On the sea, Miwa Masayo vomited for two whole days and finally adapted to the sea environment.

Today, the waves on the sea surface are as high as three meters, and there may even be wave crests as high as five meters. The snow-white waves on the waves are very large and will be blown directly away by the strong wind, like clusters of reed flowers.

The small boat driven by Uchiha You rolled up and down, and even threw things on the deck high into the air, but the ninja and the cat fairy stood firmly on the deck, staring intently at a group of small buoys not far away.

Early this morning, Uchiha You discovered the traces of the swordfish, so he took out the small fish he had caught before, chopped some of them into pieces and threw them into the sea, and put the rest into the sea after piercing the dorsal fin with a fishhook.

This is the bait for hunting sailfish, but its function is not to catch the sailfish, but to mark the position of the sailfish with a buoy to facilitate the ninja's tracking.

It’s not that they don’t want to fish, but there is no fishing line that can withstand the bites and drags of the marlin. If they change to thicker and stronger ropes or wires, the bait fish will not be able to withstand it, and the marlin will notice the abnormality and give up hunting.

Sometimes sailfish will be frightened when they see a thick rope, and the frightened sailfish will instinctively start to escape, and it is no problem for them to fly thousands of miles in one breath.

Asking ninjas to chase targets for thousands of miles on the sea is something that even the ninjas from the Hidden Mist Village would not do. After all, ninjas are not a profession suitable for roaming the ocean.

However, Uchiha You did not expect that not long after the bait fish were thrown out, a strong wind blew up on the sea, and huge waves rose on the sea surface. Many bait fish had their dorsal fins torn in the waves, but fortunately they regained their freedom.

Miwa Masayo was used to the turbulence of the sea, but she could not adapt to the crazy big waves. She asked worriedly: "Yu, with such strong winds and waves, will the swordfish really bite the hook?"

Uchiha You held the rudder steadily and answered loudly: "I have asked for relevant information. Swordfish will also hunt in big waves. They will bite the hook."

“I think so…”

"Meow! The buoy is being dragged down!"

"One, five, ten, all were dragged down! Meow, the swordfish really took the bait!"

It took another ten minutes before Uchiha You confirmed amid the heavy waves that it was indeed a swordfish that had taken the bait.

But the turbulent sea is not to be taken lightly. Uchiha You tried several times to go into the sea to chase the swordfish, but found himself facing three-meter-high waves on the sea. He could only barely stand and could not run at all.

By diving beneath the sea to avoid the influence of the waves, his speed was far surpassed by the swordfish, and it was impossible for him to catch up.

In the end, he could only return to the small boat, steer the boat to track the traces of the swordfish, wait for the strong wind and waves on the sea to subside, and then try to hunt in the sea.

A few hours later, the sea returned to its calm state. Even at a distance of several kilometers, a dozen buoys gathered together were clearly visible, and the difficulty of chasing was greatly reduced.

At this time, the swordfish can only dive into the deep sea and drag the buoy down to get rid of Uchiha You's sight, but deep diving is not the swordfish's strong point.

On the one hand, the buoyancy of a dozen buoys is a big obstacle. On the other hand, the deeper the sea water, the lower the oxygen content.

For the swordfish with extremely small gills, a depth below 50 meters is considered difficult to breathe, and it will never stay at this depth for long.

The chase lasted for more than three hours until the afternoon, when the swordfish's strength began to decline, and Uchiha You was able to get within three hundred meters of it.

He couldn't help but sigh: "No wonder no ninja is willing to take this mission. If they don't collide head-on but chase like we did, the efficiency is really too low."

Miwa Masayo asked in confusion: "If that's the case, shouldn't the prize money be very high?"

"That's the problem. As long as you are lucky enough to get close enough when you meet one, it's not difficult to catch it. Even an ordinary person can catch it."

Uchiha You picked up the spare oar and said with a smile: "Let's see if the capture method I found out is as simple as described."

He jumped off the boat, ran over on the water, and smashed down hard on the head of the swordfish, which had just sensed the danger and was about to dive.

There was a crisp sound, and the swordfish floated up weakly.

Yes, it's that simple.

Years of high-speed swimming have made the swordfish's body structure take precedence over streamlined structure, resulting in a fatal defect on its head. Just one hit from top to bottom with a wooden stick will cause the entire fish to temporarily lose consciousness and die.

It was not knocked to death, but it fell into a coma and was unable to swim. This fish with very small gills would quickly die from lack of oxygen.

After hearing Uchiha Yu's explanation, Miwa Masayo looked at the swordfish being moved to the boat and couldn't help but worry: "The mission requires fresh swordfish. It will take us two days to go back now. There is no ice on the boat. You and I can't use ice escape. This fish will rot. What should we do?"

"It's very simple, just don't let it die."

"?"

