"Aoba, don't act rashly."
Might Guy said sternly, "We can't kill him right now. We still need to get more information out of him.
"If we kill him, we won't know who their captain is, nor which direction they're advancing toward Konoha from. Konoha will be in danger then."
Kawaki Aoba took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart. He sheathed his ninja sword and said to the puppeteer, "I'll give you one last chance. If you still refuse to answer our questions, I'll cripple your chakra and make sure you can never control puppets again!" The puppeteer's expression changed. To a puppeteer, losing chakra was the same as losing everything.
He hesitated for a moment before finally yielding. "Fine, I'll tell you.
"Our captain is a Jonin from Sunagakure named Kazekage Saemon. He's leading fifty elite puppets toward Konoha East Gate. He's probably almost there by now."
"Fifty elite puppets?"
Kawaki Aoba's expression changed drastically. "This is bad. The defenses at Konoha East Gate are relatively weak—they can't possibly withstand an attack by fifty elite puppets! We have to go back immediately and support the East Gate!"
Might Guy nodded and said gravely, "That's right. We have to return immediately.
"Sakura, tie up these three puppeteers first and hand them over to the Konoha ninja who arrive afterward. The two of us will head back first to support the East Gate!"
"Okay!"
Haruno Sakura nodded. She took out some rope from her ninja tool pouch and began tying up the three puppeteers. "You two have to be careful. Once I'm done here, I'll head over to support you right away!"
"Don't worry!"
Kawaki Aoba and Might Guy answered in unison, then turned and raced toward Konoha East Gate.
As they ran, Kawaki Aoba asked Might Guy, "Guy-senpai,