A few days later, Shinji and Hidan successfully entered the Land of Wind.
The Land of Wind could be said to be the largest country in terms of land area among the five major countries, but the desert occupied most of the land area.
The annual rainfall was also not much, and the people built villages and lived in oases in the desert.
The ninjas cultivated in such a harsh environment with flying sand and dust were all very tenacious and combative, and it could be said that the folk customs were sturdy.
"Ptooey, ptooey"
"This much sand and dust is really unpleasant!"
Hidan spat out the sand in his mouth while complaining.
"Close your mouth, and the sand won't blow into your mouth. If you dawdle any longer, we won't be able to reach the nearest village before dark." Shinji lowered the brim of his hat, his expression also very helpless.
There was no way, the environment of the Land of Wind was really too harsh.
They had been walking for so long, and the surroundings were still desert.
Oh, right, there were also sand scorpions that brought surprises from time to time.
Feeling the vibration under his feet, Shinji sighed, pulled out the Kubikiribōchō on his back, and then immediately leaped to the side.
Just as he jumped up, a huge sand scorpion emerged from the sand under his feet, its two glittering pincers rushing straight at Shinji.
But Shinji, who had expected it, was faster than it.
The Kubikiribōchō directly chopped down from above, and before the scorpion pincers could clamp him, this sand scorpion had already been split in half from the middle, and the green liquid quickly seeped into the sand, and the corpse would be swallowed up before long.
"It's this thing again!"
Hidan kicked away the scorpion pincer hanging in front of him, his expression disdainful.
He had completely forgotten the embarrassing scene when he was first attacked by a sand scorpion when he first entered the desert, and he was almost dragged into the sand.
"Hurry up, these sand scorpions are all social, and we'll waste time endlessly in a while."
Shinji shook off the green liquid on the Kubikiribōchō, then put it back on his back, found the right direction and quickly left.
Hidan curled his lips, but didn't refute, and immediately followed.
He was starting to hate this place more and more.
And not long after they left, a group of sand scorpions came over and began to tear and gnaw at the sand scorpion's corpse, and they all disappeared before long.
When the wind blew, everything returned to its original state, as if nothing had happened.
The sun gradually set, and Shinji and Hidan finally arrived at the nearest village before dark.
This place was built in a small oasis, and it was amazing that such a miracle existed in the desert.
"Who are you?"
As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the village, two Sunagakure ninjas with their heads wrapped up stood in front of them warily.
Mainly, Shinji and Hidan's appearance was too pressuring. One was carrying a huge sword that was taller than a person, and the other was carrying a terrifying and ferocious Bloodscythe.
Although Shinji had asked Hidan to put away his rogue ninja headband, they didn't look like good people no matter how you looked at them.
"We are wandering ninjas. It's been restless everywhere recently, and we want to see if there's any work here to earn some rewards."
Although Shinji's words didn't let the other party lower their guard, when they heard that they were wandering ninjas, the two Sunagakure ninjas still instinctively showed disdain.
This was also normal, after all, generally only people who couldn't make it in the ninja village, or whose ninja village had been destroyed, would become wandering ninjas.
Could you expect these people to have any real skills?
At most, they would bully ordinary people, and be thugs and bodyguards for those rich people, which was disgusting!
"Go, go, go, there's no work for you here."
"Wandering ninjas should go to those small countries and be dog legs for those bumpkin nouveau riche who haven't seen the world!"
"Do you know where this is? This is the Land of Wind! Our Sunagakure doesn't need outsiders to help."
The two said one sentence after another, their attitude somewhat superior.
Hidan's eyes were a little wrong, and he turned his head and asked, "Can I kill them?"
Shinji looked around, "There are a lot of people here, it's not easy to clean up, wait a minute."
Mainly, he hadn't found that Cursed Spirit yet, and didn't want to make things big for the time being.
"Hey, what are you two whispering about there? Get out of here!"
Just as Shinji was considering whether to lure these two people to a distance and kill them first, a commotion seemed to have occurred in the village.
"The monster has been found!"
"Run!"
"Mommy, I want mommy."
"Everyone listen, don't panic, evacuate to a safe place first, and leave the rest to us."
"Maki, prepare to seal!"
"Yes!"
At this time, the two Sunagakure ninjas guarding the gate couldn't care about driving Shinji and Hidan away, and the two immediately rushed to the place where the sound came from.
Obviously, their appearance in this small village was not a coincidence. Sunagakure, which had begun to take the elite route, didn't have so many ninjas stationed everywhere.
They had received news that people had been disappearing here one after another, so they came to investigate and capture them.
"Let's go, let's go in and take a look too."
This time no one stopped them, and Shinji and Hidan quickly arrived at the battle site.
"Quick, don't let a single monster go."
"Try to capture them alive, and create an opportunity for Maki!"
"Be careful of the monster's claws, they're poisonous."
A two-meter-tall strong man wearing a turban and sunglasses was loudly commanding, and a mixed team of 7 or 8 Chūnin and Genin was controlling puppets to surround them.
At a high place was a woman with the same outfit, holding a roll of cloth in her hand and looking for an opportunity.
And the one being besieged by these Sunagakure ninjas was a mummy-like Cursed Spirit, with its whole body wrapped in gray-white bandages, only revealing a pair of soulless eyes, and its hands were claws like a beast.
If there was only one Cursed Spirit, there would naturally be no need for such a big battle.
But in the encirclement, one mummy after another walked out of the houses stiffly.
Those missing villagers had all been made into a mummy army by it, becoming its subordinates.
At a rough glance, there were at least twenty of them!
If it continued to give it a chance to infinitely spawn troops, the entire Land of Wind might fall.
Fortunately, it was discovered early.
Moreover, these newly made mummies were obviously not as strong as the main body, which also made many people breathe a sigh of relief.
The process of the battle was somewhat uneventful.
The terrible thing about the mummy Cursed Spirit was its ability to spawn troops and its claws that contained deadly poison curses.
Even if a Jōnin was scratched, if they couldn't get treatment in time, they might die.
But the puppets used by the Sunagakure ninjas completely countered this ability of the mummy Cursed Spirit.
No matter how powerful the deadly poison curse was, it was useless for a dead puppet.
So one mummy soldier after another was dismembered and destroyed, and soon only the culprit was left.
"Maki!"
The woman who was ready immediately threw out the long cloth in her hand.
"Cloth Binding Technique!"
The long and wide white cloth instantly wrapped the mummy Cursed Spirit inside.
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