"Shut up!"
Pakura's voice trembled with suppressed fury.
Only when the Sunagakure ninja speaking raised his head did he notice it.
Yet there was not the slightest hint of retreat in his gaze. He stared straight at Pakura, his eyes carrying an icy coldness:
"Given the current circumstances, this is the most reasonable conclusion."
"You should know that Sasori's parents died one after another on the battlefield because of the war."
"That was why he had always harbored considerable resentment toward the Kazekage, even saying that the Kazekage was the true culprit behind his parents' tragic deaths."
"He has sufficient motive!"
"I said... shut up!"
Pakura practically forced the words out through clenched teeth, her expression visibly darkening.
Unlike the others in the team who had studied under Ebizo, Pakura was nominally Chiyo's disciple.
However, Chiyo was usually occupied with political affairs, and the time she actually spent guiding Pakura was less than that of Sasori, who was only a few years older than her.
Whether for public or personal reasons, she refused to believe that the gently smiling man could have gone mad enough to kill the Third Kazekage in such a brutal manner.
"Whether it's your claim or mine, both are merely deductions based on the information we have. If we truly want to determine whether this is true or false, the only way is to catch up to him!"
The Sunagakure genin responsible for examining the bodies remained unmoved:
"You're gambling our lives on that possibility."
"I..."
Pakura opened her mouth, the reprimand about to spill out before she forcibly swallowed it back. Every companion in the team was looking at her with the same strange expression.
Pakura took a deep breath and immediately calmed herself.
"You take the scrolls and head to the central watchtower. Wait