Uchiha You did not explain, but tied up the swordfish and fixed it tightly to the side of the boat so that the swordfish's head was in the same direction as the bow.

Then he began to use wind and fire ninjutsu to create a powerful impact force on the water surface, pushing the boat to fly, or to jump forward madly.

The mouth of a sailfish cannot naturally close completely. Driven by the high speed of the boat, a large amount of seawater pours into the mouths of the side-by-side sailfish and then flows out through the gills, effectively ensuring oxygen supply.

Although the swordfish was tied to the side of the bouncing boat and was occasionally swallowed by water, it finally survived and kept its precious meat fresh.

The tabby cat has now completely gotten rid of the pain of seasickness and instead likes the excitement and bumps at high speed.

The high speed that Uchiha You used with wind and fire jutsu made the tabby cat feel unprecedented excitement. She hugged the fixed board on the boat tightly, but shouted: "Meow meow meow, faster! Faster!"

After six hours of frantic sailing, Uchiha You completed a two-day journey and returned to the port of Kawano-To, but the port was full and one had to queue for several hours to enter.

Fortunately, ice is available for purchase at this time, so there is no need to worry about the swordfish going bad during this time.

Without the speed tricycle, Ya Shi felt bored. She patrolled around the boat. While patrolling the side of the boat, she found a long thing hanging from the swordfish's pointed mouth, twisting and turning.

Uchiha You, who was reminded, hurried over to check and said in surprise: "It's a sea eel, an unexpected harvest!"

The unfortunate eel was pierced by the swordfish's sharp mouth at some point, but it was not dead and was struggling vigorously. Uchiha You immediately stepped forward and captured it.

Conger eel is a good thing. I might as well order it now while I'm bored waiting in line.

After removing the head, bones, blood and skin, Uchiha You made flexible use of the Wind Style Wind Blade to obtain two crystal clear eels, which were then chopped into meat puree in mid-air.

The smooth and glossy eel meat showed its top quality. Uchiha You couldn't help but say with regret: "Alas, I only have flour but no starch, so I can only make elementary fish balls."

Take out the flour you brought with you, add a little fresh water and mix it with the eel meat paste. After kneading and stirring vigorously, you will get a properly sticky eel meat sauce.

Next, prepare a portion of pork filling and wrap it with fish paste. The kneaded fish balls will jump out from the tiger's mouth and then jump into slightly boiling water to solidify and cook.

Eel balls are simple food without any frills. The freshness of fish and the aroma of pork are combined in a mixture of fish juice and pork fat.

Use a spoon to cut the meatballs while they are still hot, and the delicious and fragrant gravy will burst out, exploding with infinite delicious flavor.

This is a delicacy that is best enjoyed when it is too hot to eat directly.

Miwa Masayo was not afraid of heat, so she tasted the wonderful taste and flavor that humans could not taste, and she was deeply intoxicated by it.

"That's weird. You made it once in Konoha Village and it didn't taste this good."

"That's natural. The eels we bought back then were already dead. They were transported to Konoha Village frozen, and most of their fresh flavor had already been lost."

"If the pork wasn't fresh enough to make up for some of the umami taste, the difference would be even greater."

Miwa Masayo ate heartily, but for the cat fairy, the most regrettable thing was that he did not feel full because of this "ordinary" food.

Even after swallowing fish balls weighing her own weight, the tabby cat didn't feel full at all. She felt that she could still eat more, so she couldn't help complaining:

"It tastes good, but it can only please your mouth. It doesn't give you the same happiness as a dried fish filling your stomach."

"The transparent little fish is already an extraordinary animal, while the sea eel is just an ordinary fish. There is no comparison."

"It would be great if there were extraordinary eels that were delicious and filling enough to make you happy. That would be perfect, meow."

"Once we have dealt with the affairs of Konoha Village, we will travel around the Ninja World. The Ninja World is so big, and since there are transparent fish in the underground river, there must be other extraordinary ingredients."

"Yeah, it's a deal, meow."

After waiting for a few minutes in boredom, Miwa Masayo suddenly asked, "Yuu, if you have starch, what kind of food would you make with eel?"

Uchiha You counted on his fingers: "Wontons wrapped in transparent eel dough, eel noodles as delicate as hair, and crispy eel cubes marinated in sauce and coated with starch and fried."

Just with the name and the simplest description, Miwa Masayo fell into a state of leisurely fascination.

I want to eat meow.

…

When Uchiha Yu's boat entered the port, the live swordfish on the side of the boat was still alive because it had bought a lot of ice to cool down.

The rare live swordfish in the port caused a small sensation. The person who issued the task came to Uchiha Yu's boat immediately, confirmed the completion of the task on the spot, and gave an additional bonus.

