The Nine-Tails had finally shaken off his post-sleep grogginess.
Had I slept for that long this time? I remember waking up once just after Naruto arrived in Kumogakure, trying to contact the Eight-Tails through the Tailed Beast Space. Naruto should already have explained why he was here by then.
How had things suddenly ended up like this?
"I don't know either. Sasuke figured the Raikage had faked his injury to trick me, so we went looking for him to test that theory."
"Then we followed him here, and they attacked as soon as they saw us."
Sasuke glanced at Naruto's innocent expression, then looked at the other side and calmly offered his assessment. "If I'm not mistaken, this is probably a restricted area in Kumogakure. The kind where they attack outsiders on sight, no questions asked."
Naruto turned toward him, looking a little stunned.
Sasuke continued, "If that's the case, then technically, we're trespassing. We're the ones at fault."
"But they never told us! Isn't that unreasonable?"
"Isn't the Second's laboratory set up the same way?"
That single example left Naruto speechless. Thinking about it, that really was how things worked.
In fact, the Second's place had considerably stricter security than this.
Kurama, what should we do? Sasuke has a point. We're kind of in the wrong...
"So what if we're in the wrong?" That one remark from the Nine-Tails threw Naruto completely off. "If you ask me, we might as well see this through and crush Kumogakure. Back during the Chunin Ninja Exams, that brat Tobirama was the one who dealt with Kumogakure. This situation just proves he didn't do his job properly.
"There's nothing wrong with you finishing it now. When you explain it to Minato and the others, just say they attacked first."
After hearing him out,