Kurosaki Ichigo in Konoha

"This mission has been decided." Kurosaki Ichigo closed the book in his hand and asserted.

Although Ohta Isamu said it was very bluffing, and some powerful Yuyin Village high-level officials also disappeared during this mission, Kurosaki Ichigo understood it after thinking about it.

This is because Yugakure Village has only emerged in recent years. Although Yunokuni followed the trend and established Yugakure Village when Senju Hashirama pacified the shinobi world and established order, in general, due to the resources, There is a gap in vision, so he is just a nouveau riche.

Although this kind of Yuyin Village can't help but look at the big countries whose economic strength has been greatly damaged, its own combat effectiveness is not strong, and it even seems insignificant compared to the country of Kawakawa.

Of course, this may also be a tacit understanding between Tangyin Village and the surrounding big countries. After all, it is disturbing enough for an economic power to appear among several big countries. If the combat effectiveness is strong enough, it may immediately attract the big powers. siege.

But no matter what, it is an indisputable fact that the combat effectiveness of Tangyin Village is weak. Although the village leader who disappeared during the mission was a jounin in name, in this era when there are no unified examination standards for ninja levels in various countries, such a jounin It is no more than the strength of an ordinary chuunin in the major ninja villages. You must know that even the leader of Yugakure Village is only as strong as a special jounin from the five major countries.

After thinking about this, Kurosaki Ichigo's anxiety dissipated a lot. After all, Ohta Isamu's previous statement had a certain impact on him.

"Okay, Kurosaki-sama" Ohta Isamu said with a smile on his face.

Kurosaki Ichigo nodded, and then thought of his companions, so he told Ota Isamu, "By the way, if this mission is very troublesome, I may come back later, so I hope you can be lenient. If I come back within three days, If they don’t come, ask them out again.”

Although he thought there would be no danger in doing a mission in Yuno Country, Kurosaki Ichigo was still prepared.

"This" Da Tianyong looked embarrassed. For him, who had always been stingy, letting people live in vain for two days was simply more uncomfortable than letting him die.

But just when he was about to say his rejection, he suddenly thought of the identity of the person in front of him. After much thought, his own life was more important, so after a long pause, he gritted his teeth and said, "Of course there is no problem with this." "

"Then I'll trouble you." Kurosaki Ichigo saw that Ohta Isamu seemed to be afraid of him, and felt very uncomfortable, so he raised his hand and patted his shoulder.

Ohta Isamu was frightened by Kurosaki Ichigo's slap, but he still managed to cheer up and said with a smile, "No, no, no, no, no, no."

Kurosaki Ichigo didn't say anything more, and was escorted out of this secret room by Ohta Isamu. He first returned to the room he booked.

Nariko and Hirohiro Sanada were still soaking in the hot springs. Kurosaki Ichigo did not disturb the two of them. He took a bath in the bathroom behind the living room, ate something casually, and then took his equipment and set off. .

Mount Lutz is actually not too high or too big, but compared with the famous peaks and mountains on the Ninja World Continent, it is undoubtedly the most majestic mountain in this small place of Yuno Country. With Kurosaki Ichigo's foot strength also took several hours of running quickly before he could vaguely see the outline of the mountainous area.

Viewed from a distance, this mountain is not as tall and straight as the peaks of the Kingdom of Thunder, nor is it as large as the mountainous area of ​​the Kingdom of Kawa which stretches almost the entire country, but its lush and lush forest is still a grand scene, no less impressive. In the majestic forest outside Konoha Village created by Senju Hashirama's Wood Release.

It's a pity that due to the limitations of the current era, this forest has not been developed as a tourist project by Yuno Country. Coupled with the disappearance cases that have occurred from time to time in the past six months, Luci Woodland has been even less visited by people, so much so that even people who go to the mountains to hunt wood are The woodcutter and the hunter all disappeared.

"It doesn't look like anything unusual." Kurosaki Ichigo quickly walked to the edge of the Luci Woodland, raised his head and looked at the mountainous forest road that spread out in the distance.

However, even though he said this, Kazaki Ichigo did not slack off at all. He was not in a hurry to enter the Luci Woodland. Instead, he held a detailed map of the Luci Woodland area in his hand and walked around the periphery of the Luci Woodland a few times. .

Nearly an hour later, Kurosaki Ichigo appeared at the same place again. He drew a few circles with a red pen on the map in his hand and said to himself, "Well, I didn't find any traces left by the beast. That's right. How could such a small country have some beast appear out of nowhere and come here?

"I did find a few traces that should be left by human camps. However, based on the observation of those traces, they should be left by ordinary people. Ninjas would not leave such obvious trap traces around the campsite. They should be used by ordinary people. To protect against wild beasts.

