Although I can't beat you, I can poison your people to death. That's enough.
Someone like that was a massive threat while alive, let alone after death.
Once made into a puppet, he wouldn't fear injury or death. Just thinking about it was terrifying. Worse still, the damn thing would self-destruct after dying!!!
He was practically a super toxic-gas bomb.
"All right, perhaps this old man has no sense of humor."
The Third Hokage helplessly took the pipe from his mouth.
"In any case, it's that simple. Actually, I wasn't the one who wanted to convey this. This old man was merely a messenger."
"Heh heh!!"
The Third Raikage sneered. "The mighty Hokage can't even keep his own people under control. Hokage, the older you get, the more you regress."
The Third Hokage did not care about that. He had long expected that the others would mock him sooner or later, so he had prepared himself mentally.
Facing the Third Raikage's mockery, the Third Hokage smiled faintly and said:
"It can't be helped. Because of some foolish decisions I made before, I hurt this child's feelings. He has a great deal of resentment toward me, and I can understand him. Besides, this child possesses such strength."
"Everyone, he did not kill the demigod with puppets. He killed the demigod in a single exchange. Puppets are merely the means he usually displays openly. Do you understand now?"
Weren't you mocking me?
Come on, Konoha had produced a godlike figure. This old man was happy to yield, happy to let you mock me. I just wanted to know whether you were jealous or not!
"..."
Damn it!!
They had thought they could properly mock the Third Hokage, only for his words to nearly throw out their backs.
Puppets were merely the means