Naruto: I Roamed the Ninja World as a Woman

Chapter 66 Reaching the highest city in the desert! And the Red Sand Scorpion!

the other side.

Hanzo nodded almost imperceptibly, inwardly very satisfied with Ayane Amamiya's performance.

He is indeed a rare genius. He has only been learning the Water Instant Body technique for a few days, yet he has already mastered it so well.

Hanzo thought to himself: Compared to her talent, let alone Shinta, even I back in my day was rather mediocre.

Now that they saw the three guards had caught up.

He then felt completely at ease and gave it his all.

In a flash, Hanzo appeared a hundred meters away, standing shoulder to shoulder with Chiyo.

Ayane Amamiya was completely awestruck.

With Hanzo's help, he could only advance a few dozen meters in a single water teleportation.

The other party didn't need any preparation; they covered hundreds of meters in an instant!

The difference is too big!

I've heard that Leader Hanzo can even use his summoning beast Ibuki to perform the Body Flicker Technique. His strength is truly unimaginable!

"Puppet old hag, your strength has declined!"

Hanzo, who had caught up with him, said calmly, "Three years ago, you wouldn't have left me this far behind."

"the same as you!"

Chiyo chuckled coldly: "If it were you three years ago, you'd probably have already used your Body Flicker to overtake me and be talking to me from the front!"

The two exchanged a glance.

But the same thought flashed through their minds simultaneously.

The appearance of the three ninjas (the departure of their son and daughter-in-law) had such a huge impact on him/her?

I followed Chiyo through the desert for more than three days.

The group from Amegakure finally saw the true face of Sunagakure one morning.

This is a city hidden in the snowy desert.

The Sand Village ninjas melted all the sand here and then used a special process to reassemble it, forming a dry and hard material, thus achieving the effect of "artificial land".

This material has excellent load-bearing capacity, and the spaciousness further enhances its advantages.

As a result, the buildings in Sunagakure are all built to be very grand and look quite spectacular from a distance.

The only drawback is that the building's color scheme is rather monotonous, with an old-fashioned earthy yellow color everywhere you look.

"Welcome to the Sand Village!"

Ebizo explained, "This place was originally just a simple habitat in the desert, a place for travelers to rest."

He said with no small amount of pride, "But thanks to the efforts of the First Kazekage, Lord Retsuto, and generations of ninja predecessors, this place has now become the highest city in the entire desert!"

Ayane Amamiya stopped behind Hanzo.

Perhaps because it was close to populated areas, the heat wave in the air was overwhelming, as if it were telling of their enthusiasm for them.

Hmm, it could also be rejection.

She placed her palm on her forehead and gazed into the distance.

On the tallest building in the distance, the craftsmen specially chose dark brown boulders to outline a large "wind" character on the building!

It blends in with the endless yellow sand around it.

It inexplicably gives people a feeling of vastness, desolation, and a touch of melancholy.

"Why isn't there a building like the Hokage Rock here?" Ayuto asked curiously.

Chiyo glanced at him sideways and said coldly, "Everything that Sunagakure has achieved has always been the result of the efforts of all the ninjas, so the honor will not be concentrated on any particular ninja."

I will not keep this glory to myself.

Amamiya Ayane pondered, could this be the Sand Will of the Kazekage of all generations?

That said, why didn't the village implement any Will of Rain?

Then Ebizo laughed and said, "Of course, we have also built corresponding sculptures for the Fengying of each generation, so that future generations can admire them."

He coughed and added, "You'll see them in the conference room once the Third Hokage begins his formal talks with Lord Hanzo."

Hanzo listened quietly for a while before saying in a hoarse voice, "Alright, let's go into the village."

At the distant gate of Sunagakure, the defensive barrier had been dispelled.

However, a special ninja squad was still gathered at the entrance, nervously observing them.

After the group approached...

Seeing that the two advisors were unharmed, the numerous Sand Village ninjas lowered their weapons and eyed the Amegakure visitors with wary gazes.

but.

Despite having two advisors, Chiyo and Ebizo, on their side.

However, Ayane Amamiya and the other two Amamikage guards still had to sign their names specifically on the village entry registration form.

The girl was certain.

From then on, all information related to their three names would inevitably be treated as top-level files by Sunagakure and subject to strict tracking and management.

Her gaze swept lightly over the ninjas, while she silently memorized their characteristics.

