The two guards nearby saw Itachi Uchiha speaking to the other guard, who then seemed to freeze in place. They had not seen Itachi do anything, so they walked over curiously. One of them asked, "What happened?"
Itachi Uchiha turned to look at the two guards, and they immediately fell under his genjutsu as well. Before the power of the Mangekyō Sharingan, none of the three guards could put up even the slightest resistance.
Then, under Jess's astonished gaze, the three guards told Itachi Uchiha everything about the Temple, including where the Pope and the Guard Captain were, which route would take him to the Pope fastest, how many of the Guard Captain's men were stationed around the Pope, and how many men were with the Guard Captain himself. They divulged every last detail. Afterward, Itachi disposed of the three guards and sealed their bodies inside a scroll, leaving nothing for anyone to discover.
If Jess still did not understand what a ninja was by now, all his years as Templar Grand Master would have been wasted. This profession called a ninja was essentially that of an assassin-no, it was even more frightening than an assassin. Ninjas combined assassination and intelligence gathering, with completing missions as their primary goal. Jess had heard the word "mission" more than once in Itachi Uchiha and Shizuka Uchiha's conversations. They treated all of this as a mission, and completing it came first. That was what a ninja was.
Shizuka Uchiha looked at Jess beside her. Seeing his astonished expression, she said calmly, "This is what a ninja is. Completing the mission is our first principle, so don't be surprised. Those three had already come into contact with us and could have affected our mission at any moment, so they had to disappear. Only then