Chapter 105: Depriving Military Power, Expelling the Weak
Neji's voice spread across the village gate, Shikaku's codebook was still open in his hand, yet everyone's gazes pressed toward the water mirror first.
The image shook and stabilized.
Across the boundary river, Kumogakure ninja tied that former Hyuga Branch Family member to a wooden pillar at the bridgehead, his forehead protector was torn away, and the modified Caged Bird Seal residual marks were exposed under the water mirror.
A Kumogakure jounin raised a blade and stood beside him, shouting toward the Konoha direction.
"If Hyuga Hiashi does not come to confess, for every moment Konoha delays, we will cut him once!"
Curses immediately erupted in the crowd.
Hiashi's hand pressed onto the kunai at his waist, and the Main Family guards stepped forward almost simultaneously.
Sasuke raised a hand to stop them.
"Neji, record."
At the other end of the water mirror, Neji bit his teeth. "Recording."
Jiraiya looked at that person at the bridgehead, the anxious anger and shock on his face squeezed together.
"Has Kumogakure gone mad? Binding a witness in front of the formation, this is forcing Konoha to go to war!"
Sasuke turned his head to look at him. "You told me to negotiate just now."
Jiraiya's expression was ugly. "They are out of control now."
"They have always been so."
Sasuke did not give him another chance to speak, raising a hand to signal Shikaku.
Shikaku stepped onto the village gate steps, unfolding the codebook.
"Konoha Wartime Emergency Law, Article 7, under wartime conditions, those without formal authorization shall not obstruct troop mobilization, shall not publicly spread remarks weakening the defending forces' will, and shall not interfere with the wartime chain of command in a private capacity."
Every sentence he read made Jiraiya's face sink a