"Heh! Take full responsibility?"
Hearing the boy before him say that so decisively, Iwama's first reaction was almost to laugh. "Do you think taking responsibility for something like this would be of any use?"
Take full responsibility?
What a joke! Even if the Hokage came here himself, he would not be able to bear this responsibility!
The first thought that flashed through his mind was one of utter contempt. This concerned millions, tens of millions of people between nations. Even if this boy truly was a once-in-a-generation genius, capable of matching thousands or tens of thousands by himself, he was still not qualified to shoulder such enormous responsibility.
In the face of these facts, those words were simply too powerless.
So what if he refused? How ridiculous!
Perhaps in other matters, you, Taki Chiba, truly carried weight, and one should be wary and cautious around you at every turn.
But now, even with your head added in, it would not be enough!
Although Iwama was emotionally stirred and filled with grief and indignation, he remained calm. He also knew that, since Taki Chiba had proposed examining Lord Rando's body, he might be planning to make an issue out of it. Under no circumstances could Taki Chiba be allowed to touch Lord Rando's corpse.
Iwama was no fool. At a crucial moment like this, when the life of the person he respected most had been paid as the price, he would never be careless enough to let Taki Chiba come into contact with that most respected person's body.
He had only one thought now: recover the body as things stood, and ensure that the appearance of this incident remained forever that Konoha ninja had killed Iwa's envoy, sabotaged the Peace Alliance, and made Konoha the target of public condemnation.
So he