When Luffy's scream reached him, Naruto was still flying leisurely behind, not picking up speed at all.
There was no mistaking that sound. It was clearly Luffy screaming, so piercing it could puncture an eardrum, rattling them even from far away.
There was something indescribably strange in Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's eyes. Her gaze was full of confusion, as though she couldn't make sense of what was happening.
The atmosphere grew a little awkward.
The sea was unusually quiet.
No one spoke first.
"You'd never find anything this big in the Naruto World."
"If something this huge could actually fit into your small world, just thinking about it is exciting enough."
"Having something like this around would be another way of giving us some extra help."
However they worked it out, they wouldn't lose anything on the deal.
After hearing that, Naruto slowly shook his head.
"There's no rush. Rushing won't help with something like this."
"Whatever we do, staying steady comes first. Don't get carried away over this nonsense. It's not worth it."
His tone was calm and unhurried.
"You can't rush something like this anyway. I'd quite like to see it for myself."
"So what I really want to know is what kind of results this thing can produce."
"If the results are good, everything else is negotiable."
He sounded composed, but he was also weighing things up inside.
No one else could tell what Naruto was planning.
Right now, everyone looked utterly grim, as though they had been unable to handle the situation from the very start.
No one had expected the next turn of events to come so quickly.
For a moment, the scene froze.
Luffy rammed straight into two people and sent them flying.
The collision caused quite a commotion, while he himself charged toward that stretch