"How dare you, Takenaka Kaguya! Do you know what you're saying?"
Half-Moon Island, aboard a ship docked at the pier.
Hozuki Gengetsu's face turned livid, his fists clenched tight as humiliation filled his expression.
At the same time, Chakra erupted from his body, as though the two sides were about to go to war.
Yet Takenaka Kaguya merely glanced at Hozuki Gengetsu before sneering disdainfully. "You want to fight me? Have you thought about the consequences?"
Before Hozuki Gengetsu could speak, Yuki Ran-O beside him hurriedly bowed and tried to persuade him. "Lord Takenaka, you misunderstand. Lord Gengetsu is merely worried that the mission might fail. He has no intention of fighting you.
Since Lord Takenaka wishes to return to the island first, please go ahead. We do not mind waiting a little longer."
What a joke. Fight Takenaka Kaguya? That would only lead to their deaths.
Others might not know, but Yuki Ran-O knew perfectly well just how powerful the youth before him was. If not for this boy on the battlefield back then, Kirigakure would have suffered devastating losses in its battles against Konoha's Ninja.
Hozuki Gengetsu was certainly powerful, but compared to Takenaka Kaguya, whom even Mizukage Byakuren feared, he still fell far short.
At the side, Hozuki Gengetsu felt utterly humiliated. Yet recalling Byakuren's repeated warnings before they had come, he immediately withdrew his surging Chakra and said coldly, "Please, go ahead. I hope you do not keep us waiting too long. Otherwise, if the mission fails, I fear you will not be able to bear the responsibility."
Hearing that, Takenaka Kaguya sneered. After giving Hozuki Gengetsu another glance, he vanished in a flash.
In the blink of an eye, he had reached Half-Moon Island and headed straight toward its center.
On the deck, Hozuki Gengetsu