"Is that... Mifune?" Once they recognized the figure on the ground, the two samurai immediately stepped forward to help him up.
"What happened?" one of the samurai asked, looking at Jiraiya and his two companions in confusion.
"Didn't we send a whole group of samurai earlier?"
"Why is only one of them left now?"
At that, Jiraiya could only explain helplessly.
"Here's what happened..."
After listening to Jiraiya's explanation, both samurai fell silent.
"You, go report this to the general!" one samurai instructed the other.
The other samurai nodded and hurried off in another direction.
"Hello, you three honored nin... until this matter has been resolved, please do not leave Iron City!"
After saying that, the samurai hoisted the unconscious Mifune onto his back and hurried into Iron City.
A moment later, another samurai in white armor approached and gestured for Jiraiya and his companions to enter.
The three exchanged helpless glances and had no choice but to walk inside.
Once they were out of sight of the samurai behind them, Jiraiya curled his lip and complained, "These samurai are obviously trying to keep us under surveillance!"
Still, despite his complaints, they understood why the samurai were doing this. After all, so many samurai had gone out, yet only one had returned, and he was injured to boot.
Fortunately, they had checked Mifune's injuries. He had only suffered a mild concussion and lost consciousness, so he would probably wake up within a few days.
"Looks like we'll have to wait until Mifune wakes up before asking who those ninja were."
Iron City, the General's Residence.
"General! General!" A frantic figure rushed into the General's Residence and headed straight for his office.
"What is it?" the general asked, looking in confusion at the samurai panting before him.
He remembered that this