Everyone listened quietly, half-believing and half-doubting. The man spoke so earnestly and in such detail that perhaps it really was true.
The prime minister frowned again upon hearing this. Could there really be evidence left behind?
Some bold men stepped out from the crowd and approached the pile of white bones. After examining them carefully, they found that Uchiha Shin's words did make sense.
"Few of us here have ever seen foxes, so we don't know what fox bite marks look like," one man said.
"Let me take a look!" A middle-aged man emerged from the crowd. He wore animal hides, carried a bow and arrows on his back, and held a steel fork in his hand. He appeared to be a hunter.
This hunter was fairly well-known in the capital. He was an experienced old hunter and highly skilled at the hunt.
Having him determine whether these were fox bite marks was the most authoritative option. He often encountered foxes while hunting and knew them well.
After studying the bones for a while, the hunter confirmed it to the crowd. "They are fox bite marks. And these marks weren't made just yesterday or today. Some of them are already two or three days old."
With the hunter's words, it was proven that Uchiha Shin and the others had not made the bite marks at the last minute.
"So it was the work of a fox demon!"
"Where did this fox demon come from, daring to cause trouble in our Crow Rooster Kingdom?"
"How hateful! If we catch that fox demon, we'll slice it into a thousand pieces!"
The crowd discussed it loudly, filled with fury.
"Everyone, quiet down. Even if these children were killed by a fox demon, that still doesn't prove that the three of you are