“Hinata, if you see anything, please let us know”, came Naruto’s voice.
“Yeah!” replied Hinata, but after a short while she suddenly raised her voice – “Aah!!”
“10 O’clock!! I can see fire!!”
“Fire?!” said Kakashi.
“Yeah, and a bunch of unconscious people…”
The party changed the course of their flight, and sped ahead even faster than before.
Finally, Sakura and the rest of their group could see it too.
The grassy plains below them were littered with countless numbers of fallen people. Thin wisps of smoke rose from the area surrounding them.
“What the heck is this!?” yelled Ino.
“We’re gonna descend!” said Kakashi, and began to drop his altitude.
Everyone leapt off the backs of their birds began to run towards the scene the moment they landed on the ground.
The fallen people were all the defected Anbu.
<3 <3 <3
There were no fatalities, but everyone’s chakra was completely messed up and their consciousness was hazy. It seemed that they were trapped in some sort of Genjut-
… Genjutsu…!????
Sakura’s breath caught in her throat and she quickly scanned the surroundings.
Deep within the shadows of the forest, for a split second, she thought saw the silhouette of someone dash by. The silhouette of someone with a long travelling clock and hair wrapped up kind of like a turban.
Sakura suddenly felt like shouting out.
However, in the blink of an eye, the silhouette had gone as quickly as it had appeared.
Sakura strained her eyes and senses, but she couldn’t sense any presence of person or chakra anymore.
