Mōsō took two steps back, his voice beginning to tremble:
"You... you're that Lin Chongshu?"
Lin Chongshu smiled. "The one you're thinking of right now."
Mōsō stared at the man before him, suspicion in his eyes.
"Rumor had it that Lin Chongshu founded the Hidden Sound Village and joined forces with Orochimaru, one of the Three Legendary Ninja. First, he assassinated the Kazekage, then he attacked the Hidden Leaf Village and killed the Third Hokage.
"After the Hidden Sound Village was destroyed, Lin Chongshu vanished. Both the Hidden Leaf Village and Sand Village were looking for him, but they could never find him. He had gone into hiding..."
Lin Chongshu nodded. "Mm, right. Keep analyzing.
"You're about to figure out where I've been hiding."
Mōsō froze.
After a long while, he squeezed out a few words. "You... you've been hiding in the Land of Birds..."
Lin Chongshu raised a hand, the Chakra Blade in it gleaming.
"Very smart! Your reward is one of your hands."
Toki stared at Lin Chongshu and asked, "Didn't you say we couldn't expose our relationship?"
Lin Chongshu lifted a hand and affectionately tapped her on the head.
"It doesn't matter if dead people know."
Watching them fool around like a young couple, Mōsō felt no romance at all. All he felt was his heart turning cold.
He had heard that Toki had been abducted for a time when she was still a princess.
When she returned, she was no longer a virgin.
Daisagi, the daimyo at the time, had flown into a rage and demanded to know who had done it to Toki.
But Toki would rather starve herself than say a word.
Daisagi had only one son and one daughter. In the end, there was nothing he could do but suppress it as a