"His parents were unjustly murdered..." Terumi Mei said, brimming with emotion as she looked at Yongzhilang...
Yongzhilang lowered his head and sobbed. "A few years ago, they said they wanted to find the Nine-Seed Lotus. Dolphin Ghost framed my parents too, claiming that my family had hidden the Nine-Seed Lotus. Later, the Mizukage forcibly demanded it, but there was no such thing in our house. In the end, they seized my parents and tortured them. After that, after that..."
At this point, Yongzhilang could no longer hold back and burst into tears.
Terumi Mei added, "Later, word came from the dungeon that Yongzhilang's parents had been beaten to death by Dolphin Ghost..."
Mirai was horrified. He had never expected that bastard Dolphin Ghost to be so vicious.
"You mean the Nine-Seed Lotus?"
"Yes. Does Lord Mirai know about it?" Terumi Mei asked.
"Shh..." Mirai carefully recalled it. "I remember fighting Dolphin Ghost over the Nine-Seed Lotus. My good friend Dai Dayou also died because of that incident!"
"But wasn't that thing found in the grasslands? And it ultimately fell into Konoha's hands... What's going on?..." Mirai found the situation strange. Dolphin Ghost knew we took it away, so how could he have found it in the countryside?
"Oh... I understand now..." Mirai seemed to have realized something. He told everyone, "Dolphin Ghost must not have found the flower. Afraid of being executed by his superiors, he falsely accused Yongzhilang's parents to protect himself!"
The group immediately understood. Yongzhilang seemed to awaken from a dream. For all these years, he had never known why his parents had died. Now, he finally understood that the true culprit had been that damned old thief, Dolphin Ghost.
Ao agreed as well, snorting coldly. "Using others to protect himself... Hmph! That's exactly that old thief