Star City, the residential district east of the Nether River, in the courtyard of Kimimaro's house.
On the antique-style veranda in the backyard, Kimimaro, dressed in a white kimono, was playing Go with Shikamaru while chatting about ninja clans.
"If you're trying to house a lot of people, your place really isn't big enough. But you said you wanted to set it up like a dojo? I've honestly never seen that before." After placing a black stone in one corner of the board, Shikamaru looked up at Kimimaro across from him.
Kimimaro had been the one to invite him to this game, asking him for advice on the structure of ninja clans. In Kimimaro's words, the Kaguya Clan had already been wiped out, and he had been taken away from the Kaguya clan grounds by Lord Menma when he was very young, so he was not very clear on how a ninja clan was organized or developed.
"I remember the Land of Stars has quite a few ninja clans too, doesn't it? Why not ask them?" Shikamaru picked at his ear as he watched the pair of Byakugan above Kimimaro's red eye shadow.
Although he ate and stayed at Kimimaro's house, and this small favor was just something he could do along the way, Shikamaru was simply curious. The other party was still a jonin of the Land of Stars and the last surviving orphan of the Kaguya Clan. If he wanted to rebuild the Kaguya Clan, asking the ninja clans of the Land of Stars for advice should not have been difficult.
Kimimaro's Byakugan remained fixed on the Go board, the two red dots between his brows drawing slightly together. He slowly picked up a white stone and placed it before answering Shikamaru's question. "Although the Land of Stars