"The divine arrow that exorcised Taira no Masakado was fired by Great Shining Deity Hachiman! We all saw it!"
"No, it was Susanoo-no-Mikoto!"
"Bullshit! You people from Yasaka Shrine are shameless, claiming heaven's achievements as your own!"
Early the following morning, outside Iwashimizu Hachimangu.
Mineko Yuki looked somewhat helpless as she watched two elderly Shinto priests with white hair and beards bristling and glaring at each other, barely a step away from rolling up their sleeves and coming to blows.
Mineko Yuki's hair tips were dyed a vivid red, and the black uniform of the Supernatural Konoha Military Police Force did nothing to hide her sizzling figure. Compared with three years ago, she had become even more womanly.
"Director Yuki, based on all the data compiled from eyewitness accounts and surveillance footage, we can confirm that the purple arrow of light was fired from above Yasaka Shrine toward Hachiman-gu."
Mineko Yuki had originally been the Kyoto Prefecture branch director of the Supernatural Konoha Military Police Force. On orders from the Cabinet, she had previously been summoned to Tokyo for special training under the director. After such an upheaval at last night's Gion Festival, she had rushed back to Kyoto overnight to take charge.
Mineko Yuki took the documents her subordinate handed her. After glancing through them, she turned a page, her gaze lingering on the enclosed photograph of Sasuke in white.
His scarlet Sharingan were utterly cold, filled with the imposing arrogance of one who looked down upon the world.
"Is this young fellow in white the survivor of the Sharingan clan Mr. Jiraiya mentioned? Tsk, he really is handsome. Just a tiny bit less so than Senior Uchiha."
An agent suddenly approached and whispered a few words in Mineko Yuki's ear. She nodded, left the two elderly Shinto priests