Uchiha Kai adjusted his posture, feeling the chill of the wooden floor beneath him. Without changing expression, he snapped his fingers, signaling the clan members behind him to leave the room and wait around the small building.
The Barrier Squad captain, wearing a white hat with four corners, straightened his back and casually raised an arm to rub his aching temples. Hearing the footsteps in the corridor gradually fade, he asked in a low voice, "Did you see a secret of your village and decide to kill me to keep it quiet?"
"Chudo, I'm not so depraved that I'd turn on a friend." Uchiha Kai fought to keep his face from twitching, doing his best not to laugh aloud. "A secret? The whole Shinobi World already knows Konoha captured the Nine-Tails."
Sensing the mockery in his tone, Chudo stared into his Sharingan and said, "This is the first time in the Shinobi World that anyone's separated a Tailed Beast and put it back together. What else would you call it but a secret of Konoha?"
After a pause, he continued, describing the scene he'd sensed in his mind. "Just like a child's building blocks, casually taken apart and put back together."
"Is that so strange?" Uchiha Kai returned his stare, eyes fixed on the white hat that he found so amusing. "In the hands of the clan head and the Hokage, the Nine-Tails is just like a child's toy."
"The Buddha who appeared in this world gave a light squeeze, and the Nine-Tails, whose power could change the color of heaven and earth, fell asleep." Chudo removed his hat, revealing his thinning hair, and softly recited a bold slogan from the Konoha Daily, which a merchant had brought to the Shinobi World. "The paper's still in the cabinet behind you!"