"Huh? Lord Ziyan, what do you mean? The Hatake Clan and the Land of Iron would never let you face the combined armies of the entire Shinobi World alone! We're no cowards! Even if we can't defeat them, we can still make those ungrateful bastards hurt! We'll tear a chunk of flesh off them!" Yūichi shouted, growing agitated at Hatake Ziyan's words.
"Yes! I know you're all men with guts! On my way back, I saw both the Land of Iron and the Hatake Clan preparing for war. I told you to leave it alone not because I look down on you. I know the Land of Iron's strength. Even against the entire Shinobi World, victory wouldn't be impossible! But I've already settled this matter! What exactly are you preparing to do?" Hatake Ziyan explained.
"Uh!" Yūichi was left speechless by Hatake Ziyan's words, unsure what to say!
You caused such a huge uproar, then disappeared for an entire month! Now you've finally shown up, and we've already prepared to take on the Shinobi World, only for you to tell me you've settled it? If you're going to pull stunts like this, could you at least give us a heads-up next time?
Seeing Yūichi frozen in place, Hatake Ziyan walked over and patted his shoulder. "What? You don't believe me? If you don't, you can ask them! Orochimaru watched the whole thing. Oh, and he even helped me!"
Orochimaru and the other three could no longer contain their amusement. They all burst out laughing and nodded to confirm that Hatake Ziyan was telling the truth!
"Lord Ziyan, you flatter me. What I did hardly counted as helping you. I believe that even if I'd helped the Allied Shinobi Forces, once the fighting started, there would only have been one more