Everything in the Great Inner Palace Country returned to normal, the Queen's beautiful face was restored to her body, and the stone sculptures were all restored to human form.
Everything seems to have returned to its original, most beautiful state.
"Reiko, no matter what, you shouldn't have coerced Her Queen." The guard captain Meizi, continued to blame Reiko.
"Your Queen, what do you think we should do? After all, we must be fair in our rewards and punishments," Meizi suggested.
"Hmph! This girl... dared to hold a knife to my throat! But considering her kind intentions, and the fact that she recovered my unparalleled beauty with the help of the traveler, I won't hold it against her..."
The Queen then waved her hand, and Reiko was escorted out by the guards.
Reiko was ultimately expelled from Great Inner Palace Country and was extremely dejected. However, at that moment, she heard the cry of a strange creature.
Reiko turned around and saw a camel with a person sitting on it. Sunlight shone on the person's face at a 45-degree angle, making everything about him exceptionally charming.
"Didn't I tell you I'd take you to see the outside world?" Shiyu smiled faintly and then extended her hand.
Reiko also revealed a charming smile, her face slightly flushed, nodded, took Shiyu's hand, and mounted the camel as well.
Reiko hugged Shiyu from behind, feeling a long-lost sense of security.
The two rode camels westward, passing the Red Sand Sea of Death once again.
However, the sand in the Sea of Death has now solidified, eliminating all dangers. Furthermore, the Sawtooth Stonebreaker has been killed. With no environmental or biological threats, the two felt as relaxed and carefree as if they were on a trip.
The two soon started chatting.
"Reiko, do you know about ninjas from the East?" Shiyu asked.
"I'd only heard about them before, but seeing you, I've truly witnessed it... By the way, are all ninjas as powerful as you?" Reiko asked curiously.
"Ha, if everyone were as strong as me, what would happen? But there are different levels of strength among ninjas. If you were a ninja, you would definitely be a very strong one." Shiyu patted Reiko's head and said with a smile.
"But then again, we continued westward across the Red Sand Sea of Death, and we don't know where we'll end up..." Shiyu asked, looking at the endless crimson desert.
"I don't know what lies at the end of this desert... In all my memories, there's no information about the West... At most, it's the Sea of Death, and as for further west... it's always been a mystery to the Great Inner Palace Country," Reiko said after thinking for a moment.
"It seems we still need to see it for ourselves. Speaking of which, I kind of miss my own village."
"Your village?" Reiko, somewhat confused. Shiyu quickly explained.
"I see, the one-country-one-village system. You're a Shinobi Kage! Like Queen, right?! My apologies! What you're saying is really interesting; no wonder ninjas are so strong!"
Reiko also longed for the ninja world that Shiyu had described.
Then Shiyu highlighted some key points and told Reiko about himself, the village, and Akatsuki.
"Shiyu, it seems you're a little worried about your village. Why don't we turn back immediately? Going back to your village and finding more reinforcements might give you a better chance of success on this trip. Or, you could deal with the Akatsuki Organization you mentioned over there before returning here." Reiko also had a certain level of observational ability.
"What you say makes a lot of sense, but my current goal is to find out the cause of my parents' death. If there's anything I can't handle, I can still leave then."
Shiyu didn't want to miss this opportunity. Now that they had crossed the desert of the Land of Wind and one of the mysterious seals had been broken, Shiyu still wanted to settle this matter completely before returning to his ninja village.
"My comrades are all legendary figures in the Shinobi World. I have complete confidence in leaving the village to them." Shiyu had severely injured Obito, and the Shinobi Village had a large number of Kage Level shinobi. Shiyu did not believe that the Akatsuki Organization would take advantage of this opportunity to attack.
"I suspect that the Akatsuki Organization is taking this opportunity to secretly expand their strength... However, I've already selected most of the good guys, and the rest are hardly capable of causing any trouble."
Shiyu doesn't have a high opinion of the Akatsuki Organization these days. Medusa, who fought Shiyu a few days ago, would definitely be considered a Kage -Kage Level by the standards of the Shinobi World's power rankings.
The Akatsuki Organization is no longer on the same level as Shiyu. Shiyu has a much longer-term vision. After Nagato, there was Obito; after Obito, there was Madara; after Madara, there were Black Zetsu and Kaguya; and after Kaguya, there were other members of the Otsutsuki Clan.
Shiyu has come to this world, he must make plans in advance. Since the plot has not yet officially started, Shiyu naturally wants to seize the initiative.
Shiyu and Reiko rode their camels for a very long time, enduring countless hardships, and had no idea how much time had passed.
When they had run out of water and food, and even their camels could no longer move, Shiyu discovered a vast, azure sea not far away.
"Reiko, look over there, isn't that the sea?" Shiyu asked, also unsure.
Looking into the distance, where the faint blue sea was visible, Reiko said with certainty, "That's right! It's the sea! We actually made it to the beach?"
Shiyu then led the camel and Reiko quickly to the seaside.
"Is anyone there?" Reiko had no strength left.
Shiyu then activated her Byakugan, and although she was very tired, she discovered a place resembling a fishing village not far away by the sea.
"Someone's here! Looks like things are looking up!" Shiyu prepared to leave, then spoke a few words to the camel, which then departed.
Reiko asked in surprise, "What did you say to it?"
"It said it needed to eat, drink, and relieve itself, so I let it roam freely. However, we figured we'd be crossing this stretch of sea soon and wouldn't be able to stay with it, so I finally set it free," Shiyu explained.
The two then arrived at the fishing village. Their clothes were so different from those of the fishermen that they quickly became the focus of attention in the village.
Wow! You guys aren't from the East, are you? That's an endless desert there!
"I've never seen people dressed so strangely before! Are they also here for the Sang event?"
"The Assembly of the All-Knowing Ones, right?"
"That's a custom of our Dedesai people. These people... probably have no idea about it, right? They might not even understand what we're saying?"
Reiko gave an awkward smile, while Shiyu said directly, "We heard everything you said!"
"We are two travelers and we want to know what you mean by the Dedesai and the Sambala All-Knowing Assembly?"