Boruto couldn't believe what he was laying his eyes upon. The body that lay in front of them looked like a wrinkled up raisin. It looked like the person had been sucked dry of all its moisture. It reminded him of when the villagers were getting their chakra sucked out by the sumire's summoned creature but ten times worse. It looked like they had been completely sucked dry.

Konohamaru walked forward and knelt next to the body and started to investigate it. He pulled out a bunch of needles and tried to take a blood sample, but no blood seemed to enter the syringe. "Thats weird," konohamaru said with a scowl. "It's almost as if the body has had its blood completely taken from it, same with its chakra."

Boruto`s suspicions were then confirmed for him. He was still surprised though that such a thing was possible. "But how did they do it sensei. I mean it looks like the body has been completely untouched. How did they end up extracting it."

"Yeah sensei, how is such a thing even possible," sarada said agreeing with boruto. That is when mitsuki spoke up. "Supposedly there is a story that there once existed a clan that could suck an opponent's blood and chakra out of their body using a secret ninjutsu, and use it as their own. But I only thought that was a story."

"That sounds insane that story just can't be true," boruto said warily.

Konohamaru sighed and then stood up. There didn't seem to be any other harm to the body that he could notice. No small pin pricks were found on the body that could explain how the blood had been drained from the corpse. So the theory that an expert ninja had used ninja tools to drain the blood from the body was ruled out. To him that story that Mitsuki told was starting to sound more plausible.

Konohamaru turned to the village leader and finally got a good look at him. He looked like he was probably in his late 50's early 60's and possessed tanned skin probably from being outside all the time. He wasn't wearing very much clothing. Just an orange tunic that went to his knees, and some green pants that ended a little short. And both of those pieces of clothing looked like they had been worn a lot. From one look would have thought this man was the village commoner, but when konohamaru looked up into the man's eyes he realized he was talking to a man of extreme wisdom. There was something behind those eyes that just spoke lengths. He could tell that this man had experienced a lot throughout his life. "Is this the first time that this has happened" he asked. At this question the man gave a hearty laugh and then steadied his gaze on konohamaru.

"No, if I was being honest this is not the first time that this has happened," the man said in his raspy voice.

His boldness surprised Konohamaru. "I wish you would have told us this information before telling us to come on this mission. Honestly I don't know if my team is ready for a mission this serious."

At this boruto, sarada and mitsuki's heads shot up. What was konohamaru saying, was the thought that went through all their heads. They were ready for this. They knew that they couldn't turn around now. "Konohamaru sensei we are ready for this," they all said in unison. Konohamaru was surprised by this unanimous response. He didn't expect them to be so vocal so quick. He was almost left speechless.

"But… guys this is looking more serious than what I thought. When we originally embarked on this mission it was supposed to be a simple mission where we figured out who the enemy was and defeated them. But I had thought that the enemy wasn't going to be this strong." konohamaru said hoping and praying that they would listen to his voice of reason.

Unfortunately for him that wasn't going to happen. "Konohamaru sensei we have been preparing for a mission like this for months. All of the ninja training that we have done has been devoted to us going on a mission just like this. I can tell you right now that we, all of us, are ready to take this on. We can't go back now. What would that say about us as shinobi. No we can't go back. We have to finish this," Boruto said as he looked at konohamaru with eyes that looked ever so familiar. Oh wait right, those serious eyes that he saw reminded him of Naruto. They were the same eyes that naruto wore every time that he swore he was gonna become hokage.

"Haaaaaaaaaaaa man I'm starting to understand why kakashi always looked tired after coming back from his missions. Fine we will continue the mission as planned."

"Yes!" they all shouted.

"I`m so glad that you have come to that decision" said the village leader. "Now I don't mean to be hasty, but can we get back on track. I have villagers that are worried about what has been going on."

"Yes of course. So you said that this has occurred before," Konohamaru asked.

"Yes in fact it has been happening for the past two months. We have probably lost about ten villagers to this."

"And what about the children that have gone missing, was that part true?" He asked.

"Unfortunately yes that is true as well. The kidnappings started to occur just as the murders started to happen. It has gotten so bad that the villagers are starting to believe the old wives tale that has been told throughout the village for many years."

The whole team looked at him wondering if maybe this old wives tale could give them a hint of what was going on here in this village. "And what is this old wives tale." Boruto asked waiting for the old man's response.

