The Land of Wind's enthusiasm

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By the time Yang Xing reached the Hidden Sand Village, Temari was still following him. Although she kept her distance, the girl clearly intended to keep going.

Intrigued, Yang Xing stopped and said with a laugh, “You aren’t planning to show me your village’s front and back gates again, like last time, are you?”

“You really know how to hold a grudge.” Showing no embarrassment at being discovered, Temari walked up and moved ahead of him. “I’m not that petty. Consider this an apology for last time. I’ll give you a proper tour today.”

“Well, thank you.”

They walked together and soon reached a bustling marketplace. There weren’t many visitors, but plenty of locals crowded the area, making it quite lively.

For once, Temari played no tricks along the way, allowing Yang Xing to take in the sights of the Hidden Sand Village.

“This is about the busiest place in the Land of Wind. If you want any local specialties, you can buy them here.”

“Oh, there really are a lot of little shops.”

Yang Xing nodded and looked around.

After a brief silence, Temari suddenly asked, “Where are the two girls who were with you?”

“Konan and Guren? They’re busy with something.”

“Busy?”

“Yeah. We need to bring out Konan’s kekkei genkai as soon as possible. At my level, training her myself would only put too much strain on her, so I asked Guren to help.” Yang Xing frowned. For now, the best thing was to give Konan the means to protect herself as quickly as possible. He felt a little lonely without them, but there was nothing to be done about it.

He would just have to be patient.

Seeing that Yang Xing