Hatake Sakumo's voice was so quiet that it was almost imperceptible amid the clamor of the sea wind.
But... the instant his words fell, the howling sea wind suddenly froze, as though someone had pressed pause!
A bone-piercing sharpness burst forth with it!
"Well, well, a troublesome fellow has arrived. Do you... know who I am?"
The Third Mizukage narrowed his eyes as he regarded the openly menacing Hatake Sakumo with interest.
The fellow before him seemed rather strong.
"Who cares who you are? I said no passage beyond this point. Are you deaf?"
Hatake Sakumo knew that the man before him was the Third Mizukage, but... in his sight, the Third Mizukage had become nothing more than a mobile lump of rotten flesh.
And what controlled that lump of rotten flesh was the same thing that had been inside that clump of seaweed.
Hatake Sakumo could not be bothered to argue about anything else with such a thing.
He raised a hand.
In an instant, a hideous, terrifying sword slash unfurled, and at the same time, fierce sword intent erupted from Hatake Sakumo.
Sword Domain-Activate!
The sea wind stopped abruptly. Everything fell deathly silent.
The sea wind that had just been churning and battering the sea's surface seemed to have its airflow forcibly severed by invisible sword intent. The entire stretch of coastal waters instantly fell into absolute stillness.
Across the entire surface of the sea, only the biting sharpness that had suddenly burst from Hatake Sakumo remained.
An invisible sword domain thundered outward with Hatake Sakumo at its center, covering the entire sea's surface. Its pressure made the surrounding air tremble violently, and even the drifting sea mist was instantly sliced into fine strands.
He held a perfectly ordinary ninja blade down at his side in one hand.