Those who appear in such occasions are basically the elites of Sunagakure, and gathering information about them is very valuable.

Those with calluses on their fingertips are obviously puppeteers.

As for those with thick limbs and a robust build, they should be taijutsu ninjas.

Ayane Amamiya memorized everyone's faces and corresponding features, though the results might not be accurate, they might just be useful.

"What? The people from Sunagakure don't seem enthusiastic at all."

Upon entering the village, Yudou muttered a complaint, "It seems like nobody really welcomes us!"

This is indeed the case.

After entering the village, they were led by Sunagakure ninjas to their pre-prepared lodgings to rest.

The places they passed by.

The gazes of the surrounding crowd held hostility, hatred, curiosity, and vigilance, but not welcome.

Sanshoku Shinta snorted, "What, are you still fantasizing about them raising their hands, shedding tears, and warmly welcoming you? And then having beautiful young women present you with local specialties as a welcome gift?"

Yudou covered her face, looking shy like a cute girl, and said, "Actually, it would be fine if it were a handsome boy~"

Shinta:

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Ayane Amamiya felt the goosebumps on her arms starting to rise again...

She coughed and quickly interrupted, "According to what Chiyo said earlier, the meeting with the Kazekage won't begin until the day after tomorrow, so what are your plans for today and tomorrow?"

Although the group was nominally just Yuying's bodyguards.

But just as the goat had said to Ayane Amamiya before.

The whole world knows that they are called guards, but in reality they are Hanzo's confidants.

Therefore, Sunagakure treated the three of them with the same courtesy as honored guests, without imposing too many restrictions.

As long as it's not a strictly prohibited military restricted area or a highly confidential location, any other place is open to a few people.

Ameto's expression immediately became much more serious: "If possible, I'd like to visit the Sand Village's ninja hospital. I've heard that the Sand Village has developed many new ninjutsu for treating poisons."

If there is an arms race between ninja villages...

Therefore, poisoning and antidote must be indispensable parts of the process.

Amegakure and Sunagakure, in particular, are ninja villages that frequently use poison.

The battle between the two sides on the pharmacology of toxins can be described as a back-and-forth, with neither side giving an inch.

Shen Da said calmly, "Someone is watching us."

He pretended to admire the scenery, glancing left and right, and whispered, "There should be a small team at four o'clock, and there are also people at nine o'clock."

Ayane Amamiya added, "Well, there are people under our feet too."

She stamped her foot and laughed, "A rather clumsy earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of technique used in earth ...

Just like when he followed the three legendary Sannin of Konoha, the ninjas of Sunagakure didn't really care whether they were exposed or not.

That being said...

"But as long as we don't go into those important departments, Sunagakure shouldn't do anything to us, right?"

Yu Dou was a little timid, yet also somewhat unwilling: "You two, can you come with them? They promise they won't wander off."

After the previous experience of traversing the sandstorm.

Yudou quickly figured out his position in the Rain Shadow Guard.

Despite being a Jonin, a rank higher than Genin, he was actually the weakest of the three.

The two people next to him were both much better than him.

Sanshojin neither agreed nor disagreed, but simply stated, "Lord Hanzo must have at least one person by his side."

After thinking for a moment, Ayane Amamiya offered, "In that case, I'll go with you."

She wasn't particularly interested in hospital matters, but she did have the idea of ​​gathering intelligence.

The goal they wanted to find was also very clear.

It was Matthew, the elite Jonin puppeteer who slaughtered an entire village.

However, we are now in the stage of talks between the two countries.

Ayane Amamiya cannot act rashly and incite conflict between Sunagakure and Amegakure.

Unless she is confident that she can keep it from everyone in Sunagakure and secretly kill Matthew without anyone noticing.

As long as there is no way to prove it, it's useless no matter how much the Sand Village suspects it.

However, it's clear that she doesn't have that ability yet.

Yu Dou had no idea about all the scheming involved; upon hearing this, she simply said gratefully, "Thank you so much, my dear sister."

Ayane Amamiya: "

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I hate people who have no sense of boundaries the most!

Who the hell is your best friend?!

The puppeteer Matthew, whom Ayane Amamiya was so concerned about, did not appear at the village entrance to welcome the Amegakure group.

He walked through the long alley and came to a warehouse.

The warehouse was filled with all sorts of puppets—humanoid, animaloid, and hybrid humanoid-animal puppets.

