Nami raised her hand and slapped the other person on the head with a loud smack.
"You couldn't even keep an eye on a helpless lump like that? Hurry up and look for him! Don't just stand there."
Looking down, they spotted a long drag mark stretching past their feet. Something had clearly been hauled inside by force, and the group hurried to follow it.
The trail was clear.
They kept searching along the long drag mark, their gazes growing increasingly urgent, anxiety written all over their faces.
No one spoke.
Still, they steeled themselves and continued farther inside, curiosity filling their faces as well.
Their footsteps never stopped.
Naruto's gaze looked strange just then, distinctly off, but he still chose to follow them out.
His heart pounded with unease.
Meanwhile, Luffy and Nami came straight over.
They moved quickly.
Just then, Luffy's eyes went wide, intense curiosity rising in his gaze.
He looked as though he had found a new toy.
Right in front of them lay a gigantic dragon.
He was absurdly huge.
They froze at the sight, utterly shocked and bewildered by the scene before them.
For a moment, their minds couldn't catch up.
"Wow, this thing is real! He's actually alive! That's unbelievable!"
"Where did you come from, anyway?"
By then, Naruto had more or less understood what the dragon meant, and he smiled.
"So you want to go back home."
The Little Loli before them looked utterly incredulous.
"Grandpa Dragon says he wants to be your friend. He says he can tell you're a good person."
Meanwhile, outside.
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki gave Naruto a puzzled look.
The giant dragon before them looked like an absolute brute from every angle, and his presence was especially striking. Normally, Naruto should have been quite fond of him.
"Don't you