At the same time, on the other side.
In the mountains and forests, five figures were walking quickly through.
The leader was a blond boy with three beard-like lines on his face and blue eyes full of anxiety.
"Hurry up, hurry up, we'll be there soon."
The girl with short pink hair following him was panting and couldn't help but complain.
"Naruto Slow down! We don't know the road!"
Naruto said it without caring.
"It doesn't matter, it's good if someone knows you. Besides, the bugs in this place look really disgusting~"
As he spoke, he recalled that a big centipede suddenly lay on his face on the road.
After thinking about it, he couldn't help but shiver and urged again.
"Hurry, hurry up!!"
Sakura stroked his forehead helplessly after hearing this.
"Really, it's obviously Yu Liu's village, but you seem more anxious than her."
While she complained, she also looked at Yu Liu, who had been silent and had a worried look on his face.
When Hinata saw Naruto looking so anxious and scared, he covered his mouth with his sleeves and smiled shyly.
Behind him, an old man with a turban and a kind face, seeing his disciple showing such a demeanor, silently put his arm around his shoulders and comforted him with very gentle eyes and tone.
"It's okay, Yu Liu, I believe everyone in the village will be safe."
Hearing the teacher's voice, Yu Liu turned his head, met Shinnō's very gentle eyes, and blushed for a moment.
Then she immediately turned her head away. Although she still felt at ease, she still pretended to be calm and responded Shinnō.
"Well, I believe everyone will be fine, teacher..."
The group of people walked for unknown lengths of time, only to hear Yu Liu suddenly shouting.
"Right in front!" Yu Liu said, and then quickened her pace. Seeing this, several people also immediately quickened their pace to keep up with her.
"Just go over that slope and you'll be there!"
A group of people rushed out of the woods, and suddenly the vision opened up.
Then, Yu Liu stopped.
She stood there blankly, looking at the charred ruins in front of her, as if all her strength had been drained from her body.
"The village... my village..."
Naruto ran to her side and was also stunned.
The once simple but vibrant village was now only a charred remains.
Collapsed houses, charred trees, scattered debris, and the pungent burnt smell lingering in the air.
"This..." Sakura covered his mouth and was speechless.
"Everyone--!!"
Yu Liu suddenly shouted and rushed into the ruins.
Naruto came to his senses and quickly chased after him.
"Yu Liu! Wait!"
Yu Liu ran wildly among the ruins, shouting as he ran:
"Uncle! Auntie! Auntie! Is anyone there--!"
No response.
Only her shouts echoed in the empty ruins.
Finally, around a corner, she saw someone.
Several survivors were huddled under a broken wall, shivering.
Yu Liu rushed over and grabbed the hand of one of the middle-aged women.
"Auntie! It's me! Yu Liu! Where are everyone? Where are the others?!"
The middle-aged woman raised her head, her cloudy eyes filled with tears.
She looked at Yu Liu, her lips trembled for a long time, and then she let out a hoarse cry.
"Yu Liu...Yu Liu You are finally back..."
"Auntie, what happened?!"
The middle-aged woman didn't speak, she just held her and cried bitterly.
An old man next to him spoke tremblingly.
"Last night... a group of flying bad guys came... they... they captured many people... many people were captured..."
After Yu Liu heard this, his face instantly turned pale. Isn't this the same group of people who attacked Konoha?
"What about auntie? Where are auntie and Xiao Duo?"
The old man was silent for a moment, then pointed in a certain direction.
"Xiao Duo Her mother... there..."
Yu Liu turned his head sharply.
Not far away, under a burnt tree, a young mother was sitting blankly, motionless.
Her arms were empty, and her eyes were looking at the sky, their eyes terrifyingly empty.
Yu Liu slowly walked over and squatted in front of her.
"Aunt..."
The woman's face slowly turned and landed on Yu Liu's face.
Then, she suddenly grabbed Yu Liu's hand and held it tightly.
"Yu Liu...Yu Liu..."
Her voice was hoarse and her tone was desperate.
"My child...Xiao Duo... was taken away by them..."
Her child was delivered by Yu Liu, but as she spoke, she seemed to remember something.
"That's right! That ninja-sama... He said he would save her... He said he would bring her back..."
"He gave me this... He said he would come back to get it..."
She let go of Yu Liu's hand and took out something tremblingly from her arms.
It was a gray pocket watch with a small cherry blossom engraved on the cover.
Yu Liu took the pocket watch and looked at it blankly.
"Ninja-sama?"
"Well..." The woman nodded.
"He wore a mask... his hair was white... he saved us... killed the bad guys... then... then he said he was going to save Xiao Duo..."
Yu Liu held the pocket watch tightly.
White-haired, masked ninja...
"Yu Liu!"
Naruto's voice came from behind.
Yu Liu came to his senses, returned the pocket watch to the woman, and stood up.
"I'm fine."
She took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down.
Just then.
"Buzz..."
"There are enemies!"
The voice of Hinata suddenly sounded.
Everyone looked up at the same time.
In the sky, dozens of gray figures wearing purple vests were approaching quickly.
They carried strange devices on their backs and flew towards the village.
"It's those guys again!" Naruto gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.
Obviously, he recognized it.
"Quick! Move the villagers to a safe place!" Sakura made a quick judgment, turned around and shouted to the survivors.
"Everyone, hide now! Leave this to us!"
The survivors fled in panic.
Shinnō walked quickly to Yu Liu and stood in front of her, speaking in a gentle but firm tone.
"Yu Liu, follow me closely."
At the same time.
Ning Xue stood in the shadow of a big tree, looking at the figures flying across the sky, frowning slightly.
These Sky Ninja are here again.
And the quantity this time is even greater than last night.
Their direction--
It's a village.
Ning Xue was silent for a second, then swayed and disappeared from the spot.