Terumi Mei stared at the scene with a dark look and tugged on Yugito's sleeve.
"Are we really going to travel with that guy?"
"I'm afraid I'll be drowned in the youthfulness of that green-suited turtle before we even reach Kumogakure."
Yugito shrugged helplessly.
"Our trip to Kumogakure for the Jinchuriki to train was supposed to be a highly confidential mission..."
"There aren't many Ninja in Konoha who can keep watch over us Jinchuriki."
"But Kakashi and the others seem to have been sent on other missions."
"So the Third Hokage had no choice but to send that guy."
This time, Yugito and the others were tasked with taking the Jinchuriki stationed in Konoha to Turtle Island in Kumogakure for training.
During the previous war, Konoha had gained the right to use Turtle Island.
It was only because Yugito had previously requested to go to Turtle Island to further her training in controlling the Jinchuriki that Sarutobi Hiruzen remembered it.
So he'd waved his hand and sent Utakata along too. They were all Jinchuriki, after all, and it was only a matter of time before they trained on Turtle Island. Even if they didn't meet the training requirements, getting a taste of it first would be worthwhile.
As for Naruto, he was still too young to travel far.
And the Three-Tails was still sealed away in the Amber Pot by Sarutobi Hiruzen, shut off from the world.
There weren't many people with the strength and experience to handle this mission, and Kakashi and the others had been assigned other tasks.
So Sarutobi Hiruzen sent Might Guy.
Although Might Guy seemed rather eccentric on the surface, Sarutobi Hiruzen knew that few people in Konoha were more reliable than him.
What's more, Might Guy had performed exceptionally well, and Sarutobi Hiruzen had