When Team Mikawa led the Konoha ninja gathered by Tsuruta to carefully track them all the way to the final battlefield, everyone was stunned by the scene in front of them!

The first thing that comes into view is the huge ‘basin’ that is nearly a hundred meters deep!

"What exactly happened here? What kind of ninjutsu can cause such destructive power?" Tsuruta led people over with a shocked look on his face and began to survey the scene.

Then they found a lot of clues around...

For example, the blood stains that have seeped into the surface, the traces left by some ninjutsu, and of course a few mutilated corpses...

After all, Qingyu left in a hurry and forgot to clean up the scene.

Although the White Emperor Sword is very powerful, some of those who were killed by Senbonzakura at the beginning remained.

These 'evidences' were quickly discovered by everyone!

"That's right, these should be the corpses of those Kumogakure ninjas. But what happened that made those Kumogakure ninjas flee in a hurry, even ignoring the corpses of their companions?"

Everyone looks extremely heavy!

Because they don’t know which force this ‘strong man’ who suddenly appeared belongs to?

If it's Kumogakure's enemy, that would be great...

But if what you see in front of you is the work of the Kumogakure ninja, then Konoha is really in danger!

"Is it... a tailed beast? Could it be that Kumogakure's bastard brought the Jinchūriki in?" Tsuruta guessed with an extremely ugly face, and the others also changed their expressions instantly.

If this is the case, the situation would be too bad!

At this time, Mikawa, after being silent for a while, also analyzed: "There are only a few possibilities at the moment. The first one is that the Kumogakure ninjas accidentally encountered a mysterious enemy, and then a war broke out between the two sides. This deep pit is a mysterious enemy."

Traces left behind by enemy attacks."

"The second is that the group of Kumogakure ninjas who sneaked into the hinterland of the Fire Country hid super strong people, and then for some unknown reason, they had a fierce battle here. The final result may be a win or a loss.

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As for the third possibility, those Kumogakure ninjas who were led away caused all this in order to kill Qingyu...

Mikawa shook his head and did not say anything, because this was too unbelievable and almost impossible.

If Qingyu is really that strong, then do we still need to let them escape? Why don't we just do it?

Therefore, Mikawa is more inclined to the first or second possibility, that is, something unexpected happened when Qingyu led the enemy away, which led to the traces of the battle left in front of him.

"Could it be that we happened to encounter reinforcements sent by the village?" Tsuruta asked in confusion.

"It's unlikely. After all, such a big movement in front of you is not something ordinary people can make...at least ordinary jounin will definitely not be able to release such a powerful ninjutsu!"

Everyone nodded after hearing this.

As for Qingyu...

Although everyone was wise enough not to mention this topic, in everyone's eyes, it was probably a very bad thing.

Even if he didn't die at the hands of the Kumogakure ninja, it would be difficult to survive a battle of this level.

But Itachi didn't believe it!

As long as he didn't see Qingyu's body for a day, he wouldn't believe that that guy would die in such a place!

So after carefully searching the entire battlefield, facing Tsuruta's "sorrow" comfort, Mikawa directly said: "You can report the matter here directly. I still want to look around, but after all, I haven't seen anything.

The corpse is the best news. Maybe the situation is not that bad, maybe, if he was just captured by the Kumogakure ninja, then there is still a chance."

Facing his stubborn old friend, Tsuruta had no choice but to help them to the end.

After all, if these Kumogakure ninjas who sneaked in were not completely wiped out, then there is a high possibility of fleeing to other places.

If they were really encountered by Mikawa and the others, it would be completely in vain.

Moreover, the mission they received was to track each other's traces. Since they had already tracked them down here, there was no reason to give up because of danger.

So they immediately divided into several small teams, and then used this place as the starting point to spread the search outside.

What surprised them was that there were no traces of their departure.

It was as if these Kumogakure ninjas simply evaporated out of thin air.

In the end, they couldn't figure it out and could only attribute it to the fact that there must be counter-reconnaissance masters among these Kumogakure ninjas, so they could cover up the traces of so many people without any flaws!

If Qingyu were here at this moment, he would definitely nod in agreement.

Because all those Kumogakure ninjas turned into rain of blood and moistened the earth. They never left here from the beginning, so how could there be traces of their departure?

Of course, there is no way to talk about flaws!

So everyone, who had gained nothing for two days in a row, finally had to give up.

Because tracking also requires a general direction, rather than a group of people looking for a needle in a haystack like headless flies.

Now there is not even a trace of the other party's existence. They are like stones thrown into the sea. They can't be aimlessly looking for people in the Fire Country, right?

However, the information had already been sent back to the front lines and villages, and the alert was still not lifted.

We can only wait for the Hokage-sama to make subsequent arrangements.

And on the day he chose to give up the search, Itachi, whose heart gradually sank to the bottom of his heart, chose to be alone because he could not accept the fact that his best friend was missing and might even be... dead.

When he came back to his senses, a line of blood and tears had already streaked across his face.

And under the reflection of the moonlight, the pair of three-magatama blood chakra eyes look even more eerie and ominous!

For Itachi, these eyes were opened because of someone, and now they are growing because of someone.

When he was only six years old, he awakened the Sharingan of the Three Magatama!

Looking at the entire Uchiha clan now, his level of genius seems to be comparable to that of only Shisui!

But if Itachi could be given a chance to choose at this time, he would rather not have these eyes and just want to get someone's mean smile back...

Recalling the 'wrong theories' that Qingyu once taught him, Itachi once again realized how terrible it is to be weak!

If he is already the strongest in the ninja world, can he protect everyone around him?

"Let these eyes witness from now on... Qingyu, I will carry your ideals forward."

"Let's enjoy the scenery at the top of the ninja world together!"

"It's just...are you really dead?"

Wiping off the blood stains on his face, Itachi buried everything in his heart again.
Chapter completed!