Watching Chiyue and Tsunade fool around all the way, Minato felt like he was the odd one out.
Tsunade barely paid him any attention, keeping her eyes fixed on Chiyue the whole time.
Joking aside, once they had put some distance between themselves and Konoha, Tsunade became serious as well.
Tracking the enemy, setting traps, finding campsites—she did not neglect a single task.
Just when Minato thought Tsunade had finally gotten serious, she pulled out a deck of cards and raised her brows at Chiyue.
"Want to play a couple rounds?"
Minato: "..."
What kind of people were these?!
At a time like this, they still wanted to play cards.
Wait, why were they looking at him? Did he have to join too?
Save me.
With a miserable expression, Minato held the cards and repeatedly pleaded for help with his eyes, only for Chiyue to ignore him.
Enjoy yourself.
Chiyue laughed wickedly.
He turned Tsunade down, so she had no choice but to rope Minato in for a two-player game of Fight the Landlord.
She mercilessly bullied Minato, who did not understand the rules, to the point where he was nearly in tears.
He was just short of dropping to his knees and shouting:
"Please spare me! I'll just give you money—will you let me go?"
Traveling light, aside from several Sealing Scrolls containing medicine, their supplies barely affected the trio's speed.
They did not encounter any Sunagakure ninja along the way, and after two days of travel, they successfully arrived in the Land of Rain.
"This is the worst environment I've ever been to. Nothing else even comes close."
The sky was gray and overcast, the rain never stopped, and the ground was filled with puddles and mud.
Fortunately, ninja could walk with Chakra coating the soles of their