After all, these elite Kumogakure ninja were precisely the ninja he had sent out to contact the other ninja villages.
With these elite ninja here, Ning Feng had presumably already learned that Kumogakure was forming an allied force with the other ninja villages.
If Uchiha Minato stirred up trouble in Kumogakure over this matter, Kumogakure would inevitably lose a considerable amount of fighting strength.
They might even end up like Sunagakure, never recovering after a single setback, despite having finally become the leading force among the Five Great Shinobi Villages!
The more he thought about it, the angrier and more conflicted the Fourth Raikage, A, felt.
He was angry that the mighty Kumogakure had actually been suppressed by a mere Third Rain Shadow to the point that it could barely breathe.
He was conflicted over whether, as the mighty Raikage, he should take the initiative and muster all of Kumogakure's strength to deal Uchiha Minato a crushing blow!
But the price of such an operation could be described as terrifying.
Just as A spoke, Uchiha Minato smiled faintly in the distance. As though he had seen through A's thoughts, a clear, pleasant voice rang out calmly:
"Fourth Raikage A, you must be agonizing right now over whether to mobilize all your elite ninja to attack me, aren't you?!"
Uchiha Minato spoke calmly. He had long since seen through A's thoughts.
With his thoughts exposed outright, A immediately frowned, his expression shifting slightly. His clenched fists cracked as he prepared to charge straight at Uchiha Minato.
However, before A could muster the courage to act, Uchiha Minato's calm voice rang out again:
"Lord Fourth Raikage A, don't rush to attack. You can take a look around Kumogakure first, then decide!"
At those words, A's gaze instantly turned icy, and only then