Even the most unsociable shinobi she'd worked with were usually trying to have a word with their partner, to discuss something about the task at hand, to gossip with a pretty girl popular among Sunagakure's residents, but not to maintain complete silence when it wasn't necessary.
And then there were the occasional appraising glances, carefully disguised, but the kunoichi could literally feel them in her skin. Not interest in her figure, which was very familiar, but the kind of glance that would make it easier to sink a kunai into her back.
Of course, the jonins didn't emit Killing Intent and behaved with extreme caution, but if she could miss one or two of those rare glances or write them off as imagination, she couldn't miss all six.
The representatives of Kirigakure no Sato were already standing in the stipulated location, seemingly in the same number as from Suna, but Pakura was willing to bet her own skin that there were hidden forces at work as well.
And the identity of the shinobi standing in front of her made her frown worriedly - a very tall and overweight man with orange hair gathered in two tangles on the sides of his head, small round eyes and pointed teeth, wearing a light-colored cloak and a sword hilt behind his back, just like in the Book of Discovery, it was impossible not to recognize.
Fuguki Suikazan, one of the Seven Shinobi Swordsmen of the Mist, wielder of the great sword Samehada and a very troublesome opponent for those who use ninjutsu like Pakura herself.
Its mere presence, which allowed her to almost completely suppress the most dangerous Shakuton (Heat Release) in contact combat, signaled the extreme suspicion of what was going on, causing the girl to fire up the source, running chakra through her body and heightening all of her senses. But for now, she did nothing, waiting for further developments.
- Greetings representatives of Kirigakure no Sato," Ishiro Chiyoki stopped not far from the fogmen and bowed politely, signaling to his entourage to remain vigilant, "Kazekage, on behalf of our dera....
- Don't waste my time talking," Fuguki interrupted him rudely, "is the agreement still in effect?
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