"I already have the Six-Tails' coordinates. Catching him will be like catching a turtle in a jar."
Gekkō Raito's tone was as casual as if he were talking about buying a fish at the market.
Mei Terumi's eyes widened. "How did you get that intelligence?"
Chōjūrō raised his hand somewhat shyly. "Lady Mizukage, Lord Gekkō Raito asked me to investigate. I went to Senior Ao to check the hunter-nin unit's files..."
Looking at the child prodigy her village had so carefully nurtured, his face begging for praise, Mei Terumi felt utterly drained.
It's only been a few days, and someone's already stolen our precious little cabbage?
You're the senior one here in terms of experience! Why are you acting like some little lackey?
Doesn't my dignity as Mizukage count for anything?
"Even if you know his location, a few kids like you going head-to-head with a tailed beast-what if..."
"Could a mere Six-Tails be harder to deal with than the First Hokage brought back through Impure World Reincarnation?"
Raito cut her worries short. "Do you doubt my strength, or are you afraid I won't come back once I leave?"
Those words hit on exactly what Mei Terumi was thinking.
A rampaging tailed beast was certainly frightening, but what she feared more was that this genius, whom she had finally managed to coax back, would run off halfway through.
"Relax. If I really wanted to leave, this lousy village couldn't keep me here."
Mei Terumi clenched her delicate fists, a vein throbbing on her forehead.
This brat! Why does he have to blurt out the truth like that?
"Fine! Since you're so confident, get out there and carry out the mission!"
"But give me something to go on first. Where is the Six-Tails probably hiding?"
Raito raised a hand and pointed