Kikunosuke, Haruna, and the others panted, their hearts pounding so hard they felt ready to burst.
Just now,
they had truly felt death closing in.
They had thought they were done for, yet somehow, miraculously, they had survived.
Then everyone stared at the carriage in disbelief.
The only person who could have done what had just happened was surely the one inside the carriage whom they called "God"...
"Lord Naruto..."
Princess Haruaki looked up at Naruto Uzumaki, still shaken.
Thank goodness he had come along in person this time.
Otherwise,
in a situation like that,
anyone else would probably have suffered heavy casualties.
But
how could the timing have been so convenient?
A landslide had struck just as she arrived.
Could those ministers have been behind it...?
"Don't let it distract you. Leave this to me."
Naruto Uzumaki rested a hand on Princess Haruaki's head. "Keep eating."
"Mm..."
"Damn it! What just happened?"
The Evil Ninja lying in ambush above the valley stared in shock as the boulders inexplicably crumbled to dust.
What they had just witnessed was plainly beyond their understanding.
Hundreds of boulders falling from the sky had stopped in midair and turned to dust in an instant...
Could a human really do that?
Just then, the Evil Ninja saw several long, white-haired figures rush out of the carriage.
"Damn it! Run!"
The Evil Ninja had no idea who those figures were, but they knew they could not afford to cross someone capable of stopping those boulders.
They scattered in every direction.
Unfortunately,
under Naruto Uzumaki's powerful perception, every disguise was useless. There was nowhere for them to hide.
Within moments, dozens of Evil Ninja had died at Naruto Uzumaki's hands.
"You..."
"You're Naruto Uzumaki?!"
The last surviving Evil Ninja stared in disbelief at the man gripping