The third ninja disappearance site was far from the hot spring inn.
Setting the hot spring inn victims on the ground was already the most they could do for them.
For the three of them, the mission remained the top priority.
Leaving the inn behind,
the three hurried toward their destination, swiftly weaving through the forest.
They stirred up a gust of wind.
Passersby only sensed something above their heads, but when they looked up, there was nothing there.
The three raced forward at full speed, not daring to waste a moment.
The longer this dragged on, the worse it would be for them.
"Big Brother Hachidai, what do you think Kirigakure is trying to do?"
Though they were moving at full speed, it did not stop the three from talking.
Uchiha Shin could not make sense of the mist ninja's course of action.
"They first came out of Kirigakure and headed straight for the hot spring inn. Judging by the way they acted, they weren't there to rest, were they?"
The Land of Hot Water was famous as a land of hot springs.
If they had truly come just to soak in the hot springs, they would not have chosen to kill Konoha Ninja.
And they could have simply left afterward, yet when they saw someone investigating, they actually came back and killed the witnesses.
The key was,
witnesses were of no use to ninja at all.
It was simply a cruel act.
Hachidai pondered for a moment before saying, "Kirigakure is a very oppressive place. I don't know what that Third Mizukage is thinking, but in Kirigakure, the weak deserve to die, while the strong can have everything."
"This is what makes Kirigakure different from us."
If war was a time when deaths occurred frequently,
then Kirigakure was