Kurama Fangyun continued, "In the southern region of Spirit Rhinoceros Lake, groups like ours and some smaller hunting groups can get by without any problems. Hardly anyone dares to go north. If we crossed the lake and kept heading north, it's not that our team couldn't do it, but I'm afraid at most one-third of us would make it back. Or rather, someone like you might be able to go in and return unharmed."
Kurama Fangyun paused, a bitter smile on her face. "So, Lord Li? The deal I'm proposing is actually very simple. My people and I will lead you to Spirit Rhinoceros Lake, and I'll give you this map. Our hunting group forced its way into the northern area beyond that lake several times to draw it."
As she spoke, Kurama Fangyun spread a map out before her. Li looked it over and quickly found both the place he had come from and their current location. It indeed contained a great deal of information, far more detailed than his own map, and it also appeared more accurate.
Itachi said, "Miss Kurama Fangyun, I'm curious. Since you have no intention of going north, why do you seem so interested in that place?"
Kurama Fangyun smiled. "My mother once told me that I'm not like a ninja at all. I don't think I am either. What I truly want is to keep moving forward, to visit places I've never been, experience things I've never experienced, and see scenery I've never seen. But look—everyone in this group is watching me. They need a leader. Maybe I'm not an especially good one, but at least while I'm here, they can stay together. At the very least, they won't starve to death. If I leave, who knows what might happen? In a few