"Rogue ninjas again?"
Now, whenever Tsunade heard that term, her expression soured.
Mainly, it was because someone had taken that originally unpopular profession and done all sorts of things with it.
Other people's rogue ninjas were, at best, a little better than the cannon fodder of the major villages. Most were only at the genin level, with few possessing chunin-level strength, while elite ninjas were even rarer.
And then?
Who the hell had ever seen a Kage-Level Strongman become a rogue ninja?
It was fucking ridiculous!
"Talk! What were you plotting by pretending to be a monk?!"
Tsunade looked eager to get started, as though she would punch him straight into the afterlife if he dared tell a single lie.
Mōsō was already scared out of his wits. Tsunade had only tossed out a casual threat, and he spilled everything like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube.
He told her everything, including how he had led his men in posing as monks to win Kōmei's trust, and how he planned to use Kōmei to seize control of the Land of Birds.
Nearby, Kōmei heard those words, and his expression turned hideous, as though his parents had died.
He had thought he was wholeheartedly serving his country, that he could answer for everything he had done with a clear conscience.
Only now did he learn that he had been deceived by a villain all along.
To think he had regarded the man as a kindred spirit, only for things to turn out like this!
And what would leave him even more unable to face the late Lord Ōsagi was yet to come.
"Were you the one who killed my brother?!"
Young Master Sagi suddenly rushed over in agitation and loudly demanded an answer.
"Your brother? So that's how it was...