The vast, boundless desert.
Howling winds swept through, whipping up yellow sand that danced across the sky like a herd of frenzied wild horses galloping without end.
Tiny grains of sand were carried by the wind, swirling freely through the air and forming yellow curtains that blotted out the sky and sun.
They mercilessly struck Tobitake Tonbo and the others.
But no one cared about such a little bit of sand.
It was not a sandstorm.
Even if it were a sandstorm, they had experts capable of controlling sand here who could block it.
And even if that failed, everyone here was strong enough that they had nothing to fear.
"In a Taijutsu battle, even if he's Captain Tonbo, he'll still lose against Shira."
Kankuro had great confidence in Shira's Taijutsu.
At present, no ninja in Sunagakure had ever defeated Shira in Taijutsu.
Even Taijutsu ninja from foreign lands had come to challenge this one-star Taijutsu ninja, a ninja who had created his own school and foundation of Taijutsu.
That ninja was Shira.
Yet every one of them had fallen to Shira.
Once again proving the authority of the Shinobi Association's star-ranked ninja titles.
Within the same framework, no one could defeat the current Shira in Taijutsu.
Perhaps those two guys in green jumpsuits from Konoha stood a chance.
Kankuro recalled the man from the Chunin Ninja Exams who had forced Gaara into a disadvantage.
As well as the man who had later sent Gaara flying with one punch.
As for Tobitake Tonbo, though legend said his Taijutsu was formidable, Kankuro remembered him more for his Genjutsu.
Especially the Genjutsu he had displayed during the Fourth War.
And the five Voice-based Genjutsu ninja tools in his hands.
Beat him up, beat him up, beat him up...
Kankuro recalled the one-star