"All right, enough with the snide remarks. Wait here a moment. I'll go speak to the guards, and then we'll head out!" Kakashi shook his head and spoke to Ruri and the others.
"Yes, Captain!" the four of them answered together.
After hearing their response, Kakashi turned and walked toward the two guards at the gate.
When Kakashi reached them, he began talking with the two guards.
"Ruri, do you think enemies might show up as soon as we step outside Konoha's gates?" Uzuki Yugao walked over to Ruri and asked him.
"Yugao, that really won't happen. Besides, they wouldn't have the guts! If they actually intercepted us right outside Konoha's gates, it would just prove how stupid they were!" Ruri smiled helplessly, then shook his head as he spoke to Uzuki Yugao.
After hearing their conversation, Uchiha Itachi came over as well and said, "Exactly. If they really dared to come to Konoha, with so many of us here, we'd definitely beat them so badly they'd flee in terror! Just like Ruri said, they really don't have the guts!"
After Uchiha Itachi finished speaking, the three exchanged glances and laughed.
Ōkawa, who had been watching the three of them from nearby, walked over with a smile and said, "Is that really what you think? What would you do if a Jinchūriki came?"
At Ōkawa's words, the smiles immediately vanished from their faces.
Ruri and Uzuki Yugao knew very well just how terrifying a Jinchūriki was. They did not even dare imagine facing one in combat.
"What's gotten into you? Are Jinchūriki really that frightening? Is their strength really enough to make you lose confidence in yourselves?" Although Uchiha Itachi was no longer smiling, he asked in confusion when he saw the change in Ruri and Uzuki Yugao.
After hearing