A Situation Beyond Expectation

The journey in the Land of Water had come to a temporary end.

Naruto felt no need to concern himself with the Mist Ninja pursuit squad.

Had he not been looking to save effort, he could have used unconventional means to completely erase every trace and scent from the area he had just occupied. He simply felt it unnecessary, so he had taken Utakata and left directly. As for the traces he had hidden afterward, if Mei Terumi and Ao had been present, they might have tracked him—provided Naruto did not use the Flying Thunder God Technique. However, those ordinary Mist Ninja Anbu members, whose strength hovered between Special Jonin and average Jonin, were utterly incapable of finding his trail.

Even the sensory-type ninja among them.

The traces they had barely managed to grasp before.

Had completely dissipated at this moment.

The Mist Ninja pursuit squad, forced to search like needles in a haystack.

Was destined never to find the tracks of Naruto and Utakata.

Taking advantage of this opportunity.

Naruto brought Utakata to the pre-arranged standby location for their ship.

Hoshichi and several other Snow Ninja were already waiting there.

The moment they saw Naruto and Utakata returning together.

Each of them wore an expression of joy and relief. As the backbone of the current Snow Ninja Village, and having been personally trained by Naruto, they knew exactly what Lord Naruto meant to their village. As long as their lord was present, the Snow Ninja Village would surely grow stronger step by step!

This was the consensus shared by Hoshichi, Sakura, and the others.

If not for the fact that they could not disobey their lord's orders.

During these last two instances.

Hoshichi, Sakura, and the others would never have wanted to let Naruto act alone.

Even though they