A huge cloud of smoke appeared beside the massive crater. As it cleared, an enormous amphibian called Ibuse appeared in its place.
The surrounding shinobi cried out in alarm. "Ibuse?!"
Hanzo paid no attention to his companions' fussing. He simply rode Ibuse westward.
More than a hundred miles away, Xingzhuo had built a temporary treehouse out of paper for the three of them to rest in.
The weather in the Land of Rain was truly awful. Since this was their first time there, all three were feeling a little uncomfortable. Stopping to rest was only natural.
Yuto changed into dry clothes, then used Water Style to create a clean puddle. After washing his clothes, he actually came over and asked Xingzhuo if he needed his clothes washed.
Xingzhuo tossed him the clothes he had changed out of with a look of long familiarity, then went back to cooking.
In the days since they had left the village, Xingzhuo and Uchiha Rinne had taken turns cooking.
Yuto, meanwhile, would volunteer to wash his own clothes and Xingzhuo's.
At first, Uchiha Rinne had offered to wash the two boys' clothes along with her own. But Yuto had felt that boys and girls shouldn't mix, which was how things had ended up this way.
As he cooked porridge and swept the area with his Byakugan, Xingzhuo sighed. Half complaining and half joking, he said:
"I kind of regret not asking Lady Mito to teach me sensory ninjutsu."
Yuto, who had just wrung out his clothes and set them by the fire to dry, suddenly spoke up.
"I learned it! You can learn it from me, Xingzhuo."
Xingzhuo's brows knitted together. He looked at Yuto in disbelief and asked, "When did you learn it? Why didn't you tell me?"
Yuto answered with an innocent