"They don't have any particularly famous ninjas, and their overall strength is on the weak side."
Though he hadn't looked into it in detail, Torifu's thoughts matched Tobirama's.
If the village were strong, they'd surely try to claim more territory instead of staying cooped up on a small island.
Tobirama used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Torifu to the back mountain of the village in an instant.
Since this was a covert mission, they couldn't just stroll out through the main gate.
Tobirama leaped onto a branch and darted through the forest.
Since Torifu didn't know the way, he could only follow Tobirama.
Fortunately, Tobirama deliberately kept his pace slow enough that Torifu didn't lose track of him.
About half an hour later, the two left Konoha's borders. Tobirama stopped.
"The Land of Hot Water is across the sea. We'll need a boat to get there."
Torifu nodded. They could cross an ordinary river or even a large one with ninjutsu.
But trying to cross the sea with ninjutsu? That was a pipe dream.
Unless you had a Summoning Beast that could fly or was a giant fish, you'd better just take a boat.
"Where are we going to find one?"
The Land of Fire's coastline was quite far from the Land of Hot Water. With shipbuilding technology as it was, Torifu wasn't sure long-distance travel by sea was reliable.
Konoha usually only dealt with the Land of Whirlpools across the sea, and that wasn't far enough for their ships to have trouble reaching it.
"We'll go to the Land of Iron first, then take a route through to the Land of Hot Water. Small countries usually have dealings with one another."
Oh, wow. Torifu was very familiar with the name Land of Iron. It was a neutral