Board Thread:Konoha Missions/@comment-28929139-20170618194001/@comment-26510601-20170618225002

Once they were at the mountain, the vandalism of Keldran's visage was awful. Ren didn't really know why, but it made him feel uneasy for him to even look at it. It was so disrespectful to the leader of their village, it was surprising there wasn't more an uproar about this yet. The feeling slipped away from his heart as soon as he looked away however.

"That's a darn shame, folks don't have decency."

As they approached the face of the mountain, Ren looked around taking note of the in-built staircase that worked around the Hokage Rock. However there business was near the top, and ninja had extraordinary ability to save all the more time. Ren turned to Ayame before saying.

"Let's take a shortcut!"

Ren would immediately concentrate chakra to the end of his feet, taking off in a sprint to the face of the mountain before running up it. Once up a fair distance they'd pass by the 2nd deposit house giving Ayame the time to plunder its good's. Ren didn't really know what she was doing, but he only saw an opportunity as his smile turned to a fiendish grin.

"First one to the top has to buy dango after the mission!"

Ren yelled loud enough that she should have been able to hear him while he waited outside, already turning around to take off in a sprint to get a head start. Given Ayame was inside and the cheap advantage he got, it should have been an easy win for him. Once at the top, Ren would hold his hands above his head celebrating his own victory. Once Ayame joined him at the top he'd snicker.

"I won."

Once they could both settle though and check out the area, Ren wasn't quite sure to make of it. They all just seemed to... vanish. Ayame suggested they split up, but Ren had a queer feeling this wasn't normal.

"What if something scared them? I would be more inclined to stay together," Ren paused as an idea hit him, "I'm gonna use my sensing technique. You should help too, what if they're still around the area."

Before getting a reply, Ren closed his eyes and put his hands together beginning to concentrate. It was like a 6th sense, being able to feel the life around you. Of course there was Ayame by his side, but Ren was trying to expand his awareness further out into the local area around the Hokage Rock. If there was anything under the sun that lived and breathed just as they did, it should've come up on Ren's "radar". Maybe the workers were still nearby or at least one of them for some reason?

If nothing came up immediately Ren would begin to walk further ahead trying to see if he could cover more area. Of course when he did this he'd keep his eyes open to make sure he didn't stumble or trip over anything. If they couldn't see anything at the scene of the crime, there had to be something around them that would give away a clue to this mystery.