Kakuzu insisted on arguing with Mingye and said stubbornly, "I don't believe the Second Raikage will be assassinated!"
Mingye raised an eyebrow and smiled. The death of the Land of Lightning's Kage had long since become a fact. During the First Shinobi World War, four Kage had died—a tragic loss unmatched by either of the following two shinobi wars. Though their deaths had all been bizarre, the fact that four Kage had died was indisputable.
"What do you think we're doing here? He's as good as dead. There are no other options! If I want him dead, then he will die. Kakuzu, your next task is to kill these people!"
Kakuzu was speechless. Mingye had already killed the First Kage of four nations. Although they had all been sneak attacks, he had still killed them. Now he wanted to fish in troubled waters and kill the Second Raikage. It was simply too dangerous, yet Kakuzu had no choice but to do it. He took the photographs Mingye handed him and asked curiously, "Who are they?"
It had taken Mingye quite some time to find these spies. He had controlled some of the shinobi among them, but the rest could not be controlled too deeply and had to be killed. Though he had built this spy network himself, he could not afford to show mercy when it was time to destroy it.
"Konoha planted spies in the Land of Lightning back then. This is the current list of spies. I want them all dead. Only then can Tobirama misjudge the situation in the Land of Lightning for a short time and believe it is safe. I want him to come to the Land of Lightning himself. Just like in the script, I want him to die there!"
Kakuzu fell silent. Mingye's