"We won't allow you to insult Lord Danzo! If you keep this up, we'll use force!"
Seeing Lord Danzo beside him utterly cornered and unable to offer a single retort for so long, the leader of his Root subordinates was the first to lose his patience.
"Waaah! Root is going to hit me! They're actually throwing their weight around and drawing blades on a five- or six-year-old child like me!"
Ning Feng immediately pretended to be weak and frightened, even shrinking into a ball in terror.
Ning Feng was young to begin with and looked innocent and adorable. Now that he was pretending to be weak, he looked all the more harmless, his face full of childish innocence.
Seeing this, the people around him immediately stepped in front of Ning Feng one after another, shielding him behind them.
"Hmph! A member of Konoha High Command actually wants to hurt a child? Aren't you afraid people will laugh when word gets out?"
Several people from Konoha stepped forward as they spoke, their faces full of righteous indignation.
Only then did the Root member who had been about to attack realize that he had probably landed himself in serious trouble. He froze on the spot, unable to attack or back down.
"Enough! Stand down!"
Danzo shot Ning Feng a vicious glare. Only now did he fully understand how frightening this little fellow was.
Moreover, judging by the surroundings, the crowd of onlookers was growing larger and larger. If he handled this poorly, Hiruzen Sarutobi would have grounds to remove him from his position outright.
On the surface, Ning Feng seemed to be merely making a scene, but in reality, he was extremely difficult to deal with.
Once the Root member retreated, Danzo hurriedly put on a placating expression and said to Ning