"Ridiculous! How could Konoha possibly have enough troops to ambush us inside the city? We, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, are not cowards who fear death!" Jūzō Biwa retorted stubbornly.
"You can know a man's face but not his heart! Anyone can talk big! Perhaps someone already leaked details of this operation to Konoha in advance? Maybe Konoha's Shinobi Army really is waiting for us in the city right now!" the Kaguya Clan head said meaningfully.
"Hmph! If Konoha's Shinobi Army really had an ambush waiting in the city, why didn't they intercept us the moment we landed?" Jūzō Biwa said coldly. "I can't be sure whether there's an ambush, but if you're looking for another excuse to delay us, then I have every reason to believe you're deliberately shirking the fight!"
Jūzō Biwa stared at the Kaguya Clan head's neck as though he wanted to stare his head clean off.
"Hmph! What right does a brute like you, who understands nothing, have to tell me what to do?" Several bone spikes grew from the Kaguya Clan head's body as she said arrogantly, "I'd like to see what you dare do to me."
Seeing the two on the verge of clashing, Fuguki spoke up. "Ahem! The enemy is right before us. Please, the two of you, don't turn on each other.
"Commander Kaguya, although Jūzō Biwa is somewhat impulsive, he has a point. At this stage, we can't just keep waiting here, can we? If dawn breaks, we'll be in trouble!"
"It's simple to determine whether they have an ambush. Send someone to the gorge and take a look!" The Yuki Clan head also did not want to see the two sides fighting among themselves at a time like this, so he directly offered a solution.
"That would be best! Commander