Night flowed like water as the young man darted through the forest, chasing the lovely figure not far ahead.
Starlight flickered, and the night breeze brushed gently past. The forest resembled a pool of clear water; lush green trees flashed before Moriyue's eyes, only to be left behind him in an instant.
Not far away, a babbling stream glimmered beneath clusters of moonlight.
Several moss-covered stones lay scattered across the ground, their camouflage made flawless by tender green shoots of grass.
Moriyue's faint shadow raced over the ground as well. He passed through the mottled shadows cast by the uneven trees and sped through the woods.
He kept his eyes fixed on that graceful figure when something suddenly occurred to him.
"Where's my sheep?"
That was right. The Black-faced Sheep had, unsurprisingly, run into another surprise. Its reactions seemed half a beat slow. By the time Moriyue had dashed far away, it finally realized it needed to follow him. But as it followed... it got lost.
Moriyue had no time to worry about where the Black-faced Sheep had gone. He could only hurry after her. This was Tsunade's dream world, and the young Tsunade was the embodiment of her dream. He had to find her before he could guide her and pry information from her.
As he sped along, moonlight flowed beneath Moriyue's eyes, shadows and light flickering rapidly. In his haze, he felt as though he were traveling through deep space overgrown with wild grass.
The mountain stream wound toward a distant valley, its waters rushing onward. Beneath the night sky, the mountain forest was exceptionally quiet. Normally, only the trickling stream could be heard, but now several untimely sets of footsteps joined it.
With several splashes, Moriyue waded through the stream, shattering it into countless silver ripples. Silver