"An outrage? Are you Hidden Cloud comfortable using that word?" Pakura couldn't help but retort.
Moreover, Pakura had previously dealt with Mokgetsu once and knew that he was an open-minded and bright person.
If she knew that this meeting was about planning to assassinate Mokgetsu, she wouldn't have come.
Mokgetsu had once given her a chance to live. Although Pakura wouldn't betray her village for Mokgetsu, she was also unwilling to join forces with other Ninja Villages to secretly deal with Mokgetsu.
The Hidden Sand Village can make a move against Mokgetsu, but it can't be her.
"Your Excellency, don't be blinded by past hatred. Remember why we're here for this meeting today." Dodai responded calmly without retaliating.
The current most important task is to eliminate Mokgetsu; other matters can be set aside for now.
"Haha, I'm not acting out of hatred; I just find your words amusing." Pakura sarcastically mocked.
Nice words — it's the Hidden Cloud that invaded the Hidden Sand, not the other way around, so Dodai can certainly persuade her calmly to let go of hatred.
Kitsuchi was a bit troubled, and just as he was about to mediate, a Hidden Sand Ninja behind Pakura spoke up.
"Pakura, don't forget the village's mission." Yashamaru said with a smile.
He was sent by Rasa to monitor Pakura, preventing her from causing trouble on one hand, and replacing her for cooperation when needed on the other.
Pakura glanced at Yashamaru nonchalantly and didn't say anything more.
She disliked Rasa but had a decent impression of this brother-in-law of Rasa, willing to give some face.
"Your Hidden Sand sure is interesting." Mizuhiro didn't expect the meeting would offer such entertainment, with the guards of village representatives commenting on ninja representatives.
Pakura did not respond, and Yashamaru just smiled without speaking.
You don't hit a smiling face, so Mizuhiro didn't continue on that topic.
"It seems the Hidden Sand Village hasn't recovered from internal strife yet. We really chose the wrong opponent back then; if we had targeted the Hidden Sand, maybe the outcome wouldn't be like it is now." Mizuhiro thought to himself.
Mizuhiro certainly felt some regret about the current state of the Hidden Mist Village.
More than a thousand ninjas were captured by Konoha, including a Mizukage candidate like Karatachi Yagura, making Hidden Mist very passive.
"Cooperation is actually simple. Currently, our Hidden Rock Village's Ninja Squad is still confronting the Konoha Ninja Squad in the Land of Grass. Habu Mokgetsu is among the Konoha Ninja Squad in the Land of Grass." Kitsuchi began to outline Hidden Rock's cooperation plan.
"We, the Hidden Rock Village, will act as bait and the vanguard, engaging with the Konoha Ninja Squad."
"The Konoha Ninja Squad is weak. If not for the help of Habu Mokgetsu, they surely wouldn't be able to match our Hidden Rock, so Habu Mokgetsu will definitely intervene."
"Your villages only need to send elite squads to the Land of Grass to seize this opportunity to encircle and kill Habu Mokgetsu, permanently keeping him in the Land of Grass."
Hidden Rock has actually already formulated a detailed plan for a four-village alliance, but that requires confirming cooperation first before proceeding with the division of tasks. So Kitsuchi first outlined the core.
"We at Hidden Cloud are willing to cooperate." Dodai immediately expressed his stance.
Hidden Cloud had held high-level discussions regarding this meeting, concluding that they must kill Habu Mokgetsu and cannot give him any more opportunities to grow.
"Cooperation is a significant matter; we need to consult Kazekage's opinion from our side." Yashamaru did not agree immediately.
Rasa had not given him the authority to participate in combat, only to analyze feasibility and report back.
"I also need to report to Mizukage." Mizuhiro followed suit.
The situation in Hidden Mist is too awkward; let alone the fact that the Third Mizukage had not granted authority, even if he had, Mizuhiro wouldn't dare to make a decision on his own.
"Then I will supplement some additional intelligence here." Kitsuchi thought for a while and said.
In Onoki's expectations, these Great Ninja Villages wouldn't easily agree to cooperate.
Kitsuchi's task is to clarify Mokgetsu's danger as much as possible, creating a sense of crisis among the Great Ninja Villages.
After the meeting ended, the representatives used various means to contact their villages to report the meeting's status.
Pakura candidly informed Rasa she wouldn't do this task.
Having learned from Yashamaru that this task was highly feasible, Rasa readily agreed to Pakura's request.
There are plenty of dangerous tasks; it's unnecessary to assign Pakura a dangerous task with a considerable opportunity for great success.
If Pakura fortunately managed to kill Mokgetsu, her renown would rise another level, which is quite disadvantageous for him.
"Hidden Cloud has already agreed; Hidden Mist will most likely agree too. This four-village alliance should be fine." Rasa nodded inwardly.
Hidden Mist lost a Jinchuriki two years ago to Konoha, along with five precious Ninja Blades, and recently seemed to have suffered a defeat again; Rasa couldn't believe Hidden Mist didn't want revenge.
As for Hidden Sand, Rasa wouldn't miss the opportunity to strike their neighbor when they're down.
"Konoha has to take this major loss." Rasa couldn't help but smile.
This is the first time since the era of Ninja Villages that the four major Ninja Villages have united against one Ninja Village.
No matter how strong Konoha is, it cannot withstand this.
In terms of strength, they are four villages united, overpowering Konoha in terms of both formidable and ordinary ninjas.
In terms of intelligence, they clandestinely united while Konoha is unsuspecting. They operate in the shadows, while Konoha is in the light.
Rasa couldn't see how Konoha would not lose.
In this situation, only the resurrection of Senju Hashirama could resolve it.
A True Thousand Hands would make all the ninjas from the Great Ninja Villages behave.
On the other side, after receiving Mizuhiro's intelligence, the Third Mizukage found it hard to make a decision.
On one side is his highly regarded junior and over a thousand Hidden Mist ninjas, while the other side is avenging the previous humiliation inflicted by Konoha with a great defeat.