"Konoha ninja, why are you invading our village?"
Shennong chose to accuse them first.
"Village? You're nothing but the remnants of the Sky Ninja! You even dare enslave civilians—Konoha won't let you off!"
Anko had finally found an opportunity and began trading barbs as well.
She had found this place extremely unpleasant. Now that she had finally spotted someone with some strength who also looked like their leader, she naturally would not let him go.
"Who is your leading jonin? Did you receive Konoha's permission before rashly entering our village?"
Shennong was certain that Konoha should not have any information about him yet. Konoha was busy playing the tyrant of the Shinobi World—where would it find the time to come to the Land of Grass? Konoha had probably long forgotten about the Sky Ninja.
That was the reality. There were many leaders of small ninja villages like Shennong and Seimei, all dreaming of overthrowing the Five Great Nations. Yet forget overthrowing the Five Great Nations—even when they encountered ordinary ninja from any ninja village, they would be taken down. They were merely small monsters for the ninja of the Five Great Ninja Villages to farm experience from.
"Does Konoha need your permission to do anything?"
When it came to his village or clan, Itachi might lose his clarity. But while carrying out missions outside, Itachi would neither be afraid nor fooled by Shennong.
Konoha's ninja today would not be shouted at even if they went to the ruins of some tiny Sky Ninja village. Even at the Cloud Hidden Village or Hidden Mist Village, they would not dare yell at Konoha ninja like this.
"Hmph."
Sure enough, Konoha's ninja were still this overbearing! It was precisely because Konoha's ninja were so arrogant that small ninja villages like theirs had no