Chen was traveling alone toward the Land of Wind when he suddenly sensed movement up ahead. Then a nauseating voice rang out.
"Yo-ho-ho-ho... Brother Winter, who'd have thought that before we left this place, we'd run into such a handsome young man? What a treat!" The voice sounded like a duck being strangled—grating and shrill like a woman's, but without any of a woman's softness. It was just like the voice of a eunuch in the TV dramas Chen had watched in his previous life.
As soon as the voice fell silent, two men stepped onto the road from either side. More precisely, there were four men, but two of them were crawling on all fours like dogs. Each wore a dog collar around his neck and was tethered by an iron chain held by one of the two men standing upright.
Looking at the two standing men, Chen saw they wore Kusagakure Headbands, each marked with a slash across its symbol to show they were missing-nin from Kusagakure. According to the information displayed by the Data Eye, both had the strength of elite Chunin. The two men crawling on the ground had vacant, dull expressions, like soulless walking corpses. Apart from being somewhat handsome, Chen sensed no strength in them at all. They were probably ordinary civilians.
"He really is handsome! Just look at that pretty little face and that frail body. You're making me itch all over. I can't wait to take you home and give you a good time!" One of the elite Chunin, a bearded ninja, leered at Chen and spoke with a lascivious grin.
"Oh, Winter, always so impatient. Honestly, don't be so rough. You'll scare our sweet little darling!" The other Chunin put on a coy act, speaking in a piercing, shrill voice. The