As Mangetsu Hozuki's words fell,
Mei Terumi's heart tightened. She glanced at Uchiha Ci.
Biting her lip, she immediately shouted, "He has nothing to do with this!"
"Does whether he is involved really matter?" Mangetsu Hozuki shook his head, his eyes numb from having killed too many people as they swept coldly toward her.
"You should know what a Pursuing Ninja's duty is."
Mei Terumi drew a deep breath, frowned, and looked at Mangetsu Hozuki.
Pursuing Ninjas were Kirigakure's most brutal force for hunting down rogue ninjas, as well as the most untouchable faction in the Land of Hot Water at present.
Mangetsu Hozuki looked calmly at the two of them and said lightly,
"Though I do not know why the Third Mizukage wanted to kill Karatachi Yagura, the squad leader of the jonin squad."
"That is simply how Kirigakure's ninja are."
"We are all merely tools and pawns of those above us. We only need to obey orders."
"That is the meaning of our existence."
Hearing this, Mei Terumi clenched her fists and shook her head, her gaze turning icy.
"No!"
"That is only the Third Hokage's excuse for twisting right and wrong."
"The Ninja Academy's bloody elimination system, the terrifying politics where one wrong word could get you killed, the belief that teammates could be coldly discarded in pursuit of mission efficiency, and the merciless force that hunted rogue ninjas."
"None of this is reasonable. Kirigakure's ninja should have a better way forward!"
Mangetsu Hozuki raised a brow, stared at Mei Terumi, and asked with a frown,
"Then where is that way forward?"
"And how much better have you people clinging to this so-called Great Cause done?"
Mangetsu Hozuki gave a disdainful snort and said coldly,
"All the unfair systems you are experiencing now were established under the