Because the time period was different, Yue Yan couldn't be sure if the Box of Ultimate Bliss was in that prison in the Grass ninja village. So he gave Yagura a few speculations and told her to look around more. There was no need to rush.
Just as they were about to part ways, Yue Yan suddenly slapped his forehead as if he remembered something.
"Right! After you get to the Grass ninja village, see if there's a red - haired woman. Save her if you can. If not, use a ninja hawk to send me a message."
"A red - haired woman?" Yagura glanced at the red streak at the end of Yue Yan's hair, and inwardly affirmed the rumor that the Golden Thunder Beast was from the Uzumaki Clan.
"Okay, I'll keep an eye out."
After saying that, Yue Yan planned to leave. After walking for a while, he looked at Yagura following him behind with a speechless look.
"Why are you following me?"
Hearing this, Yagura was also speechless.
"You're probably going back to the Land of Fire, and my destination is the Land of Grass. We're on the same route, okay?"
"Really?"
Yue Yan glanced at the map suspiciously and found that Yagura was right. To get to the Land of Grass, one either had to cross the Land of Fire or take a long detour through the Land of Hot Water. Moreover, the most important thing was that she didn't bring much money for this mission, so she could only hitch a ride with Yue Yan.
However, these weren't important. He hadn't looked closely before, but now after checking, Yue Yan found that his current location was quite close to the former Land of Whirlpools. Recalling that during the Fourth Ninja World War, Orochimaru used the Shinigami Mask to summon the four Hokage from the Shinigami's belly, Yue Yan thought it was necessary to do some research.
After all, there wasn't much explanation about the Shinigami in the original work. He only knew about the Reaper Death Seal, a sealing ninjutsu related to the Shinigami that is a game - breaking seal with a one - for - one exchange.
Anyway, it wouldn't take much time to go to the Land of Whirlpools. He might as well take a little break. So Yue Yan decided to change his route.
As for Yagura, who had no money, she could only follow.
After about two days of traveling, Yue Yan and Yagura finally arrived at a coastal town. Then Yue Yan went to a boat - selling shop and bought a small boat.
After that, he went to the commercial street to buy some dry food for the journey.
Just as Yue Yan finished buying the dry food, Yagura beside him suddenly noticed a shop selling green rice balls (a kind of Chinese glutinous rice ball with green color, usually made from mugwort leaves) and then pestered Yue Yan to buy some for her.
Although Yagura was a woman, she had a straightforward personality, only a bit more reserved than Kushina. After getting familiar with Yue Yan, she didn't really care about anything.
In her words, "I've either been on a mission or on my way to a mission. Now that I'm free, what's wrong with taking it easy?"
Well, then, Yue Yan, who wasn't good at dealing with women, just let her have her way.
Looking at Yagura sitting on the boat, not showing any intention of coming over to help row, Yue Yan couldn't help but complain.
"Can't you come over and give me a hand?"
Hearing this, Yagura, who was enjoying the sea breeze and eating green rice balls with a contented look on her face, shrugged.
"I'm a woman, you know. Aren't you ashamed to let a woman do the work?"
Upon hearing this, Yue Yan curled his lips disdainfully.
"Aren't you ashamed to let a kid like me do the work?"
Upon hearing this, Yagura tactfully changed the topic and handed a green glutinous rice ball to Yue Yan.
"Do you want some?"
"Thanks, but I don't like sweet stuff."
"What kid doesn't like sweet stuff?"
Yagura almost blurted out "little miss" but was forced to hold it back by Yue Yan's dead - fish stare.
"I'm just saying, why are you, a guy, so good - looking?"
Yagura moved closer to Yue Yan and scrutinized his delicate face, muttering non - stop.
"If your chest were a bit bigger, you could totally pass for a girl."
"It's my genetic inheritance."
Yue Yan rolled his eyes. Not wanting to deal with Yagura, he created a kage clone to row the boat and then picked up the Fishing rod he had bought earlier to go fishing.
Seeing that Yue Yan ignored her, Yagura didn't care.
Yagura teased Yue Yan mainly because she was a bit disheartened that Yue Yan, still a minor, had already made a name for himself in the ninja world with his great strength.
Yagura, who considered herself a genius, could accept that there were more talented people, but she couldn't stand a genius younger than her being stronger than her.
Yue Yan was already so powerful before reaching his physical prime. How strong would he be when he did?
Although Yagura had never seen the legendary God of Ninjas, she thought that even the God of Ninjas couldn't be stronger than Yue Yan was now.
Thinking of this, Yagura was a bit jealous of Konoha. In every era, Konoha produced various geniuses, unlike the Sand Ninjas, who only had a few sporadic talents every few years.
"What are you thinking about? I've called you several times and you didn't respond."
Hearing Yue Yan's words, Yagura snapped out of her thoughts and shook her head.
"Nothing much."
Hearing this, Yue Yan didn't care and put the just - caught fish in front of her.
"Use your Fire Release to roast it for me."
Hearing this, Yagura couldn't help but tilt her head and look at the tiny fish smaller than a palm in Yue Yan's hand.
"Oh come on, it's not even an adult yet. Your fishing skills..."
Before Yagura could finish, Yue Yan let out a snort and interrupted her.
"Don't worry about it. Just tell me if I caught a fish or not."
Yagura was speechless. She didn't want to say anything and pinched a Blaze Release ball the size of a ping - pong ball with her fingertips and brought it close to the fish.
In just a few seconds, the once - lively fish had all its moisture taken away by the Blaze Release and turned into a dried fish.
Looking at the dried fish in his hand, Yue Yan knocked it against the side of the boat, making a series of "clanging" sounds.
"I wanted grilled fish, but you turned them into dried fish. Are you deliberately getting back at me for not paying you before?"
"So you still remember." Yagura was also quite speechless. "It's good enough that you have something to eat. Besides, the intel says you can turn into that golden cat. Kitties should eat dried fish."
"I'm too lazy to argue with you."
Yue Yan sat back on the bow of the boat. After stuffing the dried fish into his mouth, he started fishing again.
After floating on the sea for another day and a half, Yue Yan and Yagura finally reached the Land of Whirlpools.
Yue Yan originally intended to part ways with Yagura here, but Yagura kept nagging him for the operation funds. Finally, being extremely annoyed, Yue Yan gave her six hundred thousand ryo.
Holding the Scroll filled with the operation funds, Yagura looked at Yue Yan in surprise.
"I didn't expect that at such a young age, you could come up with this much money. This is almost as much as the reward for an A - rank mission."
Hearing this, Yue Yan rolled his eyes.
"Anyway, I've completed several S - rank missions, and I'm also a doctor. I earned this money through hard work, okay?"
After saying that, Yue Yan turned to look at Yagura, who was still following him.
"You've got the money. Why are you still following me?"
"Anyway, you said you're not in a hurry. I'll just stick with you a bit longer."
As she spoke, Yagura flipped her hair.
"Or is it that being with a big beauty like me, you, little guy, feel quite pressured?"
As she spoke, even though Yagura already knew Yue Yan was a boy, she still instinctively stuck out her chest suggestively.
Yue Yan opened his mouth, but thought that his words might be too inappropriate, so he finally didn't say anything.
After searching the ruins of the Land of Whirlpools for a long time, finally, Yue Yan saw a whole wall of evil - spirit masks in a shrine.