"What brings you here? You say these people framed you, but what evidence do you have?" Ōnoki neither attacked immediately nor accepted Hatake Ziyan's account. Instead, he questioned him.
"Lord Tsuchikage! Why waste words on him? Isn't it obvious? He's deliberately making an enemy of our Stone Ninja Village! I'll send a signal and summon every ninja in the village! We'll kill him outright!" one of the village's higher-ups said from beside him.
"Yes! Kill him! Kill him!" everyone agreed.
"Quiet!" Watching Hatake Ziyan's expression, Ōnoki silenced those around him and turned to face him.
"Ōnoki! If I wanted to wipe out your Stone Ninja Village, do you think I'd need to go to all this trouble? I alone would be enough! Why would I send these useless fools to do it?" Rather than explain what had happened, Hatake Ziyan put the question directly to Ōnoki.
Ōnoki looked at Hatake Ziyan in silence. Although he did not want to believe Hatake Ziyan had done this, the facts were right before his eyes. As the Tsuchikage, he could not simply let the matter slide!
Hatake Ziyan still did not know that this secret organization had broadcast the video throughout the Shinobi World. He thought they merely wanted to provoke a conflict between him and the Stone Ninja Village.
He did not particularly care if it was just the Stone Ninja Village.
"Ōnoki! You don't believe me?" Hatake Ziyan rested his hand on the sword at his waist again, making it clear he was ready to strike!
"Hatake Ziyan! This isn't a question of whether I believe you! Under the circumstances, I can't simply let this go without a reasonable explanation!" Ōnoki said.
Seeing Ōnoki's expression, Hatake Ziyan stopped wasting words. "I originally came here to investigate this Hidden Organization, but if