Xuandou walked over to Mei Terumi and stopped in front of her.
"Go back and take control of all of Kirigakure first. Once your authority is completely secure, come to Hidden Xuan Village to find me immediately."
Mei Terumi's cheeks flushed slightly at his words.
She naturally knew why Xuandou wanted her to go to Hidden Xuan Village.
She still had an agreement with the man before her to have a child together.
After fighting alongside him this time, she no longer harbored her initial calculations toward him.
He was powerful and decisive, ruthless in his methods, yet somehow reassuring.
Even a strong woman like her, who had fought her way through the Bloody Mist Village, could not help falling for him.
After all, what woman did not like a handsome, powerful man?
"All right."
Mei Terumi nodded, a barely perceptible tenderness in her voice.
"Once I've settled things in the village, I'll come find you."
Xuandou turned to Itachi.
"Itachi, stay here and help the Fifth Mizukage consolidate her authority."
"If anyone doesn't know better than to get in the way, don't hesitate to kill them!"
Itachi inclined his head slightly, his face expressionless.
"Yes!"
The surrounding Kirigakure Ninja could not help shuddering.
Those eerie black flames had just burned a Yuki Clan member to death. None of them wanted to be the next target.
Mei Terumi gave Xuandou a grateful look, then turned her gaze to the enormous figure sprawled on the reef nearby, her brows knitting slightly.
"What should we do with this Three-Tails?"
"The village doesn't have a suitable Jinchūriki right now."
"We have no means of controlling him, either. Leaving him in the village wouldn't add to our fighting strength. He'd only be a burden."
Isobu lay in the shallows, his three tails swaying slowly