As Matsuru Noyaku's words fell, his face darkened like the bottom of a pot.
Compared to Mui's wish for his son Muku to be resurrected actually coming true, what Matsuru Noyaku found even harder to accept was that the claim that opening the "Box of Paradise" could grant a wish had been a complete and utter lie!
Kusagakure had spent so many years and exhausted every possible method to open the "Box of Paradise," only to end up as a joke.
That was why Matsuru Noyaku felt little joy even as he watched Mui get seriously injured in a sneak attack by that monster wearing Muku's skin.
After all, the moment the "Box of Paradise" was proven incapable of granting wishes, all their paths of retreat had been completely cut off.
The other Kusagakure higher-ups also came to their senses after hearing Matsuru Noyaku's words.
Every last one of them had become the Joker now!
"This... the tale passed down through Kusagakure for generations was actually fake..."
"If the 'Box of Paradise' can't grant wishes, then what have we been doing all these years?"
"Hehe, we even abandoned the village over this."
"Damn it, which bastard started the rumor that the 'Box of Paradise' could grant wishes?"
"That damned bastard! Even after I die, I'll find him and settle the score!"
"Enough! The question is, what do we do now?"
As the last Kusagakure higher-up raised that question, everyone else fell silent.
In the end, Matsuru Noyaku, as Kusagakure's village head, spoke up.
"There are two choices. First, become rogue ninja from now on..."
When he voiced the first option, his face was filled with unwillingness.
Having grown accustomed to being one of Kusagakure's higher-ups, how could he possibly accept suddenly becoming a rogue ninja?
What was more, he