After leaving Konoha, Shin took out the mission scroll. It contained information about the missing-nin.
The missing-nin was called Kawada Hei. He was an Elite Chunin. After a dispute with a comrade, he had accidentally killed him and gone rogue.
He had been a missing-nin for half a year and was suspected of having gone to the Land of Whirlpools.
When Shin saw that the man had possibly gone to the Land of Whirlpools, he couldn't help but freeze. Kushina leaned over to look at the mission scroll and was equally stunned.
"Are we going to the Land of Whirlpools?" Kushina looked up at Shin and asked.
"Yeah. I wonder what it's like there now."
Mese watched Shin and Kushina. She knew that the Land of Whirlpools had once been home to Shin and Kushina, and that it held some painful memories, too.
"When we left the Land of Whirlpools, I thought we might never go back."
Shin wasn't particularly sentimental about it.
"To get to the Land of Whirlpools, we'll have to take a boat. Mikoto, do you get seasick?"
"Shin, I've never been on a boat... so I don't know if I get seasick." Mese shook her head.
Kushina's face suddenly changed. Only then did she remember that she got seasick.
"Can we not take a boat?" Kushina said with a bitter expression.
"Sure. You can Water Walk all the way to the Land of Whirlpools."
Shin offered Kushina another way. He wasn't just making it up; the Land of Whirlpools wasn't far from the Land of Fire, so it was feasible.
"Okay, then we'll run all the way to the Land of Whirlpools!" Kushina clapped her hands and firmly resolved to make the trip on foot. Shin shrugged, having no objections.
"But before we head there, we