Hozuki Castle had already begun to descend into chaos.
A few days ago, when all the prisoners discovered that the Fire Style: Heavenly Prison marks on their bodies had vanished, they had all begun to stir.
Because the disappearance of the Fire Style: Heavenly Prison marks meant that something had happened to Mui.
One had to know that Hozuki Castle's prisoners were all restrained by the Fire Style: Heavenly Prison Sealing Technique.
Nothing had gone wrong for so many years, so the defensive forces had been relatively sparse.
If the prisoners rioted, the consequences would be unimaginable.
At the gates of Hozuki Castle.
Large numbers of prisoners had opened the cells below and gathered at the prison gates, confronting the guarding shinobi.
"...City Lord Mui is dead! Do you people think you can stop us!?"
"Open the gates now, or we'll kill you!"
"I advise you not to be so ungrateful!"
As a prison, Hozuki Castle was surrounded on all sides by towering walls, which were now packed with guards.
They all held heavy crossbows, aiming them at the prisoners below.
The prisoners were a disorganized rabble. They all knew that whoever took the lead would be in danger, and none of them wanted to be the first to charge.
However, after the Fire Style: Heavenly Prison had failed, their Chakra was gradually recovering.
Before long, once their Chakra had fully recovered, a riot would be unavoidable.
"Everyone, fall back! Anyone who approaches the gates will be killed without mercy!"
"Lord Mui merely has business outside and will return soon."
The guards were miserable inside, but their faces were filled with fury.
Mui was an Elite Jonin, yet he had died without a sound. Now, the prison inmates were already beyond their control.
His words could not deceive the criminals