Land of Rain.
Anju was deeply worried. The Ninja World was truly leaving no one a way to survive; there were even scrolls designed specifically to counter Space-Time Ninjutsu.
What worried him most was Kushina rejecting his suggestion.
He had no idea whether it would become even harder to influence Kushina afterward.
Not long after Kushina's group left the Land of Rain town, they arrived at a previously designated rest stop.
It was a natural tree hollow, spacious enough inside.
After the four of them lit a campfire, Minato Namikaze reentered the curtain of rain.
He needed to investigate the mission target's situation alone.
He needed to confirm whether the target was still in the Land of Rain town—or whether he was even still alive.
If he had already died, then the mission could be declared a direct failure.
The investigation was extremely simple for Minato. Using the Flying Thunder God Technique, he could quickly determine the target's condition.
Minato quickly learned the nobleman's circumstances. He was still alive, but he had presented the woman he had stolen from the Land of Fire's city lord to the Land of Rain's city lord.
The Land of Rain's city lord had generously taken in the minor noble. From Minato's investigation, it was basically certain that the Land of Fire city lord's belongings were still in the minor noble's possession. As for how much remained, that was hard to say.
What distressed the Land of Fire city lord most was that the loss of his wealth left him unable to finance a war.
He could hardly tell the daimyo that a petty thief had stolen both his money and his woman.
After returning to Kushina's side, Minato gave a rough account of the intelligence, allowing the three Konoha ninja to understand the general