"It seems that nothing can be found outside the forest." Kurosaki Ichigo folded the map on his hand, put it and the pen into the ninja bag on his waist, and then made up his mind, "the only thing we can do is go into the forest to investigate. Check it out."

Now that he had made up his mind, Kurosaki Ichigo did not stop and walked directly into the Luci Woodland, which was regarded as a dragon's pond and tiger's den by nearby people. The soil mixed with fallen leaves crunched under his feet.

Within a few dozen meters of entering the forest, Kurosaki Ichigo felt something was wrong, because in his opinion, this forest was too quiet.

"It's summer now. Even if Yuno Country is located in the north and the climate is relatively cold, it will at least be a scene of spring at this time. However, there is no sound at all here, and there is no sound in my range of perception. Signs of life activity”

Thinking of this, Kurosaki Ichigo's face gradually became serious. Because the ninjas in Yuyin Village were too weak before, although he knew that there were ninjas missing here, although Kurosaki Ichigo was not slacking off, he could not say that he was too much. serious.

The situation at this moment immediately changed Kurosaki Ichigo's mind. Being able to make such a large area without signs of life definitely worth cheering up.

Of course, although he was prepared in his heart, Kurosaki Ichigo still looked like a layman on the surface and did not cover up his traces at all.

Kurosaki Ichigo's first stop was the area where he first discovered missing persons. Although he did not take out a map, the map was basically imprinted in his mind, so following the guidance of his memory and compass, he soon Approached that place.

It was a small village, with about a dozen families living in it. Because there were no ferocious beasts in Luci Mountain, they usually made a living by collecting firewood and hunting. Moreover, it was not too far from the outskirts of the forest, so People often go out to the markets in nearby towns to exchange for some necessities such as salt.

However, around January this year, people from nearby towns discovered that no hunters from this village had come out to exchange for things for a long time. A familiar hunter happened to come into the mountains, so they decided to come and look for them.

Who would have thought that later even the hunters who went into the mountains to look for them would disappear, so a nearby town organized a group of hunters to go into the mountains collectively. As expected, these people also disappeared mysteriously, and no one came out.

As more and more people disappeared in the Luci Mountains in the past six months, the incident became more and more serious. In the end, even Tangyin Village was alarmed and dispatched a ninja team led by a senior member of the village. Unfortunately, it was too late. Lost and trapped inside.

This greatly shocked Tangyin Village. After several discussions, they decided not to send people to investigate the matter themselves, but to move all nearby people away, and then issued tasks to other countries and underground exchanges.

Anyway, they have a lot of money in their hands, and if they throw away the money, someone will pay for their lives, so why bother to personally take a trip into the muddy water where they may lose their lives at any time?

Kurosaki Ichigo turned around a hill and saw the target village from a distance. There were about a dozen houses scattered in the village. Those houses looked very simple, and most of them were made of wood. Only a few rooms were built with bricks and tiles.

After walking a few steps faster and approaching the village, Kurosaki Ichigo calmed down for a moment. Apart from the frightening silence, he didn't find any other abnormalities along the way, so he looked at this place as a missing person. In the village where the incident occurred, the heart could not help but beat a little faster.

"call"

Kurosaki Ichigo let out a long sigh, and then slowly walked into this unknown village.

As soon as he entered the village, Kurosaki Ichigo smelled a smell similar to the rust of steel. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows because he knew that this subtle smell was not the real smell of rust, but the iron element in the blood cells after the blood dried up. The smell of volatile blood.

It's just that although this bloody smell can last for a long time, it can never last for nearly six months, so there are only two possible situations. The first is that the amount of blood that appeared at the beginning was very large, making the bloody smell linger for a long time. , The second is that the people who continued to disappear in Luci Woodland also died here. The smell of blood was left by the people who disappeared not long ago.

Kurosaki Ichigo was thinking about these two possibilities while carefully investigating the village, and soon he found some traces.

On the wall of the house, some black spots appeared on it. Kurosaki Ichigo raised his hand and touched it, and there was a rough and grainy feeling.

Of course, this is not the so-called rust stain, because Kurosaki Ichigo looked carefully and clearly saw reflections on those black spots. This kind of bright texture is definitely not something that rust can have.

After turning around a few more times, Kurosaki Ichigo found such marks on other walls. Some of the marks were even large black masses. The amount of bleeding made him lean towards his first guess.

"Everything in the village is quite neat. It seems that it cannot be caused by wild beasts. It must be a man-made accident." After walking around the village, Kurosaki Ichigo jumped onto the roof of a brick house. , looking down at the buildings below and thinking, "Is this just the place where those who disappeared later died, or is there another murder place?"

Kurosaki Ichigo thought like this, glanced at it casually, and was suddenly shocked, "That is"