"This..."
Hozuki Ryogetsu said with a bitter smile, "Lord Rain Shadow, the clans still unwilling to submit are led by stubborn old fossils."
"No matter how much strength you display, you won't get them to join Amegakure."
"Who said anything about talking nicely to them?"
Ning Feng gave Hozuki Ryogetsu a strange look.
"Just kill anyone who won't submit. They have no leader now anyway, and most of Kirigakure has been destroyed."
"If they don't join Amegakure, the other Ninja Villages will take them in later."
"And they'll still harbor hatred toward me. Wouldn't that just be making enemies for myself for no reason?"
"This..."
Hozuki Ryogetsu sighed softly. They were all clans from Kirigakure, and they knew one another quite well.
Now that Ning Feng had decided to kill them, he could hardly keep pleading for his old friends.
He had followed such a ruthless, decisive master. If he said too much, he might end up getting killed too.
Was he going to kill everyone who refused to surrender just to avoid making enemies?
Was this lord really not afraid that such actions would provoke outrage throughout the Shinobi World?
Watching Ning Feng walk away, Hozuki Ryogetsu could only hurry after him.
"Let's start with the nearest clan."
Ning Feng swept a sharp gaze over the Hozuki Clan members who had followed him out. "You've packed everything you want to take, right?"
"Once we've cleared out the disobedient clans, we're heading straight back to Amegakure."
The Hozuki Clan members shuddered and hurriedly answered, "Yes!"
Ning Feng looked at the clan members behind him in satisfaction and waved his arm. "Let's go."
"How is it going..."
Obito Uchiha stood atop a tall rock, gazing toward Kirigakure in the distance as he spoke, still shaken.
"Uchiha Minato... is taking in