"You... you..." Yomi blanched when he saw Akaseki emerge.
Indeed, while in Sage Mode earlier, Akaseki had sensed through nature energy that Yomi's chakra was faintly resonating with these dimensions.
That had immediately put Akaseki on guard!
This method of constantly traveling between dimensions left plenty of room for manipulation...
Sure enough, on the return journey, Yomi had finally been unable to resist making his move!
Clearly, he could alter the rules governing these dimensional transitions to a certain extent. Just now, for instance, he had temporarily changed the exit from the Lava Dimension into an entrance to this mysterious dimension.
He had seized the moment when Akaseki and Miroku passed through the "exit" one after the other to temporarily change their destinations.
Had he succeeded, he could have created an opportunity to be alone with Miroku!
Akaseki had already been wondering what this fellow's objective might be, assuming he really had one.
Since Yomi could alter the rules of dimensional travel to some degree, if all he wanted was to pass through these dimensions and find something in the ruins, there was absolutely no need to involve Konoha Ninja.
He would not even have needed to cooperate with the Daimyo of the Land of Wind. He could have accomplished his objective himself.
Thus, Akaseki had concluded that Yomi either needed powerful fighters to help him get through somewhere he could not traverse alone, or wanted to lure someone here...
The former was one thing, but if it was the latter... Akaseki figured his target was most likely Miroku!
After all, who Konoha sent was largely a matter of chance, so he was unlikely to be targeting anyone from Konoha. Miroku had also mentioned that the Miko lineage had ties to the seal here.
And so, while he and Miroku