"Hmph, I will still report this matter to the village truthfully. Then, everyone can wait for the punishment. Masao, let's go."
After saying this, Shimura Toki snorted coldly and turned to leave. Before leaving, Shimura Masao glared at Ren fiercely and finally followed his grandfather out reluctantly. The other Shimura clan members were also released by the Uchiha clan one after another at the signal of Uchiha Yan's eyes, and followed their own elder and young master out in shame.
Just when Hayato Miyazaki and Shuichi Matsumoto wanted to leave together, they were blocked by several Uchiha.
"You, what are you going to do!"
Matsumoto Shuichi pretended to be calm and wanted to yell at them to move aside, but after seeing those pairs of blood-red eyes, his tone instantly became as humble as it could be.
"Miyazaki Hayato and Matsumoto Shuichi have insulted their companions and caused a disturbance. They are now being handed over to the security team for punishment."
Uchiha Yusuke said in a deep voice, while Namikaze Minato beside him did not say a word, obviously agreeing with the outcome of the matter.
The two of them turned pale and collapsed to the ground.
The punishments of the Guards were no ordinary physical torture; the Uchiha's genjutsu were no pushovers. I'd heard the Uchiha's punishments were comparable to those of the Torture Division. For two mere Chunins like them, it was doubtful whether they'd ever be able to escape.
Then the two were taken away by four Uchiha. As for where to carry out the punishment, they could just borrow the territory of the interrogation department. There was no shortage of things.
"Okay, go back and continue to complete your tasks."
As the matter came to an end, the onlookers ninjas began to return to their posts and continue working. The Uchiha group was also given a few words of advice by Uchiha Yusuke, who then dismissed them.
With the departure of Uchiha, the place became quiet again, with only Ren and Might Guy, father and son, Uchiha Yusuke, Namikaze Minato and others left.
"I'm sorry, everyone. All of this happened because of me."
Matt Dai lowered his head and said with a look of self-blame. In his opinion, all these things were his fault. If he had helped to settle the matter earlier, perhaps all these things would not have happened.
"Uncle Dai, please don't think like that. You're absolutely right about this matter. Just ignore people like that from now on."
"But Elder Toki will report you to the village. If you are punished, I..."
"You don't actually have to worry."
Before Might Guy could finish his words, Minato Namikaze stepped forward and said with a smile on his face.
"After all, I am the commander-in-chief. We will send a message back to the village as soon as we return. Some families are indeed too extreme. Hokage-sama will not ignore them."
"That's right."
Uchiha Yusuke beside him nodded and agreed.
"After all, Konoha is not dominated by the Shimura family alone, so please don't blame yourself. Leave this matter to us."
"That's right."
Ren suddenly remembered something, raised his hand to take off the beheading sword on his back, and turned to look at Minato Namikaze beside him.
"Brother Minato, could you help me see if there's any sealing technique that can disable the summoning technique above? I'd be remiss if I finally got the sword and then they summoned it back."
"A beheading sword?"
There was a hint of thought in Minato Namikaze's eyes, and he spoke slowly after a while.
"I can try, but I'm not sure."
"Well, Ren, we still have a mission, so we'll leave first."
Might Dai tactfully said goodbye to the few people. After all, even if Minato Namikaze and others didn't mind, he still had to know his own limitations.
"Okay, I'll come see you guys when I have time. Uncle Dai, Kai, goodbye."
"Goodbye. X2"
After watching the two leave, the three of them focused their attention back on the beheading sword.
"Let's go, let's go somewhere else. This place is not very convenient."
After a while, several people returned to the general's tent. What surprised Ren was that there were not many documents on Namikaze Minato's desk. It looked like he could review them in about half an hour.
"Surprised, huh?"
Seeing Ren's surprised expression, Uchiha Yusuke nodded and smiled.
"Minato is a man of both civil and military talents. He reviews documents quickly and accurately. For the same amount of documents, his efficiency is almost double as high as ours. He is a natural born Hokage."
"Ahem, Yusuke-senpai, you're too kind. Practice just makes perfect."
Minato said modestly, after all, correcting these documents was not a difficult task for him. He had always been a top student since he was a child and was the well-deserved number one.
"...Why is there such a huge gap between master and apprentice? I've never seen less documents on Jiraiya-sama's desk. They're always piled up like a mountain, and he always likes to ask others for help..."
Ren said softly, and Namikaze Minato also knew the character of his teacher, so he quickly laughed and began to change the subject.
"Haha, let's not waste time and get started."
After saying that, Minato Namikaze asked Ren to place the beheading sword in the middle of the table beside him, put one hand on the blade, and muttered something in his mouth.
"Contract Seal!"
As soon as Minato Namikaze finished speaking, all kinds of strange black runes spread outward with his palm as the center, and finally formed a circular pattern.
"Hmm? Minato-nii, the contract seal... doesn't it destroy the ninja summoning of spirit beasts? Doesn't this also work on dead things?"
"Generally speaking, it really doesn't work."
Minato Namikaze raised his hand, touched his chin, looked at the two of them and explained.
"But I learned my contract seal from Kushina. The Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques are well known in the ninja world for their power. I made some improvements to these sealing techniques based on this. So far, it seems to be working quite well."
"Done?!"
Ren was surprised and delighted. After all, who can have too many good things? Besides, this thing was quite handy for him to use, so it would be great if he could keep it.
"That's not the case. The Hidden Mist Village also has some heritage related to the Uzumaki Country, so the summoning techniques on the seven ninja swords are not so easy to break. My contract seal can only last for two to three days at most, and then it will be summoned back to the Hidden Mist Village."
"Why?"
Ren looked disappointed, but he quickly cheered up. After all, there was something much more important than the beheading sword at the moment.
"If that doesn't work, then forget it, Brother Minato, I want to tell you something."
"Um?"
Minato looked at Ren with some confusion but nodded to him.
"I want to infiltrate the Water Kingdom for a while, and I need you to cooperate with me to a certain extent."
"Sneak into the Water Kingdom? What are you going to do?!"
Now not only Minato Namikaze, but even Yusuke Uchiha was worried. After all, at this point in the war, sneaking into the enemy was no different from committing suicide.
"I'm going to..."
Ren was silent for a moment, then raised his head, a light flashing in his eyes.
"Bring back something."