May 18.
After traveling day and night for two days, the Akaseki Squad had reached the eastern Land of Wind.
"This should be far enough... let me try." Minato handed Akaseki an oddly shaped kunai engraved with a special formula.
"Huh? What's this..." The kunai looked like a little trident. Akaseki stared at Minato as though he were looking at a shameless show-off.
You've changed. Ordinary kunai aren't enough for you to show off your "bleep-" anymore, huh?
Reading the look in Akaseki's eyes, Minato blushed slightly. "I added the little prongs on either side mainly to make it easier to identify directions when sensing it..."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get it," Akaseki said offhandedly.
Minato: ...
Minato had no idea whether Akaseki believed him. He took a deep breath, and then...
Whoosh-
Minato vanished completely.
Akaseki had kept his Sharingan active, partly to see how far Minato "flew," and partly to try his luck... what if he could copy it? What if he had some latent space-time talent that simply hadn't been discovered yet?
Of course, Akaseki was getting ahead of himself.
Sure enough, he couldn't copy it!
And the distance Minato had "flown" was beyond what Akaseki could see...
But before Akaseki and Ranwu could grow nervous, Minato reappeared out of thin air in front of Akaseki.
This time, Akaseki felt it. When Minato appeared, the special kunai in his hand seemed to react faintly!
"You..." Akaseki gave Minato an inquisitive look, seeking confirmation.
Minato merely smiled. Instead of answering directly, he offered them several servings of "Quicksand Honey Rings"-a specialty dessert from Rōran, baked into rings using oasis wheat flour, local grape honey, Russian olive pulp, traditionally made Rōran cheese...
Clearly, Minato really had just made a trip back to Rōran.
"This... that's more than a tenfold