The Celestial palace echoed with the loud cried of several men until they drew their last breath. The inmates of the palace, all the maids and guards pretended to not have heard anything. As warned, everybody kept their mouths shut tight, sealed and forgotten the fact that they all have tongue and can be used to speak out loud. Afraid of getting tortured in the cruelest way, nobody dared to utter a word nor leak the mass killing and happening inside the place.
The royal ninjas failed in the assignment. They were misled and failed to track and get hold of Aqua, instead she attacked the palace and escaped effortlessly. It angered Emperor Tai like anything. He got hold of all the ninjas and ordered his general ti flay them alive until they died. Tai walked away as they started crying, saying, " This is what happens when mission fails, this is what happens to everyone who disappoint me,"