Chapter 211 - 106: Don’t Mistake Kindness for Weakness
"They only destroyed a few puppets of Sunagakure, but you are different. Your hands are stained with the blood of my village."
Jing Hang spoke coldly, his tone like a blade slicing through the air.
"I... I came with them, but I didn’t kill anyone!"
Higashi Shijin stammered, his words disjointed as he hurriedly tried to explain himself. His eyes darted toward Yahiko, silently pleading for help.
Yahiko’s expression wavered, conflicted. After all, Kitsuchi had made it clear: if Higashi Shijin didn’t return, Iwagakure would send its forces to retaliate.
But now, with his own life in Jing Hang’s hands, how could he have the luxury to worry about someone else? Iwagakure was not to be trifled with, but neither was Sunagakure.
"No blood on your hands? I find that hard to believe."
Jing Hang’s eyes gleamed sharply, his tone turning severe.
"Eight years ago, under orders from the Third Tsuchikage, Ōnoki, you assumed the alias ’Mr. Higashi Iwa’ and funded Myōga Tarō of Amegakure to establish the Akatsuki organization. Later, you betrayed and assassinated him, triggering the Akatsuki Rebellion. That rebellion resulted in the deaths of thirteen soldiers from my Hourglass Group’s factory guard unit and over two thousand civilian casualties..."
Jing Hang glanced at Yahiko, his gaze piercing.
"If we tally it up, the Akatsuki organization suffered over ten thousand casualties because of that rebellion. And yet, you, the mastermind behind it all, have the audacity to claim your hands are clean? What a joke! Am I wrong, Higashi Shijin?"