Just as Soji and Orochimaru headed toward the former site of Uzushio Village, the ruins, which had already been decaying for a long time, were anything but peaceful.
And this unrest had persisted for nearly a year.
Before Uzushio Village was destroyed, this place had been bustling.
After all, this was the ninja village founded by the Uzumaki Clan!
Merchants and travelers from all nations came and went here every day in an endless stream.
Unfortunately, when the Second Ninja World War broke out, Uzushio Village was wiped out by the allied forces of various nations, who feared the Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Technique, before Konoha could react.
Even when Danzo later brought Konoha ninja reinforcements, they still could not prevent Uzushio Village's destruction.
Although there were scattered people across the Ninja World who carried Uzumaki Clan blood, they had all dispersed to different places, and their numbers were few.
It was simply impossible to rebuild Uzushio Village.
Thus, after the Land of Whirlpools fell, this place became a wasteland.
However, because the Land of Whirlpools had been incorporated into the Land of Fire, its former site was preserved through Konoha's intervention.
At first, people still came here to look around and pay their respects. But after a long time passed without any discoveries, the place eventually became completely deserted.
As time went by, it was not impossible that even the traces showing this place had once been the former site of Uzushio Village would vanish entirely.
Nothing could withstand the erosion of time!
Yet this desolate atmosphere changed a year ago.
It was not that this place had suddenly become lively, but that two people had remained here for an entire year.
In an open clearing, a red-haired young man sat atop a large four-wheeled wooden contraption.
Beside him stood