The ongoing Shinobi World War had also eased for a time because Madara Uchiha had vanished without a trace.
Meanwhile, the offensives against Konoha and Amegakure gradually slowed as well.
Without their greatest source of support, Iwagakure and Kumogakure naturally struggled against Amegakure's counterattacks.
After all, the White Zetsu forces Madara Uchiha supplied, along with his own fighting strength, could relieve a large portion of the pressure on the battlefield.
But with Madara Uchiha's withdrawal, both sides naturally lost their greatest advantage.
Trying to contend with Konoha and Amegakure now using their own ninja... was undoubtedly a pipe dream.
"I didn't expect... our journey to go so smoothly."
Ryuzetsu looked at Amegakure in the distance, shrouded in a steady drizzle, then turned to Muku as she spoke.
"Yeah..."
Muku nodded in agreement. They had encountered no difficulties at all over the past two days.
Their entire journey had been unexpectedly uneventful.
It seemed... the Shinobi World War had made many wandering ninja abandon their intentions as well.
Some of the countries they passed through had also relaxed their transit checks, allowing them to reach Amegakure so quickly.
"You... didn't lift a finger this whole trip, either."
As she spoke, Ryuzetsu looked at Ning Feng and pursed her lips.
She had originally planned to have this guy handle some of the trouble along the way...
Who could have imagined that, in the middle of a war, they would encounter so little trouble throughout the journey?
"Maybe we were lucky."
Ning Feng offered no explanation. After spending these two days together, he had gained an initial understanding of Ryuzetsu as a ninja with a very simple heart.
Having grown up isolated from the world, they naturally weren't as precocious as ninja from ordinary ninja villages.
Their understanding of certain things had not