The two quickly arrived where Akimichi Shan was. Corpses lay everywhere, already beginning to turn pale beneath the endless drizzle. The blood had long since washed away with the flowing water, leaving no trace behind. Even the air was damp and cold, devoid of any scent of blood. The scene was all the more chilling; the eyes of the dead, still open, seemed to be watching Nara Dogu and Yamanaka Saura.
"Shadow Stitching Technique: Black Higanbana!"
Nara Dogu rapidly formed hand seals and unleashed his secret technique. Black shadows burst outward like blooming flowers, stopping the bandits who were still fighting. Yamanaka Saura singled out a bandit who appeared particularly arrogant and cast a ninjutsu before him.
"Mind Reading Technique!"
After a minute-long pause, Yamanaka Saura came back to his senses. Looking at Akimichi Shan, he coldly said, "Kill them!"
Akimichi Shan did not hesitate. He swung the iron club in his hand and killed the remaining dozen or so bandits. Nara Dogu walked over to Yamanaka Saura, his expression troubled and concerned as he asked, "You're not usually this bloodthirsty! What exactly did you see?"
"For an entire month, they never stopped attacking villages. Like locusts, they swept across every corner of the Land of Rain. You know how chaotic the Land of Rain is right now—no one is there to deal with them. Think about it: the old, the young, the women, the children... all of them were slaughtered by these people. How horrifying and terrible is that?"
After hearing Yamanaka Saura's words, Nara Dogu fell silent. No one could tolerate such things. Those bandits deserved to die and had to die. He then began inspecting the corpses around them, hoping to find survivors and ease the sorrow weighing on him.
"Dogu, come quickly! Yamanaka, you still have