"The Black-Armored Man could return at any moment. Remember, even if it means death, you absolutely cannot let him obtain the Eight Gates." With that, Akatsuchi was about to dispel the illusion. It wasn't that they hadn't considered killing Might Guy to stop the Black-Armored Man from getting the Eight Gates, but drawing fire like that wasn't worth it.
"Wait, since you were also captured, why don't we escape together?" Might Guy said quickly upon hearing this. He thought to himself, regardless of whether it was true or not, we should escape first.
“We want to, but we can’t. And we’ll stop you from escaping, so give up on that idea.” Hearing this, Akatsuchi sighed and said helplessly, “The black-armored man is too strong. If we escape, he might attack Iwagakure. Otherwise, we would have run away long ago. Of course, he might also attack Konoha again. And when we were captured, we actually tried to notify Iwagakure, but… the village sent a message telling us to listen to the black-armored man and not to think about going back to the village.”
"What?" Might Guy thought he had misheard. The Iwa ninja had actually ordered his village's captured ninjas to not even think about returning, and this included an elite Jonin and his elite squad.
"You heard right, a personal letter from the Tsuchikage has arrived from the village," said Akatsuchi of Iwagakure. "Five days ago, he severely injured nearly half of Konoha's top fighters. We don't want to become the second Konoha."
"You mean the Hokage and the others were only seriously injured, not dead?" Might Guy said excitedly upon hearing this.
“Yes, they were all seriously injured, none of them died. Or rather, only one died, and that was you,” Akatsuchi said. “But now, I guess no one wants you to live, not even Konoha.”
"That's all I have to say. Think it over yourself." After saying that, Akatsuchi dispelled the illusion.
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The black-armored man returned, but to Akatsuchi's surprise, he was also carrying a rope with more than a dozen unconscious people tied to it. Although they were all bruised and battered, Akatsuchi immediately recognized them as the Jonin and Anbu squad from Iwagakure who had just gone out to raise money and deliver intelligence, along with a Genin squad led by a Chunin—they must have been unlucky to run into them. The black-armored man followed him to them.
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