The lead ninja's face stiffened at those words.
If they'd discussed it beforehand, they might have been able to persuade the Konoha ninja to abandon the mission and return to the village to report.
But after that idiot on their team spoke up, they couldn't let the three Konoha ninja standing before them leave alive.
If word got back to Konoha that the Twelve Guardian Ninja in the Daimyo Palace thought so little of them, Senju Hashirama might let it slide, but the son he'd left at the Daimyo Palace to marry the princess would surely teach them a proper lesson.
Everyone knew how much the daimyo doted on that son-in-law. If these ninja, who served the daimyo directly, offended him, wouldn't they all be dealt with?
He sighed at the fact that there was an idiot on their team.
Then he turned and gave his teammates a murderous look as a signal. Without another word, he turned back and drew his sword, swinging it at Xingzhuo and the other two!
The other ninja also attacked the Fuma Clan ninja as soon as they received the signal. It looked like they intended to slaughter them all!
Xingzhuo grabbed Yuto's arm just as he was forming the Water Style hand signs, then told his two teammates, "Don't kill them. I still have a use for them."
Then his whole body exploded, and the scattering scraps of paper swept across the entire scene!
One scrap became his true body again and hovered in the air, directing the whole situation. The rest of the scraps stuck indiscriminately to every ninja.
Sealing: Four-Limb Binding Technique!
In an instant, every ninja hit by a scrap of paper—friend or foe, strong or weak—lost the ability to move and collapsed to the ground.
The scene had already