"Don't you think so? Flowing long hair, fair, tender skin—those were things girls were supposed to have. Look at Yamanaka Saura. He had the face a man should have, yet his skin was smooth enough to break with a puff, and his long hair flowed freely. That was clearly an excess of female hormones. He was no different from the Yuki Clan of the Land of Water!"
Akimichi Shan was thick-skinned enough to actually think about Yamanaka Saura's figure. The two had bathed together countless times over the years, so he knew quite a bit. Based on Mingye's description, he nodded in deep agreement and said, "My lord is right! I thought it was strange too, but after seeing it for so many years, I got used to it!"
"...!"
Nara Dogu stared at Akimichi Shan in astonishment, his eyes wide with speechless disbelief. Mingye had obviously just been forcing small talk because he had nothing to say, yet Akimichi Shan had so tactfully taken the bait. At that moment, Mingye suddenly stood up. Smiling, he looked up at the temple at the mountain's peak and said, "Tell me, if the Sage of Six Paths' relics really are here, where do you think they would be hidden?"
Seeing that Mingye had finally turned to the main subject, Nara Dogu immediately replied, "The most dangerous place is the safest place. Sometimes, things do not need to be hidden at all. I have long heard that the ninjas of the Land of Lightning are fierce and battle-hardened. Every ninja here must first learn basic taijutsu before learning ninjutsu. Their most famous techniques are swordsmanship and Lightning Release Body Techniques. The former comes from countless battles, while the latter is the Moon Night Clan's signature art. On the way here, even the novice