Shinji Uchiha looked around at the caravan, strewn with the dead and wounded, and felt somewhat downcast.
In just this short while, more than half the members of the group had been killed in battle.
Both Chunin from Team Asuma had died, and at least a dozen guards from the Land of Demons protecting Shion had been killed. Nearly everyone else was injured as well.
By comparison, Sasuke and the others had gotten off relatively well.
Only Neji had suffered a minor injury to his arm, while Sasuke had taken a heavy blow to the chest, leaving a large bruise.
Whoosh.
Just then, accompanied by a sharp whistle, Asuma hurried back to the group.
Seeing corpses strewn across the ground and the injured groaning everywhere, his expression turned extremely grim.
Once he realized that the enemy might have deliberately lured him away, he knew the caravan must have come under attack as well. However, the black-robed ninja who had held him off was highly capable. Even he could not defeat the man quickly, which was why he had returned late.
Suppressing his anger, he found the bodies of his two teammates.
"Damn it!"
Looking at his teammates' tragic deaths, he clenched his fists. The fury in his eyes could no longer be restrained.
At that moment, a guard from the Land of Demons came to Asuma's side and asked, "Mr. Asuma, do you know who attacked us?"
Asuma opened his mouth, but did not know what to say. He could only shake his head again. "I'm sorry!"
"Ah!"
The guard sighed.
Asuma felt somewhat guilty and turned his face away.
Following his gaze, he glanced at Shinji and the other three. Seeing that they were all safe and sound, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, then looked toward the