"There's something suspicious about this. Please hear me out!"
At these words, a commotion immediately arose behind Konoha's flustered ninjas. Amid hushed whispers of "It's Lord Chiba!" "Great, Lord Chiba made it!" "Leave it to Lord Chiba!" and "Yeah, Lord Chiba will handle it," the Konoha ninja surrounding the Iwa group parted down the middle, opening a path straight to Iwama. Soon, a young man emerged from the crowd. After stopping a certain distance in front of him and glancing at the Konoha ninja whose hands were covered in blood, he looked at Iwama and spoke solemnly.
L-Lord Chiba is here! Thank goodness! The moment he saw the young man step out from the crowd, the Konoha ninja with blood-covered hands inexplicably let out a breath of relief. The tightly wound string in his heart loosened slightly, and the uncontrollable panic seemed to fade. He immediately felt much more at ease.
So the evidence really was conclusive. How was Lord Chiba going to handle this?
They were still surrounding the Iwa group so tightly. Wouldn't that only make things more tense? What was Lord Chiba thinking? At the same time, the Anbu Ninja who had been following Chiba stepped out from the crowd as well, silently standing some distance away. His eyes, however, remained fixed on Iwama ahead, filled with vigilance and doubt.
"Suspicious?"
Hearing this, Iwama frowned slightly. His hand loosened instinctively, and he was about to lower the ninja blade pressed against the neck of the Konoha ninja who had "killed" the person he respected most. But his grip suddenly tightened again, and the blade tip pushed forward a few more inches, forcing the blood-covered Konoha ninja back a step. He said, "The evidence is conclusive. Lord Rando died because his heart was pierced through, and the murder