Only then did Orochimaru notice the gourd at Yui's waist.
He pointed at it and asked in astonishment, "Yui, was that gourd talking just now?"
"Uh..." Yui nodded. She had no idea why Kazama Ya had suddenly interrupted, but it certainly couldn't be anything good.
"This gourd..." Orochimaru narrowed his eyes and studied the glowing, talking gourd for a long time. He murmured to himself, "It feels a little like..."
"You can both go in now. I know how to open that door," Kazama Ya spoke again.
"Oh?" Yui glanced back at Orochimaru, signaling him to stay quiet, before replying, "Are you saying you sensed Nai Hyuga's presence inside?"
"Yes, there's absolutely no mistake. Nai Hyuga did go inside. After all, this is the only entrance around here," Kazama Ya said with certainty.
"Then... how do we get in?" Yui asked. As she spoke, she took paper and a pen from her waist, wrote down some information, and handed it to Orochimaru.
"Just push that stone door open, and you can go in." Kazama Ya noticed nothing and urged them into the ruin. "Hurry, hurry! Time waits for no one. I can sense a strong trace of Nai Hyuga's presence. It's probably been less than two months since she left, so she can't have gone far."
By now, Yui was certain Kazama Ya was up to something, and the information about Nai Hyuga was probably all false. Orochimaru had been interrupted just as he was about to describe his experiences inside the ruin.
Now it seemed clear that Kazama Ya simply didn't want her to hear any of that information.
She suspected that if she entered the stone door with Orochimaru, they would definitely be separated, leaving her unable to get any information from him.
Creeeak, rumble...
Just as Yui