Kakuzu looked at Ōnoki in utter disappointment. Damn it, he was so close!
Orochimaru sighed and shook his head helplessly before properly explaining what the line was, and what the subway running along it actually did.
"Couldn't you have just said it was a means of transportation? Hokage, not to lecture you, but I'm an old man. My heart can't take scares like that." Ōnoki's nerves had nearly snapped.
"Wait! Transportation? Is it like the bus I took when I came to Konoha before?" Ōnoki promptly asked.
"Yes, and it's fast and convenient. It only costs a few ryo more than the bus," Orochimaru said with a nod.
"Good, then. That puts my mind at ease."
Ōnoki nodded in relief, and the whole group piled out of the elevator. There had been plenty of embarrassing mishaps along the way; Ōnoki had been a bundle of nerves ever since entering Konoha.
By the time Ōnoki finally stood at the subway entrance, his face had gone deathly pale.
"All right, Tsuchikage, could you stop embarrassing yourself?" Even A couldn't stand watching anymore. Just standing beside Ōnoki seemed to lower his own intelligence as the Raikage.
"What do you know, you young brat? In Konoha, you have to be careful everywhere!" Ōnoki told A with a grave look.
At this point, Orochimaru just wanted to get them to their destination and make himself scarce.
A tremendous roar rang out, and Ōnoki's nerves tightened again. Watching his expression, Kakuzu tensed as well. Hurry up and use it already.
Kitsuchi hurried to stand in front of his father, shielding him.
With a deafening rumble, a train moving so fast it looked like a blur gradually slowed to a stop in front of them. A chime sounded, and its doors slowly opened.
The people on the