"My lord, you jest..."
"How would I dare act arrogantly before you..."
Kakuzu's body suddenly shuddered, and he forced an incomparably awkward smile onto his face.
Guy gave him an amused once-over. "Enough nonsense. Tell me, why did you attack me?"
Obvious regret appeared on Kakuzu's face, and his voice was dry.
"My lord... it was not that I wished to make a move against you. I truly mistook you for someone else. I took you for... Konoha's rogue ninja, Might Guy."
A rogue ninja?
Guy looked Kakuzu up and down, his gaze lingering on the Takigakure rogue-ninja forehead protector. His tone carried a trace of mockery.
"You're a rogue ninja yourself, yet you're still targeting other rogue ninjas?"
Kakuzu did not mind and explained.
"Though I am a rogue ninja, I am also a bounty hunter. I carry out bounty missions."
"I came here this time because I received information and deduced..."
Kakuzu hesitated before continuing.
"I deduced that Romance's Ghostly Bane was very likely another identity of Might Guy. I have been lying in wait here for quite some time."
Guy's eyes narrowed instantly.
"Who gave you that information?"
Kakuzu hurriedly shook his head.
"It was information I gathered myself."
"Based on the times Might Guy appeared in Kusagakure and Kirigakure, as well as the publication date of Young Guy, I made the deduction..."
"I was almost ninety percent certain..."
He let out a sigh.
"I originally thought I had all but confirmed that you were Might Guy. I never expected that I had still mistaken you for someone else. I have offended you, my lord."
So it was only information he had gathered himself?
Guy carefully studied Kakuzu. The man did not seem to be lying.
"Either White Zetsu leaked some crucial information, or Kakuzu figured it