Matthew skillfully stepped over the parts on the ground, then stopped in front of a shelf in the front half of the warehouse.

He didn't go any further, but stayed where he was and shouted, "Scorpion, just now, the people from Amegakure arrived!"

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There was no response from the warehouse, only the soft clattering of parts.

Matthew didn't seem to care and continued, "Aren't you going to check on them? Although the two lords died at the hands of White Fang, if Amegakure hadn't proposed the joint attack agreement, the two lords wouldn't have ventured deep into the Land of Fire's territory to launch a surprise attack."

"In this respect, Amegakure is also one of the culprits responsible for the deaths of the two adults!"

His theory is...

It can't be called being unreasonable; it's just being nonsensical.

"I stopped caring about that kind of thing a long time ago."

The red-haired boy emerged from the shadows of the warehouse, coldly stating, "Right now, I only care about one thing: going to Konoha and witnessing the difference between me and White Fang!"

Matthew suddenly broke out in a sweat.

He hurriedly said, "You mustn't...you mustn't do anything irrational!"

Although Sasori was very talented, a genius that Sunagakure had rarely seen in decades.

But white teeth...

That man's knife has left an unparalleled shadow in Matthew's heart!

This fear has made him so afraid that he doesn't even have the courage to step into the Land of Fire!

That's why he vented all his anger and fear on the common people of the Rain Country.

Scorpion said nothing, silently walked past him, and came to the eaves.

The great setting sun was spreading its lingering warmth across the sky.

Sunlight streamed across the boy's clean and handsome profile, creating a warm and inviting scene.

But Matthew had no time to appreciate it all.

He stared in astonishment at the scattered parts on the ground: "Isn't that a salamander? Why did you take it apart?"

A renowned puppeteer genius.

Despite his young age, Scorpion is able to control three puppets simultaneously.

He named the three puppets as: Crow, Black Ant, and Salamander.

These were also the three puppets that Kankuro later used.

"Because compared to a real salamander, this puppet created out of imagination is just garbage."

Scorpion finally spoke: "Art cannot tolerate flaws; I must strive for perfection as much as possible!"

The next day.

There is only one day left until the meeting between Rain Shadow and Wind Shadow.

As promised, Ayane Amamiya accompanied Ameto to the Sunagakure ninja hospital.

In pursuit of the most comprehensive experience, Amato, with a keen research spirit, poisoned himself and disguised himself as an injured ninja.

Although everything they did was under the watchful eye of the Sand Village's Anbu...

The process was completed in one go.

The poison that Ameto had administered hadn't been neutralized by Sunagakure!

After reviewing the report, the doctor advised that the patient could eat something better after returning home.

This is a bit awkward!

Ayane Amamiya felt speechless.

After leaving the hospital, she glanced at the weak Yudou and asked, "Should we continue? They might be doing this on purpose, deliberately concealing the treatment methods."

Yudou exclaimed excitedly, "No, no, no! Even if they did it on purpose, it's enough!"

He exclaimed excitedly, "Judging from their previous toxin diagnosis reports, they're absolutely certain that their understanding of this toxin isn't deep enough!"

"Sunagakure has always specialized in mineral toxins."

"Even though later, due to Lord Hanzo, some research was conducted on poisons related to glands or nerves, it doesn't seem to have gone very far."

Yudou was pale, and although his eyes were red, he kept babbling on: "The poison they just developed is completely different from Lord Hanzo's salamander toxin, so it's normal that they're confused."

Unable to hold back any longer, Ayane Amamiya interrupted, "Wait, I want to ask, did you take the antidote?"

"Antidote?"

"Yes, yes, yes! The antidote! I was so excited I forgot to take it!"

Yudou looked panicked, all her previous smugness gone: "Quick, quick, sisters, get the antidote out! It's in my pocket..."

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Ayane Amamiya:

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She stuffed the antidote into Yudou's mouth, then picked him up and headed towards their lodgings.

Suddenly, a thought struck the girl.

Is someone following me?

Is it the dark area?

She silently increased the speed at which she moved in an instant.

As a result, the ninjas who were secretly watching them could no longer hide their figures and were forced to speed up as well.

As a result, Ayane Amamiya's perception became increasingly clear.

She could tell that there were two groups of people, one in front and one behind!

interesting!"

Who could be so audacious as to act so boldly in Sunagakure?

She made a hand seal with one hand, silently preparing herself, a hint of anticipation in her heart.