Mu gave a bitter smile. He had no choice now. Since he was already here, Shin wouldn't believe him if he said he had nothing to do with these Bronze Saints. Anyway, he figured his concern had been mostly exposed, so there was no need to hide his stance anymore. He took a few steps forward, shielding Ikki, who had been standing at the very front, behind him.
The Silver Saint of Lizard was the first to step forward. "Mu, why are you here instead of being your cloth repairer? Do you also want to defy the orders of the Sanctuary and harbor these criminals?"
As he spoke, the guy pointed his finger and blasted a large pit in front of Mu's feet. He looked overbearing, trying to intimidate Mu into retreating.
Well! He's got guts! I wonder what this guy would think if he knew Mu was actually a Gold Saint?
He probably wouldn't be afraid anyway. The world of Saint is heavily fragmented; many Silver Saints don't even know what the Seventh Sense is. They even think the only difference between themselves and a Gold Saint is the cloth, so a Gold Saint not wearing his gold cloth doesn't scare these Silver Saints at all.
Mu raised his eyebrows slightly. Fortunately, he was the most elegant and gentle among all the Gold Saints. Otherwise, if it were someone with a hot temper like Shura of Capricorn or Aiolia of Leo, this Lizard Saint would probably have been punched into molecules by now.
For now, thinking that the Five Bronze Saints still had to undergo trials, Mu didn't do anything to their experience packs. However, he didn't want to talk to this Lizard Saint either—it was too beneath him! So, he directly cast an illusion.
Among these Silver Saints, although there was the Hound Saint, who was known for his mental powers and mind-reading, how could he possibly compare to the Aries Saint, whose mental strength was among the best even among the Gold Saints?
The group's eyes grew dazed for a moment. In the illusion, they saw Mu casually kill the Five Bronze Saints, giving them an explanation. Thus, the group left satisfied.
The only one Mu spared from the illusion was Marin of Aquila. But as she was Seiya's master, she naturally had no objection to Mu's actions and retreated without a word.
Shin twitched his lips but didn't offer any opinion on Mu's handling of the situation. He simply reached out his hand and began to heal the group directly.
He didn't use the Gulp-Gulp Fruit but instead directly manifested Yang Release Chakra. Shin's Chakra was now so strong that both its quality and quantity could be described as unprecedented. Even if all the Chakra in the Naruto World from ancient times to the present were added together, it probably wouldn't match the intensity of the Chakra within him.
In this situation, there was no need to use any Medical Ninjutsu. As long as the Yang Release Chakra circulated through their bodies once, their injuries were mostly healed. Even the hidden injuries accumulated over years of battle and training were completely recovered.
Ikki watched in surprise as his frozen arm and the large hole in his chest were completely restored in an instant. Generally speaking, even with the powerful vitality of a Saint, such injuries wouldn't recover for at least half a month.
Even Shiryu, who was lying on the ground, had his lost blood completely replenished, and the skin on his face took on a healthy, rosy glow.
Turning back, Mu looked at the scene before him and pressed his forehead. "You... also have the ability to heal?"
"It's a small matter." Shin clapped his hands and looked at the conscious Bronze Saints. "Basically, if it's just physical damage, as long as it's not brain death, I can bring them back."
Mu was completely speechless. He felt he had done something foolish. If he had known, he would have just let Shin restore the Five Bronze Saints to full health and let them fight the Silver Saints! Why did he bother interfering?
"Uh... Mu, and Shin?" The others didn't know Shin or Mu, except for Shiryu, who had gone to have his cloth repaired. Perhaps his brain hadn't fully returned to normal yet, as his first words were: "Is my cloth repaired?"
"What are you thinking, kid? You haven't even shed your blood yet. Repair a damn cloth? Do you expect Mu to bleed to repair your cloth for you?" Shin patted Shiryu's shoulder and said.
Hearing this, Shiryu finally woke up completely. He looked around and immediately saw his companions, who were also fully recovered but looked a bit confused.
Especially when they saw that Ikki's body and cloth were fully restored, everyone except Seiya, who knew Ikki had repented, showed a wary expression.
Ikki didn't say anything either. He turned around coolly to leave, while saying to Shin, "I'll remember this favor for healing me. I'll pay you back in the future."
Shin curled his lip slightly. This guy was still being tsundere! He probably just turned good and felt he couldn't face his brothers for the time being.
"So it was Mr. Shin who healed us? Thank you so much," Shiryu said respectfully to Shin. Shin waved his hand. "Your troubles aren't over yet. Because your battle exposed the existence of the Saints, the Pope has already sent Silver Saints to hunt you down."
"Although that group was just sent away by Mu, I don't think they'll give up so easily. You'd better be careful yourselves."
"What? Why is the Sanctuary hunting us down?"
"Because we exposed our identities as Saints? Does the Sanctuary really have such a rule?"
The group showed their ignorant faces. Not to mention the seemingly foolish Seiya, even the normally attentive Shun and Shiryu clearly didn't know about this.
Only Hyoga knew quite a bit about it—nonsense, he had come to participate in the Galaxian Wars Tournament because of the Pope's order. It was only later during the tournament that he felt Seiya and the others weren't bad people, so he defected.
"Theoretically, Saints are indeed not allowed to reveal their identities to the outside world, but in reality, many of the Sanctuary's rules are very flexible."
"Something like this can be interpreted in any way; the key is how the Pope sees it. But to directly send Silver Saints to kill us..."
Hyoga was clearly a bit puzzled by this decision, but he didn't feel any fear. "Hmph, I'd like to see the strength of those Saints from the Sanctuary!"
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