Framed

At this time, in the study room of the Eldest Prince.

The Eldest Prince was crying while holding his father's corpse, and there were two Root Ninjas standing beside him.

And Shinnosuke was forced to the corner of the room by the other Twelve guardian, ready to fight.

Not long later, a group of ministers heard the news and rushed over. Looking at the Daimyo whose breath had been cut off, each and every one of them had an extremely grave expression.

One by one, they asked the people in the room,

"Who harmed the Lord?"

The eleven guardian all looked at Shinnosuke, their eyes full of vigilance.

When the ministers saw this scene, they looked at each other and felt shocked.

Then, it was replaced by resentment.

"Shinnosuke, do you know what you are doing?"

"Is this your idea or Konoha's?" The Finance Minister immediately asked.

Shinnosuke looked serious and said,

"I didn't kill him."

"I was in the hall just now, and His Highness Eldest Prince and His Highness Daimyo were in the study."

"I rushed in after sensing the chakra fluctuation, and found that His Highness Eldest Prince had already killed His Highness Daimyo with earth escape - earth thorn."

"I was just about to catch His Highness Eldest Prince when these two... Anbus came in."

When everyone heard Shinnosuke's explanation, they were slightly stunned. Then, they turned their gazes to the Eldest Prince, who was crying in grief.

They saw that the Eldest Prince's lips were pale, and his face was numb as he slowly raised his head to look at Shinnosuke.

"Hehe..."

"Was Nahara already so impatient?"

"What benefits did he give you to take such a big risk to frame me?"

Shinnosuke frowned and said in a low voice,

"Your Highness, your methods are too clumsy."

"I have no reason to kill Your Highness."

"Instead, it's you. Because His Highness wants to pass the position to His Highness Second Prince, you have a grudge against His Highness."

Eldest Prince's eyes were full of grief. He hugged the corpse tightly and tried to suppress his emotions. He said,

"How could I bear to kill my biological father?"

The minister narrowed his eyes and asked Shinnosuke, "Why are you in the room?"

Shinnosuke said calmly, "It was His Highness the Eldest Prince who told me to wait in the room and protect him."

When the minister heard this, he immediately said angrily, "Don't you think that there are too many loopholes in your excuse? There are four guardian guarding outside, so there is no need for you to come in."

Then he asked the guard who guarded the Daimyo at night, "What did the four of you see when you came in?"

"When we came in, we only saw His Highness the Eldest Prince carrying the body of His Highness the Daimyo."

"Shinnosuke was about to attack the Daimyo, but he was stopped by the anbu Group members who jumped in from the window."

"The two of them were sent by Danzo-san to protect me." The Eldest Prince casually explained.

When the Ministrr heard this, his eyebrows wrinkled into a frown.

This matter was even more complicated. Perhaps The Daimyo was just a sacrifice for the power struggle in the village.

At this moment, the second Prince, escorted by a group of attendants, arrived at the study.

"Father, what's wrong? Is father alright?"

When the first Prince heard this voice, a trace of killing intent appeared in his eyes.

However, as soon as the second Prince stepped into the study, he saw the Daimyo pierced by the earth thorn and the blood flowing all over the room.

His eyelids immediately twitched, and he fainted from fright.

Fortunately, the attendants quickly hugged him.

When the ministers saw the second Prince like this, they couldn't help but frown. They hurriedly ordered, "Take the second Prince back to rest."

The identities of the two people present were extremely special. One was the son of the Hokage, and the other was the son of the Daimyo.

In a situation where there was no solid evidence, even arrest them was not possible.

Things were in a deadlock for a moment.

The ministers were also helpless.

The supervising official said in a low voice,

"What method do you have to prove your innocence?"

The eldest Prince shook his head and said,

"Everything happened so suddenly that I have no way to prove my innocence."

"Previously, I thought that Shinnosuke colluded with Nahara, but looking at Nahara's sad appearance, it might be because of other reasons."

"However, I think we can go to Shinnosuke's mansion to search and see if there are any clues."

One of the guardian immediately said coldly, "I will investigate."

Before the truth is revealed, no one is allowed to leave. Fire Capital is immediately under martial law.

At this time, the Twelve Guardian Knights, apart from Shinnosuke, basically all of them had spent a lot of resources to personally nurture them.

They were loyal to The Daimyo from the moment they were born, and many ministers trusted them.

Unlike the later days when Asuma became a guardian, the splitting of guardian became unstable and radical.

One side was loyal to the Eldest Prince and the other was loyal to the Hokage.

A moment later, the guardian returned to the study with a gloomy face, holding a piece of paper tightly in her hand.

It was the letter of guarantee that his second Highness had written to Shinnosuke.

"I found this in the secret compartment in his bedroom."

When Shinnosuke saw this, his heart immediately skipped a beat. He thought to himself : "Damn, I was tricked."

The guardian handed over the letter of guarantee to the others to look through one by one. Sure enough, the way everyone looked at Shinnosuke changed.

When the supervising official saw this, his eyes were filled with coldness as he looked at Shinnosuke.

"How do you explain this? You are the guardian of His Highness. Why should His Highness give you a guarantee?"

"When did your relationship with the second Prince become so good? What kind of deal did you make?"

At this moment, Shinnosuke was already sweating profusely. The anger in his heart gradually rose. He gnashed his teeth at the Eldest Prince and said, "You did it on purpose from the beginning..."

The Eldest Prince lowered his head and did not look at Shinnosuke. He kept gasping for breath and said angrily,

"Nahara... Why did you do this..."

Shinnosuke knew that he could not argue, but he thought that his identity was special.

Even if he was slandered now, he could wait for Hiruzen Sarutobi to send someone to help him find out the truth.

Presumably, this little inferior method of the Eldest Prince would definitely surface under the investigation of the Anbu.

"I know you don't believe me. It doesn't matter. I won't leave the Fire Capital."

However, as soon as he finished speaking, the Eldest Prince raised his head with a sneer and said,

"Alright, you're still reluctant to admit it."

"Then I suggest asking a ninja who can read memories to check Shinnosuke's memory."

"But this ninja can't be from Konoha."

The ministers looked at each other.

Searching the memory will cause a major loss to the mind.

Shinnosuke's identity was too special. For the ministers who had always been used to weighing the pros and cons, no one dared to agree.

But for the famous loyal, the other twelve guardians, this was a very good suggestion.

When a guardian said,

"Sure."

"It just so happens that I have learned a bit of the Ninjutsu of searching memories. Let me do it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shinnosuke's hands turned into afterimages, and he quickly made a series of hand seals.

He plunged into the ground, broke through the ground, and disappeared from everyone's sight.

Since things had come to this, Shinnosuke naturally could not stay and let others search his memories.

Not to mention the serious side effects of the investigation, just the information he knew about Hiruzen Sarutobi could be said to be top secret.

How could he let others know?

In the eyes of the crowd, he fled like this because he didn't dare to have his memories investigated.

"Catch him."

The twelve guardians tacitly left five people behind to guard the study.

The other disappeared in unison and chased after Shinnosuke.