The old man was draped in a raincoat and wore a bamboo hat, with thick winter clothes underneath. Shin'yu then realized that the temperature in the air was extremely low, and even breathing created large patches of white mist.
"Hey... young man, how come you're wearing so little in this cold weather?" the old man spoke first, staring at Shin'yu's bare upper body, immediately dumbfounded.
Logically speaking, such a thin body would have long been frozen blue and purple, but the young man's skin was still fair and rosy, even emitting a faint heat.
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"Uh... I accidentally ruined my clothes while fishing in the sea," Shin'yu said, scratching his head as he approached the old man. "Old man, do you have any spare clothes I could borrow?"
His clothes had long been torn to shreds by the suppressed water arrows, along with his Ninja Tool Pouch, money bag, supply pack, and dry food, all crushed in the deep sea.
His "Sea God"-like physique allowed him to withstand severe cold and heat, but the Land of Iron was located in a frigid region, and being naked in such cold weather, being seen by ordinary people was not a good look, he didn't like being seen as an oddity.
The old man hesitated for a moment, "I don't have any spare clothes, but there is a raincoat in the cabin, but..."
Shin'yu saw the old man's difficulty and immediately smiled, "Don't worry, I won't take your clothes for nothing. How about I trade you something for it!"
"This..." The old man raised his hand, just thinking about how to politely refuse, but he didn't expect the young man in front of him to turn around, leap up, and jump into the sea right in front of him.
"Splash!"
The waves rolled, splashing white foam, submerging all traces.
"This..." The old man was dumbfounded, collapsing to the ground. He had lived most of his life and had never seen such a person.
Not to mention that you're young, and a jump can lift you dozens of meters into the air... and it's almost low tide, yet he dares to go into the sea at this time!
He wasn't shocked for too long, only a dozen seconds passed before Shin'yu leaped out of the sea, descending from mid-air in the same posture, standing in front of the old man.
"Whoosh—"
The wind howled, water splashed everywhere, and the old man quickly retreated, squinting his eyes tightly, even his bamboo hat was blown away.
"I'll trade you this fish," Shin'yu said with a smile, throwing a round, big fish next to the old man.
"This is..."
A faint fishy smell wafted over, and the old man approached with suspicion, but suddenly, his cloudy eyes gleamed!
"Bluefin Tuna!"
"Goodness... where did you catch this..."
"Didn't you just see?" Shin'yu didn't turn his head, pointing to the sea behind him.
"I've only seen this fish once, and that was when my son brought it back years ago. It's said to live thousands of meters below the sea, and only Ninja from the Land of Water have the ability to catch it..."
Shin'yu crossed his arms and raised his chin, "Do you like it? Trade for your raincoat."
"Oh, this, this is too valuable..."
"Trade or not?"
"Trade!"
Shin'yu took the raincoat with a smile, and to show his gratitude, the old man also gave him a bamboo hat.
Shin'yu turned and left, using the cover of the forest, his hands forming seals.
"*Summoning Technique!!*"
The white smoke dissipated, and a slender, graceful tabby cat appeared before him.
"Hiss, so cold, meow." The ninja cat shook off the snowflakes from its fur, baring its fangs.
"Tetsusuke, go back and tell Bochi to summon me back to the Cat House."
"Can't do it, meow, Bochi isn't here."
"What?" Shin'yu was surprised. "If he's not at the Cat House, where could he be?"
"Dunno~" Tetsusuke shook his head.
"What about Kitsuroumaru?"
"Kitsuroumaru was just called away by Uchiha Hikari yesterday and is currently in his cooldown period, meow."
"Okay..." Shin'yu said casually, "Then go back and summon me back to the Cat House."
"Foolish Shin'yu, have you forgotten that summoning times are fixed, meow?"
Tetsusuke leaped onto a tree trunk, licking the snowflakes off his paw pads. "If you summon me once, the next summon will be three days later, and we can't summon each other during that time."
"Ah..." Shin'yu covered his face, feeling hopeless. "So that means I have to walk back myself?"
"That'll be all~" The ninja cat Tetsusuke raised a paw.
"Wait, buddy." Shin'yu widened his eyes. "You didn't do anything, what are you charging me for?"
"For helping you keep your secret, so the other ninja cats don't find out, meow." Tetsusuke revealed a human-like cunning. "Or does Shin'yu no longer care about his own information...?"
Shin'yu's face darkened, and he twitched his lips in annoyance, then tossed him a fish.
"As you can see, I'm very poor right now, so use this as collateral for now." Shin'yu circled in front of him, showing off his raincoat.
With a "splat," Tetsusuke angrily threw away the bluefin tuna. "It's always like this!"
...
A few minutes later, the old man who was pouring salt by the sea turned around to find that the young man had actually returned.
"Old man, let me ask you something else. Do you know how to get to the Land of Fire? Just tell me a general direction."
...
The Land of Iron has a cold climate and is covered in snow all year round. The further west you go, the lower the temperature gets.
Fortunately, Shin'yu was wearing a raincoat, so even if his chest was bare underneath, no one could tell under the cover of the snow.
According to the old man, the place he landed was exactly on the easternmost coast of the Land of Iron. If he wanted to return to the Land of Fire, he would have to go west all the way, pass through the capital, and traverse the entire country.
The journey to the capital was thousands of miles away, with countless mountains, overlapping peaks, and dense forests along the way. In addition, the cold climate made the road conditions extremely worrying for ordinary people.
Even the fastest horse would have to run for days and nights to reach the destination.
But for Shin'yu, none of this was a problem. All he needed was a direction.
The ninja's way of traveling was simple and crude, relying only on a pair of legs. Whether it was traversing mountains or crossing rivers, it was all the same.
To ordinary people, ninjas were superhumans. Their speed could easily surpass any beast. When moving at full speed, they were like human-shaped high-speed trains, and they were not afraid of any terrain restrictions. In addition, their physical energy consumption was low. One Soldier Pill could support them for three days and three nights!
And so, Shin'yu focused intently and ran silently for an entire day in the direction the old man had indicated.
Yet, all he saw was still white snow, indicating that he hadn't even run out of the Land of Iron.
You should know that before he became the "Sea God Body," his normal speed had already reached Mach 12, and now it had increased to a terrifying Mach 30. This already exceeded his original self when he opened the "Second Gate of Rest." Although it couldn't compare to his speed in the water, it was enough to make most Ninja despair.
Logically speaking, it wouldn't take long to cross the Land of Iron...
He realized something was wrong and found a nearby village. After asking around, he learned that he was still wandering around the east side of the Land of Iron!
"Impossible, could it be that the old man was lying to me? Or gave me the wrong direction?"
He asked more than a dozen people for directions, and after seeing that the directions pointed out by these locals were consistent, he finally smiled with relief.
One night later.
"What! Where did you say this is?"
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