After parting ways with Tsunade, Ryun and his wife, enjoying the scenery and taking their time, had already reached the seaside.
From their current location, the shortest route to the Land of Whirlpools was by sea.
"Nani???"
"You're telling me to take the sea route from here to the Land of Waves? Do you know how many nautical miles are in between? Have you gone crazy, you brat..." Kushina looked at Ryun with a shocked expression.
"There are no passenger ships available. If we don't walk, how else can we get there? Swim there?" Ryun sighed helplessly.
Currently, it was wartime. The coastline where Ryun and Kushina were located was part of the main battlefield between the Land of Water and the Land of Fire. Under these circumstances, finding a civilian passenger ferry in these waters was impossible.
Ryun suggested using the water-walking technique to tread the waves, even calling it training... Hence, Kushina said he was crazy...
"We don't have to cross that many nautical miles. The Land of Waves is right in the middle and can serve as a resting point. This sea route isn't actually that difficult to traverse..."
As Ryun spoke, he actively stepped onto the sea surface. The churning waves had no effect on him; it was almost like walking on flat ground.
"The main issue is that walking like this will consume a huge amount of chakra. I might not be able to last until the Land of Waves..." Kushina said, frowning.
"Hurry up. If you really can't walk anymore, I'll carry you then..." Ryun urged helplessly.
"Then carry me for a while first... I'm a bit tired and want to rest." Kushina quickly stepped forward with a smile, and then, regardless of whether Ryun agreed or not, she leaped onto his back with a flying tackle.
"You..." Ryun staggered from her tackle. After stabilizing his posture, he couldn't help but spank her buttocks.
With a loud 'smack', a faint blush instantly appeared on Kushina's cheeks.
This time, Kushina didn't get angry from being hit. Instead, she let out a soft hum and settled down.
Ryun had spanked her like this many times these past nights. This spank wasn't too hard or too soft, just enough to cause a certain 'chemical reaction'. Kushina felt her whole body go soft from the spank, but she didn't dislike this feeling...
The sea breeze blew across the sea surface, rolling up clusters of spray. Ryun, carrying his wife on his back, treaded the waves. He planned to walk all the way to the Land of Waves like this.
Kushina lay on the broad back, smiling brightly. She had no intention of walking. She would just let Ryun carry her all the way to the Land of Waves. Since her man loved to exert himself and wanted to train, she would let him. She could just be his training weight...
Walking on the sea was a very boring and tedious task. Kushina fell sound asleep very quickly, even drooling onto Ryun's shoulder...
When she woke up, she saw the sun setting over the sea; it was almost dark!
"Are we not there yet..." Kushina asked lazily with a yawn.
"Not yet... I can't see any place to land nearby. It must still be far..." Ryun replied casually.
"What do we do then? It's almost dark. Won't we get lost walking on the sea surface?" Kushina asked worriedly.
With Ryun by her side, she wasn't afraid of danger. The only thing to worry about was the direction.
"Not likely. I have a sense of proportion..." Ryun replied without looking back. He wouldn't lose his sense of direction. The direction where the sun set was west. Even if it wasn't perfectly accurate, it shouldn't be too far off.
Soon, as the last ray of sunlight completely disappeared, the dark sea surface seemed to transform into a deep, abyssal maw.
Kushina looked at the calm sea but inexplicably felt a bit of fear. She felt like a ferocious sea monster might suddenly emerge from the depths and swallow them both in one bite...
Moreover, as time passed, this illusion seemed to grow stronger, causing her to subconsciously tighten her arms around Ryun's neck.
"Afraid of the dark?" Ryun chuckled teasingly.
"Mm..."
Kushina pressed her cheek against his and softly agreed.
Just as they were talking, a large ship full of ninja suddenly sailed into Ryun's sensory range.
Noticing the anomaly, Ryun immediately adjusted his direction and dashed straight towards the ship's location in a single burst of speed.
Kushina was startled by the sudden acceleration. Before she could even ask, Ryun whispered first:
"There's a ship. It seems to be from the Land of Water. We can have them take us across..."
"The Land of Water? Will they be willing to take us... Is it dangerous?" Kushina's voice trembled from the jostling of the running steps.
"Whether they're willing or not is not up to them... As for danger? I am definitely a danger to them..."
While they were speaking, Ryun had already run a long distance. The sensor ninja on the large ship also detected their figures at this moment.
"People! Two! No boat, they're coming fast!" A sensor-type ninja couldn't help but cry out in alarm.
It wasn't his fault for shouting. It was just that in this pitch-black night, on the vast, endless sea, there were actually people walking on the waves... Any normal person would find this situation bizarre and strange.
"What? Stop making such scary jokes, you bastard..." Someone shouted angrily after reacting.
They were still very far from shore. If they encountered people not using a boat on the sea surface now, in their view, it couldn't be anything other than a ghost...
"Bastard, I'm not joking! One is coming over!"
As this sensor ninja screamed and cursed, the ninja on the ship saw a figure suddenly appear before their eyes. His speed was inhuman. After a few flickers, he was already standing steadily on the ship's bow.
"Who are you?"
"Enemy attack!!!"
Instantly, the ninja on the ship drew their weapons, looking at the uninvited guest with terrified expressions.
A black-clothed young man suddenly appearing on the sea in the middle of the night would cause panic even among powerful ninja, especially with his ghostly instant movement technique.
Although all the ninja were on guard, no one immediately attacked. The more powerful the ninja, the more nervous they felt facing this black-clothed young man. Their intuition told them the person opposite was very dangerous. Charging forward blindly could mean death!
"Step aside!"
A long-haired woman forced her way through the crowd. She was the leader of these ninja. She had been resting and catching up on sleep in the cabin. Hearing the commotion on the deck, she immediately got up and rushed over.
"Lady Mei Terumi is here, make way!!!"
The ninja seemed to find their backbone upon hearing this.
When Mei Terumi pushed through the crowd and saw the black-clothed young man, she first visibly froze for a moment. Then, she saw the person standing on the bow glance in her direction.
That glance was familiar, so familiar that she would sometimes encounter it in nightmares and wake up startled.
The person who went on a killing spree in Kirigakure back then had once looked at her from a distance. That gaze was so condescending, as if he viewed her, Kirigakure's genius girl, as nothing more than an ant...
Tonight, this man's appearance, expression, gaze, even the color of his clothes... highly matched that of the black-clothed God of Killing from back then.
'No! This is exactly that God of Killing!!!'
Mei Terumi felt a chill instantly rush from the top of her head to the soles of her feet. Goosebumps broke out all over her skin, layer after layer.
The fear in her eyes was clear. The black-clothed man before her now seemed like a real life-stealing wraith, frightening her into taking two steps back involuntarily.
Some of the more timid ninja, seeing the expression on their leader's face, became even more convinced that the person before them was a wraith...
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