"I want to see the Daimyo! Why are you killing us? Can Saiki Yuu really command the Daimyo?!"
Utatane Koharu screamed.
Even if Danzo had sold them out, why would the Daimyo want to kill them?!
Mitokado Homura and she were Konoha's senior advisors, directly under the Daimyo. They had rendered countless services over the years.
What exactly had Saiki Yuu done to make the Daimyo send the Twelve Guardian Shinobi to kill them?
Wasn't this the same as making the Daimyo slap his own face?!
Utatane Koharu's heart was filled with disbelief.
"Lord Saiki Yuu did give us instructions regarding that, so we can tell you.
The Daimyo traded your heads to Lord Saiki Yuu in exchange for one chance to ride the Nine-Tails."
The leading member of the Twelve Guardian Shinobi stepped before Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura. With a mocking smile, he spoke softly.
"!!!"
Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura froze, then their faces flushed crimson, their eyes filling with bloodshot veins.
The two of them, Konoha's senior advisors, were actually worth less than one chance to ride the Nine-Tails?!
They hated this!!!
"Kill them. Send them to Lord Saiki Yuu."
The leader of the Twelve Guardian Shinobi spoke coldly.
When the residences of Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, normally lofty figures of immense authority, were surrounded by troops led by the Twelve Guardian Shinobi, the Daimyo's Mansion staff stationed in the Land of Fire could not have been more delighted.
They had never welcomed these two people who had fled from Konoha to the Capital of the Land of Fire. In fact, they had long wanted them dead!
After all, as the upper echelons of the Land of Fire, it was not as though they knew nothing about Konoha's situation.
Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura had