Asuma and the others followed closely behind Kakashi and arrived at the battlefield.
They spread out to inspect the battlefield, all exclaiming in surprise, "Where is everyone?"
Kurenai looked toward Aoba Yamashiro.
Within their squad, Aoba Yamashiro was responsible for monitoring the battlefield with his Ninja Crows.
But at this moment, the confusion on Aoba Yamashiro's face was no less than anyone else's.
He said with absolute certainty, "No one came out of the cold mist just now. Itachi Uchiha and Juzo Biwa also escaped before the mist dispersed."
The Ninja Crows he raised had been circling above the town the entire time.
The townspeople's evacuation at the beginning, as well as Itachi Uchiha and Juzo Biwa's escape shortly afterward, had all been within his surveillance.
That was why he was so certain that no one had emerged from the cold mist.
Asuma was somewhat puzzled. "It couldn't be that they disappeared into thin air, right? Or perhaps one of them has mastered some kind of Space-Time Ninjutsu?"
Kakashi crouched before a patch of ground that had been scorched. He reached out and touched the marks on the ground, pondering, "Even the stones were burned into fragments. What kind of Fire Release is this?"
Kurenai came to Kakashi's side. "What do we do now? Should we pursue them?"
Although the two groups of Akatsuki Organization members who had clashed had vanished into thin air, they could still track Itachi Uchiha and Juzo Biwa, who had only just fled.
After pondering briefly, Kakashi nodded. "Move out!"
Outside the town.
Itachi and Juzo Biwa were racing along at full speed.
"Today has really been a nightmare!"
Juzo Biwa muttered.
Their group's mission had been to eliminate the people impersonating the Akatsuki Organization, but before the two of them could even act, another