Uchiha Madara reached out and knocked on the door.
Uchiha Madara waited for a while, but there was no movement inside.
Could the people in this house have disappeared as well? Uchiha Madara found it rather puzzling.
But then Uchiha Madara thought that several months had already passed since this happened. Even if there had been people in this room, they would surely have starved to death by now.
Just as Uchiha Madara was about to leave and continue onward, a faint rustling sound suddenly came from inside the little house.
"Is anyone there?" Uchiha Madara stood outside the house and asked politely. "I'm just a passerby. I heard that a very serious epidemic broke out in Pine Blossom Town."
"What exactly happened? Can you tell me?" Uchiha Madara asked.
Then Uchiha Madara heard the inside fall silent again, as if the sound he had just heard had been nothing more than an illusion.
But Uchiha Madara was certain that sounds had indeed come from inside this little house.
So Uchiha Madara concluded that there were people inside, but they suspected his identity and therefore refused to open the door.
"Could you open the door and let me in? I'm not a bad person, and I won't stay in your house for long. I only want to ask what exactly happened here," Uchiha Madara said.
Only then did Uchiha Madara clearly hear sounds from inside the room. It seemed that what he had just said had helped them make up their minds.
A faint sound of footsteps seemed to come from inside, and Uchiha Madara guessed that someone was coming to open the door for him.
Sure enough, the door opened a tiny crack.
A small head poked out and looked at Uchiha Madara.
It was a child, and she