Caw~
Caw~
Two or three seagulls and ospreys cried merrily as they flew freely over the sea.
From their perspective looking down, more than twenty large ships sailed across the water in two neat columns.
Yes, neat columns.
It was simply unbelievable.
After all, keeping ships in a tidy formation at sea was a hundred times harder than maintaining formation on land.
Especially for large ships—the bigger the vessel, the harder it was for the sailors to control such details.
There were not that many highly skilled veteran sailors to be found in the Land of Fire.
To get a clearer look at the details, one seagull flapped its wings and flew a little lower.
It turned out that many of Konoha's large ships were connected by iron chains, fixing their positions relative to one another.
This had to begin with what happened a day earlier.
Twenty-five large ships, loaded with five thousand of Konoha's elite ninja, set out for the sea in high spirits.
They were energized and morale was high, determined to teach Kirigakure a lesson it would never forget.
Unfortunately, dreams were beautiful, but cold reality dealt them a cruel blow.
Before they even reached the Land of Water—or even the Land of Bears—one-fifth of the ninja aboard had already developed mild seasickness.
After all, eighty percent of the people in the Land of Fire could barely swim. For most of the ninja, this was their first time going to sea on a ship, and before departure, no one knew whether they would get seasick.
Even an elite jonin like Might Guy, who specialized in taijutsu, had nearly lost his ability to move due to seasickness in the original story. This showed that chakra could not prevent seasickness.
Once Konoha discovered this problem, everyone was left