In Xu Yang's eyes, the Shinobi Village was akin to a massive graveyard. It had lost its original vitality.
During his investigation into the true identity of Senzoune, he had studied the records about Shinobi Village. From the 147th to the 150th year of the Company Era, the numbers of newly recruited ninjas each year were 1755, 408, 132, and 40, respectively. Recruitment had been halted in the past two years because most ninjas had left the village, and even the mid-level ninjas who could train newcomers were no more.
He already knew there was no one in the village from his aerial view before. Now as he walked into the village, he could only see desolate buildings. A village without people had lost its reason to exist, which reminded Xu Yang of the town models created by Xu Cheng.
The desolate stone forts only served as symbolic barriers. The first thing they saw upon entering the village was bodies.
