Chapter 117: War!
"In short, Konoha owes us an explanation for this."
A dark-skinned man sat in a guest seat in the conference room, pounding the table. "Among our four missing people was a young shinobi with a very good chance of developing a kekkei genkai. If this matter isn't handled properly, I think the friendly relationship between Konoha and Kumogakure will end here."
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Hiruzen sat at the head of the table, smoking nonstop.
Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu sat on either side, looking equally troubled.
"Mr. Envoy, the shinobi you mentioned crossed Konoha's sensory barrier at night in an attempt to abduct someone-"
"How many times do I have to tell you that isn't the point?!" the dark-skinned shinobi roared aggressively. "If they really did such a thing, we would naturally punish them. But now, two of those four are dead, and two are missing. The dead can't testify, so how do you expect us to believe your account?"
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Hiruzen narrowed his eyes.
When Hiruzen had heard the Barrier Team's report two nights earlier, he had known trouble was coming, but he had never expected it to be this difficult.
Four members of Kumogakure's delegation were gone outright. This was a major diplomatic incident. The crucial point was that Kumogakure wasn't being entirely unreasonable this time. They really had lost four people, after all, while Konoha's evidence consisted entirely of the one-sided accounts of Konoha ninja.
If this wasn't handled properly-
His expression dark, Hiruzen told the Kumogakure envoy, "But the conditions you've proposed are far too excessive-"
"You want us to hand over someone directly involved in the incident-that's a shinobi of our village!"
"What's wrong with that?!" the dark-skinned man demanded. "We've lost two jonin here. From what I hear, the person involved is only