The strife in the ninja world has been disturbed, but with the complete closure of the country of vortex, the country of waves has lost its only support.

Fortunately, there are no resources that other countries can look at, and this small country is not affected by war.

Without the assistance of the Vortex Country in all aspects, the Land of Waves was in a difficult situation for a while, but with the appearance of some people, it gradually changed.

Kosuke had no intention of reporting to the Hokage after saying goodbye to Mito, as if he was dissatisfied with the Hokage's actions before.

Angry, he left Konoha directly and headed for the country of Vortex, but he saw a huge enchantment that made him sluggish.

Unbelieving, he walked along the barrier until he reached the seashore and had to stop.

But just as he was about to return home in discouragement, a merchant ship from the Vortex Country caught his attention.

To be precise, it is a merchant ship of the former Vortex Country, because the ship now has no flag to identify the power, and Kosuke has discovered his identity from some of the Vortex Country markers that have not been removed.

Without a hint of hesitation, Kosuke tread the water, came to the side of the boat, and jumped up.

The sudden appearance of the ninja startled the people on the ship, and soon, a leading merchant came forward carefully wiping his sweat.

"This ninja lord, the villain is just a small business, I can only give you this meager benefit fee, we have no grievances, please bypass us!"

The merchant smiled cautiously.

Seeing the merchant's smile, Kosuke frowned slightly, and said:

"I'm not here for this, you're a caravan from the Vortex Country, aren't you?"

When the merchant heard this, his face froze.

"Your Excellency is enmity with the country of Vortex? But we're out of the Vortex Nation now, after all, you know that the Vortex Nation has become what it is now. ”

"Alas, let's do it, the villain is in charge of giving all the goods of this ship to the adult, and I hope that this adult will let go of our fleet of the country of the original vortex in the future."

In the end, the merchant saw that Kosuke was unmoved, gritted his teeth, and said sadly.

"I said, I'm not here because of this! Can't you understand what I'm saying? ”

Kosuke raised his voice and repeated it again.

"Yes, yes, yes! Adults, please command! ”

Seeing this, the merchant hurriedly begged for mercy with the other sailors.

"Let me ask you, you were a caravan from the Vortex Nation before, weren't you?"

Kosuke confirmed.

"Yes, yes!"

The merchant didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore and hurriedly replied.

"Okay, isn't your leader the same now?"

"Anyway, our leader is still Lord Kutchi."

"Katch?"

Kosuke had never heard of the name.

"Lord Kachi is the Minister of Commerce appointed by Lord Vorkage-sama himself, and of course it's not anymore!"

The merchant replied tremblingly.

"I see, there is still such a person."

Kosuke nodded and continued to ask:

"In that case, you take me to this guy named Kuchi."

"Ninja-sama!"

This time, the merchant actually raised his head boldly and persuaded:

"We really don't have any contact with the country of the vortex, can you just let us go? Or you can make a price! ”

"Shut up! Lead the way, I'll seal your mouth when you talk too much! ”

Kosuke, whose temper has changed a lot, is also a little impatient to be made by this businessman.

"Don't think about anything to yourself! I'm a friend of Lord Vortex, but I just want to ask your leader about something! I can also guarantee the safety of your trip! ”

After Kosuke dropped this sentence, he came to the bow of the boat himself, faced the sea breeze, and sat down cross-legged.

The merchant and the sailor looked at each other for a while, and finally he said helplessly:

"Alas, let's go back, to the country of waves! Let's hope Master Kutch doesn't leave so soon! ”

The sailors were given the order to turn the ship around and return to the harbor of the Land of Waves.

"The Land of Waves?"

Kosuke secretly remembered the name of the small country in the merchant population.

After several hours of sailing in a straight line, the small merchant ship arrived at the small port of the country of waves without any alarm.

Kosuke threw away a little money and used it as the cost of the trip, and jumped off the boat himself.

What catches your eye is a small port that is in a recession, and a few rows of shipyards in the distance are more eye-catching.

Although it looks sluggish, Kosuke can tell that the houses and markets on the port are all newly built.

"Hey! Over there, aren't you going to buy building materials? Bought it back so quickly? ”

A manager of the port spotted the ship and came up to ask.

"No, I met this ninja-sama on the way, he didn't want anything, he insisted on us coming back, claiming to be a friend of Vorkage-sama, as if he wanted to find Kachi-sama."

The merchant replied helplessly, and at the same time gestured to Kosuke.

"Alas, without the protection of the vortex ninjas, is it really not good?"

The port staff listened to the merchant's words, sighed, and then looked at Kosuke:

"Konoha ninja-sama? I don't know if you're friend or foe, and what you're going to do with Lord Kutchi, but it's true that we've lost touch with the Vortex Country, and we can't stop ninjas like you. ”

"Well, you can take me to Kutch first, and I'll talk to him first."

Kosuke thought for a moment and said.

"Yes, I'll take you there!"

There is no way to stop the comers, so they can only lead the way in front.

"By the way, you said that without the protection of the vortex ninja now, life will be difficult to live?"

Kosuke was on the road and asked curiously.

"As you said, it's okay in the country of waves, no ninja-sama wants to patronize such a poor country, but those of us who do business-related affairs will definitely meet ninja-sama when we go out, uh, patronize."

The port manager replied as vaguely as possible.

Kosuke understood, nodded, and said no more.

Outside a newly built wooden house, the man knocked on the door.

"Kachi-sama, there's a ninja-sama from Konoha who said he was looking for you."

"A ninja in Konoha? Okay, I see, you let him in. ”

A voice came from inside.

Kosuke decisively pushed open the door and walked in, and saw Kuchi, who was already middle-aged.

"Konoha ninja, I heard that you have something to do with me? I remember that we and Konoha should not have a ninja conflict. ”

Kachi asked with a frown, but his words didn't have the humility of the civilians before.

This made Gu Jiegao glance at the other party, and at the same time affirmed the identity of the other party's high-level Vortex Country.

"You're the Minister of Commerce of the Vortex Country? Want to stand on your own now from the Vortex Country? ”

Kosuke asked.

Kachi stared at Kosuke for a moment before he spoke:

"My gut tells me that you are not an enemy, so I tell you the truth, I never intended to leave the Vortex Country, it was just a pretense to preserve the commercial power of the Vortex Country."