No one knew when the Ninja Cat Clan had begun worshipping the Two-Tails.
Perhaps it was because the Two-Tails also looked like a cat, or perhaps she truly had some connection to the Ninja Cat Clan.
Though the nine Tailed Beasts were now used as weapons by shinobi, for more than a thousand years before Hashirama Senju appeared, they had been symbols of natural disaster.
Uh... the One-Tail didn't count. That guy had been sealed by the Land of Wind long ago. It was just that the earlier seal had been crude, and Shukaku, the One-Tail, often escaped.
Come to think of it, the One-Tail and the people of the Land of Wind truly were mortal enemies. The One-Tail learned Ninjutsu from the Land of Wind's shinobi, while the Land of Wind learned unique Kekkei Genkai and Sealing Jutsu from the One-Tail.
Getting off track... Uchiha Shunichi stopped his scattered thoughts and said to the ninja cat ahead of him, "That's right. I'm taking you to see the Two-Tails, Matatabi."
"Although the Two-Tails isn't in very good condition right now, and might get even worse!" Shunichi silently repeated those words to himself without saying them aloud.
After all, to ninja cats, the Two-Tails was an incredibly powerful being, practically a god...
Upon hearing Shunichi's words, the ninja cat leading the way immediately began working harder. It seemed the encouragement of an idol was quite effective.
He just wondered whether the ninja cat would still be happy after seeing what came next.
Following a remote path, Shunichi followed the ninja cat into the Land of Lightning. The Cloud Shinobi here were hot-tempered, but the country's defenses were extremely tight.
Before he even neared Kumogakure, Shunichi had already encountered several groups of Cloud Shinobi. He did not know whether they were