"This sudden sandstorm came out of nowhere. If this keeps up, forget finding anyone—we might end up getting lost in it ourselves."
Naruto immediately said, "Ah! This sand is so annoying!"
Sakura said, "Stop complaining. We need to find somewhere to shelter from this wind and sand as quickly as possible."
Naruto seemed not to hear her and shouted, "What did you say?"
At that moment, the furious howling of the wind and sand grew louder and louder.
The blown sand struck their faces, bringing a slight sting.
Sakura ignored Naruto and began looking around on her own.
But the sandstorm was growing stronger, and her field of vision was shrinking. If this continued—
before long, the three of them would surely be separated.
Sakura seemed to have no other options.
Sai spoke up then. "Wait." As he spoke, he slapped his ninja tool pouch.
He took out a scroll, then pulled out an ink brush.
He carefully placed the scroll on the ground, seeming to want to open it.
But under these conditions, the wind and sand simply would not allow it.
Seeing this, Sakura immediately ran over to help. Naruto also quickly moved closer.
With Sakura and Naruto's help, the scroll was laid flat on the ground.
Sai immediately drew several jet-black lines on the scroll at incredible speed.
Then he formed hand seals. "Ninja Art: Super Beast Scroll!"
The lines on the scroll seemed to come alive, crawling off the scroll and burrowing straight into the ground before vanishing.
The three of them stopped moving forward, because they knew that if they rashly continued, they would definitely be separated.
Not long after, Sai's eyes shifted slightly as he said, "Follow me. I found a tunnel leading underground. It should be enough to help us avoid this sandstorm."