"Uh? Is that so... Ah...??..."
Yahiko narrowed his eyes and carefully examined the middle-aged man before him. He wore a green jumpsuit, had that shiny hair, thick black eyebrows, and Blackbeard... perhaps...
"So... your son wears that ugly green jumpsuit too? He seems to be called... Guy..."
"Answer with a whoosh! That's my son, Might Guy! If you say so, then you must have seen him. Can you tell me where he is?..."
"Ah, over there. He just left with two other people. They should have gone in that direction!"
"Oh, thank you for your support! Then I'll be off!!!"
"Wah—"
With a flash of green light, Might Guy's father vanished without a trace.
"Uh? You wanted to help me? How could you... As an adult, you're way too unreliable! Hmph!"
Yahiko's face turned green with anger. He wondered why this guy was just as strange as the others from before. Were everyone in Konoha Village like this? Seriously... It seemed he could only rely on himself.
Yahiko looked around the mountainside, but he could not find anything anywhere. This mountain only had ordinary stuff; he could not find anything better than what Ebisu had given Konan.
"Ugh... Going back empty-handed wouldn't just be embarrassing. The worst part would be if Konan started looking down on me from now on... Where would be best..."
Yahiko lay on the ground in disappointment, staring at the drifting clouds in the sky. Then, he suddenly had a realization.
"That's right. Ordinary places must have already been picked over by others. If I want to find better medicine, I have to go somewhere hard to gather from! Hahaha, I'm so stupid. I wasted so much time for nothing. No, if I keep delaying, Mirai, Qianqian, and Konan will definitely come looking for me. Then