You Can Drive on This Terrible Road?

"Ah! What's that?!"

The two women stared in shock at the little electric scooter that had suddenly appeared in the clearing.

Tsunade had already walked over and was tapping here and inspecting there.

"What is this thing?"

Shizune asked Qinglong curiously.

"Is it a ninja tool you summoned?"

"It's a little electric scooter. You could say I took it out of my sealing space."

"How amazing!"

Shizune crouched to look at it. She'd never seen a Sealing Technique like this, or a ninja tool called an electric scooter.

Then Qinglong leisurely hopped on and drove along at a slow pace, accompanying the walking Tsunade and Shizune on their journey.

Tsunade shot it another sidelong glance, then finally couldn't resist. Seeing there was room on the back, she climbed on.

"Whoa!"

The scooter wobbled, and he felt a soft body leaning against his back.

A soft, snowy cushion—now that was comfortable!

After sitting on the back for a while, Tsunade decided she knew how to drive it too. She made Qinglong move to the back and squeezed Shizune onto the scooter as well, then twisted the throttle all the way!

"Waaah!"

Shizune let out a strange cry and hurriedly grabbed the rear rack. Tonton clung tightly to her neck, while Qinglong gasped too and quickly wrapped his arms around Tsunade's slender waist.

The little scooter began zigzagging down the road.

Tsunade gripped the handlebars with a grave expression. The front wheel wobbled back and forth, but she refused to slow down. The scooter hurtled forward like a drunken maniac.

"Ah! I want to get off!"

Shizune shrieked.

"No getting off! I'll get the hang of it in a minute!"

Tsunade kept going, but her driving really did gradually improve, and the scooter began to wobble less.

Shizune had just wiped away her sweat, and Tonton gave a couple of nervous grunts, when the road ahead turned rough and rocky.

"Stop! Stop the scooter!"

This time, Qinglong was the one shouting.

But Tsunade, who was enjoying the rush of speed, had no intention of stopping.

"Urusai! (You're so noisy!)"

Tsunade looked at the mountain road ahead.

"Just sit tight. I, Tsunade, am the drift king of Mount Akina!"

With that, Tsunade twisted the throttle and charged valiantly onto the terrible road.

"Ah! Ah! Ah!"

"Aaaaaah..."

The rough road tossed all three of them up and down. Several times, Shizune felt as if the bumps were about to launch her right off the scooter. Tonton was even more terrified, clinging to Shizune's neck and nearly flying off several times.

To avoid being thrown off, Qinglong hugged Tsunade tightly around the waist and shouted,

"You can drive on a road this terrible?!"

"Of course! You have to believe in me, Princess Tsunade!"

Tsunade continued driving, speaking with confidence.

But the scooter couldn't take it!

When it slammed into another large rock, all three of them were thrown into the air. The front suspension broke, and the entire front wheel assembly was damaged.

"Crash!"

The scooter toppled over and skidded away.

Tsunade was the first to jump clear. Qinglong wasn't far behind, and Shizune leaped off a split second later.

Qinglong helped the slightly dizzy Shizune to her feet. Look at the poor girl—those bumps had made her carsick!

Tsunade stood quietly to the side, gazing regretfully at the wrecked scooter. She hadn't even gotten to show off all her driving skills!

Unwilling to give up, she asked Qinglong,

"Do you have another one?"

"No. You broke them all!"

Afraid she'd go speeding again, Qinglong didn't dare take out another vehicle for the rest of the journey. He was worried Tsunade would get another itch to race.

The sky began to darken, and thick clouds gathered on the horizon. A gust of wind swept past, and rain started falling.

As the rain pattered down, Shizune found a large tree and began digging into it.

"Shizune-senpai, what are you doing?"

Qinglong came over with a paper umbrella and asked.

"It's raining, so I'm digging out a hollow in the tree for us to rest in!"

By the time she finished speaking, Shizune had already dug a hollow big enough for one person to hide in, and she kept digging.

"Um..."

Qinglong looked at Tsunade questioningly.

"As ninja, can't we just clap our hands and use Wood Release: Three Rooms and One Hall Technique?"

A deep furrow formed between Tsunade's brows.

"Who told you Wood Release could do that?"

"Isn't that how Wood Release works? There's a ninja in Konoha who can do it."

"Are you telling the truth?"

Tsunade was deeply unsettled. The Hokage's Wood Release was a Kekkei Genkai—the Senju Clan's Kekkei Genkai!

"Of course. There's a ninja in Konoha named Yamato who's especially good at Wood Release: Three Rooms and One Hall Technique. You can ask the Hokage-sama."

Qinglong said indifferently, casually selling out the Third Hokage and Yamato.

"Shizune-senpai, you can stop digging!"

Qinglong called out to Shizune, who was still working hard on the hollow.

"What is it?"

Shizune looked back in confusion.

"You don't need to dig a hollow in the tree."

"If we don't, where are we going to stay?"

Tsunade looked at her disciple, puzzled. Could he use Three Rooms and One Hall Technique?

Ah! Pui Pui! Tsunade realized she was being led astray too. What kind of ninja technique worked like that? Weren't techniques supposed to defeat enemies?

Otherwise, anyone could just use Earth Release: Concrete Building Technique.

"Just watch me!"

Qinglong walked over to an open patch of ground, took out a Hoi-Poi Capsule, pressed it, and tossed it away.

"Boom!"

A loud bang rang out, kicking up a huge cloud of smoke.

"Is it another one of those amazing Sealing Techniques?"

Shizune stared intently at the cloud of smoke, curious about what would appear this time.