Was something calling out to Hinata Hyuga?!
Shikamaru Nara could not quite understand. Hadn't everyone said that city was deserted?
Why would something so strange happen?
After thinking for a moment, Shikamaru asked, "Do you still feel it now?"
"Yes." Hinata nodded, her expression serious.
This...
Shikamaru turned to Tokuma Hyuga and Hōmon Hyuga. "What about you? Can you sense it?"
Tokuma and Hōmon exchanged a glance and shook their heads in unison.
They had been standing there for quite a while, yet had not detected any of the calling from the city that Hinata described.
"Use your Byakugan to examine the city in the distance. See if you can find anything else," Shikamaru suggested.
"All right."
Immediately afterward, Tokuma and Hōmon both activated their Byakugan and scanned the distant city.
"No good. The mist is blocking my vision. I can barely see anything inside the city."
"Same here!"
"But I can definitely sense that the city is deserted."
Their words corroborated Hinata's account.
At the same time, however, both said they had heard no voice calling out to them at all.
Naruto added from beside them, "I sensed it too. There's no trace of human life in the city."
"As for something calling out to Hinata, I haven't noticed anything unusual either."
That was strange.
Shikamaru fell silent for a few seconds, weighing the various factors in his mind.
"We have to go take a look either way, right?" Kiba Inuzuka said rather casually.
Whatever was in that city, wouldn't they find out once they went inside?
Soon, Shikamaru made his decision. "All right, we'll enter the city and search it!"
With their minds made up, they wasted no more words. After resting for half an hour, they set off toward the distant city.
"Move out."
At Shikamaru's command,