Actually, it could not quite be called silent. After all, the two of them had screamed a few times.
The atmosphere suddenly grew tense and murderous!
Kurotsuchi was now trapped in a difficult position. She could not pretend she had seen nothing, because the bodies were right before her, and the killer could not have been anyone else.
If she did nothing, what would the people around her think of her? What would the people in the village think of her?
Rumors would start spreading again, and in the end, even that old fossil of a grandfather of hers might ask why she had not avenged the dead.
As for what Jushi and Shuiguang had sneaked back to do...
Did that still matter?
If a leader did not stand up for their own people, wouldn't those people lose faith in them?
Most people were selfish. How many would spare a thought for someone else? They weren't your parents!
"I was still too late... I don't really want to say this, but from this moment on, any resistance from you will be considered an act of hostility against Iwagakure!"
"Even if those two were the ones who came looking for trouble with us first?"
"Since you could kill them both so quickly, why couldn't you give them a chance to live?"
Shinji looked puzzled. "The moment those two pieces of trash showed up, they started shouting for us to kneel and beg for mercy, or they'd kill everyone. They even hurled filthy insults at my little sidekick. Why should I show scum like that any mercy and give them a chance to live? If I treated you that way, what would you do?"
Kurotsuchi could not help sighing. "Personally, I might make the same choice you did. But I'm sorry. I