"I'm so stupid, really..."
Masahiko had no idea how many times he had sighed like this.
Walking through the desert, Masahiko finally recalled that in the anime from his previous life, during the first Five Kage Summit, when the First Hokage proposed distributing the Tailed Beasts, the Kazekage had demanded that Konoha cede fertile land to the Sand Ninja Village and give them thirty percent of the funds other countries paid to purchase Tailed Beasts. This was because the Land of Wind already possessed a Tailed Beast and its geographical location and environment were especially harsh. However, the other Kage had fiercely opposed the demand.
Remembering that, Masahiko suddenly realized that he had spent his life hunting swallows only to have one peck out his eye. Hashirama had actually tricked him into coming to such a place with just a few words.
"By the way, where exactly is this? Wasn't I supposed to be at the border between the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire?"
There were no real national borders in the Naruto World, so Masahiko had flown all the way here only to find nothing but desert in every direction. He could only land.
"Anyway, no one's around. Transformation Technique—release!" Masahiko muttered, dispelling his transformation.
"It's been so long since I showed off this young, handsome face..." Masahiko took out a kunai, used it as a mirror, and narcissistically admired himself.
"My passion is like a fire, burning the whole desert~" Masahiko began singing again after so long.
"But... burning... desert... it's so hot!" Masahiko sighed. "Second-level Water Release is completely useless in a place like this. Do I need to add more points?"
After thinking for a moment, Masahiko formed the Tiger hand seal with his right hand. "Mind's Eye of the Kagura!"
A moment