"Who does he think he is?!"
The hot-tempered elder practically roared the last three words, spraying spittle a long way.
His old face, flushed with anger, was now full of contempt and disdain for Uchiha Jin.
In his eyes, Jin was just some brat from the Leaf who had gotten lucky and happened to barge into Kirigakure when it was at its weakest.
Maybe he had some strength, but so what?
This was Kirigakure! Their territory!
Behind him stood over a hundred of Kirigakure's finest shinobi! Every one of them was an elite who had survived the brutal bloodshed of the Bloody Mist Village!
And there were him, Lord Genji, and his fellow elders to hold the fort!
This force was enough to flatten a small shinobi village!
Dealing with a few outsiders should be a piece of cake, shouldn't it?
"Exactly! Some brat dares to spout nonsense about turning the entire Shinobi World against itself? What a ridiculous joke!"
"Mei Terumi, have you lost your mind? How could you believe such lies?"
"Surrender at once and come with us to face judgment before the elders! As for these outsiders, we'll show them what happens when they trespass in Kirigakure!"
With the first elder taking the lead, the others also found their courage. One by one, they rebuked the pair with righteous indignation and bluster.
The elite shinobi behind them also took a step forward.
Whoosh!
The synchronized movement of over a hundred people brought a crushing sense of oppression. Kunai and swords gleamed with a chilling light in their hands amid the faint glow of the ruins.
The civilians who had been swept along with them didn't understand the bigger picture, but the charged atmosphere soon had them pointing at and whispering about Mei Terumi, Uchiha Jin, and their