In fact, less than ten seconds after the Ninja Village's second-in-command began fighting his father.
He had already realized.
With only his and Kuang Jin's strength, they had no way of defeating their opponent.
So.
The strategy he had been following all along.
Had actually been to stall.
Because that bastard father of his, who had already fallen behind the times, knew about the Demon Slayer Corps' current efficient communications network.
Absolutely nothing.
He and this Mr. Kageno were actually only the first wave of reinforcements.
And stronger support.
Had actually set out long ago.
Uzui Seshū, who was already an Upper Rank, naturally had no idea what Gen'nosuke was thinking at that moment.
He was still standing there with his arms folded.
Watching morbidly as his son and those Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen fought one another.
That look of his.
Was almost exactly the same as during the trial that had caused Tengen Uzui to defect from the Ninja Village.
He had arranged for his six children to be mixed in with the other "bait."
Like venomous creatures sealed together, they had fought until only one remained.
And he himself had stood on high ground, watching everyone in the arena, savoring their life-and-death struggles and choices.
As though he were the supreme master of this group of people, or rather, of the entire village.
And now.
This Upper Rank Three's desire for control was even greater than it had been when he was Uzui Seshū.
After all, back when he was human, the blood that sprayed from humans had not.
Excited him and greatly increased his appetite.
And in the past.
The reason he had used this method of pitting them against one another.
Was that these had been the cruel rules of the Uzui Family for generations.
His