"But those ninja only arrived half a day before us. The Scout Ninja gathering intelligence only entered Longevity Village a few hours before we did. How could they have vanished in just those few hours?"
Sakura pinched her chin and voiced the biggest question so far.
As soon as she raised that question, the room fell silent.
The Hidden Leaf Village's Scout Ninja were far more capable than ordinary ninja. Moreover, over the past few years, every ninja in the Hidden Leaf Village had undergone a tremendous increase in strength.
Along with the tools brought from the Hidden Leaf Village, the ninja who had come to this village to gather intelligence could hardly have been considered weak, yet they had still disappeared without a trace within a few hours.
No, perhaps it had been even less time than that!
More importantly, they had found no signs of battle within Longevity Village.
That made the situation even more complicated.
"Once it gets dark, I'll hypnotize a villager and ask for information."
"Sasuke, save that method for last. This village is already abnormal, and we don't know what might happen if we hypnotize one of the villagers. After all, these villagers aren't normal either!"
Sakura stopped Sasuke and made him abandon the idea.
"What do we do next?"
"That Scout Ninja should have left behind other clues. There must be something in the village that we overlooked."
Sakura sank into thought.
"Right, the village chief said his son and daughter-in-law haven't returned yet. Where did they go?"
Naruto's question made Sakura and Sasuke's eyes light up.
"That's right, how didn't we think of that? Naruto, you're actually pretty smart!"
Sakura patted Naruto on the shoulder.
"Then where exactly did the village chief's son and daughter-in-law go?"
"It's very likely those two aren't