Thinking of Obito, Seisuke wondered how that fool was doing.
It seemed he would have to make a trip to the battlefield near Iwagakure to prevent that fool from becoming Madara's puppet. At the very least, he had to save Rin.
It was because of Rin's death that Obito turned to the dark side. If she didn't die, he wouldn't. As long as he could protect Obito, everything would be fine.
Even if he revealed to the Konoha high - ups that Madara Uchiha was still alive, it wouldn't help.
First, it was uncertain whether the high - ups would believe him.
Second, even if they believed, they wouldn't be able to find Madara. That guy was too good at hiding.
Third, there was Black Zetsu, that filial son. He had to protect Madara as his tool, as Madara was his only hope of rescuing his mother for now.
Before that, he should figure out how to bring Obito back. That guy might as well stay stupid for a lifetime.
"Will you become the Hokage?" Mei Terumī suddenly asked, looking at Seisuke.
"Me? The Hokage? Don't be ridiculous. There's no way I'll become the Hokage." He shook his head and said, "After this war, the Fourth Hokage will probably take over. It won't be me. Just like I said, barring any accidents, the Fourth Hokage will be in charge of the village for a long, long time, and I won't have that chance."
If Obito didn't die, Minato wouldn't die either. Then he would keep serving as the Fourth Hokage, dealing with... paperwork for the village!
Mei Terumī smiled and said, "Why won't the Fourth Hokage die suddenly?"
"..."
Seisuke felt a strong sense of malice from her. He coughed and said, "That has nothing to do with me. Becoming the Hokage means being tied down in the village. I'm not the type to stay in one position for a long time."
"Is that so?"
"Let's not talk about it. There might not be a future Hokage here, but there's a future Mizukage." Looking at Mei Terumī, he suddenly froze. Wait, if he really saved Obito, then the Fourth Mizukage wouldn't die either, and then... Mei Terumī wouldn't become the Fifth Mizukage.
Forget it. He'd think about this later when he went to the battlefield near Iwagakure.
The two of them rested for the whole night. After Mei Terumī recovered, she said to Seisuke, "If I remember correctly, we drifted here from that direction. We can just run in that direction and we'll be fine."
The Land of Waves was probably to the southeast of this island. The two of them just needed to keep running on the sea surface.
"Alright, let's go!"
Their chakra hadn't fully recovered, and the self - recovery speed was relatively slow, but it was enough for them to return to the Land of Waves.
"Let's go."
They walked on the waves as if competing, running side by side, not giving an inch to each other.
On the way, Seisuke suddenly asked Mei Terumī, "Last time you said that if you didn't catch me, you'd be punished by Kirigakure, right?"
"Yeah."
"Then I'll give you a hand."
"You're going to Kirigakure? As long as you tell us all the information you know, I'll keep you alive."
"What are you thinking? I'll send you a shadow clone to save your face. Going to Kirigakure to die? I'm not that stupid. This way, we're even."
"Even..."
Mei Terumī glanced at Seisuke, snorted, and sped up to leave.
He didn't understand why this woman was angry. Women's thoughts were hard to fathom.
After running on the sea for two hours, they finally saw land. They asked a fisherman and learned that this was the Land of Waves.
Seisuke stretched and said, "Finally back. Great. Well, goodbye. I should go now. Oh, right, shadow clone..."
Just as he was about to form hand - seals, something unexpected happened. A kunai flew out from the bushes on the side. Fortunately, Seisuke reacted quickly and dodged the attack by moving his body.
However, because his speed was a bit slow, his forehead protector was knocked off.
"Damn it! What's going on?!"
He turned his head to look at the bushes. Two Kirigakure ninjas walked out from the bushes and sneered, "A Konoha ninja and... the young lady of the Terumī clan."
"What do you mean?!"
Mei Terumī looked at them with an unfriendly expression.
One of the Kirigakure ninjas said, "The young lady of the Terumī clan has a private meeting with a Konoha ninja. The crime of treason is established. Come back to the village with us."
"Yeah, what a pity. Such a beautiful girl, getting involved with this Konoha brat."
Mei Terumī's face turned red with anger. These two were from a clan hostile to the Terumī clan. They were slandering her right off the bat. She didn't expect to run into them as soon as she came back. What bad luck.
"You two bastards! You're courting death! Do you believe I can make you two die silently right here?!"
Even a clay figurine has some temper. Kirigakure wasn't united from top to bottom. Coupled with the killing intent shown by these two, Mei Terumī wouldn't let them go easily.
She hadn't had a good rest these days and was in a really bad mood!
"You're courting death now!"
Seisuke was even angrier. Ignoring the forehead protector on the ground, he rushed forward and fought the two Kirigakure ninjas.
"Sacred Fire: Shiranui!"
Two flaming spears instantly penetrated the body of one of the Kirigakure ninjas, burning his internal organs and making him scream in pain.
"You... Sure enough, Mei Terumī, you're really involved with this Konoha ninja."
The Kirigakure ninja pointed at Mei Terumī and shouted.
They had just wanted to slander her to annoy her, but now it seemed there was some truth to it.
"Shut up!"
Mei Terumī was also enraged and joined Seisuke in dealing with that guy.
"Lava Release: Melting Monster Technique!"
A large amount of acid liquid spewed out from her mouth, like a cloth, covering the Kirigakure ninja's head.
Suddenly, the highly corrosive acid began to corrode his body. In intense pain, he didn't even have a chance to scream because as soon as he opened his mouth, the acid poured into it, corroding his tongue as well.
In just a few seconds, his body was completely corroded.
"I'm leaving now. You can shift the blame onto these two idiots. Goodbye."
With that, Seisuke went into the forest.
"Hey, wait..."
She still had some things to ask Seisuke, but this guy had disappeared without a trace.
"Why is he running so fast? I'm not going to eat him." She shook her head and returned to the beach. The Kirigakure ninja attacked by Seisuke was already dead.
"Hey, this is, that guy's forehead protector."
Picking up the scratched forehead protector, Mei Terumī thought for a while and put it away. "Forget it. I'll return it to him if I meet him later."
Seisuke, who had run some distance, touched his head and realized that his forehead protector was still on the beach.
"Forget it. I'll get one from the camp later. Anyway, it's not something precious."
Now he should figure out how to find the camp. The top priority was to go back to the camp to rest. He didn't want to do anything else.
By the way, which way should he take to get to the Konoha camp?
Seisuke found that he was lost again.