"Konoha and the Land of Water have different positions. Ultimately, even if there are some similarities, it's just as Elder Genshi said: if Konoha wants complete control over us...
Then doing this will clearly put us entirely under their control. I don't think that's a good thing..."
Ultimately, the Land of Water and Kirigakure at least had a mutually dependent relationship.
But Konoha and Kirigakure had no such relationship. They had even been enemies before.
So which of the two should they choose?!
Choosing Konoha would surely lead them into an unpredictable situation down the road.
Granted, that wasn't entirely certain.
Everything would depend on Konoha's conscience.
Once they made that choice, backing out later wouldn't be so simple.
With that in mind, what exactly was Mei Terumi thinking?!
Everyone turned to look at Mei Terumi.
Clearly, if Mei Terumi didn't give them an answer now...
There was absolutely no way they would agree.
Although they understood what Mei Terumi had said earlier.
At this point, her choice was the best one...
As everyone's eyes settled on her, Mei Terumi remained calm.
She knew that once she had said those words, there had really been only one path left open to her.
Now, all she could do was decide whether to lay her cards on the table.
After all, even if she talked in circles, she would probably have to say it eventually.
Otherwise, there was absolutely no way she could gloss over this matter.
But Mei Terumi also knew that if she spoke now, there was no telling whether the people around her would listen.
Of course, they most likely wouldn't.
After all, this amounted to selling out all of Kirigakure.
It would be a miracle if they accepted it.
But did she really have any other choice right