The village is not big, but when a group of people walked to the entrance of the village, they could see collapsed houses everywhere and villagers walking sadly among the ruins.
After a long time, an old man who looked like the village chief came over and spoke to Kakashi and his party.
"As you can see, our village just experienced an earthquake yesterday, and now we have no place to entertain you."
After saying that, the village chief was about to turn around and leave, but was whispered by the young man next to him. The old man's eyes immediately turned to the ninja forehead protectors of Kakashi and others.
"Wait a moment!"
"You are ninjas, right?"
"Well, so what?" Kakashi nodded.
"Ninja-sama! Save our village!"
Regardless of the inconvenience in his legs and feet, the old man was about to kneel down, but was immediately helped up by Kakashi.
"Old man, there's no need for this. If you have anything to do, just say it directly."
Although Kakashi asked the old man to speak directly, the old man did not tell what happened immediately. Instead, he led a group of people to a collapsed house.
Next to the house, several villagers were sitting around a square white cloth.
"This is..."
Although it was separated by a white cloth, Kakashi already had some idea of what was under the white cloth.
Human corpse!
"Miho, uncover it and show it to the ninja-sama."
At the command of the village chief, a nearby village woman with red eyes from crying uncovered the white cloth. Sure enough, there was a human corpse under the white cloth.
But unlike ordinary human corpses, this is a corpse that has been sucked dry.
All the body fluids in the corpse seemed to have been sucked dry, and the whole body was in an incredibly thin state, and the skin was also gray.
The face of the corpse still retains the frightened expression of the deceased before death, and the mouth remains in an open O shape. It is not clear whether it is because of the shrinkage of the face or the cry before death.
What is even more terrifying is that the eyelids of the deceased have lost their malleability due to the loss of body fluids. The eyes that were opened before death cannot be closed at all and can only remain open.
"ah!"
The first time she saw the body, Sakura let out a piercing scream.
Although Sakura, who was born as a ninja, shouldn't have such a violent reaction, this death scene was so horrifying that Sakura couldn't help but scream.
Although Naruto and Sasuke next to them did not make a sound, their eyes widened as they stared at the corpse that had been sucked dry to an incredible degree.
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After calming down a little, Kakashi turned to the village chief next to him and said, "Old man, this is..."
"This is my grandson..."
"And all of this started more than a month ago..."
"My grandson's name is Asano Nao, and he turned out to be an ordinary farmer in the village."
"But more than a month ago, the straight man accidentally discovered a cave in the mountains outside the village. Deep in the cave, he found some finely divided iron ore."
"This is very close to the Country of Craftsmen, and the demand for iron is very high. If iron ore can be found here, the village will be rich."
"So the straight man took some young people in the village to dig in that cave all day long, trying to find the iron ore there."
"A week ago, Straight Man and the others dug a huge cave and found some strange ores in the cave."
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"Miho, where are the ores? Show them to Ninja-sama."
The village woman next to the body carried a bamboo basket over, took out a piece of ore from it, and handed it to Kakashi's hand.
Kakashi looked at the ore in his hand, which was a spherical mineral crystal gathered in the form of clusters. The green hard surface was somewhat translucent and looked like a green crystal.
But if you look closely, you can see that there are a large number of clearly visible black particles inside. It seems that the purity of this green crystal-like mineral is not high.
"Last night, there was a sudden earthquake in the village. The houses shook and all the buildings in the village collapsed."
"But fortunately it was not late at night yet, and most of the villagers were not asleep, so they all ran out as soon as possible, and no one was trapped under the house."
"After we confirmed the injuries of the people in the village, we went to the cabin to find the straight man."
"Because he was afraid that the mine would be discovered by people from neighboring villages, the straight man has lived in a small wooden house at the foot of the mountain every night since the discovery of the mine."
"But by the time we find the straight man in the cabin, that's what the straight man is."
"And all the green ore that the straight man dug up and put in the cabin is gone!"
The village chief's narration was over. Perhaps because he was too sad, the village chief forgot to explain some parts, so the keen Kakashi began to ask.
"Village chief, you said all the green ore has disappeared, why are there still so many here?"
At this time, the villager next to him stood up and said: "These ores are distributed to the villagers by straight men, but in this situation, we have to hand over all our own ores."
"The straight man's behavior must have offended Lord Mountain God, so Lord Mountain God punished him!"
"This is the heart of the mountain god! He dug out the heart of the mountain god. The mountain god is going to bring wrath on our village. Yesterday's earthquake is a warning!"
"What a crime!"
"What are you talking about? Straight men are dead, and you still say such things!"
"So what? It's the straight man who has brought down the whole village, isn't he?"
"Don't forget, your son also participated in the excavation. Be careful that the Mountain God will come to your house tonight!"
"You're talking nonsense!"
For a moment, the scene became chaotic.
In the face of unknown dangers and natural disasters, the spirits of these villagers have become very fragile, and a small fuse has caused countless complaints.
However, this cannot be entirely blamed on them, because they are just the most ordinary mortals. They can neither fight against earthquakes nor criticize the "Lord Mountain God". They can only vent their anger and fear by talking to others.
"Don't say anything!"
Among the crowd, the old voice of the village chief shouted with all his strength, temporarily silencing everyone.
"I don't know how things will go yet. Let's wait until Ninja-sama finishes reading."
"If I really offended Lord Mountain God, I am willing to die to apologize and appease Lord Mountain God's anger."
The village chief's words made everyone unable to say anything anymore. They could only shut their mouths angrily, and then turned to look at Kakashi.
Facing such a complex scene of human emotions, Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura were speechless.
Sasuke was expressionless as always, acting very calm.
Sakura, on the other hand, retreated slightly behind Kakashi, seeking a sense of security.
Only Naruto glared at the indifferent villagers with an angry look on his face.
There are obviously dead people here, why are we still arguing in front of the dead? Are you talking about the deceased?
But Naruto didn't know that this was the world of adults.
Faced with this explosive human situation, Kakashi was not in a hurry to express his opinion, because no matter what he said now, it would cause the two sides to continue to quarrel.
At this time, Talina slowly leaned towards Kakashi and said in Kakashi's ear: "Could it be someone from the neighboring village who did it? After all, the green ore was also stolen."
Kakashi glanced at the dried body on the ground and shook his head slightly.
"not that simple..."
