Not long after, Pakura returned with a squad of samurai, and Minato's group of three was among them.
It turned out that when the three of them saw that Hyuga Shinichi had not returned within the time he had specified, they could not help but grow anxious.
Just as they were worrying themselves sick, they happened to see Pakura return and call for people to go with her.
Upon learning that Hyuga Shinichi was waiting at the scene, they followed without hesitation.
As for why those three from Sunagakure had not come along, the reason was simple: Pakura had never intended to notify them.
After all, those three had merely come to pad their credentials. Naturally, Pakura did not take them seriously.
She did not want them to make a huge fuss upon seeing Black Stone's corpse later and embarrass themselves in front of so many people.
Hyuga Shinichi spotted the group from afar and saw Mifune walking closely beside Pakura, so he stood up with Black Stone's notebook in hand.
Mifune first instructed the samurai to properly handle Black Stone's corpse so they could take it back later, then came over to Hyuga Shinichi.
Before this, Hyuga Shinichi had already asked Pakura whether she wanted to look through the notebook.
However, Pakura had no intention of taking it. To her, completing the objective was all that mattered.
As for the contents of the Evil-Slaying Blade notebook, she had little interest in them.
Mifune took the notebook and quickly skimmed through it. Before long, he too let out a deep sigh.
Hyuga Shinichi's earlier sigh had been for Black Stone's difficult life.
Mifune's sigh, however, came from pity and sorrow for Black Stone, who had once saved his life.
Although Hanzo had given Mifune an antidote back then, it was