After about fifteen minutes, everyone finally regrouped.
Not only had they exceeded their goals and brought back water, they had also carried back an enormous bear. With that much food, surviving here for five days would be no problem at all.
But no one was looking at the bear they had brought back, or at the water bottles beside it.
Instead, all eyes were on Karin.
Sakura Haruno in particular looked curious.
Sasuke Uchiha and the others had gone out and returned with someone new.
"Oh? Who's this?"
Luo Mang understood, since he was the one who had directed them that way. He looked at Karin. She certainly had red hair, and her most distinctive feature was there too: a few bite marks on the exposed part of her arm.
As a member of the Uzumaki Clan, replenishing her chakra was naturally no problem. Her wounds would probably heal in a day or two. If the bite marks were still there, she clearly hadn't had time to recover.
"Haha, her name's Karin. Her teammates abandoned her, and then a Bear Monster attacked her. We happened to find her and saved her."
Being the boisterous sort, Naruto Uzumaki naturally wanted everyone to know when he deserved credit. He quickly patted his chest and explained roughly what had happened.
"What? How could anyone be so shameless?"
After hearing this, Sakura Haruno voiced her outrage, deeply sympathetic to Karin's plight.
"So, since she's a sensory ninja, we figured she could help us avoid a lot of trouble. She might even be useful for scouting at night. That's why we brought her back. We can protect her for a while too."
"Well..."
Although she felt sorry for the girl, wouldn't letting someone from another village join their team be a little dangerous?
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