The tea garden matters.
Had already concluded.
Wait until Akizono Masaya's goods are safely delivered to their destination, and Rokuro could harvest the Experience Points.
The three rode the mud bird.
Heading toward the next mission location.
Oh!
No!
It was two mission locations.
At the coastal border of the Land of Fire, the missions issued by two clients were practically right next to each other.
He planned to do the simple one himself, and hand the complicated one over to Yuhi Kurenai and Uzuki Yugao to do.
Flying for half a day.
As the sky was about to turn dark, the three arrived at their destination.
That was a seaside village.
And it looked to be a relatively wealthy village; every house was built very beautifully.
The three landed outside the village, casually asked a passerby for directions, and arrived at the village chief's house.
They met the elderly village chief, who was also the client that issued the missing children mission.
The old village chief was just like everyone else, treating Yuhi Kurenai as the captain.
After confirming the three's identities as Konoha ninjas, the old village chief sighed towards Yuhi Kurenai and said, "Lord Ninja, as you can see, our place isn't considered a very poor place where we can't afford to eat. We can still afford to raise children, so it's absolutely impossible that we sold the children. Everyone in our village unanimously feels that someone is catching our village's children nearby!"
The village was indeed not poor; there was no need to sell children.
Yuhi Kurenai thought for a moment and said, "Then Village Chief, do you have any clues here?!"
The old village chief shook his head. "If we had clues, we would have taken people to search long ago. It's exactly because we can't find any clues that we invited you all over to search!"
No clues!
Then looking for people would be troublesome!
Yuhi Kurenai pondered for a moment, then said, "Village Chief, no matter how small the clue, you can tell us!"
Leaning on his cane, the old village chief tilted his head, thought for a moment, and said, "There is a tiny bit of a clue, but I don't know if this counts as a clue. I heard from the villagers that at the places where the children went missing, some wet and somewhat sticky things would be left behind, feeling like slug mucus!"
Mucus, huh!
This could also be considered a clue.
It might be some kind of animal, or some kind of ninja beast.
Yuhi Kurenai thought for a moment and said, "Village Chief, if there are any more clues, you can send someone to find us. For these next few days, we'll search the vicinity during the day, and stay at the village inn at night!"
The old village chief nodded. "Alright. If there are any clues, I'll have the young men in the village go find you. It's not convenient for us old folks to walk, so we won't disturb you!"
Yuhi Kurenai nodded. "Then Village Chief, tonight we will first gather some intelligence nearby. Please help notify the villagers to answer truthfully if they encounter us asking questions!"
The village chief agreed.
He called a young man from the house to go out and deliver the message.
Yuhi Kurenai exchanged a few pleasantries with the old village chief, then led Uzuki Yugao and Rokuro away from the village chief's house.
Walking a certain distance.
Yuhi Kurenai stopped, looked at the two, and said, "Tonight we will first ask around the villagers to see if any strange things have happened in the village recently, or if there are any weird rumors. If there are no clues, then tomorrow during the day we will go search the vicinity of the village!"
Uzuki Yugao finally had an opportunity to perform, and immediately said, "Alright, then let's split up and act!"
Rokuro cast a glance at the two women, coughed, and said, "Then it's arranged like this. I will release mud rats to search the entire village to see if I can find any clues!"
Uzuki Yugao shot a glance at Rokuro, snorted coldly, and left.
In terms of gathering intelligence.
Mud rats indeed had more of an advantage.
But mud rats couldn't speak, nor could they find people to ask questions.
Uzuki Yugao felt that she still had a chance to find clues before Rokuro.
Watching Uzuki Yugao walk away, Rokuro shook his head and said to Yuhi Kurenai, "Kurenai, I'll leave her to you to look after. I figure it's best if I don't get near her recently!"
Yuhi Kurenai smiled. "That's fine too. With you guys not meeting, even I can feel a bit more relaxed."
Rokuro nodded, pointing in a direction. "Then I'll head in that direction to investigate. If there are no clues by ten o'clock, I'll go back to rest. If anything comes up, we'll talk tomorrow!"
"Alright, then it's settled!" Yuhi Kurenai agreed, saying, "At ten o'clock, we will return to the inn at the village entrance to stay. Tomorrow morning we'll discuss it and then see where else to look!"
"Sure!"
Rokuro agreed, waved at Yuhi Kurenai, and walked straight into the village.
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