After resting at the frontline camp for two days, Mirai reorganized the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist's seven blades.
The Kubikiribōchō and Samehada were so large that they filled the sealing scroll to bursting. It took him considerable effort to arrange all seven blades neatly.
In his spare time, he also took Samehada out for a look and discovered that the sword was actually sentient. The mouth beneath its bandages hissed at him, but one glare from him silenced it.
"Quite the temper." Mirai stuffed Samehada back into the sealing scroll and dusted off his hands. "Who should I give you to?
Konan uses Paper Release. She wouldn't be used to wielding a sword anyway. Forget it, I'll hold on to you for now."
The Hyuga Clan's scouting teams delivered their routine reports every day, but the Hidden Mist's main force still hadn't shown itself.
After waiting two days, Mirai decided not to wait any longer.
He summoned Hyuga Taito and Yamamoto Uchiha and gave them instructions for running the camp:
"I'm going to take a look around the Land of Water and see just what Kirigakure is up to.
Keep an eye on the camp. Use this to contact me if anything happens."
He left behind a Flying Thunder God Kunai, then set off alone.
The Land of Water lay overseas, and without a Flying Thunder God mark there, Mirai had to travel by conventional means.
He first reached a port on the eastern coast of the Land of Fire, found a merchant ship bound for the Land of Water, and gave its captain a bag of silver in exchange for a berth in a corner.
The ship pitched through the waves for a day and a night. Mirai used Mind's Eye of the Kagura to sense the