But what they had failed to notice was that Hanzō had removed his mask while drinking. They were now breathing the same air as him.
Hanzō had never intended to poison the food or wine. On the contrary, both were safe. His hidden trump card was the toxin his body naturally carried ever since the Poison Gland had been implanted in him.
Poison in food or wine was too easy to detect. Once discovered, he would have no chance to poison them again and would have to attack directly. That did not fit Hanzō's cautious nature.
But the poisonous gas Hanzō exhaled was invisible and odorless. It could enter a person's body without them noticing, and by the time they discovered it, they would already be close to dying from the poison.
"Excellent! Leader Yahiko, you really are refreshingly straightforward!"
Seeing Yahiko and Nagato drink the wine he had prepared without hesitation, Hanzō smiled and praised him.
"You're too kind, Lord Hanzō. We still don't know how you intend to cooperate with us."
At that moment, Yahiko had no patience for exchanging empty flattery with Hanzō. He only wanted to know how Hanzō planned to work with him.
"Don't be impatient, Leader Yahiko. Sit down first. Let me tell you a story."
But Hanzō had never even considered cooperating with him. There was no plan for cooperation to discuss.
The poison still needed some time to take effect, however, so he decided to stall.
"Long ago, there was an ordinary village where a highly venomous salamander lived. One day, that salamander died. A ninja passing through the village wanted to find out whether a human could possess a salamander's venom."
"So he chose a child from the village and transplanted the salamander's Poison Sac into the child's body. But something