Chapter 264
South of Great Wave Village, the forest lay in ruins.
Thick mist swirled and churned.
The roaring sounds continued!
The area under attack expanded, gradually reaching the already devastated Great Wave Village. Fierce winds howled, and surging floods rushed through... Before long, everything returned to silence.
The intense chakra fluctuations vanished, and the thunderous sounds of ninjutsu attacks ceased. A deep quiet settled over the area.
The once extremely dense mist had spread due to the continuous wind release ninjutsu attacks. It now covered an area of about five kilometers in radius. Although the mist had thinned significantly, visibility within it was still severely limited.
Within the mist.
The Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist regrouped.
The only female member of the group unrolled a large scroll she carried and sealed Kuro's body inside it. After sealing it, she slung the scroll back over her shoulder.
Momochi Akahara, the team leader, stood expressionless, his gaze icy. It was he who had ordered the attacks to stop. After so much time had passed without the assassin reappearing, there were only two possibilities: either the assassin had died underground, failing to escape in time, or he had already fled far away.
With Kuro dead, none of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen could sense anything underground, so they couldn't determine the exact situation.