The circumstances. [ He pauses for just a short moment for emphasis. ] It just so happened to be that a group of individuals -- Commander Erwin's men -- happened to arrive in Luceti not too long ago, and we discovered that we had... shared interests, which led to talks of an alliance.

When I approached the Hokage regarding this, he approved the idea of expanding this alliance into a much larger endeavor for the good of Luceti.

[ And naturally, it ended up his responsibility. ]