"Phew..."
The Third Hokage let out a long breath. "Don't do that again. One moment you were crying, the next you were laughing, switching between a man's voice and a woman's. Genma thought you'd gone insane."
"..."
Uchiha Yan was speechless with exasperation. "Genma, you're not even afraid of dead people, but you're afraid of lunatics?
Besides, changing your voice is perfectly normal. It's a basic ninja skill!"
"Are you out of your mind?!"
Genma cursed furiously. "What ninja changes their voice? If you're acting, just act! Why make yourself look like a lunatic with multiple personalities?!
If there's no one to talk to, can't you just extract chakra?"
"Do you even hear yourself? Was it a dog that sealed the chakra in my body?"
"You're the dog! Your whole family's dogs! Lunatic! Acting all by yourself-why don't you go make movies instead of being a ninja?"
"Enough!"
The Third Hokage raised a hand to cut off their argument. "It's almost time anyway. Genma..."
Before he could finish, an Anbu suddenly appeared and dropped to one knee.
"Third Hokage, Fourth Kazekage Rasa has appeared at Liangping Castle in the Land of Rivers with the One-Tail and several hundred Sunagakure ninja. There are signs that they intend to invade the Land of Fire."
"The One-Tail?"
The Third Hokage looked puzzled. "Bunpuku isn't dead yet?"
"He's dead! The One-Tail appeared in his own body. There doesn't seem to be a jinchūriki."
The Third Hokage's eyes widened, and he abruptly turned toward Uchiha Yan.
"So soon? You really did give Sunagakure true tailed beast power."
Utatane Koharu looked equally incredulous. "Yan, aren't the villagers of Sunagakure afraid? How did they do it?"
Uchiha Yan frowned. He had considered that Sunagakure might be able to use the One-Tail, but had never expected it to