Hearing a murmur nearby, Shikamaru was the first to step out of the alley. He spotted a little girl with short chestnut hair walking barefoot through the rain in clothes that did not fit her.
Shikamaru took another look at his surroundings. He was now certain that he, Sasuke, and Ino had indeed crossed into another world.
As for how to get back, Shikamaru had no idea. But he was sure that Little Gray's father, Wolffy, would find a way to locate the three of them.
So... their top priority now was information.
He needed to figure out whether this unknown world had Ninja-or anything even more dangerous!
At that thought, Shikamaru turned his thoughtful gaze back to the girl with short chestnut hair, who was moving slowly through the rain.
"Shikamaru... what are you looking at?"
Just then, Ino strolled out of the alley.
"Ino..." Shikamaru called to her, then pointed at the chestnut-haired girl nearby. "Go grab her and bring her over!"
Ino looked where he was pointing, then broke into a mischievous grin. "I never thought a clueless guy like you would actually find a girl he liked!"
Shikamaru: ...
"Idiot! I'm trying to figure out what's going on in this world! We can't stumble around blindly after coming to a new world! We need to gather information, then wait here for the inventor of the Dimensional Shuttle-Little Gray's father-to find us and take us back!"
At that moment, Sasuke stepped forward and nodded. "Shikamaru's right!"
"And until we know how dangerous this world is, we'd better be careful!"
Sasuke was grateful that Shikamaru had crossed over with him. If it had been Sakura...
To Sasuke, Sakura and Ino together were the equivalent of ten thousand ducks quacking away...
"Sasuke... you crossed over with me! Hahaha... not