"Yūya, leave it to me! I'm not an idiot like the original!!"
Naruto's shadow clone confidently gave him a thumbs-up.
The first light of dawn glimmered outside, while silence filled the mobile fortress.
Inside the secret chamber, Naruto's shadow clone leaned against the wall, drooling, fast asleep.
Just then, the fortress suddenly moved with a tremendous racket. Miki Yūya instantly woke in his wheelchair. Hearing the black-armored man beside him snoring, he was utterly dumbfounded.
"Wake up! Stop sleeping! What the fuck, how can a shadow clone even fall asleep?"
"What kind of shadow clone are you?"
"Naruto, your clones really do get worse with every generation."
Just then, footsteps sounded outside.
It was Kazahana, who had rejoined them yesterday.
She stood at the far end of the corridor, not daring to approach the secret chamber, watching from a distance.
She had come to provoke him yesterday, only for Miki Yūya's vicious tongue to shatter her composure and utterly humiliate her. The experience had left her deeply scarred.
The fortress had now reached the ruins housing the Gelel Stone deposit. When she came to check, she could only vaguely make out Miki Yūya talking to a black-armored guard. She dared not take another step closer, afraid of getting caught in the crossfire again.
This guy really is an ill-mannered lunatic. He even has to humiliate soldiers who can't speak.
Humm-
Just then, another deep rumble resounded through the enormous fortress.
The floor shook slightly, the lights flickered and trembled, and the continuous sound of machinery came from below.
The fortress stopped hovering high in the sky and began descending slowly, sinking deep into the underground rock strata.
"Huh? What's happening?!"
Naruto instantly woke up and met Miki Yūya's gaze.
"Hahaha, sorry, Yūya. I was just too sleepy."
Although he was