The Third Hokage's eyelids twitched, while Mitokado Homura chose to pretend he hadn't seen a thing.
Utatane Koharu lowered her head slightly, hiding her expression and restraining her emotions.
She was afraid she wouldn't be able to stop herself from reprimanding Jingyi, causing the conflict to erupt.
After all, the Shimura Clan matter had yet to pass. Utatane Koharu had no desire to become a target.
"Morning."
Chiyo and the Third Raikage smiled and nodded in response, while Ōnoki stared at the two of them in bewilderment.
Wait, had you two planned this?
Why were you being so friendly now?
Had this old man nodded in response just now?
Seeing Jingyi speed up his breakfast, the Third Hokage decided to wait until he had finished eating before speaking.
Little did he know, Ōnoki would be the first to break the silence.
Glancing at Chiyo, who was all smiles and looked like a kindly old grandmother, Ōnoki couldn't help asking:
"Old hag Chiyo, why didn't the Kazekage come himself? Does he not value the intelligence regarding the Perfect Jinchūriki?"
"..."
Well, Ōnoki, what grudge do you have against me?
The hosts hadn't even spoken yet, and you came after this old woman?
The smile vanished from Chiyo's face as she looked at Ōnoki and said coldly:
"The Kazekage wished to come, but unfortunately, he had matters keeping him occupied. Sunagakure has just gone through a war, after all. It needs money and has debts to repay, unlike Iwagakure, which only got bullied and never fought back, so it suffered no losses."
"Bullshit!!!"
Chiyo's jab implied that Iwagakure had constantly been bullied by Kumogakure yet had never dared to retaliate. Ōnoki exploded with rage, completely losing his composure.
Kumogakure had indeed been causing trouble for Iwagakure and constantly plundering resources from the