Yayoi heard that the Hidden Sand Village and the Hidden Cloud Village had gone to war a week later, around noon.
He was fishing on a deserted island in the south, where the weather was pleasantly mild. Irori, Kicho, and some of the others were fishing with him.
The rest had put on revealing swimsuits and dived into the sea, ready to gather a seafood feast straight from nature.
But as Yayoi looked at the women, each one enough to set his blood racing, he suddenly understood what it meant to feast his eyes. He felt full without eating a thing.
Yayoi set down his fishing rod. Wearing nothing but a loose pair of shorts, he showed off a tall, powerfully muscled body.
Ever since his Blood Chakra Conversion, his body seemed to have gone through a second growth spurt.
His already sturdy frame had grown taller still, leaving him just shy of two meters.
He picked up an intelligence report delivered by a summoning beast of the Tsuchigumo Clan and leafed through it at his leisure.
There were also some newly published newspapers from the Land of Night, which let Yayoi keep up with what was happening back home.
According to the report, about three days earlier, the Hidden Sand Village's Third Kazekage and the Hidden Cloud Village's Third Raikage had each led an elite squad to a deserted island and fought for reasons unknown.
Neither side could gain the upper hand. In the end, they had both backed down, bringing the conflict to a temporary halt.
Yayoi wasn't particularly surprised by the outcome.
The Third Raikage's Nintaijutsu was formidable, but he couldn't fly, making it hard for him to land a fatal blow on the Third Kazekage. The Third Kazekage could fly using Iron Sand, but his attacks