The first stop on their journey was a hot spring.
Konoha had hot springs too, but naturally, other places had their own unique flavor.
After reserving the entire Hot Spring Inn, the three women tied up their hair, placed towels on their heads, and soaked in the hot spring with their pretty faces flushed red.
"Feels so good," Hitomi moaned in comfort.
"Feels so good," Chiri echoed blissfully.
"Feels so good." Mimi deeply agreed.
After hurrying eight hundred miles and working up a stench of sweat, soaking in a bath really was the most comfortable thing in the world.
At that moment, with her mask removed, Mimi had shed her usual disguise and was just an ordinary girl.
No, an auntie.
The years had left no marks on the three women's faces. They still looked like eighteen-year-old girls, and only their increasingly mature air and deep eyes betrayed them.
Hitomi was the exception.
Lying spread-eagled and floating in the hot spring, Hitomi slowly paddled herself along.
They could be this carefree because they had reserved the entire place.
The whole day was on Miss Hitomi's tab.
Chiri secretly glanced at Hitomi. They were the same age and had both cultivated the Yin Seal, so why had this woman developed so well?
Chiri lowered her head and looked at herself, then turned to Mimi.
Mimi was sitting against the edge of the pool with her arms spread and her chest openly exposed above the water.
It was as flat as a plain, enough to make anyone slap the table in amazement.
"Come to think of it, this is the first time I've soaked in a hot spring with you." Chiri spoke.
"Mm." Mimi answered lazily.
Chiri reached out and touched Mimi's skin, asking seriously, "Don't you have any insect holes on