Chapter 497
Mystery
Although Kojiro Asai on the television did not specify which military organization had betrayed them, Kurenai Shinganji, after connecting the dots with recent events, still assumed that the military organization he mentioned was the Anti-Demon Ninja Organization.
"It seems we've been outmaneuvered, and they even invoked the Anti-Secession Law..."
The Anti-Secession Law is a supreme law enacted a few years ago based on the current world situation. This law grants the prime minister a near-dictatorial status, allowing him to detain anti-state elements without any evidence.
Furthermore, it allows for preventative preemptive attacks without cabinet resolution or parliamentary approval.
Furthermore, the Prime Minister's position is guaranteed even if Parliament passes a vote of no confidence while the law is in effect, making it very useful for rapid decision-making in emergency situations.
However, precisely because of its content, anyone in the country can be unilaterally interpreted by the prime minister as an anti-national element. As a result, many insightful people in society have criticized this law, and several large-scale demonstrations have even broken out.
"What is Asai's purpose?"
Hyuga Gen also sorted out his thoughts. To be honest, he didn't think that Asai Kojiro was talking about the Anti-Demon Ninja organization, and his confidant Yamamoto Nobushige was not mentioned either.
If Kojiro Asai was referring to the Anti-Demon Ninja Organization, then there was no need for him to deliberately hide the name, especially since the Anti-Secession Law has now been implemented.
"Why are you targeting our Demon Ninja? We've made so many contributions to this country and to the righteous path..."
At this moment, Shin'enji Kurenai was also pondering. She really couldn't understand why she and the other demon ninjas would one day become traitors to the country.
"Could it be!!!"
Just then, Shin-wishji Kurenai suddenly thought of a possibility: that Asai Kojiro might be a puppet of Nomad, the anti-demon ninja. If that were the case, everything would make sense!
"According to my intelligence, Prime Minister Asai is backed by Normad and the State Department of Miren."
"Milin State Council?" Shin-wish Temple Red was taken aback. How come even Milin is coming out now?
"You'll understand soon enough. The State Department of Milian probably wants this country to join the Pacific Community." Seeing that Shin-wish Temple Red didn't quite understand, the man in black robes continued to explain.
"You mean that organization with the military-economic integration concept that aims to eliminate all obstacles?" Upon hearing this, not only was Shin'enji Kurenai shocked, but even Hinata Gen's pupils constricted.
If they were to join in, that country would be the first to be turned into cannon fodder, and its destruction would not be far off.
"Yes, joining means relinquishing national sovereignty, and our country will become Milian's nth state," the man in black robes said, even laughing at the end.
"How could Asai do something like betraying his country?! What was he thinking?! And Edwin must be involved too, right? What was his purpose?"
Shin-wish Temple Red's tone became rude at this moment, and her hair even began to fly wildly in anger.
"I don't know either. All I can say is that we are currently in a very passive position against the Demon Ninja," the black-robed man said, looking at the angry Shinjuji Kurenai.
"Us? Speaking of which, you know so much, who exactly are you?"
Shinwonji Hong's voice was filled with murderous intent, and the twin swords at her waist were drawn again, pointing directly at the man in black robes.
"Don't get so worked up..." The black-robed figure, with twin swords pointed at him, raised his hands to indicate he meant no harm, a grin spreading across his face beneath his mask: "Who am I, really? I'll tell you at the last minute, Shin'enji Kurenai..."
Hearing the laughter coming from behind the other person's mask, Shin-wishji Kurenai's expression turned cold: "I don't want to delay with you any longer. Although I'm sorry for treating you this way, I really want to know some information, even if it means drawing my sword."
"That's impossible... We'll meet again."
After the man in black robes finished speaking, his body suddenly changed, and his figure became completely different. When Shin-wish Temple Red noticed this, she rushed over, but it was too late.
Only one woman, unconscious, remained on the spot.
"Damn it, a ninja using the Ethereal Cicada Technique?" The well-informed Kurenai Shinganji had already recognized the skill the other party was using as a ninjutsu called the Ethereal Cicada Technique.
The technique of empty cicadas, also known as mind transfer.
This is a superpowered ninjutsu that allows one to possess another person's consciousness and control their body. It can be described as a ninjutsu that can seize another person's body and change one's own form.
This is different from the simple possession ninjutsu that involves possessing and controlling others.
Although Kurenai knew that such a ninjutsu existed, this was actually the first time she had encountered someone who knew it. You should know that the true identities of the Taima Ninja Clan who possessed the Ethereal Cicada Technique were never known.
Even the record of the Empty Cicada Technique was only discovered by an elder of the Shinwonji family eight hundred years ago when he happened to save a user of the Empty Cicada Technique during a mission.
"Where am I...?! Ahhhhh!!!"
The person who woke up from the coma was first confused about their situation, and then saw that Shin-wish Temple Red was pointing two knives at them, and couldn't help but scream in fright.
Whether it's his tone of voice or his behavior, from any perspective, he's just an ordinary person.
"I'm sorry to have dragged you into this incident." Shin-wish Temple Red sighed. The woman in front of her was just an ordinary person who had been used. Even if she wanted to ask, she wouldn't be able to get anything out of her.
Seeing that Shinjukuji Kurenai had sheathed her knife, the woman's mood gradually calmed down. After a while, she tentatively asked, "Excuse me, what happened? And where is this place?"
Shin'enji Kurenai did not reply. Hinata Gen then stepped forward and comforted the woman for a few words. Afterward, he had a shadowy soldier in a suit appear out of nowhere and take her away from there.
Before leaving, the woman kept turning back to look at Hyuga Gen, her face full of reluctance.
"Hyuga-sama, that person just now gave me a very familiar feeling. I think I've seen him somewhere before, but I can't remember where. Is he an enemy or a friend?" After the woman left, Shin'enji Kurenai walked to Hyuga Gen's side with a melancholy expression and said.
"Never mind, it's probably just my imagination."
Not hearing a reply from Hyuga Gen, Shinganji Kurenai muttered to herself, then turned the television back on and looked at Asai Kojiro, saying, "Is Prime Minister Asai really that kind of person?"