A Once-and-for-All Solution!

"So, Prime Minister, you suspect the members of Akatsuki did this?" On the way to the crime scene, Ming Jing and Hizashi Hyuga each rode a horse, speeding through a forest.

"There's a ninety percent chance it was them, which is why we need to get there as quickly as possible. If we run into those people, even if you encounter them alone, you'll be in great danger," Ming Jing said with a sigh.

"You flatter me. If I encountered them alone, I doubt I could escape." As Hizashi Hyuga spoke, he could not help glancing at Ming Jing. It had been a long time since he had fought Ming Jing, but the Byakugan always showed him things he should not see. If it were Ming Jing, those people would probably be the ones unable to escape!

The two changed horses at a post station and barely rested along the way, reaching the crime scene in just two days. The site was still sealed off by the Police Department, but that posed no problem for Ming Jing and Hizashi Hyuga. With a flash of their identification badges, they entered with ease.

"It's even more brutal than the reports described. What exactly are those people trying to do?" Ming Jing walked slowly through the village. It had become a field of rubble, every house crushed flat, the ground covered in dark red stains left behind by dried blood. The two stopped before a damaged wall, where someone had drawn Amegakure's secret symbol in blood.

"Prime Minister, are you certain Akatsuki did this?" Hizashi Hyuga asked gravely.

"What is it?" Ming Jing asked, looking at Hizashi Hyuga in confusion.

"Judging from the traces left at the scene, there should have been four of them." Hizashi Hyuga activated his Byakugan. Even the smallest