Don't Stay

While you would like nothing than to relax and take some time off before your mission, it would be better to arrive at your mission earlier than expected.

"Sorry, but I'm in a hurry to arrive at the resort," you say before shrugging. "You know, that no turn-up clause and all."

"Yeah, don't we all know it," Kouji say while laughing. "Perhaps you can visit our village later on? The offer is still there."

"Sure," you reply before giving off a lazy hand salute. "See you," you say before setting off on your journey using your shunshin. Just after you clear the village's boundary, you produce some shadow clones and send your apparitions to go around the area to search for possible straggler bandits that need to be taken care off. To your pleasure, they told you that there wasn't any.

You keep travelling until you arrive at the bridge that's named after you, the Great Naruto bridge. From across the bridge, you can already see that the Land of Waves is more prosperous than before; the traffic on the bridge supports that notion. Before your mission, the country is isolated, relying on shipping for commerce and trade which causes it to be **** to a blockade, such as one that Gato did. With the bridge completed, the risk is lessened considerably. That didn't mean the Land of Waves didn't learn it lesson as it employs Mizugakure shinobis to guard the bridge on its side of the shore and Konohagakure's on the other side. However, due to its still recovering economy, it can only pay for regular patrol around the bridge instead of a broader security package for the country.

That's why Tsunade sent you here, to root out any attempt by Gato wanabes to take control of the country.