Chapter 103: You can come with me to the Hidden Sand Village! Miya Sakumo!
"Everyone, listen to me!"
Seeing that the villagers below had finally quieted down,
Hatake Sakumo also let out a long sigh of relief in his heart.
"My wife could never be a spy; there must be some misunderstanding about this!"
"You're lying! If it wasn't your wife leaking secrets, then tell us why the mission failed!"
"I... I can't say! Ninja missions require confidentiality!"
"Look, he won't say it, so he's protecting her!"
...A long time later.
Standing on the earthen wall, Hatake Sakumo looked at the furious villagers below.
He fell into silence.
Because he no longer knew how to speak.
Even up until now,
the Anbu and the Hokage... had not appeared.
"So..."
"What kind of explanation do you want?"
After the villagers below heard what Hatake Sakumo said,
the emotions on their faces became even more agitated.
There was even a hint of smugness and pride.
"We want you to hand over the spy; the spy must die!"
"Right! That's right! Hand over the spy; Konoha Village doesn't need people from other countries!"
"And you need to bear the losses from the failed mission yourself!"
"Right! That's right! You need to bear the losses yourself, not Konoha!"
...---
"Hahahaha..."
As the villagers' demands grew more and more,
from behind the earthen wall, within the Hatake Clan, a burst of loud laughter rang out.
"Boom!"
Immediately, a hole was blasted through the earthen wall.
Then, a woman walked out from the dust, her Blood Dragon Eye staring fixedly at the villagers.
"Since you all want me dead, then you should die first!"
"Wind Release: Wind Cutter!"
Blade after blade of wind spewed from Miya Kiko's mouth, rapidly approaching the villagers.
"Don't! Kiko!"
It all happened too fast, so fast that Hatake Sakumo only had time to say one sentence.
From Miya Kiko breaking through the earthen wall to her direct attack,
everything was very smooth; she had clearly been plotting behind the wall for a long time.
"Ah! Murder!"
After successfully helping several villagers meet their ancestors,
the remaining villagers who were still alive also became agitated.
They all started running and shouting.
But Miya Kiko wouldn't let them leave so easily.
After all, they were already here.
Before long, another dozen people chose a family reunion.
But that was as far as it could go.
Because Hatake Sakumo had already blocked her path.
Including the Uchiha Clan who had been watching the show outside and... the Anbu who had been invisible all along.
"Miya Kiko, you have murdered villagers. Come with us!"
The leading Anbu flickered in front of Miya Kiko and said to her.
"Go with you?"
"Sure! Let's see if you have the strength!"
After saying that, she retreated while simultaneously activating the power of her Blood Dragon Eye.
The villagers who had just fallen and some of the injured, bleeding villagers' bodies began to swell.
Immediately after,
"Bang!"
they exploded.
Then, a series of blood streams surged toward Miya Kiko like rivers flowing into the sea.
Soon, they formed a sphere of blood revolving behind Miya Kiko's back.
"Go!"
With a command from Miya Kiko,
sharp spikes grew from the surface of the blood sphere, stabbing toward the Anbu members.
"Not good! Evade!"
Seeing the incoming attack, the Anbu members also warned those around them to dodge.
But this was an attack they had never seen before.
After dispersing the blood needles one by one and checking themselves for injuries, the Anbu members were relieved.
Then,
"Ah!"
screams rang out one after another.
The blood scattered on the ground had formed needles again, piercing their ankles.
This turn of events caught all the Anbu Ninja off guard; everyone was hit, falling to the ground, unable to get up.
Just as Miya Kiko was preparing to extract their blood as well,
"Stop, Kiko!"
Hatake Sakumo stepped in to stop her.
"Stop! Kiko! If you kill the Anbu, there really will be no room for maneuver!"
"Maneuver? Have you still not seen the situation clearly? You stood on that wall for so long, and the Anbu never appeared.
The moment I killed someone, the Anbu jumped right out!
Do I need to explain the meaning behind this?"
Hearing Miya Kiko lay out the problem so bluntly,
Hatake Sakumo also fell into silence.
"No matter what... this is Konoha!
I can't watch you walk down an irredeemable path like this."
"Irredeemable?"
"That's right! If you kill the Anbu, you really won't be able to stay in Konoha anymore!"
"Then let's go back to the Hidden Sand!"
Hatake Sakumo: [??? Is that what I meant?]
"Then what about Kakashi..."
"He can come with me to the Hidden Sand Village too!"
[...]
"Then..."
"You can go to the Hidden Sand Village too!"
"Miya Sakumo!"
Hatake Sakumo: "???"
What the heck!
I've changed my surname just like that.
Hearing Miya Kiko's way of addressing him,
Hatake Sakumo's composure completely broke.
[Good opportunity!]
Seeing Hatake Sakumo dazed,
Miya Kiko once again activated her Blood Dragon Eye.
Soon, the Anbu lying on the ground let out one scream after another.
Since she was extracting blood from Ninjas this time, their Chakra would resist, so the resistance became very high.
Miya Kiko couldn't extract it in large swaths like she did with the civilians.
So she could only do it one by one.
Before long, two of the weaker Anbu had their blood drained dry.
Just as Miya Kiko was about to extract the third person,
"Enma!"
A furious shout came from afar.
Following closely was a staff rapidly extending toward them,
interrupting Miya Kiko's next move.
Then, Hiruzen Sarutobi appeared in front of the third Anbu member.
Looking at the Anbu members on the ground who had been drained into mummies, Hiruzen Sarutobi suppressed the anger in his heart and spoke.
"Who can tell me! What exactly is going on here!"
"Hokage-sama, the sequence of events was..."
Seeing Hiruzen Sarutobi's arrival, Hatake Sakumo hurriedly tried to explain.
"Hokage-sama! You must stand up for us! That woman is a demon; she must be executed!"
But Hatake Sakumo hadn't spoken for long before the villagers, seeing the Hokage's arrival, immediately became emboldened.
They all clamored and complained to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Facing such a scene, Hiruzen Sarutobi could only comfort them first.
As for the words the villagers said, he didn't believe a single bit of them.
Believe? How could he believe?
Believe what they said about Miya Kiko being a demon reincarnated?
After comforting the villagers,
Hiruzen Sarutobi turned his attention back to the beginning and end of the matter.
Hiruzen Sarutobi glanced around.
The Hatake Clan... no, they would definitely be biased toward their own.
The villagers... Heh!
The Anbu... they were still lying on the ground.
The Uchiha Clan...
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