Kakashi Hatake walked at the rear of the Ninja Team without betraying anything, glanced back, and then followed them.
He naturally knew someone was protecting them from the shadows. After all, with Konoha's super nuclear bomb out and about, any amount of protection was perfectly normal.
The first stretch of the journey was peaceful, without any mishaps. This surprised Kakashi Hatake a little, but he soon understood. After all, their opponents were only petty thugs, so this was normal.
Only when the group reached the border of the Land of Fire and was about to head to the Land of Waves did they encounter enemies lying in ambush.
Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha easily dealt with these petty thugs, without even making Kakashi Hatake lift a finger.
The trip looked more like a vacation than a mission.
Shihōin Naraku, hidden in the shadows, also found it strange. By rights, Zabuza Momochi should have attacked them, so why was there still no sign of him?
He had been looking forward to watching the show.
After all, Zabuza had stood his ground against Konoha's Sixth Hokage, the Copy Ninja who could fight anyone to a draw, trampled the Uchiha Clan descendant who was the reincarnation of Indra, son of the Sage of Six Paths, crushed the Uzumaki Clan descendant who was the reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths' Asura and Konoha's Seventh Hokage, and scared the student of Fifth Hokage Tsunade and inheritor of the Strength of a Hundred witless!
The next person to receive that kind of treatment was Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, progenitor of the Shinobi World and ultimate boss!
Thinking about it that way, Zabuza Momochi was practically the strongest in the Shinobi World!
Of course, Shihōin Naraku did not yet know that Zabuza Momochi and Haku had already "voluntarily"