Tanzaku Town lay in the southwestern Land of Fire, a bustling hub of casinos, taverns, and drinking houses with female company. Since Tsunade loved gambling and enjoyed drinking, the town catered perfectly to her tastes. She spent most of her time there whenever she wandered outside the village.
According to the information Shin Uchiha had received from the Third Hokage, barring any surprises, Tsunade should have been in Tanzaku Town at that moment, accompanied by Shizune and a little pig.
Since Shin Uchiha had never visited the southwestern Land of Fire, he had not left a space mark there. This time, he had no choice but to run there.
Once his preparations were complete, Shin Uchiha said goodbye to Mikoto and Uzuki Yugao and left Konoha. Unlike an ordinary ninja, however, when he stopped for the night, he went straight into his space to rest, or returned directly to Konoha through a space mark to take care of dinner at Ichiraku Ramen.
While traveling, Shin Uchiha desperately wished he could obtain Tsuchikage Ōnoki's Light-Weight Rock Technique. It allowed its user to fly through the sky, making it ideal for covering long distances. Even if it consumed a fair amount of chakra, that would not matter. Shin Uchiha had so much chakra that, when he used the technique, he suspected he might replenish it faster than he spent it.
However, Uchiha Fugaku, whom Shin Uchiha had sent to Iwagakure in the Land of Earth, probably had not arrived yet. Otherwise, Shin Uchiha could have stirred up a little trouble in Iwagakure and easily copied the technique.
Shin Uchiha traveled at a leisurely pace, stopping now and then, looking nothing like someone on a mission. Kotoamatsukami's cooldown had not ended anyway. Even if he rushed to Tanzaku Town and found Tsunade, he