Clang, clang, clang.
Uchiha Yin flashed in front of Sara and knocked every Kunai aside.
"Are you saying you were the one who killed my mother?" Disbelief spread across Sara's face.
"You've finally figured it out? Your mother was a shrewd queen."
"She saw through my true intentions almost at once and refused to work with me."
"But you've been such an excellent puppet. It's as though you were one of my own."
"Hahahahaha!" Anrokuzan laughed wildly.
Grief, anger, disbelief—every emotion surged through Sara at once.
Minister Anrokuzan, the man she had trusted most, turned out to be behind it all.
He had killed her mother, then used her name to do all manner of things that harmed Rōran.
Yet she had never suspected him in the slightest. She had trusted him all along, even defending him against her own people.
How could I have been so foolish?
In that instant, Sara felt as though all the color had drained from her life, leaving only black and white.
Tears welled up and ran down her cheeks, a sight that made the heart ache.
"Sara, are you all right?" Uchiha Yin drew her close and gently wiped the tears from her eyes.
Sara's eyes went blank, and her body gave way. If Uchiha Yin hadn't been holding her, she would have collapsed to the ground.
Uchiha Yin frowned. Sara was in a terrible state; the shock had been too much for her.
She needed time to recover.
While Uchiha Yin supported Sara, an unreadable smile appeared on Anrokuzan's face.
"Puppet Corps, attack!"
At Anrokuzan's furious shout, the ground began to tremble.
Countless puppets emerged from both sides, kicking up clouds of dust.
One after another, they swiftly surrounded Uchiha Yin and Sara.
Anrokuzan ignored Konan and the civilians altogether.
Anrokuzan had