Ling Tian walked ahead, with Dai and White Fang behind him.
Everyone from the Leaf Village watched the three of them from behind, seemingly waiting for an answer.
After a moment, the voice of the man who called himself Lightning reached their ears.
"What do the shinobi world's praise and condemnation, or the scorn of others, have to do with me?"
"In this shinobi world, strength reigns supreme. As long as I'm strong enough, who would dare criticize me?"
"You in the Leaf Village? If that's how it is, I promise you, the next time we come, it won't just be a handful of us."
As he spoke, the three of them walked farther and farther away.
Danzo swept a cold glance over the Third. "Hiruzen, you're just going to let them leave?"
His words broke the silence.
They also made everyone's heart sink.
Stopping them meant people would die.
Things had finally settled down. What trouble was this advisor trying to stir up now?
After a moment's thought, the Third said, "Then we'll stop them outside the village! Since we made a mistake, we must do everything we can to make up for it, even if we have to take them down with us."
Since Danzo had not opposed him this time, he could rally the entire village. As long as the civilians were not threatened, they could certainly stop those men.
He still had two moves he had not used!
He was confident that his final move would stop them for good.
Even if he really had to die with them!
The Third had already guessed what would happen to him afterward. If he could stop the enemy now, at worst, he would have to resign for a while to take responsibility.
But if they walked away unscathed