"Hey, newcomers need to learn the rules. Even if you're switching sides, there's still a pecking order."
Before the Jonin Suien could react, the Missing-nin beside him began muttering about teaching the newcomer the rules. They had all joined only recently, yet they were already eager to establish a hierarchy.
"I'm really sorry..." The newcomer scratched his head, then asked, "Do you know what it feels like to take a dump?"
"..."
The self-styled veterans among the Missing-nin looked as though they had swallowed flies. They felt they had run into an idiot.
For a while, chatter spread throughout the Missing-nin group. The only thing anyone could say for certain was that their numbers kept growing.
Watching this, the Jonin Suien felt conflicted. He had originally only wanted to obtain the Hero Water and help his student manage the village, but now people in the group were talking about replacing the Five Great Shinobi Villages and capturing tailed beasts.
He was just a lowly Jonin. What could possibly qualify him to replace the Five Great Shinobi Villages?
Ever since the first Takigakure Ninja had joined them after they entered the village, events had spiraled beyond his control. Even he, the instigator, had no idea what they should do next.
Should they charge straight into the Takigakure Tower, or withdraw for now and wait for another opportunity?
Suien, however, was given no chance to choose. Just as he was about to issue orders, he spotted a face he could not have known better.
It belonged to none other than Kakuzu, the village's centenarian, a veteran of the Missing-nin world, a dangerous S-Rank Rogue Ninja, the village's strongest Jonin, and a man who had once attempted to assassinate the First Hokage.
Much like Chōmei, the Seven-Tails, the Missing-nin Kakuzu always came to