After being revived through Impure World Reincarnation, Minato and Kushina first traveled to the Land of Water to observe the situation in Kirigakure.
They then went to Konoha and, without alerting anyone, saw the village as it was now with their own eyes once more.
Once they had done all that and saw that the time was about right, Minato slowly closed his eyes, focused his mind, and sensed the Flying Thunder God formula he had previously left in the Land of Water.
"Found it," Minato said softly, reaching out to rest a hand on his wife Kushina Uzumaki's shoulder.
The next moment, the Flying Thunder God activated.
Their figures vanished from where they stood.
When they reappeared, they were already standing in a damp forest.
The air carried the salty tang unique to the sea breeze, and they could hear waves crashing against the shore.
Not far away stood a bustling harbor, where dense clusters of ships and people could vaguely be seen coming and going.
"Kushina, rest for a while first. Once Dawn Shipping's people arrive, there'll probably be a fierce battle," Minato said, scanning his surroundings with a trace of vigilance in his azure eyes.
Although those revived through Impure World Reincarnation could not feel fatigue.
Kushina took a deep breath, taking in air utterly different from that of the Land of Fire. "Mm... next, we'll complete the mission Naruto gave us."
Before long, a dense cluster of black dots appeared at the edge of the horizon.
As time passed and the distance closed, the black dots gradually grew larger, revealing a massive fleet.
They were not ordinary wooden vessels, but warships forged from steel.
The exclusive emblem of Dawn Shipping was clearly engraved on every ironclad vessel.
Because Dawn Shipping was a highly reputable commercial company