Land of Wind, western region.
Here lies an boundless sea of sand, where the world seems to consist only of endless yellow. The air is filled with a dry, scorching heat, and even breathing feels the roughness of sand particles.
The blazing sunlight shines on the fine, soft sand, reflecting a dazzling light that is almost impossible to look at directly. When the wind blows, waves of sand rise.
On a vast sand dune, two figures move slowly forward. Strangely, neither of them leaves footprints on the sand.
"Frankly, I really hate this kind of environment."
Shin'yu shook his head. In this scorching environment, the moisture content in the air is pitifully low, causing him a bout of physical discomfort.
"I can finally understand why the First Wind Shadow would rather have territory than Tailed Beasts." He said thoughtfully, "If it were me, I'd probably launch a war against Hidden Leaf Village."
"Master, you're quite the joker."
Beside him, Orochimaru smiled, but the smile on his pale face looked rather sinister.
"The First Wind Shadow's strength isn't as great as yours, and besides, Hidden Leaf Village at that time had Hashirama Senju."
"That's true." Shin'yu nodded.
A day ago, the group learned about the current plight of the Uzumaki clan in the Land of Whirlpools. To completely win over the people, Shin'yu decided to lend a hand.
Joking aside, the Uzumaki clan is now his subordinate. Giving a warning to the current Wind Shadow and Water Shadow, so they don't have any crooked ideas about the Uzumaki clan, will save a lot of effort.
At the banquet, Shin'yu had Kushina and Kong Ming find photos of the missing clansmen. Through Nen's Eye Technique, "Kuenbiko," he easily tracked down the missing people.
Fortunately, they were all still alive.
Unfortunately, they were being held in a Desert Bunker and a Damp Dungeon, respectively. Through Nen's "observation" of the slightest clues in the environment around the targets, he immediately determined that they had been captured by Ninja from Hidden Sand Village and Hidden Mist Village.
This precisely confirmed Shin'yu's guess.
Due to the sealing of the "Karma" mark, Shin'yu was currently unable to open a portal to act. To maximize efficiency, the four decided to split into two groups.
Shin'yu would take Orochimaru to the Land of Wind, while Light would take Nen to the Land of Water. The goal was to rescue the captured members of the Uzumaki clan, and at the same time, kill two birds with one stone, giving these two Ninja villages a good warning.
For Shin'yu, this was nominally a rescue mission, but in reality, it was just "training."
Orochimaru had spent so many years in the Laboratory. Although he never forgot to cultivate every day, he inevitably lacked practical combat experience. Frankly, his current strength might not be as strong as Orochimaru in the original timeline at the same time.
This was a good opportunity for training. With himself backing him up, he only needed to step in to rescue him in life-or-death situations.
As for the Land of Water, Shin'yu was even less worried. Whether it was Uchiha Hikari or Uchiha Nen, either of them could easily subdue a Tailed Beast on their own.
Looking at the entire Shinobi World, they were the only lineage with both Mangekyo Sharingan and Wooden Style Power.
The Master and disciple chatted idly as they traveled, and soon, a large-scale Fortress appeared at the end of their vision.
From the outside, this Fortress was clearly a stronghold, continuing the Land of Wind's consistent architectural style, built entirely of yellowish-brown sandstone. From a distance, it seemed to blend in with the sand dunes all around.
This was the location remotely locked onto by Nen through his Eye Technique, the place where Uzumaki Haruna and other reconnaissance team members were being held.
"Master, what do we do?" Orochimaru looked at Shin'yu, his eyes questioning.
"What do you mean, what do we do?" Shin'yu frowned slightly, then clapped his hands. "Just charge in and massacre the entire Fortress."
With such murderous words spoken, Shin'yu's expression remained unchanged, as if he were about to casually swat a fly, calm and collected.
Orochimaru nodded heavily, his golden vertical pupils also slightly constricted, a look of determination on his face.
But Shin'yu had just taken a step when he suddenly stopped, sensing a considerable force rapidly approaching the fortress.
He raised an eyebrow, revealing an interested expression.
"What's wrong, Master?" Orochimaru asked, raising his head in confusion.
"No need to rush, a good show is about to begin below." Shin'yu didn't rush to act, but sat down cross-legged on the spot, waiting to see what would happen.
Orochimaru was somewhat puzzled, but if Master spoke, there was naturally a reason, so he imitated Shin'yu and sat obediently in place.
Their position was on a high sand dune, and from this angle, they could clearly observe everything happening on the outskirts of the fortress.
Sure enough, in a short while, a group of people vaguely surrounded the fortress below. They were dressed in tight-fitting clothes, close-fitting black vests, black gauze wrist guards, and their faces were uniformly masked. Their Chakra was all at the Jonin level, and they were coming aggressively.
"Summoning Technique!"
The wind carried a faint sound. As a burst of soaring white smoke slowly dissipated with the yellow sand, a large, dark red snake slowly rose from inside the fortress, raising its head high.
Its size was quite large. Only half of its snake body already exceeded the height of the fortress, and the size of its head far exceeded an Izakaya. The skin folds on its neck swelled, as if opening a pair of wings, and dark red scales covered its entire body like iron armor, scattering dazzling light under the sunlight.
Immediately afterwards, a tiny figure used the Body Flicker Technique to appear on the top layer of the fortress.
This person was wearing loose snake-patterned clothing, with bandages wrapped around his bare arms. His resolute face had a pair of sanpaku eyes, and his gray-blue hair was combed into a spiky back.
The moment he saw him clearly, Orochimaru narrowed his eyes, because this person was the Third Kazekage, who was known as the strongest Wind Shadow in the history of the Hidden Sand Village and who took over shortly after the Second Wind Shadow's death!
"A bunch of rats, daring to come to our territory to cause trouble, you really underestimate us!"
The red snake spoke human words, its voice rough and deep. Even from a distance, it could be heard clearly.
The Third Kazekage stood on top of the fortress, his face full of fighting spirit. "We must defend this Fortress, do a good job, Shin'ya!"
"Huh? Who are you talking to? Kid!" Shin'ya's tone was dissatisfied, and his vertical pupils glanced at the Third Kazekage with a slightly disdainful look. His fierce and brutal gaze swept over the enemies from above, "You should work harder yourself!"
"Of course, today's mission must also be completed beautifully!"
The Third Kazekage chuckled, not at all annoyed. As soon as he finished speaking, he jumped up and landed steadily on top of Shin'ya's head.
"Oh!" Shin'ya said matter-of-factly, "Our combination can never lose!"
The man and the snake immediately rushed out of the Fortress, the huge snake body winding forward, stirring up soaring sand and dust, and plunged into the crowd in one swoop.
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