Uchiha Minamoto shook his head with great regret.
Mei Terumi was simply too cooperative. He really could not bring himself to act...
"Then keep a close eye on the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.
"Although the Akatsuki's operation to capture the Six-Tails failed this time, their leader, Pain, is still around.
"Next time, you won't have an undercover agent like Juzo Biwa passing intelligence to you."
Even without Juzo Biwa, don't we still have you, the God of Shinobi?
Mei Terumi had just been about to say that.
But with the words on the tip of her tongue, she swallowed them again.
This time.
Uchiha Minamoto had helped Kirigakure out for the sake of the "Fire-Water Alliance."
But that was mainly because the person who had come to Kirigakure to carry out the Tailed Beast capture plan was Obito Uchiha!
If another Akatsuki member had come to Kirigakure to capture the Six-Tails Jinchuriki.
Uchiha Minamoto would not have been so accommodating.
It was precisely because Mei Terumi had realized this that she shut her mouth.
It was not that she had given up on using Uchiha Minamoto's power to deal with the Akatsuki.
Instead, she was silently calculating Uchiha Minamoto's "appearance fee"...
It must be expensive... damn the Akatsuki...
Speak of the devil.
Not far away.
A tall figure carrying the [Kubikiribōchō] was striding toward them.
Juzo Biwa.
Following behind him was Zabuza Momochi, with Kisame Hoshigaki slung over his shoulder.
Juzo Biwa approached, first planting the [Kubikiribōchō] in the ground before dropping to one knee.
"Lord Fifth."
"...Juzo Biwa."
Mei Terumi came back to her senses and looked at the former member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist kneeling before her, speaking clearly in her capacity as the Fifth Mizukage.
"I hereby formally declare.
"Effective immediately, all records of Juzo