Seiichi bowed his head and hurriedly sprinted back, scrambling on his feet to reach the gathering hall fast.
Ohara turned his head and studied the rigid body of the village hero. He examined every angle where the arrow could have passed through the castle that killed his master.
'Did an assassin from outside the village do this? Or someone close to Takayori-sama?' Ohara asked himself.
Takayori Rokkaku would have evaded a simple attack like this in any weather. The chief had skills more than any shinobi could do. Born from a demon womb, Takayori had a heightened sense of smell that could reach the mountains and body agility as a wind. His extraordinary regeneration helped him greatly in battle at the Kannonji Castle siege.
With this kind of strike, the assassin could be a demon slayer from the shinobi clan at Iga province from the north. Only they have the skill and information to kill a demon.
