"There were no particularly famous shinobi, and their overall strength was rather weak."
Though he had not looked into it in detail, Torikaze's thoughts matched Tobirama Senju's.
If the village had been strong, it would have wanted to occupy more territory no matter what, rather than shrinking away on a small island.
Tobirama Senju used the Flying Thunder God Technique and brought Torikaze to the village's Back Mountain in an instant.
Since they were carrying out a secret mission, they naturally could not swagger out through the main gate.
Tobirama Senju then leaped onto a branch, darting and jumping through the forest.
Since Torikaze did not know the way, he could only follow behind Tobirama Senju.
Fortunately, Tobirama Senju deliberately slowed down, preventing Torikaze from losing him.
After about half an hour, the two left Konoha's boundaries, and Tobirama Senju stopped.
"The Land of Hot Water is overseas. We'll need to take a ship to get there."
Torikaze nodded. If it were an ordinary river or large waterway, they could cross it with ninjutsu.
But trying to cross the sea with ninjutsu? You've got to be kidding.
Unless one had a Summoning Beast skilled at flying or a giant fish, they should obediently take a ship.
"Where are we supposed to find a ship?"
The Land of Fire's coastline was quite far from the Land of Hot Water. With the current level of shipbuilding technology, Torikaze did not think long-distance sailing was very reliable.
Konoha usually only traveled to and from the Land of Whirlpools at sea. It was not very far, and ships could just barely make the journey.
"We'll go to the Land of Iron first, then pass through it to the Land of Hot Water. Small countries generally have dealings with one another."
Well, well. Torikaze was