Sasori of the Red Sand

Just as Kawanishi had expected, Sunagakure announced the previous night's explosion the next day. Among the fifty-six unfortunate victims was the male teammate who had proposed reporting the truth to the Kazekage yesterday.

Furthermore, Sand Village's ANBU had found a large number of ritual items at the blast site, a Faceless Divine Statue, and a Jashin symbol painted in blood.

It could therefore be confirmed that this was a terrorist attack planned and carried out by followers of the Jashin Cult.

However, because the explosion had caused the entire building to collapse, the ANBU ninja were unable to determine who had planned and carried out the attack.

Upon learning this news, Kawanishi and the other team members all broke out in cold sweat.

They were not fools. Of course, they knew what this meant.

Sure enough, Rasa, the Fourth Kazekage, flew into a rage once more and ordered the ANBU to search all of Sunagakure. Not a single Jashin Cult follower would be tolerated!

Nor would any villager or ninja be allowed to worship such a terrifying cult!

Just as Kawanishi and the others worried about whether they would be discovered, the marks on their palms miraculously vanished.

Vanished was not quite the right word, since they had merely sunk beneath the surface of their skin for the time being.

As long as they consciously wished to reveal them, the marks would surface again.

This allowed Kawanishi and the other followers to breathe a sigh of relief.

After all, the Jashin Cult's symbol was quite distinctive. If they could not hide it, there was no way they could evade the ANBU's investigation.

As for voluntarily reporting information about the Jashin Cult to the Kazekage?

After last night's explosion, Kawanishi believed no one would continue clinging to wishful thinking.

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