"You mean Skywalker wants to carve a Cursed Seal onto our foreheads and make us change our surname to Senju?" a Mist Ninja asked with a dark expression.
"Don't put it so harshly!" the Yuki Clan head said with a gentle smile. "It would be more accurate to say that you will accept the 'Will of the Forest' and join the glorious Senju Clan."
"Hmph!" Most of the high-ranking Mist Ninja present sneered and retorted disdainfully.
"Sounds nice, but isn't it just like the Mizukage—trying to control us?"
"I heard this Cursed Seal is extremely domineering. It can turn people into puppets, leaving them unable to control even their own lives and deaths."
"Isn't this unfair? We all surrendered, so why can your clan faction join directly while we have to give up our freedom?"
"Isn't having our families as hostages enough? I think Skywalker just wants to use us as tools or cannon fodder!"
"Impudence! Are you questioning Lord Skywalker's decision? Giving you and your families a chance to live is already the greatest mercy! Do you all want to go to hell?" the Kaguya Clan head coldly rebuked them.
The high-ranking Mist Ninja present immediately fell silent. Only then did they remember that not only their own lives, but even their families' lives, were in Konoha's hands. If the negotiations broke down, the consequences would be unimaginable. Yet even under threat, their eyes remained filled with indignation. Why was the treatment of them so different from that of the clan faction? Skywalker was being far too biased! These Mist Ninja were all commoners by birth and had never thought highly of clan ninja. Moreover, because of the Bloody Mist's oppressive policies, they deeply yearned for freedom. Now that Skywalker intended to control them with Cursed Seals, they