May.
Amidst the endless dust, there is a continuous hill of khaki sandstone. These sandstone hills surround the surroundings and are hollow inside. There is only a long artificially dug channel connecting the inside and outside.
This place is where Sunagakure of Land of Wind is located. The passage connecting the inside and outside is also appropriately called 'A Line of Heaven' by the sand ninjas. It is a natural barrier that is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
After crossing the passage, there is a huge land with open terrain, on which are built a series of earth-yellow buildings. A light dust is wandering in the village, bringing a sense of vicissitudes of life.
Among them, the largest earth-yellow building is close to a sphere as a whole. There is a word "wind" engraved in the center of the building. It does not move even if it is blown by the wind and dust around it.
This is the place where Kazekage holds High-Level Meeting meetings and works. At this time, in the office, First Kazekage Retto took a sip of hot tea with a calm expression, and a letter was placed in front of him.
After he finished his tea, he put down his tea cup and glanced at Shamon standing in front of the desk. He was both Kazekage's consultant and the only successor who would be the next Kazekage.
"How about it, Shamon, do you see what's going on? What does this General of the Land of Night mean?"
Retto pointed to the content on the letter and asked.
Shamon did not speak immediately, but touched his chin and pondered, and finally spoke slowly.
"It can only be said that the intelligence system of General Oda is really powerful. He can even know about places like Rōran, and he also knows that there is a special power like 'Dragon Vein' in Rōran..."
Retto nodded, agreeing with this point of view.
Rōran Such an isolated 'small place', not to mention foreign countries, even Land of Wind locals, are aware of its existence.
Even if you know Rōran, the 'Dragon Vein' in Rōran is another matter.
"I heard that General of the Land of Night is particularly fond of archeology. Maybe he knew about the existence of Rōran through some things in the past. After all, the people of Rōran migrated to Land of Wind from outside many years ago."
Retto Make a reasonable guess.
Speaking of ruins, there are quite a few in Land of Wind.
It's just that many of these ruins are buried under the desert and are difficult to excavate.
"So, do you think this transaction can be carried out?"
Retto continued to ask and looked down at the letter.
The above content is very simple. Yayoi hopes that Sunagakure will give it a convenience so that Land of Night can take away some Chakra of Dragon Vein from Rōran for research.
"Okay, I can just take this opportunity to buy some Land of Night and Chakra Metal at a low price."
Shamon nodded, thinking that this transaction could be done with Land of Night.
As for the opinion of Rōran, there is no need to solicit it.
After all, strictly speaking, Rōran is not a country, but a relatively special independent region of Land of Wind, which is essentially a part of Land of Wind.
If that place hadn't been surrounded by violent sand and dust all year round, making it very inconvenient to travel, it would have been unified by Land of Wind.
Maybe it won't take many years, when the Dragon Vein power there is exhausted, the Rōran people will naturally become extinct and become history.
As for Dragon Vein, the Chakra energy generated by this special terrain can still be found at Land of Wind if Sunagakure wants to find it.
But under normal circumstances, Shamon will not go out of its way to find it, let alone build Sunagakure on similar terrain to Dragon Vein as Retto.
Because in his eyes, this naturally violent Chakra energy is like a powder keg in nature. If one day it suddenly explodes out of control...
This kind of powerful but extremely unstable energy makes Shamon have to admire it. Rōran is really ignorant and fearless. He dares to build a town on a powder keg. Aren't he afraid that one day an explosion will blow the entire city into the sky?
Therefore, Shamon believes that this Dragon Vein energy is inferior to One-Tail Shukaku in terms of utilization value.
At least from Shukaku, they Land of Wind temple monks in ancient times have developed many precious Secret Technique and Kekkei Genkai that are in line with their own characteristics.
Now these Secret Technique and Kekkei Genkai have become the profound foundation for Sunagakure to grow stronger.
Shamon's words made Retto nod.
