After returning home, Kazemori Masaki told Satomi that he would be accompanying Tobirama to the Land of Iron. Senju Toka was there as well, and both women were a little surprised by the news.
"Sorry. I promised I would spend this time with you," Kazemori Masaki said apologetically.
In the past, even when Kazemori Masaki was home, he had been busy training. He had made time for her, but that time had been very limited. Recently, however, he had had nothing else to attend to, allowing Satomi to truly enjoy their life together. She treasured those moments even more now that she was pregnant, so she was reluctant to let him go.
But Satomi was not unreasonable. She understood the responsibilities of a ninja and said, "If it's a mission, there's nothing to be done. Go, and don't worry about me."
"With me here, you won't have to worry about Satomi," Senju Toka said before Kazemori Masaki could say anything more.
"I'll leave her in your care, Lady Toka." Kazemori Masaki nodded gently.
"Still, this is an opportunity for you, too." Senju Toka smiled slightly. "Being chosen as one of Lord Tobirama's two guards is no ordinary privilege. No one would be selected without his complete trust."
"Now that you mention it, Lord Tobirama was the guard Lord Hashirama took with him back then," Satomi recalled.
"Not only that. I heard that the second leader of every shinobi village was someone who accompanied the first Kage to the Five Kage Summit," Senju Toka said, seeming to hint at something.
No, Hozuki Gengetsu wasn't the one who accompanied the First Mizukage to the Five Kage Summit.
That was what Kazemori Masaki thought, but few details of that summit had become public, so it was only natural that Senju Toka's information contained