To make sure no one discovered them.
Obito Uchiha and his two companions had taken no form of transportation and made no contact with anyone else. They had simply kept their heads down and traveled.
Now.
Kirigakure was right before their eyes.
The Six-Tails Jinchuriki was within easy reach!
Chapter 156: Heroes always arrive a step late~ (Two updates totaling ten thousand words-please subscribe!)
The Land of Water, Southwestern Sea.
An uninhabited deserted island that absolutely could not be found marked on any public map.
Obito Uchiha, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Juzo Biwa raced across the sea, landing one after another on the rocks at the island's edge.
"Utakata is hiding somewhere like this?"
Kisame Hoshigaki surveyed his surroundings, a trace of confusion flashing in his small, sharklike eyes.
"I distinctly remember he wasn't operating in these waters before."
Utakata.
Kirigakure's Six-Tails Jinchuriki.
He was also the target of Obito Uchiha and his two companions on this trip.
"Zetsu provided the intelligence. It won't be wrong."
Obito Uchiha was also examining the surroundings, his brow slightly furrowed.
"Perhaps Mei Terumi moved the Six-Tails Jinchuriki to this island after taking office."
Obito Uchiha had controlled the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, through genjutsu and secretly ruled Kirigakure for years, becoming thoroughly familiar with matters both great and small within the village.
But after Uchiha Minamoto exposed his true identity, he had never returned to Kirigakure.
So much time had passed.
Mei Terumi had even firmly established herself as the Fifth Mizukage.
Changes within Kirigakure were only natural.
"Split up."
After a moment's consideration, Obito Uchiha issued his orders.
"Find the Six-Tails Jinchuriki first!"
Among Obito Uchiha, Kisame Hoshigaki, and Juzo Biwa, not one was a ninja who specialized in sensory abilities.
Although the uninhabited deserted island beneath their feet was not large, it