Orochimaru, Uchiha Yufeng, and the others left Konoha and soon arrived at the border of the Land of Fire.
It was raining, with a light drizzle falling from the sky.
The group moved swiftly along the muddy road.
An inexplicable sense of oppression filled everyone's hearts.
"We'll rest here tonight!"
Orochimaru sensed the shift in everyone's mood. Though they were still a short distance from their destination, they had no choice but to set up camp and rest.
Orochimaru raised a hand and looked up at the sky.
The light drizzle soon ran through the gaps between his fingers and fell to the ground.
He stood still, lowered his head, and looked at everyone.
"We'll rest here tonight. We'll continue tomorrow!"
"Yes!"
Everyone answered.
"Orochimaru-sama, the rain doesn't seem like it's going to stop. How about we use Earth Release to alter the surrounding terrain?"
An Earth Release ninja stepped forward and made the suggestion.
Orochimaru swept his gaze across the surroundings and refused outright.
"Using Earth Release here would be too conspicuous. There are two caves up ahead. We'll use those."
Everyone looked in the direction Orochimaru pointed. Hidden behind the trees, there were indeed two caves.
"Yes!"
Several scouting ninjas quickly ran toward the caves Orochimaru had indicated.
They had already drawn their kunai and shuriken.
In this kind of wilderness, caves like these usually housed wild animals.
About ten minutes later.
The scouting ninjas returned.
"Orochimaru-sama, it's been cleared."
Orochimaru nodded and took the lead toward the caves.
The ninjas behind him followed closely.
"Finally, I can relax a little!"
Uchiha Yufeng looked at the cave the ninjas had cleaned out, took out the eyedrops he carried with him, and dripped them into his eyes.
Then he lay down on the ground and stretched lazily.
Seeing Yufeng's