Utatane Koharu was somewhat moved.
She hesitated.
"Clan Head, don't agree to their demands. They've already abandoned you, so why are you still giving so much for the Utatane Clan!"
"It isn't worth it!"
The two bound Utatane clansmen looked at the hesitant Utatane Koharu and hurriedly spoke, their voices firm. If possible, they would have loved to personally kill every one of those people who had betrayed the Clan Head.
Now, having Xuanyu punish those traitors was acceptable as well.
What was more, if she confessed her crimes before everyone in Konoha, it would be like grinding the Utatane Clan Head's dignity into the dirt and trampling it over and over again.
They did not want their Clan Head to do that either.
"Clan Head Koharu, the rise and fall of the Utatane Clan rests entirely on you now. You must think of the Utatane Clan!" Seeing that Utatane Koharu was still hesitating, Utatane Sen hurriedly said, "If you blame me for bringing you here under guard, then after this is over, I will return to the Pure Land with you. But the Utatane Clan is the fruit of our life's work. We cannot just watch it decline like this!"
To make Utatane Koharu agree to confess her crimes, they had exhausted every method and scheme they could think of.
Xuanyu quietly watched the scene unfold without interrupting. The Uchiha clansmen remained vigilant as well, though their feelings were complicated.
Some found it strange to see Utatane Sen personally escorting his Clan Head here. It was no different from them dragging Uchiha Hanjō before Sarutobi Hiruzen. This was betrayal.
Yet others could not help but sigh. Utatane Koharu was rather unlucky. If their young master had been a little weaker, would they have made a different choice?
But there