Dongdong: There was a typo earlier. Yuchi Jiong is a young member of the clan, while Gong Zhijiu is the one with the Three-Tomoe Sharingan. All instances in the previous chapter have been changed to "Gongzhi Jiu."
Considering that Akaseki had only just arrived and had yet to recover mentally or physically, Jiancheng decided to scout out the flying fortress first, gather some intelligence, and then plan their next move.
Since the Sky Ninja Village Fortress had landed on a mountaintop, they did not need to find a way to fly up to it. They could simply infiltrate it from the ground.
Akaseki was resting at their temporary base, sitting cross-legged with a deranged grin still plastered across his face—
Jiancheng, Yangyong, and Gong Zhijiu, three experts from the Uchiha Clan with Three-Tomoe Sharingan, went to investigate in person.
[You said you've never seen a fortress like that?] Akaseki asked the Hell Yama King through their mental link.
The Hell Yama King was behind Akaseki, also looking toward the Sky Ninja Village Fortress. However—
[Never before,] the Hell Yama King insisted.
Akaseki had never heard of any technology in the shinobi world capable of making an entire fortress fly, so he had kept suspecting that some demon god was behind it again. Clan leader Jiancheng, who also knew that several seals had developed problems in recent years, clearly shared that suspicion.
Yet the Hell Yama King outright rejected Akaseki's theory—
Usually, when faced with a question the Hell Yama King did not want to answer, he would play dumb and evade it. This time was different. He had clearly stated that he had never seen this thing before.
Could it really not be one?
Akaseki felt a little disappointed. If it was not a demon god, then even if he