Shinji didn't know how Hozuki Mangetsu died in the original work, but it was nothing more than being killed or contracting some incurable disease.
But now that the other party had joined the Jashin Cult, he naturally wanted to change this fate.
He would have Tsunade check him out when he had the chance.
"You you"
While they were waiting, a group of people suddenly came to the outside of the courtyard, led by Village Chief Matsuzaka, who had warmly welcomed them before.
Now that he knew the other party's sinister intentions, these people looked even more ugly than those monsters.
"Are you very surprised why we're still alive? That big spider you worship has been cut into a thousand pieces and completely buried in the ground."
Shinji's very plain sentence was like water poured into a pot of oil, making these people explode immediately.
And one thing was very interesting.
Shinji found that these people showed different reactions after hearing this news.
Some people's expressions changed drastically and they looked uneasy, some people beat their chests and feet and cried, and some people gnashed their teeth and cursed loudly
Village Chief Matsuzaka was even more interesting. His face was pale and he was sweating profusely.
It was as if the fact that the monster entrenched in their village had been eliminated made him panic and fear very much.
Shinji had some guesses about this. Looking at this guy's fat head and big ears, and his gorgeous clothes, he must have taken this opportunity to amass wealth for himself. Now that things had been exposed and he had lost his backer, he was naturally anxious.
Shinji guessed correctly. Although Matsuzaka Ichiro was also very afraid of the spider woman, after he led people to send the first batch of outsiders into the underground cave to serve as food for the monster, he felt as if the shackles on his body had been unlocked.
The wealth of those outsiders and the fearful gazes of the other people in the village made him taste the sweetness, and from then on, he became even more ruthless in persecuting outsiders.
Sometimes he would try to lure people to come, and sometimes he would simply trick the relatives and friends of the villagers who lived outside to come over.
People in the village who dared to resist him were also seized of their property by him, and then sent below as food.
The crazy woman at the entrance of the village was one of the victims. The person she secretly let go at that time was her own younger brother.
The evil of human nature was really too terrible.
"Impossible! You're lying! How could you kill Lady Liz with just a few people?!"
"Lady Liz is an immortal and great existence!"
"Those useless ninjas are simply vulnerable in front of Lady Liz!"
Matsuzaka Ichiro suddenly shouted like a madman, and then rushed into the courtyard, wanting to go down and find his 'Lady Liz'.
But unfortunately, the pseudo-domain below had dissipated, and there was only an empty cellar under the courtyard.
Unable to accept this blow, Matsuzaka Ichiro slumped to the ground in a daze.
Without 'Lady Liz' backing him up, based on the bad things he had done, he wouldn't be able to live to see the sun the next day.
Those villagers who hated him so much would be the first to tear him apart!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shudder.
No!
He couldn't die yet!
He hadn't finished using all the wealth he had painstakingly accumulated.
It was all because of these guys, it was these bastards who had harmed him.
Matsuzaka Ichiro suddenly jumped up, pointed in the direction of Shinji and the others, and his expression was extremely agitated.
"What are you waiting for? Hurry, kill them!"
"Even if that monster is really dead, what can we do? Do we still have a way back? Think about how many people you have directly or indirectly killed over the years? You personally threw them down and had them cruelly eaten by that monster!"
"Do you think that you can be free just because that monster is dead? Dream on!"
"Do you see him? He's a ninja from the Hidden Mist Village! Soon someone will come to arrest you and judge you."
"Do you really want to pay for the lives of those outsiders?!"
He was still calling her 'Lady Liz' just now, but now he had already changed his tune and called her a monster. As expected, reality was like this.
It had to be said that Matsuzaka Ichiro's counterattack after being forced into a corner did have a considerable effect.
After all, whether they were willing or passive, many villagers had participated in the persecution of others.
Everyone selfishly used the lives of others to exchange for their own stable and peaceful lives.
But now the incident had been exposed!
This group of survivors were irrefutable witnesses!
Some people could even recall the curses when they were captured and thrown down.
If this was reported to the Daimyo, how could they possibly survive.
So many people's faces first showed hesitation, and then quickly turned into ferocity.
"The village chief is right, if we let these people go, then we'll be the ones who die!"
"Yes, we can't let them go!"
"Kill all these outsiders!"
One by one, the villagers raised the plows or forks in their hands, and their ferocious faces were like ghosts under the illumination of the surrounding torches!
After seeing this, Shinji even felt that these people were uglier than those ugly Cursed Spirits.
And it was from the inside out, disgustingly ugly!
Seeing this, Matsuzaka Ichiro immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then took the lead to speak before the villagers attacked, "Actually, I have another proposal here that can allow both of us to win."
"As long as you promise not to report what happened here, and hand over these unconscious outsiders on the ground to us, we will unify our statements and prove that you did eliminate a very terrifying monster, and also saved our entire village!"
"Then you will gain credit, and we will avoid interrogation, everyone will be happy!"
"Of course, we won't let you run for nothing."
Matsuzaka Ichiro knew very well that the people who could kill that monster couldn't possibly be left behind by a group of villagers like them. If they really fought, they might die without even touching the other party's clothes.
But he had to mobilize the emotions and momentum of the villagers just now, only then would he have the bargaining chips to negotiate with the other party next.
He naturally thought that credit and wealth could shut the other party's mouths.
Otherwise, were they really going to kill them all and pay for the lives of those outsiders?!
Being able to come up with such a method in such a short time, Matsuzaka Ichiro did have some quick wit.
And if it were some other people, they might have really agreed.
There was credit to be gained, and money to be made, who would care about the thoughts of a few dead people.
"You're a ninja of this country, it's up to you."
Shinji suddenly looked at Hozuki Mangetsu, wanting to know what the other party was thinking.
And Hozuki Mangetsu's answer didn't disappoint him.
"Feel free to attack if you want to, you don't deserve to be citizens of the Land of Water."
"Are you crazy! Are you really going to let us, the living people who have been threatened by monsters, be buried with some dead people?!"
Matsuzaka Ichiro's voice cracked because of anger.
Pfft!
A head that still had disbelief in its eyes rolled down.
"It's really annoying to be so long-winded!"
"Do you need me to help you clean up all this garbage?"
While Hidan stretched out his little finger to pick his ear, the Bloody Three-Section Scythe in his other hand was dripping with blood.
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