The two members of the Konoha Sunset Red Group, lost in their own self-righteous emotion, only understood at the very end why the two of them had been so popular.
Unfortunately, even understanding it was useless in the face of the Shinigami ripping out their souls.
Watching the two men collapse limply to the ground, Araki continued, "What about the other two?"
Seeing his two old friends fall, Torifu Akimichi no longer hesitated. "Those two are still in the village."
Unlike Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō, those two old but vigorous fellows, Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu had also once been members of the Second Hokage's Guard Unit, but they were the weakest two.
At their age, they probably could no longer even maintain jonin-level strength. They generally handled internal affairs in the rear and rarely took to the battlefield themselves.
"Oh, then let's go. The sooner we deal with these human traitors, the sooner everyone can relax."
With every word Araki spoke, he firmly pinned the enormous label of human traitor onto the heads of all Konoha's upper echelon. Before long, it would surely spread throughout the entire Shinobi World.
"Ah... all right. Please follow me."
Torifu Akimichi seemed to want to say something, but in the end, he could only sigh. He led the equally bewildered Konoha ninja behind him back toward the rear.
The Kirigakure ninja naturally followed closely behind Araki. At some point, Hikō of Iwagakure and Tiefeng of Sunagakure had appeared at the side again, advancing shoulder to shoulder with the Mist Village ninja.
Araki merely glanced lightly at those two fence-sitters who kept changing sides and paid them no further mind.
After all, he would still need them for what came next.
Konoha was not particularly far from here. A few hours later, the