"Is this the Land of Whirlpools...?"
By the time Wuye and Terumi Mei left the Land of Fire and began walking across the sea, more than half a month had already passed.
Without a doubt, this had been the happiest period Terumi Mei had experienced in years.
It was a rare chance for them to be alone together, with no one else competing for his attention. The feeling was simply wonderful.
But the sight of the coastline made her mood plummet.
Because beyond the sea lay the Land of Water.
Once they reached the Land of Water and resolved the matter of the Bloody Mist, Wuye would surely return to the Land of Fire.
At present, he could maintain at most two Slug split bodies. One was with Tsunade, and one was with Konan. There would be none for her.
And their relationship was still so ambiguous. He had no reason to stay...
Terumi Mei gradually fell silent.
"So the Land of Whirlpools is an island near the Land of Fire."
At that moment, Wuye suddenly pointed ahead.
Terumi Mei listlessly raised her head and saw a medium-sized island before them. "Oh..."
Wuye glanced at her, and seeing how dejected she looked, he smiled helplessly. "It'll still be a while before I leave. There's no need to be upset already, right?"
"Tch, I'm not... uh..."
Terumi Mei instinctively tried to deny it, but suddenly, her right hand was enveloped in warmth.
She looked over to see Wuye's radiant smile. "Come on. Keep me company while I take a look at Whirlpool Shinobi Village."
"Oh, okay."
Terumi Mei looked at her right hand, tightly clasped in his palm, her mind drifting.
So this was what holding hands felt like. It was strange how it could instantly shorten the distance between two