Mei Terumi's bluntness made Ao's heart skip a beat. That was far too direct. What if she started a fight?
Fortunately, Kakashi did not seem too bothered. He merely gave an awkward smile and scratched his head.
"What happened that night was an accident. We spotted an S-rank wanted ninja in your village, so..."
Mei Terumi interrupted Kakashi halfway through. Propping her chin on one hand, she said, "So you're admitting that you infiltrated Kirigakure and attacked the Mizukage Building? Can Konoha openly attack the Mizukage Building now?"
For a moment, Kakashi was at a loss for words. He could feel how difficult the kunoichi before him was to deal with.
Then Mei Terumi adopted a magnanimous expression. "Let's put aside the matter of Konoha ninja infiltrating Kirigakure for now. Why don't you tell us about your pursuit of that S-rank wanted criminal first?"
Looking at Mei Terumi, Kakashi smiled faintly, then began recounting the Masked Man's deeds. Only at the end did he say solemnly, "Jonin Mei Terumi, I suspect your Fourth Mizukage has already fallen under the Akatsuki's control..."
"He caused the Nine-Tails' Rampage, killed Shukaku the One-Tail, and even took control of Lord Yagura..."
Mei Terumi fell into thought before looking at Kakashi again. "Are you joking?"
Kakashi smiled bitterly. "Jonin Mei Terumi, it's the truth."
In fact, if he put himself in her shoes, he would not have believed his own words either. How could there be a ninja so powerful that he could provoke the Three Great Shinobi Villages in succession and still emerge unscathed?
Even Konoha, the foremost shinobi village in the shinobi world, had no effective way to deal with him.
But that was the truth, an indisputable truth. They were not dealing with a lone missing-nin, but an entire group of them.