The old man sighed and looked at all four of the ninja with a serious gaze, "The tale, or should I say legend, goes as such. It starts off saying that our village many centuries ago, once possessed ninja that had incredible skill. Skill that rivaled that of even the senju and uchiha clan. It was said that these ninja could drain their enemies of their powers and use them as their own," At this boruto looked at mitsuki with shocked eyes as this story was matching the one that he had just told. The old man continued "Legend says that these ninja lived up on Blood mountain, the very volcano that sits above us. Some even speculate that the mountain turned that bloody crimson colour because of their ninjutsu powers. But anyways legend says that these ninja were all exterminated a century ago, since they were seen as a major threat." He sighed then spoke again, "None of us believed that this legend was true… but after our people started getting murdered, in this ever mysterious way we started to wonder if maybe this legend might have had a shred of truth to it."

All four of the ninja looked at each other and collectively agreed that this legend was the best lead that they could go upon at the moment but before they left the house, the village leader stopped them and pointed to something on the ground. There on the ground, was what appeared to be little pieces of blood red glass. "These little pieces of glass are always found at all of the crime scenes."

Boruto bent down and picked it up to look at it closer. And as he picked it up he started to feel his energy dwindle. He dropped it quickly weary of the power that this tiny crystal had.

"Boruto, are you okay," Sarada asked with worry in her voice.

"Yeah…. but that crystal…. I don't know, when I touched it, it felt like my energy was being drained from my body."

Konohamaru bent down and picked it up with some tweezers, so as not to touch it. After looking at it for a few seconds, he decided to stand back up and look at the village elder, "is there anywhere in this surrounding area that you guys have seen red crystal such as this."

The old man chuckled again and then looked at konohamaru, "I'll give you one guess as to where you think it could be."

Konohamaru sighed and then looked up at Blood Mountain, than back at the village leader, he then pointed at the mountain, and said "Let me guess, you have seen it up on blood mountain."

"Indeed we have," the man responded back.

"Hahhhhhhh as soon as I saw that mountain I had a feeling that it was going to play an important role in the success or failure of our mission." He said to mainly just himself, then he turned to his team and got serious, "Okay so tomorrow as soon as the sun comes up we are going to start our trek up that mountain to try and gain any information on what these crystals can really do, as well as try to gain any information if possible on what kind of enemy we are dealing with. But under no means necessary are you to engage with the enemy if you find them. You are only to relay any information back to the rest of the squad if you have found them nothing else. Understood."

"Yes konohamaru sensei," all three of them replied in unison. "Okay good then we are going to go set up camp on the outskirts of the village."

That's when the village leader spoke up "that is not necessary you can stay in my house tonight. My grandchildren have been so excited to meet you guys. They have never met real ninja before," he spoke with a smile, "Come on follow me" he said shaking his hand towards them.

As they followed him through the village they saw that many of the villagers looked at them with both excitement but also with fear. "Sensei why are they looking at us like that." Boruto asked.

Konohamaru looked at his students then looked up at the sky, "Sometimes when a village is going through hard times, they find it hard to trust people from the outside. They don't want any of their problems to be made worse than they already are."

"But we would never do that," Boruto said.

"I know, but they don't know that."

And right as konohamaru said that they reached the hut of the village elder. It was a little bit larger than the rest of the homes in the village. The home's frame was made from wood planks and the roof of the house was made of leaf palms. To boruto it seemed like he was being sent back to the stone age, he couldn't fathom how this could be called a home. But as he walked into the house he was completely blown away. The inside of the house was filled with such warmth from the fire that was burning in the middle. And the floor of the room felt so soft, probably because the flooring was made from the wool of the sheep that these people farmed. And even though the house looked small on the outside, there was actually three rooms in the whole house and each room possessed a chest where you could store your stuff, and a place where you could place your cot. It was actually quite quaint.

And the people living in this home looked so happy. The wife of the village leader had been so kind to them same with his grandchildren. They were so excited to see the ninja, and they asked them a million questions. Like how they could clone themselves or make themselves disappear. They were completely fascinated by it all. Boruto couldn't fathom that people were kidnapping the sweet children of this village. How could people do such an evil thing. It was unfathomable. Yet it was still occurring. It made him sick to his stomach. Before boruto went to bed that night, he swore that he was going to find the enemy and defeat them. This could not continue. And with that last thought in his brain boruto shut his eyes and fell asleep.