"What are your goals? What do you know about those great families?" Sasuke wanted to learn a little about his enemies in advance so he could make preparations. In the ninja world, intelligence was extremely important. If he knew the other side's strength beforehand, he could make the necessary arrangements.
"I don't know much about that. Many forging families will be participating this time, and their strengths vary. But there are probably many people who want to kill me. I can't tell who they are, though they usually hire wandering samurai or rogue ninja," Tenbu Shinzo said.
"So this has happened before?" From what Tenbu Shinzo said, it sounded as if this was far from the first time.
"Yes. My father was killed before the competition. I never expected to follow in his footsteps, but I won't stop. I will fulfill my father's final wish, even if it costs me my life." Tenbu Shinzo became somewhat agitated. His voice trembled, but his tone was utterly resolute.
"Doesn't the Land of Iron care?" Sasuke did not know much about the Land of Iron. Most of what he knew came from anime and some of Konoha's current records, but those were all ordinary things. He had never even heard of this competition before. If he had not needed weapons himself, he would never have learned about it.
"How could they? Those forging families are valuable assets to the Land of Iron. If my father had succeeded, the Land of Iron would certainly have protected him immediately. But he was killed before the competition. Would anyone make a major fuss over a dead man? Especially when he was a commoner." Tenbu Shinzo's tone was full of mockery, though it was unclear whom he was mocking. "Do you intend to withdraw?" Tenbu Shinzo suddenly