"Sentaro!"
Pakura was furious, killing intent surging in her eyes. "You actually killed him?!"
The other Sand Ninja looked both shocked and horrified. They had imagined countless possibilities, but never had they expected Sentaro to die like this.
This guy actually dared to do such a thing right in front of Pakura and Karura, two jonin!
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
Facing the Sand Ninja's furious stares, Uchiha Sōgetsu wore a hint of confusion. "He intended to kill someone from Konoha, so I killed him. What's wrong with that?"
"But didn't you save that child?"
Karura's eyes were red, her silver teeth clenched as she angrily demanded, "Since that child is still alive, why did you have to kill him?!"
"Now I understand even less."
Uchiha Sōgetsu pushed up his glasses and smiled as he asked, "I was able to save that child because I could save him. So you failed to save him because you didn't want to?"
At those words, Karura and Pakura were rendered speechless. Even the rage filling their hearts seemed to stall.
Was it because they did not want to save him?
Of course not. Anyone with eyes could see that it had been impossible to save him!
"Is this how Konoha's shinobi treat their guests?"
Karura took several deep breaths in anger, her chest heaving as she widened her eyes and clenched her pearly teeth.
"This is how we Konoha shinobi do things." Uchiha Sōgetsu tossed away the cloth he had used to wipe his hands. It landed neatly over Sentaro's face, whose eyes remained open in death. "If you have any objections, you're welcome to take them to Lord Hokage anytime."
"Well said!"
"This is exactly what those Sand Ninja need to see—the strength of the strongest Hidden Village!"
"That's