Not far away.
Karin's expression suddenly changed. "The lord's Chakra signature has disappeared!"
Haku frowned slightly. "Disappeared all of a sudden?"
"Mm!"
Karin nodded lightly while concentrating and repeatedly sensing with the Mind's Eye of the Kagura.
Not only was Haku uncertain—even Karin herself was beginning to doubt it.
That was because a Chakra signature was practically equivalent to a ninja's life signs. If a Chakra signature vanished completely, it meant that the ninja had either entered some kind of "barrier" capable of isolating sensory perception, or had already been confirmed dead.
Yet in a wilderness like this, a "barrier" that blocked perception generally wouldn't appear. That left only the other possibility.
If this had happened to anyone else, Karin wouldn't have doubted herself. But because it concerned the leader, she could only suspect that something was wrong with her own senses. She couldn't believe that anyone could kill such a powerful ninja as the leader in an instant.
However, even after sensing repeatedly, Karin still couldn't detect the leader's Chakra signature.
Not only that, even the Naobi, which had maintained a connection with the leader all along, seemed to have been disconnected for some reason.
Haku asked anxiously, "How is it?"
Karin shook her head and said nervously, "I still can't sense the lord's Chakra signature! This is bad—the Chakra signature that approached the lord just now is retreating rapidly!"
"Let's go!"
Haku wasted no words and immediately rushed forward.
Karin hurried after him.
In the forest.
Chirp, chirp, chirp.
A little sparrow landed on Jugo's shoulder, fluttering up and down while chirping incessantly.
Kabuto Yakushi and Guren tensed and looked at Jugo in unison.
Jugo listened carefully for a moment before saying, "A strange figure has appeared outside the forest!"
"Strange?" Kabuto Yakushi frowned and pressed, "Is it