In the corner of the bedroom.
Hearing En no Gyōja say this, the Tsuchigumo Clan's guardian ninja were thrown into turmoil.
In the darkness.
Everyone was bewildered.
"Surely the leader isn't joking?"
"Hand both the forbidden technique and the young lady over to a stranger?"
"And the other party is an S-Rank Missing-nin from the Leaf Village."
The Tsuchigumo ninja present had just finished listening to the Great Elder and Hotaru's report on En no Gyōja, and knew some basic information about Ingetsu.
"Grandpa..."
Hotaru opened her mouth blankly, her brows tightly furrowed as she stared at her grandfather in disbelief.
The Great Elder was equally bewildered. He thought that this was not the way their old leader usually acted.
"Are you sure?"
A trace of astonishment flashed through Ingetsu's dark eyes, but quickly faded as his expression returned to calm.
He shifted forward, sat down, picked up the green scroll, and opened it.
The scroll had yellowed with age. Its densely packed text detailed how to create the container seal for Forbidden Technique: Raging Heavenly Hair, which could absorb energy from nature.
Ingetsu put away the scroll, held it in his right hand, and stored it in his Storage Space right in front of En no Gyōja.
The white-haired old man lying on the bed said bitterly:
"Mm..."
Ingetsu's gaze swept over Hotaru's panicked face before settling calmly on the white-haired old man. He said frankly, "If she follows me now, she may die."
En no Gyōja sighed weakly:
"You decide where she should go!"
Ingetsu nodded.
At that moment, four Tsuchigumo ninja suddenly appeared from the dark corner of the bedroom and knelt beside En no Gyōja. The one in the lead hurriedly tried to stop him:
"My lord, you can't..."
Before he could finish.
The Great Elder