This hidden tunnel lay beneath a dry well. At the bottom of the well was a small space, but anyone looking down from the mouth of the well would never have suspected that such a sizable space existed below.
Even if someone climbed down to the bottom and found the space, discovering the tunnel would still have been extremely difficult. Its entrance was blocked by a carefully designed hidden door, which blended perfectly with the walls, fitting so seamlessly that there was barely a crack to be seen.
Hyuga Shinichi had only discovered the hidden tunnel because he possessed the Byakugan. Otherwise, no matter how carefully someone searched, they would have had a hard time finding the secret.
In fact, the searchers had focused almost all their attention on the houses. They had no time to pay attention to easily overlooked corners like this one.
Seeing that most of the people in Uzushio Village had left in one direction, with only a few staying behind to search for anything valuable that might have been left, Hyuga Shinichi wondered whether he should follow the enemy's main force.
Then he saw that they were heading in the same direction as the tunnel. Could it be...?
An idea occurred to Hyuga Shinichi, but he still needed to confirm it. So he turned to Inuzuka Gai and Aburame Tomohiro with a question.
"Gai, Tomohiro, do you remember how the Village Chief's house was laid out?"
He asked them because neither he nor Nawaki had been to the Village Chief's house. Only Jiraiya and the others had. If the tunnel really led to the Village Chief's house, Hyuga Shinichi could put his plan into action.
"Why are you asking about that? It's only been one night, of course we remember. Did you find something?"
Inuzuka