At these words, Uchiha Gen remained impassive, a smile devoid of warmth in his eyes.
Didn't know his own limits?
"Uchiha Gen, given your position as Hokage, I ought not take offense at you. But... you seem to know too much."
He raised his hand.
Clang!
The old man drew a long sword from his sleeve and unsheathed it two inches. In an instant, a sharp gust swept up the black hair over Uchiha Gen's forehead!
Clearly, the man before him was a samurai.
"You've drawn your sword on me... then I'll take that as you deciding for everyone here. Everyone here... is willing to die. No objections, right?"
Watching the old man draw his sword, Uchiha Gen spoke unhurriedly with a smile.
"How dare you!!"
The old man barked a harsh rebuke. His aged body suddenly erupted with surging blood energy wholly at odds with his age, thick crimson force pouring wildly from the markings on his flesh.
He raised his hand and swung his sword.
Bam!!!!!
Before the old man's blade could descend, his entire body flew backward like a kite with its string cut, slamming into the bluestone paving inside the Daimyo Residence behind him. Bloody froth splattered.
The state of his corpse needed no elaboration.
Monstrous strength!
It was not Uchiha Gen who had struck, but Tsunade.
Tsunade's face was furious. Through her observations, she had finally confirmed the source of the bloody stench on the old man. It had been especially noticeable when he spoke!!
So... that revolting stench of blood had come from the old man's mouth.
"Hikari was right. You people... really are rotten to the core. Yōkai... is Katsuyu the same?!"
Tsunade's chest heaved. Ever since learning about Hiruzen Sarutobi's situation, she had harbored misgivings about Shikkotsu Forest. After all... Orochimaru had