After all, however clever those people on the other side might be, they hardly counted as formidable figures. No matter how you looked at them, they were just a bunch of ordinary nobodies.
Naruto spoke as casually as if he were discussing ants by the roadside, as though the fleet ahead did not deserve any serious attention. After hearing him, Luffy and the others felt he had a point. With their current strength, there really was no need to act as though they faced a mighty foe when dealing with ordinary enemies.
But Luffy did not immediately nod along.
He rubbed his stomach, already flat with hunger, and said with a conflicted expression, "That's true, but we're about to go ashore. What if we run into No. 2 again once we're on land?"
"If that guy keeps imitating us, won't everything turn into a complete mess? We won't be able to tell who's on our side and who's an enemy."
At this point, his expression grew even uglier, as though he could already see himself being beaten up by a crowd of impostors.
"I don't want to die yet. This life is way too exciting. So exciting I'm starting to question my whole existence."
Listening to his complaints, Naruto did not grow nervous along with him. Instead, he took out several rolls of bandages.
"If you're worried about telling people apart, just give yourselves a simple mark."
He handed the bandages to the others, then raised his left wrist.
"Everyone, wrap some around your left wrist. Then, whenever we see this mark on someone's left wrist, we'll know they're one of us. Even if the enemy can imitate our appearances, there's no way they can perfectly copy how each of us wraps our bandages."
"That way, at least we won't