuation mark!
"Namikaze Minato, I know a thing or two about Akatsuki myself. So watch your words and don't try to fool me with such a ridiculous lie that falls apart at the slightest scrutiny!" A glared at Namikaze Minato as if to say, Nice try, but you're nowhere near clever enough to fool me!
Namikaze Minato furrowed his brow. This is bad. A doesn't believe a word I'm saying.
What do I do?
He turned to Hanfu, who was full of clever ideas.
Hanfu looked completely innocent. "Why are you looking at me?