Inside Kara.
"Have you heard? The entire Shinobi World has been searching for our leader lately."
"Yeah, people from the Shinobi World Federation have even come to our supply collection points to ask where the supplies are going."
"Ugh, if our leader were at full strength, how could we be stuck on the defensive like this?"
"All right, make sure we stay hidden while buying supplies this time, too."
Several members of Kara discussed this among themselves, then left the organization's base through a special passage and arrived at the Black Market where they usually traded for daily necessities.
"We don't really need to be this careful, do we? The Shinobi World is so big. They can't possibly search every place thoroughly."
One member who had come to buy supplies many times could not help speaking up.
Honestly, he had never needed to be so cautious when shopping before. The other side did not even know what they looked like.
"Better safe than sorry. Don't hold up our leader's plans."
The member in charge frowned and sternly rebuked the member who found all this a nuisance.
"Understood."
Perhaps because the leader's name had been invoked to pressure him, the member could only lower his head, however impatient he was.
"Wait."
Suddenly, the member in charge raised his hand, stopping the five-person supply team.
"What is it?"
One member asked.
"Something's wrong."
The member in charge narrowed his eyes, studying the Market Black Market they had visited countless times.
"There are... far fewer people here today."
"And the goods outside the shopkeepers' doors have all changed drastically."
As a former Shinobi of a certain village, the captain had considerable experience.
On top of that, Lord Jigen had only recently announced that they needed to watch out for sudden attacks.
His heart