<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/P7bMJyq.jpg) </div>The site of the next artifact was considerably more challenging to enter than the last, but for Reiko there was little reason to be concerned. A particular tree, unremarkable save for a hole in the trunk large enough for a person to squeeze through, obscured a sheer drop into the unlit earth. Roots grew thickly in the earth down the drop, providing a natural ladder of sorts, or a rope might be fasted to the inside of the trunk and used to lower oneself into the tunnel. After roughly sixty feet one was able to land gently on the soft earth in a tunnel of worked stone, with roots poking through the hole in the ceiling above.<br/><br/>The worked stone passage was submerged in total darkness, but with proper illumination would see how almost immediately the corridor diverged into multiple directions. Yes, this was indeed a labyrinth, and it would no doubt take a great deal of time and cunning for anyone, even the kunoichi, to find her way to its treasure.<br/><br/>But... a breeze blew, very subtle such that it was barely perceptible, but still there. It came from some one of the passageways, and seemed to be the only feature which distinguished her options in any meaningful manner.