"Is what you said true?"
The guard asked nervously.
"Of course it is! Anyway, hurry up and tell the leader! How would I dare lie to him?"
Lin Guang's explanation certainly sounded reasonable to the bandit.
Not only would you dare lie to him, you'd dare capture and kill him too!
Satō Maji grumbled inwardly, but did not dare say it aloud.
"You three, come here. I have another secret to tell you. Tell the leader about it later, and you'll definitely be rewarded."
While the first guard went to inform the bandit leader, Lin Guang spoke mysteriously to the remaining three guards.
"What secret?"
All three guards leaned closer.
Lin Guang signaled Satō Maji and Hyūga Jō with his eyes. After a moment of confusion, both slipped behind the three bandit guards at the same time.
The three guards leaned their heads toward Lin Guang, who said slowly, "The secret is, I'm actually that ninja from Konoha."
"What!"
The three guards were so frightened by his words that they nearly jumped.
Just as they tried to retreat, Satō Maji and Hyūga Jō covered two guards' mouths and stabbed them to death.
Lin Guang stabbed the remaining guard to death with a kunai as well.
Lin Guang tossed the three bodies into a flower bed nearby, then hurriedly had Satō Maji and Hyūga Jō transform into the guards from just now.
Lin Guang transformed again too. The whole sequence took less than a minute.
Just as the three took their positions, the bandit leader and the guard from earlier came out.
"What's going on? Where are Shan Yong and the other two?"
The guard asked.
"Shan Yong and the others were lying to you! We just found them out and chased them off."
Lin Guang said.
Satō Maji and Hyūga