Yukihime secretly glanced at Uchiha Nagi a few times… Hmm, his looks were on point, his height was good, and his physique was neither too tall nor too thin, but very strong. He could easily defeat her father's guards, making it seem like cutting vegetables. If he could defeat a Jonin, wouldn't his strength be above Jonin level?
It was a headache. If the Fourth Kazekage were him, that would be great. She would marry him without a second thought. But it had to be an old man, and an old man who had lost his wife and had three children.
Thinking of this, Yukihime tapped her head with her finger. Forget it, she wouldn't think about it anymore; the more she thought, the more her head hurt.
"Why are you tapping your head?" Kimimaro looked at Yukihime, puzzled.
"Uh, it's nothing, haha..." Yukihime chuckled awkwardly.
"Kimimaro, you've learned wall climbing, right? Next, if enemies appear, you are responsible for protecting Yukihime while I fight," Uchiha Nagi said.
"Yes, Teacher," Kimimaro nodded. Before Yukihime could finish feeling touched, Uchiha Nagi added a cutting remark.
"Your own life is also very important. If you encounter an irresistible danger, prioritize protecting yourself before Yukihime..."
Yukihime: "..."
Uchiha Nagi continued to scout ahead, not bothering with the girl behind him who was biting her finger and looking at him with resentment. Even if he saw her, he wouldn't change his words. In his eyes, Kimimaro was indeed much more important than her.
Her value was just a few Buddhist scriptures left by the Ninshu Sect that he couldn't understand or learn, while Kimimaro was a future Kage-level talent. Whose value was higher was obvious.
Moreover, Kimimaro had the potential to break through ordinary Kage-level in the future, as long as he could find a way to get him a pair of pure Byakugan... Inside the building, it was dug very deep, or rather, it was originally a tall building, but the ground outside had risen due to sand burial.
The path inside was not difficult, as Ninja could climb walls as if walking on flat ground.
Uchiha Nagi lit a torch and walked in front. The Sharingan could, of course, see in the dark, but the torch's purpose was not for illumination, but to test for oxygen.
Without oxygen, even Ninja would collapse, not to mention that in some old buildings, the most dangerous thing was not the lack of oxygen, but various poisonous gas intoxications.
Fortunately, the journey was smooth. After reaching the bottom, they saw a large area with signs of battle. There were also many scattered puppet parts on the ground, indicating that a fierce battle had taken place here.
The keen Kimimaro spotted a Kunai, picked it up, and handed it to Uchiha Nagi.
"Teacher, look, this Kunai is so strange~"
Uchiha Nagi took it and squinted carefully. It was a three-pronged Kunai, with unintelligible Jutsu engraved on it... Could it be a Flying Thunder God Kunai?
"Help me find more of these three-pronged Kunai with cursed seals on them. If you find any stuck in the middle of certain formations, tell me."
At this moment, Yukihime's voice came, "Eh, are you talking about this one?"
Uchiha Nagi turned his head and saw that Yukihime, at some point, was also holding a three-pronged Kunai in her hand. She had just pulled it out of the ground, and it also had various cursed seals engraved on it, just like the one in his hand.
"You..."
Before Uchiha Nagi could finish his sentence, the ground began to glow, and a massive amount of Chakra started surging out. At this moment, Uchiha Nagi clearly saw that the three of them were standing in the middle of a complex Jutsu formation. It was just that years of dust accumulation had obscured the formation on the ground.
A massive surge of energy enveloped the three of them. Then, after a flash of light, the three disappeared from their original spot... Uchiha Nagi, relying on his powerful spiritual energy, tried his best not to faint, and then he saw a one-second river of time... After one second, he fainted. When he woke up again, he was already in another place.
"Ugh... My head hurts, what happened?" Yukihime clutched her head, slowly regaining consciousness.
Uchiha Nagi looked at Yukihime in surprise. She actually woke up before Kimimaro?
"Eh, where is this? How did we end up in a different place?" Yukihime looked around and realized they were no longer in the original location.
Here, birds sang and flowers bloomed, plants were lush, like a green city. There were also tall buildings all around, which was completely impossible in the Land of Wind. Even in Sunagakure, the most densely populated and water-rich Village, there weren't many green plants... "S-sorry, I seem to have done something wrong. You won't blame me, will you?" Yukihime cautiously handed the three-pronged Kunai to Uchiha Nagi. She now understood that it was because she had pulled this Kunai out of the ground.
"It's not your fault. The formation was buried by dust, and you couldn't see it and accidentally pulled it out. It would have been the same if it were me or Kimimaro," Uchiha Nagi comforted her.
That was the truth. The formation was buried in dust, and its colors were obscured. He himself would have accidentally pulled it out. He just hadn't expected that the Dragon Veins inside this thing would carry the three of them through time and space.
And the reason Yukihime was able to pull it out was because the seal had weakened over time.
If he wasn't mistaken, this place should be the ancient kingdom of Roran from many years ago... Because, in front of Uchiha Nagi, there was a blond-haired boy with a beard fighting a bunch of puppets.
Before he could decide whether to go and save the other party, the damned blond-haired boy, upon seeing them, charged over. Uchiha Nagi: "..."
At this moment, Kimimaro also woke up. As soon as he woke up, he saw many puppets flying towards them, and a blond-haired boy in front, feeling a bit confused.
"Kimimaro, prepare for battle, protect Yukihime." Uchiha Nagi had already activated his Sharingan at some point.
"Yes, Teacher."
The blond-haired boy, being chased by a bunch of puppets behind him, shouted as he approached them, "Hey, are these puppets yours? I'm not a bad guy..."
Uchiha Nagi couldn't help but want to curse. You damned blond-haired boy, which eye did you use to see us using puppet Jutsu? Why would you think these puppets are controlled by us?
Fortunately, the blond-haired boy paused after seeing Yukihime and Kimimaro, and finally reacted. An ordinary person, a child, plus an adult—this combination didn't look like people who could control so many puppets.
Facing the numerous puppets, Uchiha Nagi half-squatted and took a deep breath. The blond-haired boy didn't have a Sharingan and couldn't see the Chakra threads on the puppets' bodies.
Dealing with these puppets was actually very simple. As long as their Chakra threads were cut, they would essentially become a pile of scrap metal, or Tsunade's Super Strength Fist could smash them, one punch per whining monster.
And the Byakugan and Sharingan could just see the invisible Chakra threads.
"Thunder Breathing, First Form: Thunderclap and Flash, Thirty-Two Fold..."