Giving Gifts Beyond the Little Village

Overnight, everyone in a small shinobi village had vanished without leaving behind a single trace of blood. There were not many people in the Ninja World capable of doing that.

At the very least, Uchiha Mai could not. Whenever he cut someone down, blood was bound to be spilled.

These days, anyone capable of pulling together a small shinobi village with more than a hundred people had to possess some real strength. The leader of that village had to be at least as strong as a Konoha Jonin.

That narrowed down both the culprit's methods and strength. The answer was practically obvious.

To confirm his suspicions, Uchiha Mai asked, "Is there any other information?

For instance, was that village leader named Hiruko? Was he especially ugly?"

Kakashi froze for a moment before answering, "His name was not Hiruko, but he really was ugly.

His ugliness was specifically noted in the Anbu intelligence reports."

Then there was no doubt about it.

Uchiha Mai declared, "Based on my analysis, this was most likely the work of Sasori of the Red Sands, a rogue ninja from Sunagakure.

His skill with poison was exceptional, no less than that of Chiyo, an elder of Sunagakure. Even Lord Jiraiya had fallen victim to his tricks.

With his intelligence and poison techniques, given enough planning, he truly could conquer a small shinobi village overnight without leaving behind any blood.

Furthermore, he was proficient in the Human Puppet Technique. He could turn the corpses of the dead into puppets while retaining their abilities and strength from when they were alive.

He should have taken all those bodies with him."

Sasori of the Red Sands was also extremely good at crushing weak opponents. As long as his enemies had no powerful fighter capable of holding him back, he could