"Now that's a stroke of luck!"
After hearing Red Eye's threat, the Iga ninjas attacked even more viciously.
The hostage-taker clutched his knife and gestured at Gennosuke, but he didn't dare strike. He shouted himself hoarse, yet nobody took him seriously.
The slaughter continued in an orderly fashion.
The only person on the battlefield who took Gennosuke seriously was his master, Hyoma.
The Iga ninjas rarely got to laugh at the Koga, so of course they wanted to see this joke grow as big as possible.
The Koga, meanwhile, hoped their actions would make it clear that Gennosuke's behavior had nothing to do with them. They absolutely couldn't let Lord Qi think that the situation Gennosuke had created was the Koga overstepping their bounds.
We Koga ninjas never hesitate to kill for Lord Qi, and we never bat an eye when giving our lives for him. Gennosuke is a heretic among the Koga. He speaks only for himself and has nothing to do with the Koga ninjas.
Hyoma sheathed his blade and calmly walked through the crowd to Red Eye, who was holding Gennosuke hostage. The path was paved with Red Eye corpses.
Each of Hyoma's steps seemed to land on Benimaru's heart. His eyes widened, his body trembled, and fear overwhelmed him.
Hyoma didn't even acknowledge Red Eye. The blind man fixed his hollow gaze on Gennosuke.
Red Eye, who was holding Gennosuke hostage, summoned what little courage he had left and treated the blind man as his last lifeline.
This was the only person who still cared about the hostage in his hands. His last hope. Even if he couldn't save all his clansmen, he at least had to save his own life.
If only he'd known, he never would've gotten mixed up with Benimaru. Following the Uchiha