Ye Feng came back to his senses as well. Noticing that everyone else was looking at him, he finally realized he had lost his composure.
He cleared his throat awkwardly and asked Naruto Uzumaki a question he already knew the answer to:
"Who are you, and why are you wearing a Konoha forehead protector?"
Hearing this, Naruto Uzumaki immediately broke into a brilliant smile.
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki. I'm a ninja from Konoha!"
Everyone present froze, suspicion spreading across their faces.
Ye Feng took out his own Konoha forehead protector and deliberately said:
"I'm a Konoha ninja too, so how come I've never seen you before?"
Naruto Uzumaki visibly paused, then said in delight:
"You're Konoha ninja too? That's great! Where are we?"
Ye Feng was speechless at this. This guy had completely missed the point and was actually this happy about it.
Minato Namikaze, on the other hand, felt an indescribable sense of closeness toward Naruto Uzumaki, though he was certain he had never met him before.
In response to Naruto Uzumaki's question, Minato Namikaze answered truthfully:
"This is Rōran!"
Naruto Uzumaki looked utterly shocked.
"Rōran? How could this be Rōran? Rōran doesn't look like this... like this..."
Naruto Uzumaki gestured for a long time but still failed to convey what Rōran looked like.
Just then, Shibi Aburame suddenly said:
"Pay attention. Queen Sara has come out."
Only then did everyone turn their attention back to the mission.
Minato Namikaze said to Ye Feng:
"It's up to you now!"
Ye Feng smiled and nodded, then began gathering the natural energy around him before using the Thousand-Mile Sound Transmission Technique.
A strand of invisible true qi drifted into Queen Sara's ear:
"Queen Sara, I'm a Konoha ninja here to rescue you. Don't be surprised. Act as though nothing has