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Hidden Star Village Square.
Several Daimyo from the Land of Bears sat on chairs, looking angrily at the Daimyos of the Hidden Star Village.
"Although the Hidden Star Village is the head of all the ninja villages in the Land of Bears, you shouldn't push people too far, should you?"
"The Star Fragments are not exclusive to your village. I hope you won't be too arrogant."
At this moment, in the distance, Kusuo Hatake, who had heard this sentence, had a satisfied smile on his lips. Although the Mizukage had not yet been killed, for them to be able to find such a thing now was quite good. To let Obito Uchiha actively collect all the Tailed Beasts by himself was simply an impossible task. Especially since Nagato had now regained his Rinnegan, though of course, Kusuo didn't know if his eyes could be restored to their original state. But he had, after all, placed a curse jutsu on Hinata's eyes.
"Even if our Land of Bears' guard, Duoyoulong, did something wrong, he didn't deserve to be killed. Although we didn't see it with our own eyes, several of our junior brothers from the Land of Bears all said that they personally saw an outer-gate ninja from the Star Village kill Duoyoulong."
"And that guy even showed his headband before. It was indeed the headband of an outer-gate ninja from the Star Village. So these are all evidence. We came here today to demand an explanation!" The Great Daimyo of the Land of Bears' anger was mixed with a trace of arrogance, his tone certain, as if he had completely confirmed it.
"On what grounds do you say that? You have no evidence at all. You don't even know what the person looks like. On what grounds do you say it was a ninja from our Star Village who did it?" the Third Daimyo said angrily.
"Tell us what happened today again. You must tell the truth," the Great Daimyo of the Land of Bears commanded the ninja who had entered the Grass Ninja Village with Duoyoulong.
A tall and thin young man with small eyes and a large mouth came forward and answered, "Today, we went to North Mountain with the Captain Guard to hunt ninja. We didn't originally plan to go to the Grass Ninja Village, but we saw that there were people there, so we went in together."
"Actually, at that time, we didn't quite recognize who that guy was, nor did we know what he looked like. We only saw a back view from a distance."
"At that time, we were separated from the Captain Guard. Later, I only heard him scream, and then we rushed over. However, when we arrived, it was already too late. The Captain Guard was already seriously injured."
"He just said one sentence to us, that an outer-gate ninja from the Star Village had killed him to fight for the Star Fragment. Then, after he finished speaking, he directly turned to ash."
Hearing this, the Daimyos of the Star Village all frowned with grave expressions. They felt that there was definitely something being hidden here. Because they could see that the young man's eyes were somewhat evasive, which meant he was lying.
"You didn't even see the person, so how can you say you saw it with your own eyes? Can't the ninja of the Land of Bears lie?"
Just at this moment, the Great Daimyo Hotaru and Xiari arrived together.
"Great Daimyo!" All the Daimyos immediately stood up and bowed to him. Although the Great Daimyo of the Land of Bears was also a Great Daimyo, their statuses were different. In front of Hotaru, he also had to bow in salute. Any Daimyo had to bow when they saw the head of the Sword Sect.
"You just said you heard from your Captain Guard, Duoyoulong, that it was a ninja from the Star Village who harmed him?" Hotaru asked the young man with a serious expression.
The young man was immediately so scared his body trembled slightly, and cold sweat broke out. At this moment, he couldn't control his nervous mood. After all, standing in front of him was the head of the Sword Sect, the Great Daimyo Hotaru.
"What's your name?" Hotaru asked.
"My... my name is Yueman," the young man answered with trembling lips.
"Yueman? That's a pretty good name. It's just that you, as a person, look so sneaky and timid. What you say doesn't match your eyes at all. Your eyes have been avoiding us. Are you afraid of something? Are you afraid that others will see through your lies?"
"Ah!" Yueman was so scared he knelt on the ground with a thud. "Great Daimyo, I'm really not lying! I'm really not!"
Hotaru shook his robes and then sat down on a chair with a plop. Then he said to Yueman with a slight smile, "Then, do you recognize his name? Or his appearance?"
Yueman's trembling body shook his head. At this moment, he didn't even know what he should do. His mind was already a blank from fear.
And the few ninja from the Land of Bears standing beside him were also so scared their bodies were trembling like chaff, and cold sweat was breaking out. They all lowered their heads and didn't dare to look up at the Great Daimyo Hotaru. Because his aura was too powerful. It was practically suffocating them. They had never seen such a majestic Daimyo, nor had they ever been so afraid of anyone.
"Then should I bring all the people from the Star Village over, and you can identify them one by one?"
"N-no... no need!" Yueman quickly shook his head.
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