Land of Wind, Western Region.
Here was an endless sea of sand, as if only endless yellow remained between the sky and the earth. The air was filled with a dry, scorching aura, and even breathing could feel the roughness of the sand grains.
The scorching sunlight shone on the soft sand, reflecting a dazzling light that made it almost impossible to look directly at it. When the wind blew, sand waves rose one after another.
Above the vast sand dune, two people were slowly moving forward. Strangely, neither of them left footprints on the sand.
"Frankly, I really hate this kind of environment."
Kamihane shook his head. In the scorching environment, the water vapor content in the air was pitifully low, causing him a bout of physiological discomfort.
"I can finally understand why the First Kazekage would rather not have the tailed beast and want territory instead." He said thoughtfully, "If it were me, I would have launched a war against the Leaf."
"Teacher, you are really joking."
On the side, Orochimaru revealed a smile. This smile appeared on his pale face, making it seem a bit sinister.
"The strength of the First Kazekage is not as strong as yours. Besides, the Leaf at that time had Hashirama Senju present."
"That's true." Kamihane nodded.
A day ago, the group learned of the current predicament of the Uzumaki clan in the Land of Whirlpools. In order to completely win over people's hearts, Kamihane decided to take action to help.
Joking, the Uzumaki clan was his lackey now. If he knocked on the current Kazekage and Mizukage and let them stop having crooked thoughts about the Uzumaki clan, it would save a lot of effort.
At the banquet, Kamihane had Kushina and Kurami find the photos of the missing clan members. Through Nian's visual prowess "Kuye-biko", he easily tracked down the whereabouts of the missing people.
Fortunately, they were still alive.
But unfortunately, they were respectively imprisoned in a desert bunker and a humid dungeon. Through Nian's "observation" of the subtle clues in the surrounding environment of the target, he immediately determined that they were captured by ninjas from the Sand Hidden Village and the Mist Hidden Village.
This precisely confirmed Kamihane's guess.
Due to the fact that the "Karma" seal was sealed, Kamihane was unable to open a portal to act now. In order to maximize efficiency, the four decided to split into two groups.
Kamihane would lead Orochimaru to the Land of Wind, while Hikari would lead Nian to the Land of Water. The purpose was to rescue the captured members of the Uzumaki clan, and at the same time deter them, giving these two ninja villages a good warning.
For Kamihane, this time, it was said to be carrying out a rescue mission, but it was actually just "combat training".
Orochimaru had stayed in the laboratory for so many years. Although he would not forget to cultivate every day, it was unavoidable that he lacked actual combat experience. Frankly, his current strength might not be as strong as the Orochimaru of the same period in the original timeline.
This time was a good training opportunity. With himself as the backup, he only needed to take action to rescue him in times of life and death.
As for the Land of Water, Kamihane was even less worried. Whether it was Uchiha Hikari or Uchiha Nian, even if they were taken out alone, they could easily subdue the tailed beast.
Looking at the entire ninja world, they were the only ones who possessed both the Mangekyō Sharingan and the power of Wood Release at the same time.
The master and apprentice chatted while hurrying on their way. Soon, a grand fortress appeared at the end of the field of vision.
From the appearance, this fortress was obviously a fortress, continuing the architectural style passed down from the Land of Wind, completely built from earthen yellow sandstone. From a distance, it seemed to be integrated with the sand dunes all over the ground.
This was the location that Nian had remotely locked down through visual prowess, the place where Uzumaki Haruna and other reconnaissance team members were being held.
"Master, what should we do?" Orochimaru looked at Kamihane, his eyes with a sense of inquiry.
"What should we do?" Kamihane frowned slightly, and then clapped his hands, "Just kill our way in and wash the entire fortress in blood."
Such murderous words were spoken, but Kamihane's expression did not fluctuate in the slightest, as if he was about to slap a fly to death casually, light and airy.
Orochimaru nodded heavily, and his golden vertical pupils also shrank slightly, a piece of determination.
But Kamihane had just taken a step, but suddenly stopped, in the perception, a not small force was approaching the fortress at a rapid speed.
He raised his eyebrows, revealing an interested look.
"What's wrong, master?" Orochimaru raised his head in confusion.
"Don't worry, a good show is about to be staged below." Kamihane did not rush to act, sat cross-legged on the spot, and waited and watched.
Orochimaru was a little puzzled, but what the master said, naturally had the master's reason. Therefore, he also learned from Kamihane and sat obediently in place.
Their position was on a high sand dune. From this angle, they could clearly observe everything that happened outside the fortress.
Sure enough, after a while, a team of people vaguely surrounded the fortress below. They were wearing tight-fitting clothes, close-fitting black vests, black gauze gauntlets, and their faces were uniformly masked. Their chakra were all at the Jōnin level, and they came aggressively.
"Summoning Technique!"
The wind sent a weak sound. With a burst of soaring white smoke slowly dissipating with the yellow sand, inside the fortress, a large snake with a dark red body slowly rose up and raised its head high.
Its size was quite large. The height of only half of its snake body had already surpassed the fortress, and the size of its head was far larger than a tavern. The skin folds on its neck expanded, as if a pair of wings had opened. A series of dark red scales covered its entire body like iron armor, and the sunlight scattered a dazzling light.
Then, on the top layer of the fortress, a small figure appeared in an instant.
This person was wearing a loose large snake suit, his bare arms were wrapped with bandages, and his resolute face had a pair of sanpaku eyes. His gray-blue hair was combed into a spiky back.
Seeing him clearly, Orochimaru narrowed his eyes, because this person was the Third Kazekage, who was known as the strongest Kazekage in the history of the Sand Hidden Village, and took over shortly after the death of the Second Kazekage!
"A group of rats, dare to come to our territory to smash the place, we are really being underestimated!"
The scarlet serpent spat out human words, his voice was rough and vigorous, even if it was far away, he could hear it clearly.
The Third Kazekage stood on top of the fortress, his face full of fighting spirit, "We must defend this fortress to the death, do a good job, Maboroshi!"
"Ha? Who are you talking to? Boy!" Maboroshi the serpent's tone was dissatisfied, his vertical pupils glanced at the Third Kazekage with a slightly contemptuous look, his fierce and brutal eyes scanned the enemies from a high position, "You should try harder yourself!"
"Of course, today's task must also be completed beautifully!"
The Third Kazekage chuckled, without showing any annoyance at all. As soon as the words fell, he jumped up and landed steadily on top of Maboroshi the serpent's head.
"Oh!" Maboroshi said as a matter of course, "Our combination can never lose!"
The person and the serpent immediately rushed out of the fortress, the huge serpent body meandered forward, stirring up soaring dust, and plunged into the crowd with a dive.
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