Zabuza Momochi and Haku moved swiftly, chose a spot, and came to a stop.
Seeing no one around, Zabuza Momochi said, "This place will do."
"Yes." Haku held out his hands, and One-Tail Shukaku rested in his palms.
At that moment, One-Tail Shukaku was only the size of a fist, looking extremely tiny.
Meanwhile, on Hot Spring Mountain.
Naruto and Hinata were openly being affectionate in front of everyone, leaving the Kumogakure ninja present feeling rather awkward.
Darui suddenly realized something: Naruto's group had the wrong number of people.
"Why are two people missing?" Darui counted them and suddenly shouted, "Naruto! Why are two of your people missing? Where did they go?"
The two missing people Darui meant were likely Zabuza Momochi and Haku.
"Don't be so tense. Maybe Kumogakure's scenery is so beautiful that they ran off somewhere to have fun," Naruto said casually.
"Stop joking around." Darui's nerves had reached their limit. At that moment, he wanted to draw his sword, because even while the village was under attack, this group from Konoha was still up to no good.
Suddenly, Karin sensed an unusual chakra.
Karin's sensory abilities were exceptional, so she was the first to discover this strange chakra.
It's about to begin.
After Karin, everyone else present gradually sensed a powerful and unusual chakra as well.
Darui sensed it too. He detected an ominous chakra suddenly appearing from the rear mountain of Kumogakure, one that closely resembled a tailed beast's chakra.
Darui immediately drew his sword, suspecting Naruto was behind it.
Naruto advised him, "I suggest you don't make too many enemies. Offending Konoha is not a smart move."
Darui fell into a dilemma. His intelligence was limited, and he felt Naruto had done something behind the scenes, yet his instincts told him that attacking Naruto