Under the contemptuous gazes of the women and the resentful stare of a certain girl, Tamura Hiroshi first followed the map and flew to the capital of the Land of This. The country had many architectural ruins. It had been destroyed long ago, and all its buildings had been ravaged by war.
"What are we doing here?"
Katsuyu was puzzled. There were many ruins here, and the surroundings looked desolate, with hardly any sign of human habitation.
"I read a record saying that a powerful Summoning Beast once appeared in the Land of This. It was a genjutsu-type beast, and someone here might have contracted with it.
"We came to see if any descendants of that beast remained. Finding its bones would work too."
Tamura Hiroshi explained their purpose. They were here to rob a tomb... no, to conduct archaeology.
"A genjutsu-type Summoning Beast!"
Kurenai, who had been comforting her best friend, instantly perked up.
"The genjutsu-type Summoning Beast you mentioned might live here."
Uzumaki Kousou suddenly spoke and turned toward a certain direction. She had sensed a fairly decent chakra there. It was not human chakra, but the chakra of a beast.
Human and beast chakra differed subtly. Her Mind's Eye of the Kagura could distinguish between them, and the stronger the chakra, the easier it was to tell them apart.
"Little Black, go over there."
Tamura Hiroshi also looked in that direction and gestured for Little Black to fly over.
Little Black understood. It spread its wings, changed direction, and flew off. It arrived before long.
They saw an ancient castle. Surrounded by piles of architectural ruins, it looked extremely strange, like a crane standing among chickens.
"Inoichi, go communicate with it."
Tamura Hiroshi leaped down, examined the castle, and gestured to Inoichi Yamanaka.
Inoichi Yamanaka also noticed