But Gekkō Raito no longer cared about any of that, because he had heard something more important-the Council of Elders was actually backing the Second Mizukage?
What was going on?
It seemed the Second Mizukage's prestige in Kirigakure was still deeply rooted!
Those old fossils among Kirigakure's elders had probably already been around when the Second was alive!
No wonder they supported the Second so blindly. They were old acquaintances.
At that thought, Raito's gaze gradually darkened.
"Second, please leave. I have my own judgment about what to do. I don't need you telling me how to do my job!"
But just as Mei Terumi ordered him out...
A sudden clatter of footsteps came from the doorway.
Hearing it, the Second Mizukage's lips curled into a smug smile.
The door swung open, and five or six very elderly-looking Mist Ninja walked in.
They were all veteran ninja from the Fourth's era, or even the Third's. Their arrival...
Instinctively gave Mei Terumi a bad feeling. This looked like an attempt to force her hand.
"What are you doing?"
A trace of hostility flashed through Mei Terumi's eyes as she fixed a sharp gaze on the trembling old man among them.
"Elder, even you are joining in this nonsense..."
The elder looked at Mei Terumi with clouded eyes, his voice hoarse but carrying unquestionable authority.
"Mei Terumi, Kirigakure today is far, far stronger than it was when I was in charge. And precisely because of that, we cannot let the Sixth's hard work go to waste. Kirigakure's future can be even better. We must seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"
The elder's words made Mei Terumi's expression darken completely.
"I disagree."
"I assembled Kirigakure's ninja forces only as a deterrent, not to actually start another war in the Shinobi World and drag the village