Yamashiro Aoba couldn't do anything to stop Yu's decision. The gap in their strength left him no room to argue.
Sai and Fujiwara Chima didn't say anything either. Their strength was plain to see, and they weren't strong enough to keep following him.
Yu left without hesitation, leaping straight onto a nearby tree. He immediately took off with the Ninja Run and disappeared into the dense forest.
Yamashiro Aoba led Sai and Fujiwara Chima back toward Konoha, taking Tazuna with them as their prisoner. This time, they didn't bother looking after Tazuna. He had been their client, but now he was a suspect in a crime against Konoha, so there was no reason to treat him like a client. Yamashiro Aoba simply carried him in his hand as they traveled.
Carrying someone wasn't much of a burden for Yamashiro Aoba. After all, he had the strength of a Special Jonin, putting him among the few people in the Shinobi World with such abilities.
After leaving, Yu headed straight for the Land of Waves without stopping. In fact, they were already quite close to it. If he went in a straight line, it would take less than half a day to get there.
The Land of Waves was an island nation, so reaching it meant crossing a stretch of sea. Their original plan had been to travel to a coastal town and rent a boat to the Land of Waves, but Yu no longer needed to do that.
Yu understood perfectly well that the shortest distance between two points was a straight line. The original route would have meant a long detour and a waste of time, so he chose to head directly toward the Land of Waves.
After running at full speed for about an hour, he reached another stretch