"What did you say?" Ōnoki wondered if he had misheard.
What had he just heard? Red Earth was dead?
"Tell me right now. What exactly happened...?" Ōnoki demanded urgently. "If I find out you're lying..."
The tall, thin man flinched at his words, then stopped hesitating and recounted everything he had seen.
"This is what happened..."
The tall, thin man described everything that had happened while they surrounded and attacked the Konoha ninja.
After hearing his account, Ōnoki trembled, then silently closed his eyes.
The entire room fell quiet.
The General of the Land of Iron watched the whole exchange from the sidelines, including their conversation.
Hearing their words, he could not help but sneer inwardly.
Still putting on an act? I'm not one of those Konoha ninja. I won't fall for it.
He silently walked over and picked up the small piece of iron from the floor.
"I'll take this as a lesson. From now on, I won't trust any ninja again!" Having said his piece, he could only turn and leave with a sweep of his sleeve.
He cast one last glance at the Tsuchikage inside the room.
"Lord Tsuchikage, you should leave the Land of Iron as soon as possible!"
The General of the Land of Iron sighed inwardly. As things stood, words were the only way he could get the better of the other man.
After all, he had cooperated with Iwagakure only in his personal capacity.
If he truly fell out with Iwagakure, they could use any excuse to drag a small country like theirs into the mire of war.
The samurai of the Land of Iron were no match for those ninja.
"Still..." Looking at the small piece of iron in his hand, he murmured, "at least they had a little conscience and didn't