When Mikawa and Iwata tracked the way to the last battlefield, everyone was stunned by the scene in front of them!
The first thing that came into view was the huge 'basin' nearly a hundred meters deep!
"What happened here? What kind of Ninjutsu could cause such a destructive force?" Iwata walked over with a shocked face and began to survey the scene.
Then they found a lot of clues in the surroundings...
For example, the blood that had seeped into the ground, the traces left behind by some Ninjutsu, and of course, there were a few broken corpses...
After all, at that time, Aoba was in a hurry and forgot to clean up the scene.
Although White Emperor Sword was very powerful, some of the corpses that were killed by Senbonzakura at the beginning still remained.
This 'evidence' was soon discovered by everyone!
Yes, these should be the corpses of the Kumogakure Ninjas. But what exactly happened that made those Kumogakure Ninjas flee in a hurry that they didn't even care about the corpses of their companions?
Everyone's face was extremely heavy!
Because they did not know which faction this 'strong person' that had suddenly appeared was from.
If it were Kumogakure's enemy, then it would naturally be great...
But if everything in front of him was the masterpiece of Kumogakure's ninja, Konoha was in danger!
"Could it be... Bijuu? Kumogakure's bastard couldn't have brought Jinchuriki in, right?" Iwata's expression was extremely ugly, as he guessed. The expressions of the others also instantly changed.
If that were the case, then the situation would be too terrible!
At this time, Mikawa was silent for a long time before he analyzed, "Right now, there are only a few possibilities. The first is that those Kumogakure Ninjas accidentally encountered the mysterious enemy, and then a great battle broke out between the two sides. This deep pit is a mark left behind by the attack of the mysterious enemy."
"The second possibility is that there is a super expert hidden in this group of Kumogakure ninjas who sneaked into the hinterland of the country of fire. For some unknown reason, there was an intense battle here. The final result might be victory or defeat."
As for the third possibility, it was that those Kumogakure ninjas who were lured away had done all of this to kill Aoba.
Mikawa shook his head and did not say it out loud because this was too inconceivable. There was almost no possibility.
If Aoba was that strong, did he need to let them escape? Wouldn't it be over if he directly attacked?
Therefore, Mikawa was more inclined toward the first and second possibilities. In other words, while leading the enemy away, something must have happened, which led to the traces of battle left in front of him.
"Could it be that they happened to encounter the reinforcements sent by the village?" Iwata asked in a tangled manner.
"The possibility is not high. After all, such a big movement in front of us is not something ordinary people can do... At least, ordinary Jonin definitely can not release such powerful ninjutsu!"
Everyone nodded when they heard this.
As for Aoba...
Although everyone was tactful and did not bring up this topic, in everyone's eyes, he couldn't possibly survive.
Even if he did not die in the hands of Kumogakure Ninja, it would be difficult for him to survive this level of battle.
But Itachi did not believe it!
As long as he did not see Aoba's corpse, he would not believe that the guy would die in such a place!
Therefore, after carefully searching the entire battlefield, in the face of Iwata's comfort, Mikawa said, "You can report the matter here directly. I still want to look around. After all, not seeing the corpse is the best news. Maybe the situation is not so bad. If he's only captured by Kumogakure ninja, then there is still a chance."
In the face of his stubborn old friend, Iwata could only help them to the end.
After all, if these Kumogakure ninjas who sneaked in were not completely wiped out, then there was a high possibility that they would escape to other places.
Moreover, the mission they received was to track down the traces of the other party. Since they had already been here, there was no reason to choose to give up because of the danger.
Thus, they immediately split into a few small teams and spread out in search of this place.
However, what made them feel strange was that there were no traces of the enemy leaving.
It was as if these Kumogakure Ninjas had directly evaporated into thin air.
In the end, they could only conclude that there must be a counter-reconnaissance master among these Kumogakure Ninjas, which was why they could conceal the tracks of so many people without any flaws!
If Aoba were here at this moment, he would nod in agreement.
Because those Kumogakure Ninjas had all turned into a rain of blood that nourished the earth. They had never left this place since the beginning, so how could there be any traces of them leaving?
…
Because tracking also requires a general direction, and since they couldn't even find a trace of the other party's existence, they were like a stone thrown into the sea. They couldn't just randomly look for people everywhere in the Fire Country, right?
However, the information had already been sent back to the front and the village.
They could only wait for the Hokage-sama to make follow-up arrangements.
....
On the day he chose to give up the search, Itachi, whose heart gradually sank to the bottom, chose to be alone because he couldn't accept the fact that his best friend was missing, or maybe even... dead.
When he came back to his senses, a line of blood tears had already streaked across his face at some point in time.
And under the moonlight, the pair of three-hooked jade blood eyes appeared more and more strange and ominous!
And for Itachi, this pair of eyes had opened up because of someone and now grew up because of someone.
His Sharingan had awakened its third hook jade at the age of six!
In the entire Uchiha clan, only Shisui seemed to be comparable to him in terms of talent!
But if Itachi had a chance to choose, he would rather not have these eyes…. He only wanted to exchange them for a certain someone's cheap smile.
Thinking back to the 'fallacious reasoning' that Aoba had once taught him, Itachi once again realized how terrifying it was to be weak!
If his strength were already the strongest, then wouldn't he be able to protect everyone around him?
"Let these eyes bear witness from now on... Aoba, your ideals will be carried forward by me."
"Let's enjoy the scenery at the peak of Ninja World together!"
"But... are you really dead?"
Wiping off the blood stains on his face, Itachi buried everything in his heart again.
From this moment on, the former Itachi no longer existed. Instead, it would be the God Itachi who decided to stand above Ninja World!