The Raikage did not provide meals. After Tobirama led Konoha's ninja away from Kumogakure, they found a suitable place in the Land of Lightning to set up camp and cook.
Wisps of smoke rose from an open space between the mountains. Carrying a bundle of firewood, Sarutobi Saku glanced sideways at Tobirama Senju, who was sitting on a rock studying a map.
After setting the firewood beside the campfire, he cautiously approached and said in a low voice, "Lord Tobirama."
"Hm?" Tobirama looked up from the map. "What is it?"
Seeing that no one was looking their way, especially since the Uchiha Clan ninja had gone out hunting, Sarutobi Saku gathered his courage and said, "Lord Tobirama, don't you think our progress is a little too fast?"
Tobirama's eyes flickered. He saw Shimura Ibuki chopping firewood with a kunai in the distance and understood what he meant.
After all, Madara's letter had been delivered to the village by their squad.
In truth, he too wanted to cast aside his complicated duties like Madara and take off on a journey whenever he pleased.
When he heard that Madara was going to fly to the moon, he had been even more envious.
But Uchiha Madara had brought two clans back through his travels, and Tobirama felt that the village's existing balance had now been disrupted.
Previously, the three great ninja clans—the Sarutobi, Shimura, and Hyuga Clan—could barely keep the Uchiha Clan in check on the surface.
Although Elder Brother was still in the village, an inexplicable sense of crisis always weighed on his heart, making him feel that it was time to bring in other clans and establish a new balance.
His gaze fell upon the map, focusing on the country marked with whirlpools along the route that had to be taken