To him, the time spent on this clearing expedition was about the same as his usual training time.
"Konan, how are you holding up? Do you still have enough Chakra?"
Konan nodded. "I have enough Chakra. What about you? You're not running low, are you?"
Konan clapped her hands in midair. "Take it slow. Save some strength in case something unexpected happens."
Yahiko made an OK gesture. "Don't worry. I know what I'm doing."
The two of them continued advancing. What Yahiko found interesting was that after cutting down a layer of grass, what lay ahead was no longer an endless grassland.
Instead, there was a clear blue lake. Its water was incredibly transparent, so beautiful that it made people yearn for it.
"My God, there's actually something like this here? How come I'd never heard of it before?"
"We've really broadened our horizons. The lake water is very clean. We can rest here for a while later."
Yahiko's heart had already begun pounding wildly.
He had never expected such a brilliant blue lake to be hidden within the vast grasslands of Kusa Country.
He had been thinking about how to confess his feelings to Konan, but somehow, saying it out on the prairie had never felt quite right.
This lake had truly come to Yahiko's aid.
"Yeah, lakes this beautiful are rare. The water is so blue—much bluer than the lakes in Rain Country."
"It's simply a pearl scattered across the grasslands."
Seeing the light glittering in Konan's eyes made Yahiko even more nervous.
If Konan did not feel the same way about him, would he not be ruining her mood?
But before such a beautiful lake, Yahiko did not want to give up this opportunity either.
The timing, the place, everything was perfect. They had only come out