He never knew about that sort of things of the Mizukage; this time, Chōjūrō accosted to him to speak.
“Raikage-sama and us are both in a tight place… but with firmness of character, we’ll be braver. With full strength in everything we do… Also, in the current season, strong typhoons are easy to break out in the neighbour islands of the Land of Water, so please take care of that too…”
“Haha, gee, thanks for worrying. It became that Chojuro-kun grew to be an anxious person, too?”
——Wed late, he was in a tight place, break up… hag!?***
Unlike Chōjūrō and the others that were taking cheerfully, the Mizukage’s facial expression became stern all at once. An ominous aura rose up from the Mizukage’s back.
“Mizukage-sama, what’s the problem?”
Chōjūrō, who noticed that the Mizukage had sunk into silence, looked at the Mizukage tilting his neck in wonder. The Mizukage exhaled with a fuu, and adjusted her expression that had aggravated.
“I recalled a thing about Ao… If only he were here…”
“Ah… a thing about senpai… I whish senpai had the occasion to see the man I’ve become today…”
It seems like Chōjūrō had misunderstood that the Mizukage wanted Ao see how Chōjūrō had became an adult. The Mizukage smiled without denying his words and agreed to the speech with “That’s true”.
“Well then, see you soon!”
All the group members got aboard of the ship, and the ship slowly went out of the harbour. While he was bidding farewell to the ship that was advancing making splashes, Chōjūrō murmured something very moving.
“… It has become that the Five Great Nations that were united by hatred are taking each other’s hands in this way… It’s really amazing…”
“Yes, it is.”
The change of the world that kept changing, Chōjūrō in his own way really sensed it. The Mizukage was impressed that he had said that sort of things.
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