After ransacking Takumi Village in the Land of Snow and the Sky Ninja Village, Tamura Hiroshi still wasn't satisfied. He rode a ninja hawk to the coast of the Land of Rivers.
The Land of Rivers had been the main battlefield between Konoha and Sunagakure, but the two sides had already signed a peace treaty and ceased hostilities. Even though the Nine-Tails' rampage had stirred some ideas in Sunagakure, they could only hold back after Tsunade appeared.
Besides, more than half a year had passed. Sunagakure had long since abandoned those plans, and peace had returned to the Land of Rivers.
"What are you looking for?"
On the back of the ninja hawk, Yuri asked curiously.
That pervert had been wandering around here for days, spending all his time surveying uninhabited areas. She had no idea what he was looking for.
"There was a vague account in the Senju clan's Classics. It said that a powerful empire once existed in ancient times, with incredible technological prowess. I want to see if anything remains."
Tamura Hiroshi answered casually and continued sensing, mainly using the Byakugan's ability to see through the ground.
After several more days of searching, he finally found something.
It was a ruin. The surrounding mountains had unusual formations that couldn't have occurred naturally, resembling a massive palace. Only remnants remained, but the enormous stone pillars and slabs still showed how magnificent it had once been.
Excited by the ruins, Tamura Hiroshi continued searching, focusing mainly on the ravines. In the end, he found a relatively intact stone tower.
He activated the Byakugan's penetrating vision and looked underground, but unfortunately, he couldn't see the Gelel Ore Vein he was after.
"Is it buried too deep?"
Tamura Hiroshi pondered. The vein was underground, but he didn't know exactly how deeply