Yes, several people had indeed been restrained by Shikamaru's Shadow Imitation Technique.
The problem was, those people had been caught in a genjutsu.
They were all Hawkish Faction members!
No wonder that jonin had been so timid during the fight and lost so miserably.
It had been deliberate!
The goal had been to leave these Hawkish Faction members behind.
Originally, the other side had either intended to have them charge into the clan grounds or stay behind to cover the retreat, only to be captured by the Military Police Force.
They had not expected Shikamaru, whom Tang Ping had released, to catch them. There could not have been better "evidence" than this.
All Tang Ping could say was that the setup had been truly ingenious.
Ninja really were exceptionally skilled at playing these sorts of games.
No matter how thoroughly anyone investigated, they would only conclude that these people had wanted to take the chance to burn down the Nara Clan, not suspect anything else.
In short, the Hawkish Faction was definitely taking the blame for this black pot.
The only thing Tang Ping wanted to know was who had come up with this scheme.
The arrangement was clever and highly fault-tolerant. Even under the same conditions, he could at most have prepared a few hundred million more Hidden Moves; he could not have done any better.
"Quick, put out the fire and save people!"
Yamanaka Clan ninja rushed over from nearby.
Leading them was Ino, the new clan head.
At that moment, Ino looked as though she had discovered the trouble here and rushed over at once to fight the fire and lend a hand.
At least, no one who did not know the truth could find any fault with that.
The problem was that Tang Ping knew the