It had been more than ten nautical miles from Immortal Island, and the ship on which Izuna came was on board.
The leader of the boatmen hid in the corner, looking at the gold nuggets that Izuna had handed him as a reward. He thought that after returning this time, he would quickly change his life.
"If what I did this time is discovered by those freaks on Immortal Island, I would never be able to afford it. With this money, I could start a business from scratch somewhere else."
As he was thinking about his plans, a dark shadow suddenly flashed in front of him out of thin air, scaring the boatman so much that he fell to the ground.
"Wow!!!"
After falling onto his back, the boatman quickly crawled over to pick up the gold that had fallen on the deck. Looking forward, he found that Izuna had appeared in front of him out of nowhere.
"Uh... uh... Sir, sir, you..."
The boatman was so surprised that he was incoherent. Even if he didn't stutter, he wouldn't have known what to say in this situation.
Izuna was too lazy to waste words on him. He took out another gold nugget from his pocket and threw it into the boatman's arms. "Sail the ship to Izumo Town, and the money will be yours."
During the Warring States Period, an era when people didn't know when they would die, money was more tempting to civilians than in later generations.
When the boatman saw the new gold nugget in his hands, his eyes widened, and he nodded repeatedly. "Yes, yes, yes, I'll do it now."
The boatman got up and ran to the helmsman, instructing him to change course.
Izumo Town is the only town in the future Land of Fire that leads to the Land of Waves. It is located in the northernmost east side of the Land of Fire and is a port trading town.
Izuna sat in the corner of the ship's side, opened the senjutsu scroll he had taken from the Jugo clan, and began to study it.
It was because of these two scrolls that Immortal Island had been in turmoil.
"Lord Riyan, we have sent sentient tribesmen to investigate the entire island. There are no people except our tribe."
A Jounin jumped from the cliff and landed next to Riyan to report.
"If it's just the condensation of natural chakra and the cultivation of immortal arts, I can write it again, but I can't replicate the research on immortal arts written by our predecessors."
As he spoke of this, Riyan's tone began to tremble. If the scrolls were not recovered, who knew how many clansmen would be eroded by natural energy in the future, causing them to go berserk.
"Sir, what's the next step?"
This Jounin-level clan member was also extremely angry. The clan's innate ability to absorb natural energy made them prone to emotional fluctuations.
Riyan calmed himself and began to analyze. After a while, he said: "Our island is remote and unmarked on many maps. A ninja coming here alone is unlikely unless someone led the way."
The Jounin's face darkened slightly. "You mean, there is a traitor?"
Riyan fell silent again. After a moment, he said, "Lead a team to the Land of Waves and focus on investigating the caravan that delivered goods to us this morning!"
Upon hearing this, the Jounin immediately understood what Riyan meant. "Yes! I'll do it right away!"
Riyan was no fool; this was too coincidental. Deliveries typically happened only once every half month, but something had gone wrong on this day, making the situation highly suspicious.
This group of emotionally volatile individuals would likely cause quite a commotion in a place where ordinary people lived.
But Izuna was no longer interested in this.
Late that night, at Izumo Town Port.
After arriving, Izuna jumped off the ship and disappeared into the town.
The boatman gathered his crew and doubled their wages for the month.
"Boss, why are we getting paid before the end of the month? And it's so much."
one of the crew members asked curiously.
For an ordinary person, getting more money was definitely exciting, but without reason, that excitement quickly turned into confusion.
"Well, I can't say too much. In short, everyone should take this money and go elsewhere to make a living. I'm afraid we might have caused some serious trouble."
The boatman sighed.
He had initially planned to take the gold given to him by Izuna and disappear, but he couldn't bear to abandon his subordinates who had followed him for years.
(End of the Chapter).
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