"Clank, clank."
The Chakra Hover Train sped along its specially made tracks, while the scenery outside the windows blurred into flowing streaks of light.
Inside the carriage, the atmosphere was a little strange.
The newly boarded Leaf Village "career changers" were all still lost in a haze of Who am I? Where am I? What am I going to do in the future?
They sat stiffly in the corners, watching the Stone Village monsters in the middle of the carriage enthusiastically playing cards around a small table. None of them even dared to breathe too loudly.
"Double joker! Hahaha! I won again!"
Naruto slammed the two cards in his hand onto the table, grinning from ear to ear.
"Pay up! Pay up!"
"Tch, dumb luck."
Sasuke wore a dark expression as he reluctantly pulled several crumpled bills from his pocket and slapped them onto the table.
"Naruto! Did you cheat, brat?!"
Deidara's eyes had turned red from losing. He grabbed Naruto by the collar.
"Otherwise, how could a pig brain like yours beat me ten times in a row?! Yeah!"
"You're the pig brain! Your whole family is pig brains!"
Naruto snapped back without giving an inch.
The two brats looked ready to start throwing real punches.
"Both of you, shut the hell up!"
Yoru leaned back on a sofa nearby, his eyes closed and his head not even raised.
"If you keep making noise, I'm docking all your allowance next month."
The carriage instantly fell silent.
Yoru rubbed his throbbing temples, feeling like he had not brought along a group of genius youths, but a carriage full of huskies ready to explode at any moment.
Exhausting.
Just as he was about to take a nap.
"Buzz—"
The space at his side suddenly twisted without warning.
Yoru did not even