C156 It Seems like This Is the Only Way

"This is..."

Hinata gasped in horror.

The trio quickly reached the scene, only to find themselves in the midst of a sandstorm that had transformed the clearing into a desert wasteland.

Several ninjas were engulfed in yellow sand, shivering and struggling in front of a young man with a gourd on his back, desperately trying to escape the sandy grasp, but to no avail.

The sand