"To think the Kazekage himself has come to Rōran to beg. Since you don't have much dignity left anyway, why not just surrender? We in Konoha could count it as only half a loss for you. How about it?" Akaseki immediately taunted the Third Kazekage upon seeing him.
"I hope your skills aren't all in your mouth." The Third Kazekage's expression darkened at those words. Clearly, Akaseki had hit a sore spot.
The Third Kazekage swept his left hand through the air, and iron sand immediately poured from his broad sleeve, floating around him...
"Leave this one to me! I definitely won't let him escape this time!" Akaseki pointed at the Kazekage and declared righteously.
The Third Kazekage: ...
The Kazekage opened his mouth. Tempted as he was, he really couldn't bring himself to say, "Only a dog would run."
Now, they could also sense the Third Kazekage's true strength... He was nothing like the exhausted wreck he had been before!
Sunagakure's Third was also known as the "Strongest Kazekage." Although Akaseki felt that any Kage who stayed in office long enough would gradually be called the "strongest" of their kind, that title did prove his strength to some extent... At least, he was stronger than the Third Mizukage.
After all, if anyone called the Third Mizukage the strongest Mizukage, the Hidden Mist Village would only think they were mocking them...
The iron sand surrounding the Third Kazekage now blotted out far more of the sky than it had when Akaseki hunted him down years ago. It felt rather like his great battle with Hanzō at Blood Bridge!
Clearly, he must have had sealing scrolls hidden in his clothes. Otherwise, there was no way he could fit all that inside.
"Hm? This looks a little like that guy's puppet's ability..."