Kurotsuchi had been leading a team on a mission when she received the news and immediately rushed to the location specified in the intelligence.
But by the time she arrived, the battle had long since ended, leaving only a scene of devastation and a distant mountain with a hole blasted through it.
"Search! Don't overlook a single clue!"
Kurotsuchi immediately gave the order, and those accompanying her began searching the scene carefully.
Before long, all the information they had gathered was compiled and delivered to her.
Looking at the multiple fragments of red armor laid out on the ground, Kurotsuchi confirmed the suspicion she had held before coming.
Something had indeed happened to the Jinchūriki!
Furthermore, analysis of the clues at the scene suggested that around seven or eight people had been present.
There was one enormous footprint, suspected to have belonged not to a human, but to some creature around five meters tall.
There should have been a Puppeteer present at the time, as large quantities of puppet fragments lay scattered nearby...
But the analysis came to an abrupt halt there, because the scene had been too severely damaged.
Both the smooth cylindrical channel stretching over a thousand meters through the ground and the distant mountain that had been pierced clean through were enough to show just how perilous the earlier battle had been.
That definitely wasn't damage caused by a Tailed Beast Bomb!
Kurotsuchi had seen the power of a Tailed Beast Bomb. It was more like an oversized bomb and would not leave such smooth cuts.
"Wu Ya, take these fragments back to the village immediately and await Lord Tsuchikage's next orders. Everyone else, follow me!"
"Yes!"
Although the scene had been severely damaged, one group had made no particular effort to erase their tracks when leaving,