"Third Hokage, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and apprehend Jiraiya and Ye Fan, those two traitors!"
"Their very presence poses a huge threat to Konoha's stability. We absolutely can't let them stay!"
Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu saw that the Third Hokage and the others still weren't making a move, and hurriedly urged them on.
As they spoke, their lips, swollen like sausages, moved rapidly. They did their best to raise their voices to emphasize how urgent the matter was.
"Hurry up! If they escape, the consequences will be unthinkable!"
Mitokado Homura's anxious voice rang in everyone's ears once again.
"Uh... um... can I say something?" Nara Shikaku raised his right hand tremblingly. After a pause, he asked, "Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, have you two lost your minds? Or have you gone insane?"
At those words, Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu flew into a rage. Their fierce eyes sized up Nara Shikaku more than ten times in the space of half a second.
If looks could kill, he would already have been hacked to pieces.
"Nara Shikaku, are you even human?!"
"At a time like this, you're still taking shots at us!"
"I know you've been unhappy ever since Koharu and I took some of your power, but there's a time and a place for this!"
"This is a matter of Konoha's survival, and you're still sneering at us over such trivial things!"
Mitokado Homura was beside himself with anger. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. His throat turned sweet, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
If Ye Fan hadn't broken all their limbs, they would have slapped Nara Shikaku across the face by now!
Hearing this, Nara Shikaku approached them with an innocent look, placed a hand on Homura's forehead, and