In the instant they lost focus, the attacker's hands had already landed on their shoulders.
"Coral Palm!"
With a sharp shout, dense coral began spreading outward from the attacker's palms.
By the time Kisame came to his senses, his body had already been bound by coral, leaving him unable to move an inch.
Zabuza was in the same predicament.
Only then did they finally see the attacker clearly.
It was a young boy wearing a green scarf and carrying a strangely shaped long staff on his back.
"Yagura?!"
"Even you came?!"
Zabuza was utterly shocked.
Kisame and he were one thing. Though they had some fame in Kirigakure, they were far from being major figures. But Yagura Karatachi was different.
Though Yagura looked like a boy of twelve or thirteen, he had long since become an adult, and his strength was extraordinary.
Other than the Third Mizukage, who stood at the pinnacle of Kirigakure, no one dared claim they could definitely overpower Yagura.
For someone like him to make a move...
Was the village about to start a war?!
"Save your strength for when we get to Konoha and start fighting."
"War is about to begin?!"
Zabuza broke free of the coral and slowly sheathed his sword, though his brow remained tightly furrowed.
He did not like war, just as he did not like how people in this village died every day for inexplicable reasons.
Rather than that, he might as well execute them himself!
"Not exactly."
Yagura scratched his head, his expression odd, but he could not be bothered to explain.
"Anyway, you'll find out soon enough."
The three fell silent and followed the familiar route. Before long, they arrived at the Mizukage Building.
Creak~!
The doors to the Mizukage's office were pushed open.
The Third Mizukage and