The gang returned to the village and split up.
They broke into one home first.
"Woof! Woof! Woof!"
The guard dog barked loudly, only to be killed on the spot by a shuriken.
"Y-you! Who are you people?!"
The homeowner woke from his sleep and demanded an answer.
Slash! A ninja blade swept mercilessly across him, splattering blood over the window.
"P-please spare my baby. He's only three months old..."
A woman huddled in the corner, clutching her swaddled infant as she pleaded.
Slash! Slash!
The intruder killed the woman and her child.
He dragged the bodies of the two adults and the baby into the courtyard, laying them beside the dead dog.
Then his accomplice dragged an old woman's body out of a side room and laid it in the courtyard with the others.
They set fire to the house and were about to leave.
"Mm..." Suddenly, a stifled sob came from the inner room.
"Hm?"
The intruder stopped, turned, and strode into the inner room. After looking around, he approached the bed and crouched down, finding a little girl covering her mouth, her eyes filled with tears of despair.
He grinned viciously. It was an executioner's smile.
Grabbing the little girl by her hair, he dragged her out from under the bed.
"W-w-wah..."
Unable to hold back any longer, the little girl burst into terrified sobs.
Slash...!
As the ninja blade fell mercilessly, her cries cut off.
The flames had already spread throughout the house.
He and his accomplice left the slaughtered family's home without a trace of emotion.
"Ah...!"
The little village of barely a hundred households had become a hell filled with screams!
To know the horrors of war, listen to the midnight screams of a household being slaughtered.
This tragedy, sparked by a single Byakugan,