The common people below were filled with shock and admiration for Uchiha Shin.
Their hearts were also full of guilt. Everything Uchiha Shin had done before had been for the good of the people of Crow Rooster Kingdom, yet they had failed to recognize his good intentions. They had said such things to him and done such things to him—thinking of it now filled them with boundless remorse.
Then, as though by prior agreement, the people of Crow Rooster Kingdom all knelt to the ground and kowtowed to Uchiha Shin, apologizing to him.
Some of the more hot-blooded citizens felt they had wronged Uchiha Shin too deeply, that they had let him down and had no face left to live on.
They then drew daggers and tried to kill themselves.
And there were truly quite a few people like that. Uchiha Shin was startled when he saw this and hurriedly had Goku and the others save them.
"Everyone, please do not do this. Just as we discussed before, everyone makes mistakes. Besides, you did not truly wish to do such things. You were merely deceived by those despicable scoundrels and thus made the wrong decision. There is no need to atone with your lives."
Uchiha Shin spoke to the crowd.
"I never meant to blame any of you. If you truly insist on killing yourselves now, it will only make me feel even more uneasy."
Hearing Uchiha Shin forgive them so generously, the people were even more moved. They could not help crying out. Their admiration and support for Uchiha Shin surged to unprecedented heights. From this day onward, they would support Uchiha Shin without condition.
From today on, anyone who did not support Uchiha Shin would be their enemy—even if it was their own birth parents. You had to