A Chicken Summoning Beast with center-parted feathers appeared before Danzo.
If he was not mistaken, this Summoning Beast had been sent by Meihui Uzumaki.
"Go on, then. What did Meihui Uzumaki send you here for?" Danzo took a sip of tea as he spoke.
"Yeah, my master asked me to pass on a message. He wants to challenge you to a fight. What kind of tea are you drinking? Got any more? Pour me a cup."
Danzo ignored the question and motioned for him to continue, but the chicken merely nudged an empty cup toward him.
The meaning was obvious: no tea, no message.
With no other choice, Danzo decided he could hardly let himself get worked up over an animal.
He ordered someone to pour the chicken some tea.
The chicken took a small sip and smacked his beak.
"Ptooey! What kind of lousy tea is this? It tastes awful. How can you actually like drinking this stuff?"
He stuck out his tongue and rubbed it back and forth, as though he had eaten something disgusting, all while mocking Danzo.
"This is seriously awful. Don't you have any Kun Well Tea or Iron Rooster Kun?"
"Shut up." Danzo's expression grew darker and darker.
Why did this thing talk just like Meihui Uzumaki? So damn infuriating.
"Tch, why are you yelling so loud? Seriously, you scared me. I came all this way to deliver a message, and this is how I get treated. Does anyone understand my suffering?"
"Remember, the fight's at the border of the Land of Fire."
Without waiting for Danzo to respond, he released the Summoning Technique and went back.
Danzo was left fuming where he stood.
"Sir, could this be a trap?" Yamanaka Fū asked quietly from beside him.
"I can't be certain, but my Root