Inside a medical room in Sunagakure.
"How is he?"
"All vital signs are normal..."
"Everything is normal, so why hasn't he woken up?"
"We don't know either."
After a brief conversation, the doctor shook his head and left.
Only Baki, Maki, and Maler, who was lying motionless on the hospital bed, remained in the room.
For unknown reasons, Maler had remained unconscious since being brought back to the village.
Maki was very worried, but couldn't help in any way.
"Don't be too pessimistic, it's already not easy that you were able to come back alive," Baki said in a dry and unenthusiastic attempt at comfort.
Maki didn't know if he heard it, and just hummed in response.
"By the way, Lord Kazekage seems to have obtained a very important piece of intelligence. Perhaps next time, we will be able to successfully capture the 'Sand Spirit' Cyberte, and perhaps we can ask what exactly he did to Maler."
In fact, there were some things he couldn't reveal casually, but without leaking specific details, mentioning this to Maki to help him regain confidence was also very necessary.
After all, the series of events recently had caused the sealing squad to suffer considerable losses.
If Maler remained unconscious, it would be even worse if Maki became depressed again.
Hearing this, Maki nodded with a firm look.
If Maler-aniki was unable to wake up, then the problem must lie with the 'Sand Spirit' Cyberte. Finding him and subduing him was the only way!
Seeing this, Baki was relieved.
In addition, because of this series of sudden events, coupled with Maler's continued unconsciousness, the fact that Maler had sent people to monitor two wandering ninjas and had not received any news back was temporarily ignored.
This also meant that the wanted notice that someone had anticipated had not yet appeared.
...
"Why do we have to come to this kind of ghost place to do this kind of thing? I hate this feeling."
Under the bright sunlight, green willows formed shade.
One after another pre-dug sand pits were burying one traveler after another, including Shinji and Hidan, who was complaining.
This was a tourism project created by the Land of Wind to generate revenue, beautifully named: Sand Bath!
Shinji had always thought that sand baths referred to those on beaches by the sea, or simply those indoors.
But in reality, the origin of natural sand baths was in remote deserts, receiving long-term solar radiation to make the sand generate heat, and then burying a person's upper or whole body under the sand for a sand bath.
Of course, this time must be controlled well, otherwise the person would be gone before they could experience it.
The design here was very humane, the location was placed on the edge of an oasis, not far away were rows of trees, and the dense branches and leaves could block some of the scorching sunlight.
This allowed the remaining sunlight to be absorbed by the sand without the temperature becoming too high.
The warm and fine sand pressed against the body, which was very comfortable.
To be honest, Shinji's experience was quite good.
Especially after a fierce battle, coming to this kind of place to relax was simply too nice!
But Hidan's experience was very bad.
Because he had almost been swallowed by quicksand twice before, he was very unaccustomed to it and also felt very insecure.
Only showing his head, Shinji, wearing sunglasses, said softly, "Stay calm, don't forget that we killed those little tails sent by Sunagakure, and also scammed Sunagakure out of a lot of money. We're definitely wanted now."
"Is there any necessary connection between being wanted and staying here to do a sand bath? Shouldn't we be running away quickly?"
Hidan sat up with a tseng sound, revealing his 'so-so' abs, attracting frequent screams from several women not far away.
Shinji first cursed inwardly, the women nowadays really had no taste, their aesthetics were too low.
Then he explained, "Do you think the people of Sunagakure wouldn't think of something that even your brain can think of?"
"So they will definitely send people to strictly check the roads out of the country. Going out now is simply throwing ourselves into the net."
"Although forcing our way through is also a way, since there are other options, there is naturally no need to fight Sunagakure to the end."
"They would never have thought that we would go against the grain and run to such a deep place, lying here in the sun openly."
Hidan thought about it, and other than feeling that this bastard had ridiculed his intelligence again, it did seem to be the case.
The most dangerous place was the safest place.
"Tch, it's all unnecessary, I really don't want to stay in this country full of sand for even a day longer."
After speaking, Hidan lay back in the pit, and with a swipe of both hands, buried himself again.
Shinji's mouth twitched, since you hate it so much, then get out!
After finishing the sand bath, and chasing away the group of nymphomaniac women who were after their bodies with a few words, Shinji and Hidan returned to their respective rooms to rest.
Lying on the bed, Shinji took out the snake sword again and repeatedly checked it in his hand.
[Arashi Dust Golden Snake Sword] (Sealed State)
Introduction: Transformed from a part of the desert Cursed Spirit Cyberte's power.
Effect 1: Not displayed
Effect 2: Not displayed
This was already the unknown number of times he had taken it out to check these days, and every time it was the same description.
Obviously, this snake sword was very special, and should be considered a part of Cyberte's power.
So before he was killed, the power of this snake sword would not truly appear, and no one except Cyberte could use it.
It was as if the Cursed Object [Greedy Eyeball] that Shinji had obtained a long time ago, if he had dug out that guy's eyeball without killing that Special Grade Cursed Spirit, the current situation would probably occur.
It possessed some special power, but it couldn't be used at all.
So this was very embarrassing.
Shinji thought about it and took out the [Cursed Tool Transformation Card], aiming it at the snake sword in his hand...
[Unknown changes may occur during the transformation of this item, and may even lead to failure and damage. Do you want to consume 10,000 Cursed Soul Points to force the transformation?]
Looking at this prompt, Shinji, who had been hesitating for two days, no longer thought about it this time, gritted his teeth and chose to confirm.
Rather than holding it in his hand as trash, it was better to take a gamble!
Anyway, whether it was successful or failed, this thing would no longer be original, which would save him from always being miss by a certain guy.
This was a typical practice of harming others without necessarily benefiting himself.
But it had to be said, this trick was really damaging!
Just as he chose to do so, Cyberte, who was traveling in the vast desert, suddenly felt something, and then as if something had shattered, he was completely separated from it.
"This is impossible?!"
"Naruto, Sasuke... Konoha! I will definitely make you pay the price!"
Under his rage, the entire desert seemed to be shaking.
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