"Are these ninja we hired really reliable?"
A crew member pointed at Naruto, who sat cross-legged by the ship's rail, and muttered to a colleague beside him.
The setting sun painted the sea gold and crimson, while the Blond-Haired Boy had held the same pose since dawn, as though he had turned into a statue.
"That blond kid's been sleeping since morning, and now it's evening and he still hasn't woken up."
An old sailor straightened up from arranging the ropes and wiped away his sweat. "Maybe the ninja are taking shifts? If they all stayed awake during the day, then got sleepy while keeping watch at night, that would be a real problem."
The crew member laughed dismissively. "Come on, is anyone really going to attack us? We're just making a movie."
"Don't forget there are pirates at sea. Having a ninja around gives us some peace of mind."
Someone offered the reminder.
"Uh... fair point."
"All right, time for dinner!"
The catering staff began handing out boxed meals from a trolley, and the scent of food soon filled the deck.
"Practicing Sensory Ninjutsu?"
Kakashi gently set a still-steaming lunch box on Naruto's lap.
Sensing Kakashi's arrival, Naruto slowly released the Mind's Eye of the Kagura, opened his eyes, and nodded.
"Yeah, it's a Secret Technique of the Uzumaki Clan. Third gave me a scroll with the technique recorded in it."
"I see!"
Kakashi looked thoughtful.
As one of Konoha's elite jonin, he had naturally heard of the Uzumaki Clan's enviable sensory ability, the Mind's Eye of the Kagura.
It was a kekkei genkai of the Uzumaki Clan, with a detection range few other techniques could match.
It was said that once the technique was activated, the user could close their eyes and open their mind's eye, sensing every