"What exactly happened here?"

In the center of the hollowed-out forest, a huge hole with a diameter of several hundred meters came into view roughly and directly.

This pit extends downward in an orderly manner, with no grass growing in it and a deserted scene. It is difficult to accurately describe this scene in words.

Jiraiya was squatting on the edge of the pit at this time, and just grabbed a handful of sand on the ground. Before he could hold it tightly, the sand in his hand had turned into powder and was blown away into the distance.

Even the small pieces mixed into it were like this at any time, turning into powder with a light touch. Seeing this, Jiraiya couldn't help but look solemn.

Although it is a bit unbelievable, this abnormal and well-defined pothole is obviously not formed naturally, let alone carefully dug by man, but is caused by the ninjutsu of ninjas.

Moreover, within one blow, hundreds of meters of ground were sunk.

"Is it the tailed beast jade..."

No, Jiraiya quickly denied this speculation.

He had seen the miserable state of the earth after the Tailed Beast Jade blast with his own eyes, but it was not like this.

However, if you can use ninjutsu to destroy the earth into this state, its power may not be any worse than the tailed beast jade.

"Who performed this ninjutsu...?"

Why do ninjas with such power appear in the Kingdom of Forest, which is adjacent to the Kingdom of Fire?

Jiraiya stood up from the ground, patted the dust on the clothes in front of him, dusted it off, and showed a thoughtful expression.

He didn't believe that a ninja with such abilities would just wander around the Kingdom of Forest with nothing to do and then leave.

Even using such a huge range of ninjutsu must have a purpose.

In his decades of memory, it can be said that there are almost no ninjas who can expand the power of ninjutsu to such a scale.

Except for Chiba Shiraishi from the Kingdom of Ghosts, there was no other such ninja in his memory.

However, this is obviously not caused by Chiba Shiraishi.

The opponent's ninjutsu that wiped out a thousand ninjas with one blow in the Kingdom of Wind was much worse than this in terms of the scale of the explosion and the resulting terrain.

In other words, this was caused by a ninja who did not exist in his memory.

Thinking of this, Jiraiya no longer hesitated, and jumped to the bottom of the pit.

The desertification of the land here is even more serious. Even after a long time, there is still a sharp and cold breath lingering here, piercing the flesh and bones.

"Jiraiya-sama."

As a respectful voice came, four figures instantly landed and appeared in front of Jiraiya.

The leader is a Konoha Anbu ninja wearing a beige windbreaker, who serves as the team leader, followed by three Konoha Anbu ninjas. They all wear masks and carry a standard ninja sword on their backs.

Judging from their dusty demeanor, they must have just arrived here not long ago.

"It's you, can you tell me what happened here?"

Jiraiya continued to look around, looking for any traces that could identify the caster.

Even a trace of it will play a key role in his verification.

"No, we are not particularly sure. We have just arrived here not long ago, and the information we know is limited. What has been verified so far is that it is only confirmed that this should be caused by some kind of powerful ninjutsu. But who caused it needs further work.

investigation."

The Kingdom of Forest is adjacent to the Kingdom of Fire. It is an overland landlocked country and is also a small country living in the cracks of the big powers. Although its relationship with the Kingdom of Fire and Konoha has not been harmonious in recent years, its domestic ninja armed organization Prajna is even more

He is a radical among them, but after all, this country is also one of the gateways to the Kingdom of Fire.

Now that something like this has happened in the Kingdom of Forest, Konoha, as the representative of the Fire Party, will naturally conduct a thorough investigation here.

Ninjas with such abilities are by no means ordinary people in the ninja world. If the other party can do such things regardless of status in the Kingdom of Forest, then it cannot be ruled out that the other party will also take action against them.

The Fire Nation does the same thing.

To nip problems in the bud, the purpose of their ANBU's existence is to protect Konoha and Hokage and eliminate possible threats as soon as possible.

From this point of view, in terms of external affairs, their thinking patterns are no different from their roots. However, they will not use any means necessary to launch radical actions before investigating the truth of the matter.

"Judging from the results of my observation, he should not be that person from the Kingdom of Demons... Moreover, that person's identity at this time is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Demons. Under normal circumstances, a person of his status cannot take risks.

He left the country of ghosts. This would make the investigation very troublesome."

Jiraiya expressed his guess.

"We have the same idea here, so in order to further investigate, we collected a part of the soil containing the caster's chakra and prepared to take it back for testing. As long as we know the characteristics of the chakra, we can communicate with the ninjas in the intelligence system

By comparing them, we can surely quickly find out the identity of the person who performed the spell."

The ANBU captain took out a sealed transparent bag, which contained a small amount of sand.

This kind of sealed bag can preserve chakra for a long time and will not cause the chakra in the sand to disappear over time.

"However, ordinary chakra is volatile and does not last too long. However, this chakra has taken root in the destroyed soil, and some parts of it still remain and have not disappeared. To be honest, the power of the caster is strong

It’s terrifying. It’s like being destroyed by a tailed beast jade..."

The ANBU captain was speechless, with a hint of worry unavoidable in his tone.

"besides…"

The ANBU captain paused and did not continue speaking.

"Other than that, what else?"

Jiraiya became curious.

"We asked the residents of the town closest to here, and they said that there was sudden lightning and thunder in the forest last night, and there was heavy rain, and then a huge "ball" appeared in the sky, blocking the moon. I think this information is somewhat important.

.”

"Thunderstorm... ball..."

Jiraiya pondered these words carefully, but found nothing.

Just based on these words, there is no way to determine what happened here.

Moreover, the "ball" covering the moon is a bit too exaggerated, right?

"It's a little strange."

The ANBU captain continued.

He glanced around and whispered: "Generally speaking, in such a huge pothole, the lost soil will not disappear out of thin air, but in the nearby forest, apart from fallen trees, we did not see a large amount of accumulated sand. This

It's totally unreasonable. I wonder if the "ball" that those small town residents saw covering the moon last night was..."

"."

Jiraiya suddenly fell silent.

Somewhat shuddering.

So, the group of people left the pothole and continued to investigate the surrounding areas.

Not long after, a forest passage was discovered that extended to the north of the Kingdom of Forests, with traces of battles remaining along the way.

Some places are still muddy and have not yet recovered from last night's heavy rain.

But it does not affect the investigation of ANBU ninjas.

The scorch marks on the trees are the best evidence.

The Anbu who followed Jiraiya collected some of the charred bark and brought it back to Konoha for laboratory testing by professionals.

About an hour later, they arrived at the northern border of Lin Zhiguo.

The tall wall was completely broken, revealing the damaged buildings in ruins.

Like a pack of hounds that smelled flesh and blood, the ANBU bared their fangs and started taking action.

They stepped into the ruins inside the wall. Not surprisingly, this was the core location of the battle.

Without any explanation, he condensed chakra with his hands, pushed away the blocked rocks in front of him, and explored forward.

Finally, as the last rock was pushed away, what appeared in front of everyone was a mostly damaged built-in wall.

In front of the wall, there is a handful of stones with a corner missing.

There is a chair, and on the wall, there is a conspicuous mark printed on it that makes people unable to take their eyes away when they take one look at it.

Round fan.

"Uchiha..."

Jiraiya narrowed his eyes and murmured the origin of the fan symbol.

This is the family crest of the Uchiha clan.

"I have heard that in the past, the Uchiha clan, although its main body was in Konoha, would still establish some secret strongholds outside to communicate with clan members who went out, or to rest. I guess they built this place

One of the secret strongholds."

The ANBU captain said so.

"Keep looking. The traces of the battle here are very new. It should have happened last night. There will definitely be something left around."
To be continued...