"What brings you here?" the Kaguya Clan's grand elder asked.
"Nothing much! I just thought that kid Kimimaro had plenty of potential! How about I train him for you?" Hatake Ziyan said, casually sitting down beside the grand elder.
Come on! He's our clan's genius. Of course I know he has talent and potential! Do you think we don't know how to train him ourselves? And why are you acting like you're the one in charge of our clan? You're asking for our genius as if you're entitled to him!
"Of course! If you think so highly of him, please take him with you!" The grand elder was utterly unwilling, but not a trace of hesitation made it into his voice. He agreed at once!
"Hmm! Aren't you worried that taking Kimimaro away will leave your clan at a disadvantage against the Water Ninja Village? That it might even lead to your clan being wiped out?" Hatake Ziyan looked with some amusement at the grand elder trembling nonstop before him.
Am I really that scary? All I did back then was kill a dozen or so of your people with one slash, wasn't it? And cut down the mountain a short distance behind you while I was at it! I don't think I did anything else, did I? Besides, I only swung once and let several of you go!
"Thank you for your concern, sir! We... we... we can... can handle it ourselves!" the grand elder said, his tongue beginning to stumble over the words.
Hatake Ziyan walked over to the Kaguya Clan's grand elder, gently patted his shoulder, and said, "You may value Kimimaro's talent highly, but... hmm? What's that smell?"
Halfway through his sentence, Hatake Ziyan suddenly caught a strange smell! He looked at the grand elder beside