Otherworld-Land of Water Building
"I'm so envious..."
With a slight push of his right foot, Old Danzo slid over to the window, chair and all, turning his back on Kisame, who carried Samehada, and Zabuza, who had Kubikiribōchō resting on his shoulder.
"Lord Danzo, what are you envious of this time?"
"Is it about that world again?"
Kisame curled his lips into a chilling smile.
Ever since becoming Old Danzo's bodyguard, he had heard such sighs from him from time to time.
"Yes."
Old Danzo looked up through the crystal-clear window at the distant moon on the horizon.
"Kisame... tell me, what should we do if the moon fell?"
Old Danzo placed ample trust in Kisame, that utterly loyal "straight shooter."
Kisame's heart tightened at those words. As someone in the know, he realized that Old Danzo meant the moon in the other world had actually fallen!
"Well..." Kisame was somewhat at a loss for words.
"Hide in the sea?" Zabuza chimed in from the side.
"Hide?" Old Danzo leaned back in his chair and shook his head.
"Leaving aside whether we could escape it, behind us is the homeland that gave us life and raised us. How could we hide?"
Old Danzo spoke rather wistfully, reaching up to rub his forehead and looking deeply troubled.
"My lord, if you're asking this, the other side must have already resolved it, right?"
Kisame tightened the bandages securing Samehada to his body and spoke with a grave expression.
"Yes. They gathered all the forces of the Shinobi World. Not only did they suffer no losses whatsoever, they even took possession of the moon and brought it completely under their control."
Old Danzo lightly tapped his knuckles against the armrest in a steady rhythm, as though considering how he should respond.
Zabuza and