"Why? If you've also been through being bullied, why are you making things difficult for me?" The man on the ground shouted, once again drawing everyone's attention.
Kawaki Aoba turned to look as well and shook his head sympathetically. "Because you're not like a normal person. The darkness in your heart hasn't diminished at all. Instead, it's continued to spread unchecked, filling you with hatred for everyone.
"Tell me, would a normal person want to kill every dog in the world just because one dog bit them? No. A normal person would just kill the dog that bit them.
"But you're the kind of person who wants to kill every dog in the world. Just because things haven't gone your way in life, you want to kill every innocent person in the village. That kind of thinking is too dangerous.
"To protect the safety of more ordinary people in the village, I have to root you out, even if you haven't done anything yet.
"I can understand limited dissatisfaction with the village and your current situation. But when it comes to darkness like yours, which could erupt at any moment, I'm sorry, but I really can't turn a blind eye."
Those words moved many of the people there.
That was right. Who would want their family to live with a madman? Even if he seemed perfectly normal, you had no way of knowing when he might snap and hurt the people around him.
Death was an everyday part of the shinobi world, and everyone soon understood that Kawaki Aoba was acting to protect the safety of the majority.
At the same time, they felt more at ease. From what Kawaki Aoba had said, he wouldn't make things difficult for people who were dissatisfied with the village, so long as that