After leaving the Land of Demons, the ANBU Squad did not return to Konoha immediately. Instead, they rested for several days in a nearby small country.
Almost everyone had suffered significant injuries on this mission.
Neither the Terracotta Soldiers nor the demon Moryo had been easy enemies to handle. Since their encounter with Sasori, the squad had rarely faced opponents they could not defeat.
While recuperating in their temporary camp, Zou Hyuga began recalling his conversation with the Miko a few days earlier.
He had learned little from her about the Shinobi World's secrets.
Having spent most of her life in the Land of Demons, the Miko of the Land of Demons did not even know much about what happened in the Shinobi World. The only thing she understood was Moryo, whose existence was closely tied to her own.
Moryo had been born from humanity's accumulated evil thoughts, and the Miko had once been part of him.
After that, Zou Hyuga had asked when Moryo had come into existence, but even the Miko did not know when or where he had been born.
With no other options, he could only inwardly shake his head at the homebody Miko.
If Moryo didn't exist, the Land of Demons would probably have been swallowed up long ago and ceased to exist.
The Land of Demons had survived and maintained its permanent neutrality because the other great nations were unwilling to take on the trouble that was Moryo.
Sighing for the Miko, Zou Hyuga turned his attention back to himself.
Without a doubt, he had gained the most from this mission. He had defeated the demon Moryo and acquired some of his chakra.
Moryo Chakra had greatly increased his chakra capacity.
Compared with an ordinary jonin, his chakra reserves could be described as bottomless.