Pakura returned to Sunagakure and submitted the report on the investigation in the Kingdom of Loulan.
Queen Saya of Loulan had not been manipulated by genjutsu; rather, an official had attempted to assassinate the queen and had been stripped of his status and arrested.
The other officials, unaware of the actual circumstances, believed the queen was under someone's control and was purging the remaining upper echelons.
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