Yongye laughed to himself and shot back with perfect confidence, "Arresting criminals is exactly what the Konoha Military Police Force is supposed to do."
He turned his head, looking past Tsunade's shoulder at Inoichi Yamanaka in the crowd behind her.
Yongye lifted his chin toward him. "The culprit who attacked the Land of Fire delegation was the Fourth Kazekage, right?"
Inoichi Yamanaka tensed slightly.
His gaze rested on Yongye's face for a moment, then swept over Rasa lying on the ground. He quickly nodded, the movement broad and his position unmistakable. The corners of his mouth even lifted a little.
Uchiha Yongye had captured Rasa, and Konoha would go to war with Sunagakure. That suited him just fine.
Besides, he was not lying against his conscience. Investigations by both Konoha and the Land of Fire had established that the Fourth Kazekage was the culprit.
Yongye looked away, the smile still on his lips. He tipped his nose up at Tsunade and gleefully rubbed salt in the wound:
"See? I'm arresting a criminal. I haven't gone back on my word."
"Your hard work wasn't for nothing!"
Tsunade shook with anger, but she had no answer. All she could do was swallow her outrage.
In Yongye's Mindscape, a cold system notification sounded while Tsunade ground her teeth.
[Ding—Tsunade crossed her bottom line, cast aside her dignity and pride, and agreed to fly together with her subordinates Shizune and Anko. But the host played her for a fool, leaving her utterly devastated. Reward: Advanced Blind Box ×1.]
Yongye silently said, Open it.
[Ding—Advanced Blind Box opened. Congratulations, host. You have obtained the Reaper Death Seal.]
Knowledge of the Reaper Death Seal surged up from the depths of his Mindscape like a dark current compressed to its limit. The technique's