Wu Yu and Karin had not gone far south before turning east. They raced onward, and the sound of waves gradually reached them. When they burst out of the forest, the view suddenly opened up before them. An endless expanse of blue flooded their vision; in the distance, the azure sea and sky merged into one, nearly blurring the boundary between ocean and heaven.
"This is my first time seeing the sea." Karin's vivid red hair danced wildly in the sea breeze as she happily walked along the shore.
Beside her, Wu Yu felt out the wind direction and compared it to the address provided by the Right Mysterious pirate, identifying their bearings.
"There aren't any landmarks here. The sea is completely bare, there's nothing at all, and it's not even dark yet. Can you really tell which direction is which?" Karin teased.
Wu Yu raised his head, closed his eyes, and smiled. "You learned Sage Mode after Slug modified you, didn't you? Nature Energy is abundant here. As long as you listen carefully, how could you fail to tell the directions apart?"
"Slug's modification only made it easier for me to sense Nature Energy. It just helps me enter Sage Mode—it's nowhere near as good as you. Look at your ears. They're getting pointier and pointier. You barely even look human anymore—"
"What's that supposed to mean? Some people have mouths full of sharp teeth—does that make them look human? And there are people with whiskers on their faces, or fish gills—mine are downright attractive by comparison."
"Master Tsunade's ears are also—huh? Fish gills? The whiskers are Naruto, right? Who has fish gills?"
"They only look like fish gills. You don't know him anyway."
The moment Wu Yu finished speaking, Karin splashed a handful of seawater onto him with