The Mirai incident once again showed that although he had carried out many missions with Kushina, he knew nothing about her style.
Ordinary enemies were one thing, but this time, the enemy was unusual—not something that could be solved with brute force alone.
"Got it, Captain Mirai..." Kushina replied, sounding slightly impatient.
Beneath his mask, Mirai smiled a little awkwardly.
About an hour later, they passed through the oasis forest and finally reached the outskirts of their destination.
Before them stood a cliff. Looking out from it, they could see Rōran built within a basin, with part of its outline already faintly visible from where they stood.
As they looked at this unusual cluster of buildings, both of them were startled.
At the same time, their sensory abilities told them that an enormous latent power lay within this land.
Even before reaching Rōran, they could already vaguely sense it.
"Mirai, what should we do?" Kushina asked, raising an eyebrow.
Mirai narrowed his eyes slightly, then looked at Kushina and said, "We'll play it by ear. And... once we get to Rōran, don't call me by my name anymore. The Third Huo Ying repeatedly stressed that we cannot expose our identities."
"Then what should I call you? I can't just stay silent, can I?" Kushina asked.
"Of course not. It isn't enough to simply address each other by code names."
So-called code names were actually common among ninja. For example, Konoha's Anbu and Root. They did not know one another's names or identities, using only code names to identify each other.
However, neither of them used code names, so they had none.
"Let me think." Mirai quickly frowned as he considered it.
Hearing this, Kushina seemed to realize something. Her brows twitched beneath her mask as she said, "Forget it.