Secondly, the Daimyo they were responsible for protecting was neither injured nor targeted in an assassination.
This meant they had not been derelict in their duty, and the protection mission had not failed.
Since the mission had not failed, why would they face punishment?
Running away was the Daimyo's own business.
As for the other assassinated nobles, that had nothing to do with them; their sole mission was to protect the Daimyo alone.
Following the Daimyo's flight, the entire Daimyo's Court plunged into chaos.
The nobles followed closely behind, dragging their guards and fleeing toward Konoha, none of them wanting to become the next unlucky soul to be assassinated.
As for the assassins?
At a time like this, who still cared who the assassins were.
Once they reached Konoha and their safety was guaranteed, they could just have Konoha send people to investigate at their leisure.
Before the assassination incidents came to a close, these nobles would likely not dare to return easily to live in the Daimyo's Court.
Apart from a lack of strength, nobles lacked nothing else; living in the Daimyo's Court or living in Konoha made no difference to them at all.
Since there was no difference, they would naturally choose a place with guaranteed safety.
Holy shit!!!
The Third Hokage was somewhat dumbfounded, Shimura Danzō was the same, and Jingyi even cursed out loud directly.
He thought the Daimyo would be furious and would directly have Konoha send people to investigate, but instead the Daimyo ran away...
Dammit, he actually just ran away!!!
On second thought, it seemed the Daimyo's flight was somewhat understandable.
What if he really had been killed?
He hadn't enjoyed enough yet, how could he die?
As for any notion of retaliating against the Third Hokage, the Daimyo could no longer spare