Shimura Masahiko was panicking.
He was a genius of the Shimura Clan, already one of the best among the Chunin at just twelve years old.
He was confident he could become one of the clan's few Jonin before reaching adulthood.
His future had been bright, but he had accidentally made a tiny mistake.
Exhausted from training last night, he had rewarded himself with a little alcohol. Who could have known he would suddenly go on a drunken rampage in the middle of the night, run into someone else's home, and kill a few people?
When he woke up today, he found himself lying in a pool of blood, with a husband, wife, and their two children lying beside him, all brutally slain.
When he realized what he had done, he wet himself in fright.
He had actually killed people while drunk!
Sarutobi Shōtarō's miserable fate was still vivid in his mind. He had no desire to end up like the Hokage's nephew.
If the inherently evil Uchiha Konoha Military Police Force found out...
He would be finished!
Fortunately, he remained calm. After cleaning up the crime scene, he planned to return to his clan and ask the Clan Leader to resolve the matter.
As long as they could fabricate evidence that the family had left the village...
No one would notice anything.
Everyone would think they had left the village, rather than been murdered last night.
The Clan Leader was a former Hokage Advisor who commanded all of Root, an organization no weaker than the Anbu.
Something like this would be child's play for him!
Just as he thought everything could be resolved smoothly, someone slowly emerged from the shadows at the entrance to the alley.
"Do you know what you've done?"
At those words, Shimura Masahiko instantly stiffened. All