I Won't Let You Be Wrong

"Success!!!"

Akahoshi's eyes turned red with excitement!

Such a powerful Konoha ninja had still died by his hand in the end, hadn't he?

Just as he was about to throw back his head in laughter and walk out, Houka before him suddenly vanished with a bang, turning into a log that fell to the ground.

"What?"

Akahoshi's expression changed drastically. In a panic, he used the Mysterious Peacock Method to form two enormous wings, intending to fly away.

"Wind Release—Great Breakthrough!"

Boom!

A hurricane howled through the air, directly sweeping Akahoshi to the ground and gouging a huge, deep trench through the street. The trench was filled with blood.

Houka slowly walked over, his crisp footsteps tapping against the ground.

Akahoshi felt as though even his heartbeat had been thrown into disarray by those footsteps, suffocating him until he could barely breathe.

In despair, he simply let go of everything. He roughly turned around and glared at Houka. "Everything I did was for this village! Even if you kill me, I did nothing wrong!!!"

"Nothing wrong, nothing wrong, nothing wrong? I'll show you nothing wrong!"

Smack! Smack! Smack!

Houka had no intention of acting like some melodramatic fool and forcing him to confess the truth to clear his own name. After all, who cared what an ant thought?

So what if these Star ninja misunderstood him for ten years or a hundred? No ant could ever grow strong enough to threaten him!

Houka's foot rose and fell, kicking Akahoshi viciously in the abdomen again and again. Every strike landed solidly, leaving Akahoshi in unbearable pain without killing him outright.

Akahoshi screamed in agony, vomiting mouthfuls of blood mixed with bile. He felt so miserable that he wanted nothing more than to kill himself.

At the same time, the nearby Star