"You!"
After hearing Kisame's explanation, Iwagakure jonin Hikō felt as though a mouthful of old blood had lodged in his throat, leaving him unable to unleash the stream of curses filling his mouth.
Yes, performing Water Release ninjutsu in a waterless place was indeed rather difficult, but that was something said to chunin and genin. Their chakra reserves were generally insufficient, and without relying on existing water sources in the environment, it was hard for them to create that much water.
But for jonin, those limitations had long since been greatly relaxed!
At most, using it in an arid place merely consumed more chakra.
Even if the desert environment was more extreme, how could it possibly prevent you from using Water Release?
Who had just created an entire marshland beside a volcano out of thin air?
Did you think we were all blind?!
Unfortunately, looking at Kisame's especially innocent round eyes, Hikō did not dare curse aloud.
It was not only Hikō. Even Nara Shikaku nearly laughed at that excuse.
But a dispute among the Lands of Wind, Water, and Earth was naturally more entertaining than the Lands of Wind and Earth merely trading barbs, so he fanned the flames. "Really? If so, I wonder what Kumogakure thinks?"
He turned his gaze toward Oroi, the Kumogakure jonin who had been the only one not to offer an opinion.
Among the people sent by the Five Great Nations this time, the least noticeable were Sunagakure's Tessa and Kumogakure's Oroi.
First, although they were both jonin, compared to Nara Shikaku, Kitsuchi, and Kisame Hoshigaki, neither had enough fame beyond their own village.
Second, the strength and methods they had displayed during this time had not been enough to command others' attention.
Some people lacked fame because they lacked an opportunity to prove