Chapter 102: Ch.102 Recruiting New Members
Asuma and the others quickly followed Kakashi to the battlefield.
While they spread out to inspect the area, they exclaimed, "Where did they go?"
Kurenai looked toward Yamashiro Aoba.
In their squad, Aoba was responsible for surveillance using his ninja crows, but the confusion on Aoba's face was no less than anyone else's.
With confidence, he said, "No one exited the fog. Uchiha Itachi and Zabuza Momochi only fled just before the fog cleared."
His ninja crows had been circling over the town all along. They had seen the townspeople evacuate, as well as Uchiha Itachi and Zabuza escaping earlier. So, he was certain that no one had left the fog.
Asuma was puzzled. "They couldn't have just vanished into thin air, could they? Or maybe one of them knows a space-time ninjutsu?"
Kakashi crouched near a scorched patch of ground, touching the burned marks. He mused, "Even the stones were reduced to fragments. What kind of Fire Release could do this?"
Kurenai approached Kakashi. "What now? Should we pursue them?"
Even though the two Akatsuki factions had seemingly vanished, they could still track Uchiha Itachi and Zabuza.
After a brief pause, Kakashi nodded. "Let's move!"