"Plead guilty?"
Shimura Dansan spoke coldly, looking at these beloved clansmen of his. "What have I done wrong? I never took part in Shimura Danzō's schemes, nor did I gain any benefits from Shimura Danzō. Yet you want to drag me off to plead guilty?"
"To stop Danzō, I was even isolated by the entire clan over certain matters!"
"Have you all forgotten that?"
Shimura Dansan was furious. Looking at the people blocking his path, he spoke word by word, as though he wanted to pour out all the resentment he had bottled up inside.
"If you did nothing wrong, why are you running?" The leading Shimura Clan Member looked at Shimura Dansan and spoke seriously, as if he had seized upon Shimura Dansan's weakness.
"Why am I running?" Shimura Dansan sneered. "Shimura Chūrō, aren't you trying to seize me and make me plead guilty? With the charges you've fabricated, would I still be alive if I went to plead guilty?"
As a member of the Shimura Clan, he knew full well how ruthless his clansmen were. His older brother Shimura Danzō had been like that, and so were the current members of the Shimura Clan. They were all evil. Every one of them would do anything for themselves.
That was why, after learning that Utatane Koharu had been dragged off to plead guilty, he had tried to flee Konoha with his family. He knew that after his brother's death, his clansmen would come for him and make him take the blame.
Yet unexpectedly,
he had still been a step too late. If he had moved faster, perhaps he could have escaped Konoha.
"Heh. Are you saying we're fabricating charges against you?" The leading Shimura Chūrō sneered and said seriously, "We were all deceived by Shimura Danzō. But you are