The Land of Swamps Shrine! Ino's Worries
On the plane, Shion's eyes sparkled.
(⌯︎¤̴̶̷̀ω¤̴̶̷́)✧︎
She looked down at the mountains and forests rushing past below, feeling incredibly happy!
"Wow, Shinki, that's amazing! How did you do that?!"
Shion couldn't help but look at Shinki in the front driver's seat.
At this moment, Shinki was intently gripping the control stick, wearing pilot Sunglasses. His red hair contrasted sharply with the black and white environment of the cockpit, and his perfect profile...
One glance was enough to make Shion's heart pound.
Seeing that Shinki ignored her, Shion could only lean close to Naruto's ear and whisper, "Um, just wondering, does Shinki have a girlfriend?"
Naruto looked down and, seeing Shion's shy expression, quickly guessed that his good brother had probably caught the eye of this girl.
Jealousy clouded Naruto's judgment; he muttered to himself, "I just can't see how handsome he is... (๑•́₃ •̀๑)"
Shion didn't hear clearly. "Huh?"
Although somewhat envious of his good friend, Naruto quickly realized his mistake and patiently said, "No, he doesn't have a girlfriend right now."
Shion finally breathed a sigh of relief, patting her chest. "Thank goodness..."
Ahead, Shinki, who was concentrating on piloting the plane, suddenly turned around and said something out of the blue.
"Naruto, when do you think I'll get my exclusive title? (๑❛ᴗ❛๑)"
"Similar to the 'Sannin' like Tsunade and Jiraiya, Kakashi-sensei's 'Copy Ninja,' or even the Fourth Hokage's 'Yellow Flash'..."
As Shinki spoke, a look of longing appeared in his eyes.
He didn't want to be called "Red-Haired Kid" every time he encountered enemies outside.
This title is absolutely amazing!
Upon hearing this, Naruto also began to seriously consider the question.
"Could it be because you're still young?" Naruto said.
Shinki shook his head. "During the Third Shinobi World War, Shisui Uchiha seemed to be a little younger than me, and he already earned the title of 'Body Flicker Shisui'."
Naruto remained silent. "Could it be that you're missing someone to give you a title? |•'-'•)و✧"
Shinki nodded, agreeing that Naruto's words made some sense...
Shion listened attentively to their conversation and suddenly found the two of them quite adorable.
They actually took something as intangible as a title seriously.
A few hours later, Shinki arrived at the shrine in the Land of Swamps in his plane.
Perhaps because it was intended to seal the body of the Moryo, the shrine in the Land of Swamps was built on a volcano.
Moreover, the entire ancestral hall is located inside the mountain, with only a small stone gate visible on the outside.
At this moment, tens of thousands of terracotta warriors guarded the stone gate, completely surrounding the area!
On the ground.
Kakashi and his group, hiding in the shadows, looked up at the planes high in the sky.
There's also Shinki, where people pilot airplanes.
Kakashi: (ー_ー)!!
"This guy Shinki's arrival is far too high-profile. Doesn't he realize he'll startle the terracotta warriors?"
Ino breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Shinki arrive in his plane.
Although the Lord Hokage told her that Shinki left the village to carry out a very secret mission.
Ino still felt uneasy, but she felt a little relieved after seeing Shinki.
"Shinki and the others are almost landed. Asuma- sensei, Kakashi-sensei, should we make our move?" Shikamaru said from the back.
Kakashi nodded. "Yes, we need to protect the Shinki as it leads the priestess into the shrine..."
As the group discussed their next tactics, Sai, who had been silent, suddenly widened his eyes and pointed forward. "Look! Shinki jumped out of the plane!"
Upon hearing this, everyone turned their heads in unison.
Sure enough, Shinki jumped off the plane without any safety equipment!
"With so many terracotta warriors down there, won't the Shinki be besieged if it comes down so rashly?" Ino said worriedly.
However, as soon as Ino finished speaking, Shinki, who was not far away in mid-air, clapped his hands and shouted.
"Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!"
A giant wooden dragon emerged from the ground and caught the falling Shinki!
Then, the Shinki riding on top of the Wood Dragon formed a hand seal again.
After completing the hand seals, he controlled the Wood Dragon to fly at a low altitude and slapped his hand on the ground!
"Earth Release: Giant Swamp!"
"Whoosh--"
In an instant, under the influence of the Shinki's terrifying Chakra, a considerable area outside the shrine turned into a swamp.
The mindless terracotta warriors, still trying to grasp the Shinki atop the Wood Dragon, kept thrashing about.
But the more violently they move, the faster they sink.
Soon, Shinki single-handedly controlled tens of thousands of terracotta warriors!
After doing all this, Shinki used the Flying Thunder God to return to the plane, and then took Shion and Naruto to the entrance of the shrine cave.
Everyone: "..."
"I was saying, we could have just not come, right?"
Shikamaru was happy to have some free time, spoke up.
Kakashi and Asuma exchanged a glance and nodded, bewildered.
The immortal terracotta warriors that Ninjas from all nations are struggling to fight against are something only the Shinki can handle with such ease!
"Now we can go back to the village for dinner, right?" Choji mumbled, stuffing handfuls of potato chips into his mouth.
Ino nearby, had a noticeably different focus from the others. "Hey, did you guys see the girl Shinki was pulling?! ╰_╯"
Shikamaru:(ー_ー)!!
"You wouldn't be jealous over something like this, would you? That's the priestess of the Land of Demons, someone the Shinki is protecting. It's perfectly normal for him to be with her."
"Women are such a hassle. ¯_(ツ)_/¯"
Ino stubbornly insisted, "No! You just didn't see the way that girl looked at the Shinki!"
Those purple eyes, so tender and full of love! A mixture of reluctance and attraction!
"There's no mistake, she's my competitor!"
Sai:⚆_⚆?
"We're hundreds of meters away from the Shinki, and I can't even see her face clearly. You can even see the girl's eyes?"
"You clueless, unromantic men would never understand," Ino said, her breath hot as she snorted.
"I wouldn't understand the depth of a woman's affection for a man."
"She wouldn't understand why she made wishes in every dream, hoping to see him one more time tomorrow..."
Asuma: "You better stop now! (｡•ˇ‸ˇ•｡)"
"We're on a mission right now, is this the time for you to be dating?!"
"Also, Hong has been forced to practice Genjutsu Tenten because of that guy Shinki!"
"She's the woman I'm going to marry! She doesn't even have time to go on dates with me! What did I say?! (ꐦ ಠ 皿ಠ)"
Everyone fell silent.
=_=
It seems Asuma is indeed in a worse situation...
On the other side, at the entrance of the ancestral hall.
The group continued to venture deeper into Shinki.
After walking through a narrow, dark, and long passage, the group arrived at the main hall of the ancestral temple.
Perhaps because it is located on a volcano, the temperature inside the main hall of the ancestral temple is extremely high.
Just being here made the Shinki group sweat profusely from the heat...
Beneath the main hall, Shinki can even see lava flowing through the cracks in the rocks – it's truly astonishing!
Upon entering, Naruto pointed to a long-haired man sitting on a stone platform ahead.
"Is that... Moryo?"
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