In his eyes, things like Dragon Vein Chakra are not precious, and they do not belong to Sunagakure, but this does not prevent Sunagakure from using it to do transactions with other countries.
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Late May.
Two figures appeared in the vast wind and sand of Land of Wind, wearing a sandy yellow hooded windbreaker to block the surrounding sand and dust.
These two people were Kicho and Hisana who were traveling. A few days ago, Kicho received a message from Yayoi, asking them to go to Land of Wind to handle something.
That is to go to Rōran in Land of Wind, collect some Dragon Vein Chakra, and bring it back to Land of Night for research.
"Sister Kicho, the environment here is too bad. It's been so long that I can't even find a place to rest."
Hisana doesn't know how many times she has complained. In the past two months, she has traveled around with Kicho, and she has gained some experience. She has seen a lot of bad environments, but compared with the harsh environment like Land of Wind, which is full of sand and dust, it pales in comparison.
Not only that, when she and Kicho were on their way, they also encountered a huge sandstorm. Even as a ninja, it was inevitable that there was no way to deal with this kind of natural disaster. They could only rely on the surrounding sand dune terrain and wait for the sandstorm to pass before they could continue on their way.
"Because most of this country's territory is desert, and there are very few oases suitable for living."
Kicho takes the map and refers to the next road.
"Then the population here must be very small. I saw very few people along the way."
"No, the population of Land of Wind is still quite large, but most of the people are concentrated in the oasis area, so it gives people the illusion of 'vast land and sparsely populated'." (In the formula book, Land of Wind is a country with a very large population but a lack of resources)
Kicho shook his head and corrected Hisana's mistake.
She had been to Land of Wind, a desert country, several times when she was still in the Hyuga Clan, so she had a certain understanding of this country.
The fighting style of the ninjas in this country is very distinctive, especially in the desert environment. For some specific Ninjutsu, the increase is very large.
Hisana kept silent and just followed Kicho silently.
Fortunately, the rest of the journey went relatively smoothly and we didn't encounter any more sandstorms.
Rōran is located in the hinterland of Land of Wind, but Kicho is not in a hurry to take Hisana there, but goes to Sunagakure first.
In front of A Line of Heaven in the Sunagakure entrance sand dune, gusts of wind and sand blew. Compared with other areas, the wind and sand here are softer.
It looks like a desert, but it is actually an oasis. It not only has abundant water sources, but also has fertile planting soil, which produces many rare herbs that are unique to Land of Wind.
In front of the entrance of A Line of Heaven, the Land of Night mission sent by Yayoi has been waiting here for a long time.
The leader is Kakuzu, followed by the digital Land of Night, Jonin.
Inside, Hisana also saw an unexpected person.
"Nene-chan, why are you here too?"
Hisana came to a person in surprise. She had white hair and red eyes. She was wearing a hooded windbreaker outside her miko uniform to protect against the wind and sand.
"Because we need to measure the specific performance of Dragon Vein Chakra, I came here as a technician."
Nene looked up at Hisana and opened his mouth to explain.
On the one hand, she is somewhat interested in Dragon Vein Chakra, but on the other hand, she also wants to temporarily escape from the clutches of Yayoi.
The other party came to her laboratory almost every day, and she couldn't bear it anymore.
So when she learned that Yayoi wanted to collect some Dragon Vein Chakra, she immediately volunteered and said she could go to Land of Wind as a technician.
Hisana nodded and said nothing. He planned to enter Sunagakure first and then communicate.
Different from the grandeur and prosperity of Nightview City, although the building of Sunagakure is huge, it gives people a sense of tranquility and vicissitudes of life.
This exotic style that is different from other countries can only be felt here at Land of Wind.
Under the leadership of Hidden Sand Village Jonin, everyone in Land of Night stayed for one night in a building that Sunagakure specializes in hosting missionaries from other countries.
The next day, a team of three Hidden Sand Village Jonin led Land of Night people to the Rōran area.