When The Corpse Was Found, The Guards Were Stunned

Chapter 4: When The Corpse Was Found, The Guards Were Stunned!

"Captain, will the Sand Eagle team encounter a powerful opponent at the supply station closest to Konoha Village?"

"Powerful? Impossible!"

Rosa shook his head, thinking that such a situation was highly unlikely.

However, after waiting for a while, Rosa decided to go and see for himself.

They set out secretly and swiftly, making their way along the road.

As they stood in front of the five putrid corpses, Rosa and his subordinates covered their mouths in silence, frowning.

A swarm of flies buzzed around, joyfully dancing and circling the corpses. Flies crawled in and out of their mouths, even congregating on the corpses' exposed areas as if having a feast.

Judging solely by the smell, Rosa could discern the stench of excrement emanating from the corpses. However, what puzzled him was the absence of actual feces.

He couldn't believe that the flies were consuming the feces so quickly. He even suspected that the flies were also searching for excrement.

"Captain... I feel nauseous..." Some of the subordinates couldn't bear it any longer and whispered, starting to retch.

In the end, with lingering doubts, Rosa sealed several corpses into a scroll and departed with his subordinates.

...

Chiba felt incredibly frustrated.

In his quest to secure the lucrative job of transporting supplies, he had paid a hefty sum of money as a bribe to a konoha shinobi, who was in charge of transportation in the village. He had even spent a fortune to buy a cow.

However, the supply station exploded, and his opportunity vanished.

The old cow had rushed into the fire, turning into braised beef.

What made him even more disheartened was that he had covered more than half of the distance and was now hungry.

Originally, he had thought of using the abilities of the system to catch a rabbit or a sparrow for a meal, but along this road, there was not even a chirping bird, let alone small animals.

He seriously doubted if it was his strong odor that scared away these creatures.

"Eating leaves? Eating bark?"

Shaking his head vigorously, Chiba convinced himself that he could persevere and continued onward.

Gululu... 

His stomach growled for the fifth time. Chiba had eaten a meal before setting out in the morning, and now, as it was almost dark, he hadn't had lunch.

Based on his usual routine, he would have arrived at the supply station in the afternoon, had lunch, and then driven the ox cart back to the village, where he could have dinner.

Now, the food he had consumed in the morning had long been digested, and even the remnants had become feces.

"Feces?" His eyes lit up, and Chiba had a daring idea.

Relying on his indomitable will, Chiba finally arrived back before nightfall.

"I truly am determined," he praised himself, striding forward.

However, as he approached the entrance of the village, an unpleasant stench accompanied him. Before he even got close, the two Konoha guards immediately drew their kunai and frowned at the approaching figure.

"Halt!"

Upon seeing the figure still approaching, Shizukana immediately shouted loudly.

Shizukana and his companions gripped their weapons tightly in one hand while covering their mouths and noses with the other.

They suspected that this unidentified person might be trying to poison them. Why else would they smell so repugnant even before getting close?

"Be careful, this could be a poison ninja from the Sand Shinobi."

The muffled reminder from his companion caught Shizukana's attention.

"Are the Sand Shinobi so audacious now? Attempting to poison Konoha Village singlehandedly? And without concealing their presence?"

As soon as Shizukana pondered this, he noticed the figure waving at him.

"It's me, I'm Chiba!"

Waving his hands happily at Shizukana, Chiba displayed excitement.

His current appearance was indeed disheveled due to his face hitting the ground when the ox cart lost control earlier.

"Chiba?"

"Are you Chiba?"

Shizukana and his companions were puzzled, their eyes widening.

As the figure drew closer, the two finally recognized each other.

However, an abhorrent odor assaulted their faces, causing Shizukana and the others to take several steps back simultaneously.

"Wait! Don't come any closer! Ugh..."

While speaking, Shizukana and his companions couldn't bear it any longer, and they all vomited and fell to the ground.

"What's this awful smell?"

"Chiba must have fallen into a cesspit."

The two of them vomited profusely, tears streaming down their faces.

In fact, the smell wasn't only strong and repulsive, but also irritating to the eyes.

"Is it really that bad?"

Observing their reaction, Chiba breathed a sigh of relief and took a deep sniff.

It turned out he couldn't smell anything.

Though, as he exhaled, a more pungent and sour stench permeated the air, akin to the odor of dead rats in a sewer mixed with long-fermented feces.