With a splash, someone emerged from the water, a head bobbing on the surface, hands flailing: "It's me!"
"Ah, what the hell." Watanabe Shun was disappointed: "You scared us like that."
Fushimi Roku found it baffling, but this was not a time for nonsense. He indicated that the eastern lookout had been cleared. Someone might discover the lookout had been compromised soon, so they had to land on the east side quickly.
Moriyama Yasurou continued to row, while Watanabe Shun took over for the other person, since Kazama Tatsuya only had one hand and couldn't row faster than Minamoto Tamako.
To lighten the load and speed up, Fushimi Roku didn't get on the raft. Instead, he floated on the sea, gripping the raft, swimming and pushing to help.
Four or five minutes later, the five of them rounded to the beach at the sea cliff, hoisted the raft, and sprinted wildly into the dense forest within two minutes.
