Living your daily life in a shonen anime seems to be wrong.

After gutting and cleaning up, he stretched out his left hand, palm up, and a ball of flame shot out with a "whoosh".

Holding the fish skewered on a branch in his right hand, he put it over to grill while walking back.

By the time we got back to where we started, the fish was cooked.

We emerged from the forest, enjoying grilled fish, and the matter was resolved.

It seems that a few people managed to escape.

Watching Nanaya eat grilled fish, Jiraiya felt a bit of a headache.

"Didn't you say you were going to take care of your physiological needs?"

"Yes, being hungry is a physiological problem."

Nanaya didn't even glance at Jiraiya, and continued eating his grilled fish.

He also walked up to Tenten and Hinata Hyuga and handed them the half-eaten grilled fish.

He grinned, revealing a smile.

Do you want to eat?

"..."

Chapter 91: Illusion

Fengmo Shayu, a member of the Fengmo clan.

The Fuma clan is a ninja family from the Land of Fields.

It once had its glory days, but then it declined.

After Orochimaru arrived, their living space was squeezed, and the organization was divided into two factions.

One faction revered Orochimaru and wanted to become a legitimate ninja force; the other faction hated Orochimaru and could only live in seclusion, trying to restore their clan's former glory.

Fuma Sayu has an older brother or cousin named Fengyu or something, who is with Orochimaru.

The reason why Fengmo Shayu ran away from the town this time was to find this person called Fengyu.

Therefore, after listening to the words of several members of the Fuma clan who followed Orochimaru, he drugged Jiraiya and the others.

They didn't want Jiraiya and the others dead, they just wanted to capture them—that's what the Fuuma clan members told her, so she did it.

Unfortunately, the other party lied.

Fortunately, Jiraiya and his group were prepared and were not caught off guard, and they also managed to repel several members of the Fuma clan.

After these things were explained, it was already afternoon.

So the operation began.

However, Fuma Sayu was sent away.

She is of little strength and cannot be of much help here.

However, although she's out of sight, I doubt she'll actually leave.

Qiye ignored all of this.

Naruto summoned Gamakichi and sent it into the base to investigate.

After confirming that there was no danger, the group went inside.

The base is an underground base, with surface buildings only at the entrance.

The interior was rather dark, but fortunately there were some lights, so the visibility was fairly good.

This place doesn't seem to be defended at all, even though it's Orochimaru's base.

The others still seemed cautious, but Qi Ye was completely unconcerned, yawning and swaying as he walked inside.

Seeing this, Tian Tian quickly went over and helped Qi Ye up.

"Brother Qiye, are you alright? You look very tired."

"Oh, it's probably the tea I just drank that's causing the medicine to take effect. Let me hold you and let you rest for a bit."

As she spoke, she opened her arms, wanting to hug Tiantian.

But I avoided it every day.

She glanced at the others, her face seemingly a little red.

She looked a little embarrassed and annoyed.

"Brother Qiye, this is the enemy's base. Be serious."

How am I being indecent?

When have you ever been serious?

"I... never mind, come on, Hinata, why don't you let me..."

Just as Qi Ye was about to change targets, the group suddenly stopped.

We've reached a fork in the road.

Hinata Hyuga breathed a sigh of relief; she had been genuinely worried that Nanaya would hug her.

This is an unprecedented action.

But now is not the time to think about that.

Looking around, I realized there were three intersections: left, middle, and right. Hamaji was also parked here.

"It seems we'll have to split up."

Jiraiya looked at the several intersections, but he didn't know where they all led.

Qi Ye glanced at it a few times, then pointed to the intersection on the right.

"I'll go this way. Tenten, Hinata, you two stay with Naruto and Sakura."

"understood."

Tenten and Hinata both nodded, indicating that they understood.

Jiraiya was a little curious.

Why did you walk on the right?

"Hmm, my intuition tells me that there's a beautiful girl waiting for me at the end of this road."

Qi Ye looked very serious and spoke as if it were the truth.

Of course, he was just talking nonsense. He had never been here before and didn't know who was here.

Although he could use his mental energy to scan and investigate, he did not do so.

Too lazy to do it.

If something really happens, you can just use spatial teleportation to escape; why bother with all those complicated things?

"Then let's go through the middle."

Naruto Uzumaki also made his choice based on his intuition.

Therefore, Jiraiya had no choice but to go to the left.

Without wasting any more time, everyone went their separate ways.

……

It looks like a cave that has been dug out, or like the base of a big tree with pillars on both sides, just like the trunk of the tree.

The visibility was poor, with lights hanging from the ceiling, swaying back and forth.

There was no sound, it was completely quiet.

The lights couldn't illuminate much of the area; the surroundings remained dark, with no end in sight, and no one knew what might be there.

If it were a timid person, they probably wouldn't dare to walk on such a road alone, even with the lights on.

Qi Ye didn't care. He yawned and didn't pay any attention, swaggering towards the end.

Although he didn't know if it would ever end.

Perhaps you'll enter a never-ending illusion and never be able to escape.

But not long after, a bright light suddenly appeared in the darkness ahead, coming down from above like a crack.

It was indeed a crack, a crack in the door.

With a creaking sound, the door opened.

Accompanying this was a melody of a zither, ancient and melodious.

He wrinkled his nose and then nodded.

"Yes, my intuition was right, there really was a pretty girl."

"That's what Qiye said."

I quickened my pace and walked towards the door.

The door was open, wide enough for one person to pass through. I stepped inside and was immediately greeted by a bright and spacious interior.

The light is much brighter here, and you can see everything clearly.

A space is enclosed by a screen, where a woman in a kimono sits and plays the koto.

There was also a small table on one side, with food and drinks on it.

Upon noticing Qi Ye enter, the young-looking woman stopped playing the piano, sat down, and slowly bowed to Qi Ye.

"Lord Orochimaru sent me to entertain guests from afar."

"Oh? Interesting."

Qi Ye curled the corners of his mouth into a slightly ambiguous smile.

"Just food and drinks aren't enough to entertain me."

"Rest assured, we will definitely satisfy our guests."