Kakuzu, who had never haggled with anyone before, found the experience novel even as it angered him. He was willing to give this brat a little more patience, so he said coldly, "The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist from Kirigakure were just seven small fry? If I remember correctly, you'd have been killed if I hadn't arrived in time."
Hearing that, Anyo could not help getting angry. Just as he himself had said, this was the first time he had been beaten so badly since he began fighting. He could practically be described as a beaten dog. If he had not been in a hurry to return to the village, his vindictive nature would have demanded that he slaughter a few of them to vent his anger, no matter what.
"Uncle, they just outnumbered me," Anyo argued. "Have them try coming at me one at a time. I could slaughter every last one with a single slash each."
"Ridiculous. You call yourself a ninja, yet you say something so childish." Kakuzu could not be bothered to keep arguing with him. He had gone all the way into someone else's village, and he expected them to fight him one-on-one? Only if they had been kicked in the head by a donkey.
Anyo seized the opportunity to flatter him. "Of course, the main reason I called them seven small fry was because you're so powerful. As long as you took out the guy carrying the lightning blades first, wouldn't the remaining lousy swords be unable to even break through your defenses?"
Kakuzu inwardly agreed with that. Of course, he did not yet understand Samehada's abilities. That was actually the one among the seven swords that posed the greatest threat to him.
Though the flattery pleased him, he would not accept any