"Could the poison mist here be—" Minato's tone turned grave. Don't tell me we hit the jackpot right away?
"Impossible. If it were Ibuse's own poison, these ordinary people wouldn't have had time to react at all. But in Amegakure now, there are more than just one or two ninja contracted with Ibuse. It was probably poison from another Ibuse," Jiraiya said.
There was almost no poison mist left outside the village, which showed that this was not the edge of the poisonous fog, but its very core. The mist had only been deployed within the confines of one village. If it had been Hanzō's poison, even genin would not have had any chance to react!
It should have been poison from another Ibuse—
At that thought, Jiraiya could not help feeling regretful. Mount Myoboku's requirements for making contracts were too demanding. Although, because of Jiraiya, Mount Myoboku regarded Konoha as an ally, it would not form contracts with Konoha ninja on a large scale like ordinary Ninja Beast clans did.
"Orochimaru said to the three of them at the same time, "Akaseki, let me teach you something else—don't just look at what these Amegakure ninja took. Check what they left behind as well. Clearly, the Amegakure ninja who attacked this place merely took away each household's stored food in haste. They did not thoroughly loot the village." He then asked, "So what does that mean?"
"They were... making a show of force, and the supplies were just incidental?" Ranwu asked indignantly.
"That is possible. But this valley has only one entrance connecting it to the outside. It is not a good place for a show of force," Orochimaru said, shaking his head.
"They were marching secretly, so they silenced everyone along the way and grabbed supplies hastily," Akaseki guessed