Ye Chen made up his mind.
He remained standing motionless, quietly watching the people before him.
Seeing Ye Chen open his eyes, the Grass Ninja experts who had worked up the courage to come "arrest" him all retreated several steps.
The Hidden Jun Village chief's "fearsome reputation" had long since spread throughout Kusagakure.
Even if his name could not stop children from crying, he more than qualified as a "great villain"!
In particular, there had been Kusagakure's earlier invasion of Hidden Jun Village.
And the subsequent "retaliation" carried out by Hidden Jun Village-these Grass Ninja experts had participated in both.
Their fear of the Hidden Jun Village chief was therefore very real.
They knew that retreating a few steps was nowhere near enough to guarantee their safety.
Yet instinct drove their bodies to flee this "dangerous" place despite themselves.
But after they had stared at one another for a long while, the Hidden Jun Village chief still made no move.
The Grass Ninja experts could not help growing doubtful, and one asked apprehensively:
"G-guys? Has the Hidden Jun Village chief still not broken free of the Genjutsu?"
"From the looks of it... he probably... maybe... most likely hasn't?"
"I took a close look. Although the Hidden Jun Village chief has opened his eyes, they're lifeless and his pupils are dilated. He clearly hasn't come to."
"I'm guessing... could it have been an instinctive reaction to that feathered beast's attack earlier?"
"Very likely. Getting hit by such a powerful pillar of lightning and coming away unharmed was bad enough, but only opening his eyes by instinct? Isn't this guy terrifying?"
"What should we do now?"
"..."
The people who had just been discussing it suddenly fell silent.
Just then, the voice of Bibiye, Kusagakure's Anbu chief and the commander-in-chief of this