"No! You misunderstood what I meant!" Yagura rudely cut off the mysterious man. "I wasn't talking about myself, but that lord! If he were willing to act, he could even shatter the balance of the Shinobi World! What does an army of four hundred thousand amount to?"
"Impossible!" The mysterious man shook his head firmly. "That lord is handling something important and cannot leave. Besides, Skywalker is not so easy to deal with."
"Heh heh..." Yagura stared at the mysterious man with a cold sneer. "What could be more important than Kirigakure's survival? Stop trying to fob me off with excuses. Don't forget that this whole mess was caused by your terrible idea. Either ask that lord to act, or come up with a way to force Konoha back! Otherwise, don't blame me for being unpleasant!"
"Heh heh heh..." the mysterious man said with an eerie laugh. "Is Lord Mizukage threatening us? But Kirigakure can barely protect itself now. I'm afraid you no longer have the ability to make enemies of us!"
Seeing how fearless the other party was, Yagura said with a gloomy expression, "Perhaps I can't threaten you, but what about Konoha? As far as I know, Konoha has been searching for you all along. If I tell Skywalker of that lord's whereabouts, what do you think will happen?"
"Hmm?" The mysterious man abruptly raised his head, revealing a terrifying face split between black and white. Who else could it be but Zetsu? With a dark expression, he said, "Have you gone mad? This benefits no one! If Konoha learns of our cooperation, they certainly won't spare Kirigakure!"
"Given Kirigakure's current situation, how much worse could things possibly get?" Yagura asked nonchalantly.
Zetsu said gravely, "It isn't that we don't want to help you. It's that Konoha's strength