After learning that it was the ninjutsu that made the boat go so fast and saved the life of the swordfish, the fishermen could only shake their heads in envy. The ninjas who were interested began to think about how they could do it. After all, a live swordfish could surely be sold at a higher price.

After completing the mission, Uchiha You rowed the rented boat to the anchorage, fixed it there, completed the return procedures, and then jumped onto the dock.

Miwa Masayo followed him and jumped from the bow to the dock, but the moment she landed, she meowed and fell to the ground, unable to get up.

Once again, she felt the world spinning, especially the ground swaying from side to side.

The tabby cat panicked. Her limbs and tail were swinging at a very fast speed, but she couldn't find her balance.

"Don't panic."

Uchiha You followed closely and reached out to press the raccoon cat tightly to the ground.

He smiled and explained, "You've been on the boat for too long. You've gotten used to the swaying of the boat, and you can't get used to the stable ground. Just lie down and don't move. You'll soon get back to the feeling you had a few days ago."

After hearing Uchiha Yuu's explanation, Miwa Masayo felt relieved. She asked sullenly, "Am I dizzy again, meow?"

"You guessed it right. This is called dizzy landing."

"Teleportation sickness, seasickness, landsickness, what else can make me sick? If you can make me sick to death, that's fine..."

"Yuu, you can't tell any of the ninja cats, you promise meow!"

"Pfft, I promise."

"How embarrassing..."

The tabby cat held her head with her paws and twisted around, feeling embarrassed.

…

Ebizo is in charge of the liaison work with the Konohagakure Ninja Darkness, because he is the highest person in charge of intelligence work in the Sand Village and will not waste time when talking with Danzo.

In less than six hours, Danzo Shimura left the Sand Village with all the information.

In addition to the intelligence, he also took away a lot of anger and spit on his face. The damn Ebizo was deliberately taking out his anger on him, using the intelligence as bait, and in return he was slandered and scolded for a full six hours.

If it weren't for Konoha...

Danzo still didn't dare to attack Ebizo. The Sand Village should not be underestimated. Konoha Village needed to use all its strength to face this behemoth, and should avoid provoking it if possible.

Otherwise, when Danzo Shimura becomes Hokage in the future, it will be difficult for him to handle bilateral relations.

Before the Third Ninja War, Danzo Shimura had not yet obtained a usable Wood Release Technique, nor did he have sufficient resources for the Sharingan. He was not crazy enough to think he could suppress the ninja world and treat the five major ninja villages rudely.

But, I'm still very angry.

After Danzo Shimura walked a few hundred meters out of the Sand Village, he looked back at this ninja village in the desert and said bitterly: "One day, I will become the Hokage and lead the Konoha ninja army to conquer the Sand Village."

"On that day, I will tear Ebizo into pieces to avenge the humiliation I suffered today."

The two Root Ninjas looked at each other, they bowed their heads and whispered in a consoling voice: "Thank you for your hard work, Master Danzo."

Shimura Danzo nodded: "Everything is for Konoha Village, let's go."

Danzo Shimura looked at the Sand Village. On the wall of the Sand Village, Chiyo and Ebizo were also looking at him.

Chiyo asked, "How is it?"

Ebizo vented his anger, and the pain of losing his son was alleviated a lot. He forced a smile and said, "The Leaf Village is completely unaware of our preparations. The war can proceed as planned."

"Any progress in the intelligence on that natural immortal?"

"My people found the battlefield where Keisuke died, and also found a village called Kyumori Village."

"The Kyumori Village was massacred. It was done by our ninjas. All the ninjas were killed. Five bodies were found on the battlefield. Another four are missing. Alas."

Ebizo's mood visibly dropped, and he said angrily, "I have taught him more than once that he should not make unnecessary troubles at any time. He just thought I was nagging, and this time he really hit a wall."

"In the end, I lost my life in one go. Alas—"

"No trace of that guy?"

“Not at all.”

"So, his coming to the Sand Village to cause trouble was really an accident caused by Keisuke Umino. This is the best outcome."

"elder sister……"

"kindness?"

"How can you be so calm? Sasori and the Sandai are missing, and Umino Keisuke is also dead. How can you..."

Chiyo suddenly lost her guard and asked harshly, "What do you want me to do? Cry? Want to die?"

"You think I don't want to die?"

"My mind is full of Scorpion. I can't help but imagine him suffering. And Umino Keisuke, the kid died so tragically that he didn't even have a complete body."

"Brother, there are only two old people left in our family, you and I, and no children..."

"Why wouldn't I want to die? I guess it wouldn't be so painful if I died."

"But that's not possible. Scorpion is just missing. I believe he is not dead. He must not be dead. He will definitely come back to see me..."

"So I can't die, I have to hold on."

"I have to be busy, I can't think about the kids."

"I'm sorry, sister..."

"Go get busy. When you're busy, your heart won't hurt so much. I'm sure of that now."

"yes!"