Mei Terumi naturally had no idea that Uchiha Chisen was still lamenting his lack of strength. Seeing that he seemed to have accepted her argument, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Although many people were still destined to die at Uchiha Chisen's hands, securing relatively lenient treatment was already enough to satisfy her.
"Kukulin, eleven years ago, you murdered your client, Ishida Susumu, to steal his gold. Afterward, you falsely claimed-" Having tacitly accepted Mei Terumi's approach for now, Uchiha Chisen turned his gaze toward another Kirigakure Jonin. The box above this man's head was also so red it was nearly black.
"Wait! We did make plenty of mistakes in the past, but we've repented now! Does this so-called justice deny us even a chance to turn over a new leaf?!" Seeing Uchiha Chisen fix his gaze on him like a god of death, Kukulin forced himself to step forward despite his terror. "It was survival of the fittest in the Bloody Mist Village! We were forced into it too! Is not wanting to die a crime?!"
To save his own life, Kukulin, who had once been an ardent supporter of the Bloody Mist Policy, brazenly switched sides and acted as though he, too, were a victim.
Several ninja from the Conservative Faction were just about to curse him out, but hints from their companions quickly brought them to their senses, and they loudly echoed Kukulin's accusations.
Some of the quicker thinkers even rattled off examples, such as killing their companions to graduate from the Ninja Academy, claiming that they had no choice but to kill to protect themselves.
They also claimed that secretly reporting teammates and neighbors had been necessary to avoid being implicated through collective punishment. In short, every last wrong was the fault of the Bloody