"Was I wrong?! Everyone has ambitions. Couldn't I hope for more? Did I have to become a root lurking beneath the darkness rather than someone basking in the sunlight?!"
Mingye did not reply, because there was no need to. Shimura Danzō had already said everything himself. Those who had become consumed by darkness yearned for sunlight, yet he failed to see how blinding that sunlight could be. Mingye placed the translated text back into the letter without reading it, rose to his feet, and nodded to him.
"Farewell!"
"You're always like this, staying aloof whenever it doesn't concern you, yet you always help others. How many people can you help? I may have killed hundreds, even thousands, but I gave Konoha even more smiles. Wu, think carefully about it!"
Shimura Danzō still wanted to make one final effort, but Mingye did not respond with his back turned. Unfortunately, Danzō could not see the trembling smile at the corner of his lips. There were always too many bewildering things for people to understand. One believed the other to be ignorant and stubborn, but the one being judged did not think that way at all.
"Promote Dan Kato!"
"Place Senju Nawaki under full surveillance!"
As Mingye walked down the street, a young man brushed past him. Their exchange was over in an instant, unnoticed by anyone. Mingye continued onward as though nothing had happened, then lifted his head with a faint smile.
"The sunlight really is warm! But without you, perhaps I would feel even warmer. Soon—very soon—I will kill you. When my two brothers and I stand before you and have you slowly executed, I believe the sunlight then will feel even warmer!"
"Haha! So this is Muliang Mountain? It's huge! It's really huge! Big brother, this place really