At noon, the lead Iwagakure jonin held a sheathed sword in his arms and quietly narrowed his eyes.
Unlike his subordinates beside him, who were drenched in sweat.
His breathing was remarkably steady, and his expression utterly calm.
The others kept casting envious looks his way.
"I heard... Lord Mū's blade possesses a uniquely chilling property. It seems the rumors were true..."
The Iwagakure jonin named Mū had fair skin and a well-proportioned build.
Compared to his sturdily built companions, his body could even be called "frail." Of course, that was only relative.
He held a three-foot short sword in his arms, faint cold air drifting from its sheath.
It was precisely that chill that drove away the heat for him.
The land shaped its people, and most Iwagakure ninja had Earth as their primary attribute.
They excelled at Earth Release ninjutsu and Nintaijutsu.
Naturally, this had produced many masters of taijutsu.
Among them... were also experts who used blades and swords.
For example, during the Third Shinobi War in the original story, just in the portions shown in the manga, young Kakashi directly encountered two powerful Iwagakure jonin swordsmen.
After their clashes, Kakashi nearly died twice.
Once, Minato Namikaze saved him with the Flying Thunder God.
The other time, he escaped danger only through the cooperation of Obito, whose Sharingan had awakened.
And the Mū before them possessed an even more illustrious identity...
"I heard Lord Tsuchikage intends to groom Lord Mū. He values him even more highly than Lord Kitsuchi..."
There were many matters in hidden history that had never been recorded.
In the original story, Akira Sarutobi's original self only appeared once on a title page.
Tsunade's parents were not even mentioned in a single sentence.
But not being mentioned did not mean they had never existed.