"Hankuang did the right thing. If he hadn't killed those three Root shinobi, we would have died." Morino Ibiki's words shocked everyone.
"Indeed! Those three Root shinobi wanted to blow us up." Kakashi's voice was low.
"Huh?"
Mitaraishi Anko froze, then followed their gazes.
A moment later, she was overcome with belated fear.
Amid the shattered hand bones on the ground lay an Explosive Tag.
What did this mean?
It meant that those three Root shinobi had wanted to kill them and claim all the credit for capturing the Sand Ninja.
At the same time.
The captured Baki and Pakura were stunned for a moment before delight flashed across their faces.
"They're fighting among themselves!"
"Maybe we can win over that brat."
At this thought, their original desire to escape weakened a little.
Just think about it: that taijutsu brat had killed shinobi from his own village and would certainly be hunted. In that case, Sunagakure would be the best place to seek refuge.
At the scene!
Hankuang looked calm as he squatted on the ground.
He wiped his hands on the clothes of one of the corpses before standing up.
"Hankuang, thank you for saving us, but killing Root shinobi is still a serious crime." Morino Ibiki reminded him.
The crime was simply too serious. No one could bear the consequences.
Even if the Hokage did not pursue the matter, Danzo would never let Hankuang off.
"Oh? Killing Root shinobi?"
Hankuang looked surprised, as if he were completely innocent.
He pointed at the two bound Sand Ninja and continued, "They were clearly killed by the Sand Ninja. What does that have to do with me?"
Baki and Pakura were both dumbfounded.
They had been bound the entire time and had not moved an inch. Wasn't this obviously framing them?
Would anyone believe this?
"I see! They were indeed killed by the Sand Ninja!" Morino Ibiki chimed in with a strange expression.
"Three Sand Ninja fought the Root shinobi. All the Root shinobi died, and one Sand Ninja died as well." Kakashi added.
"Then we just happened to pass by? And got lucky?" Obito said weakly.
"Will this... really work?" Rin was a little uncertain.
"How could it possibly work? Do you think these two Sand Ninja will take the blame?" Mitaraishi Anko shook her head.
But the next moment!
She was surprised to find that the two bound Sand Ninja had fallen into deep thought.
Chapter Thirty-Five: Hankuang Kidnapped Everyone! Teacher Minato Cleaned Up Afterward!
Mitaraishi Anko scratched her hair, feeling as if her intelligence had been suppressed.
Because.
Those two Sand Ninja had actually agreed!
"How is that possible?"
She truly couldn't understand it.
The problem was that everyone else present seemed to understand, while she was the only one who couldn't figure it out.
"Stop standing around! Come over and stab them a few times!"
Hankuang's voice rang out as he tossed over a kunai.
"Huh? Stab, stab them a few times?" Mitaraishi Anko looked utterly bewildered.
You killed them all, and now you want me to stab the corpses?
"Heh~~ Green Bean, if you don't stab them, I'll have to stab you." Hankuang threatened her, his smile vanishing.
Under the immense pressure.
Mitaraishi Anko could only obediently step forward and wildly stab the corpses with the kunai.
"You're really ruthless. One stab would have been enough, but you're practically turning them into a honeycomb." Hankuang couldn't bear to watch.
He had no idea.
Mitaraishi Anko was treating the corpse as herself and venting her dissatisfaction.
After Anko joined in, Hankuang turned to Morino Ibiki.
But before he could speak, Morino Ibiki walked over.
"I know the rules!"
With that, Morino Ibiki also stabbed the corpses a few times.
Hankuang fell into thought.
He had a feeling Little Ibiki had done this sort of thing before.
"I'll stab them a few times too!" Obito ran over.
"What are you doing here? Go stand over there." Hankuang shoved Obito aside.
As for his teammates from Team 9, Hankuang was still fairly confident in them. After all, he had saved them several times.
With this kind of friendship, if anyone really leaked the secret, he would kill them without hesitation.
Next.
Hankuang directed Anko to start digging a pit.
After all, the dead deserved respect.
Whoosh!
Minato Namikaze appeared.
He first looked at the two bound Sand Ninja, then swept his eyes over the several corpses on the ground.
"Teacher!"
"Teacher is here!"
"Teacher Minato."
Hankuang and the others hurried over.
"Tell me what happened." Minato Namikaze calmly asked.
"It went like this..."
As the team captain, Hankuang gave a "perfect" account of what had happened.
"I was worried Anko might be attacked along the way, so I brought the team along to help transport the supplies."
"But when we got here, we found two severely wounded Sand Ninja, along with several corpses."
"So I had Rin send up a signal."
After hearing Hankuang's account, Minato Namikaze nodded.
Then he walked over to Baki and Pakura.
"What my student just said—is it true?"
"Heh~~ If I hadn't exhausted my Chakra, how could these brats have captured me?" Pakura sneered arrogantly.
"And you?" Minato Namikaze turned to Baki.
"All I can say is that these brats got lucky." Baki sighed.
After questioning them, Minato also listened to Hankuang's plan to threaten them.
"This is an excellent plan! Hankuang, do you realize that you already possess strategic vision?"
Minato Namikaze gave him extremely high praise.
"Huh? I was just making things up." Hankuang looked bashful.
"All right. I'll take these two Sand Ninja to the front line. You return to Supply Station No. 3 and rebuild it properly."
As he was leaving, Minato turned his head and reminded them once more.
"The weather is hot now. Don't bury the corpses. Burn them directly."
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