Han Has Disappeared Too

Bang!

The office doors were violently shoved open, the force nearly shattering the frame.

Another ANBU rushed in, drenched in sweat, even his breathing beneath the mask thrown into disarray.

He dropped to one knee with a thud, unable to suppress the terror in his voice.

"Bad news, Lord Tsuchikage!"

Ōnoki frowned, deeply displeased by his subordinate's loss of composure.

"What kind of conduct is this, panicking like that? What happened?"

"Lord Han... Lord Han, he..."

The ANBU swallowed hard, his voice trembling.

"Lord Han has disappeared!"

Ōnoki's body froze in midair, as though he had been struck by a paralysis technique.

The next moment—

With a whoosh, he dropped straight to the ground.

"What did you say?!"

Ōnoki's eyes widened as he roared furiously.

"Didn't I arrange for him to hide in the underground caverns at the deepest part of the village and forbid him from coming out?!"

"That place is covered in sealing formulas, with dozens of elite ANBU standing guard around the clock!"

"What the hell are you useless idiots good for?!"

Cold sweat poured from the reporting ANBU as he pressed his forehead tightly to the floor.

"Please investigate, Lord Tsuchikage!"

"Everything outside was normal. No suspicious individuals approached during the guard rotations."

"There wasn't even the slightest sign of chakra explosions or combat from inside the cavern."

"It was only at noon today, when the guards entered to deliver food as scheduled, that they discovered... discovered that the iron cell was completely empty. Lord Han had simply vanished into thin air!"

Damn it!

It was as if an Explosive Tag had detonated inside Ōnoki's head, leaving his ears ringing.

An unprecedented chill raced up his spine and into the back of his skull.

No fighting.

No chakra residue.

In a heavily guarded underground chamber, someone