Shinnō (Continued)

"Every place Shinnō appeared and revealed his identity eventually suffered some especially unusual tragedy."

"Some people successfully received Shinnō's treatment, but others did not."

"Perhaps once or twice could be considered a coincidence, but every one of his appearances meant someone was plagued by illness."

"Because of this, some people began to believe that he was the embodiment of death and disease."

"And every act of aid was merely a means of spreading even greater, more terrifying death and disaster."

"That might not have seemed convincing, but after Shinnō left one village, it did not take long before no one in the entire village knew what had happened."

"A terrifying virus swept through everyone, and when it was all over, only a handful of people had truly survived."

"Even those who survived could only be said to have been left with frail, sickly bodies."

"Once might have been fine, but over the more than thirty years Shinnō had been active, this had happened nine times. That was already an extremely high number."

"But among the many ordinary people who believed in Shinnō, such voices were simply far too weak."

Very few people noticed such voices. Even if they did, many automatically assumed they were slanders deliberately spread by people jealous of and resentful toward Shinnō.

Neji Hyuga paused slightly before saying, "Shinnō has always seemed to be an ordinary person, but it is hard to believe that someone like him could remain unharmed in the shinobi world."

"He even had enough energy left to help others. Personally, I don't think this Shinnō is so ordinary."

The young shinobi listened quite seriously to Neji's words.

After hearing him out, Shino Aburame spoke up. "What Neji said does make a great deal of sense. Although it is indeed unwise to form an