Compared to the more restrained Third Raikage, the still-young Little A had a far more explosive temper.
At the slightest disagreement, he wanted to go straight to war with Kirigakure.
The Third Raikage gave his son a strange look. How was this brat even more hotheaded than him?
What was this?
Did he really want the village to go to war with Kirigakure?
It was nothing more than a little intimidation.
The Third Raikage felt that such words were merely a form of intimidation, because he had often used them in the past to threaten Ōnoki and the Third Mizukage.
And in the end, Ōnoki and the Third Mizukage had always let the matter drop.
They could not possibly go to war with Kumogakure over a few angry words.
Other than letting the Third Raikage gain a little verbal advantage, there was no other loss. Why bother?
Accustomed to it, the Third Raikage directly lumped Yagura together with people like the Third Mizukage and Ōnoki.
He believed the other party would not truly go to war with Kumogakure over a bit of intimidation, so he was not worried.
But the Third Raikage had overlooked one thing.
Yagura and the Third Mizukage were complete opposites. The Third Mizukage's foreign policy had been relatively gentle, though he had been bloody and ruthless internally. Yagura's methods within the village were even more extreme than the Third Mizukage's.
And externally, he was likewise not someone who would easily compromise.
Aside from his personality, there was another important factor: Yagura had just taken office. He had only just become Kirigakure's Fourth Mizukage.
Someone had only just taken the Mizukage's seat, and you sent him a threat like that. What did you think he would think?
Not to mention that Yagura had yet to find a