Time always passed rather slowly at sea.
Naruto had it a little better. With a Flying broom, he could fly around whenever he had nothing to do.
Sakura, who had also visited the Scratch-off tickets shop, was bored out of her mind.
She sat by the side of the ship, gazing at the boundless sea and sighing wistfully.
Suddenly, she remembered something.
She had won a Treasure book at the Scratch-off tickets shop.
She had even made a point of bringing it with her when she left.
How had she forgotten about that?
She hurriedly rummaged through her backpack, and within two minutes, the book appeared before her.
Its cover looked old and ancient, carrying the weight of countless years.
Beside her, Kakashi asked in surprise.
"Sakura, what is that?"
Sakura smiled. "I won it at the Scratch-off tickets shop. They said it's a Treasure book."
"A Treasure book!"
Kakashi's eyes lit up. At the same time, the passengers on the ship gathered around them.
Quite a few of them had greed flashing in their eyes.
They glanced over here, whether intentionally or not.
It was as if they wanted to know what kind of treasure this Treasure book contained.
"Sakura, how do you use this Treasure book?" Kakashi pressed.
Sakura opened the book and frowned.
"Back at the Scratch-off tickets shop, the owner only told me that it held the treasures everyone desired in their hearts."
"I think I forgot to ask how to use it!"
The people around them nearly stumbled over themselves.
Yet just as everyone found the situation absurd—
The Treasure book suddenly burst with dazzling light.
A strange design suddenly appeared on the blank page.
Sakura examined it carefully and felt that the design looked familiar.
Then, realization struck her.
"Isn't this... the ship we're currently on?"
Her cry drew many more onlookers.
Two Red Crosses had been drawn on the ship's black outline.
"Those Red Crosses must mark where the treasures are," Kakashi said quietly.
Several sharp-eyed people noticed it as well.
Sakura nodded emphatically.
She stood and headed toward the red cross closest to her.
The moment she moved, nearly half the people on the ship moved with her.
They were all curious whether this Treasure book could truly lead them to real treasure.
At that moment, the captain also approached.
The ship belonged to him, and he certainly didn't remember putting any treasure aboard.
Curious, he followed them over as well.
According to the Treasure book's guidance, the closer red cross was in the Boiler Room beneath the deck.
Before long, the group arrived at the Boiler Room.
The entire room was unbearably hot. A burly, dark-skinned middle-aged man was feeding coal into the boiler.
"What treasure could there possibly be in a place like this?" the captain snorted disdainfully, a contemptuous smile appearing on his face.
Several sailors behind him began laughing.
"Your book is fake, isn't it? Treasure, my ass."
"There's nothing here but coal ash and slag, plus a mute brute who can't speak!"
"Don't tell me this brute is the treasure? Or is the shovel in his hand the treasure?"
Sakura ignored them.
Judging from the items Naruto and the others had obtained before—
Nothing from the Scratch-off tickets shop could possibly be this worthless!
There had to be treasure here!
The fellow passengers all wore different expressions.
Sakura did her best to calm herself and walked toward the location marked by the red cross.
Just as she was about to reach her destination, the dark-skinned brute suddenly stepped forward.
He looked extremely nervous.
Seeing this, Kakashi directly blocked his path and smiled easily.
"Why are you so nervous? It's not like we're really taking your treasure."
"I, Kakashi, guarantee in the name of a Konoha Jonin that no one here will touch your treasure."
"Otherwise, they'll be making an enemy of a Konoha Jonin!"
Konoha's strength was known throughout the world.
Under normal circumstances, no one would be willing to take such a huge risk to offend a Konoha ninja.
Yet the brute still dodged left and right, trying to rush past and subdue Sakura.
"Sakura, hurry up," Kakashi said softly.
Sakura nodded and quickened her pace.
After reaching the spot marked by the red cross, she found a pile of coal there.
If that was all there was, why would the brute be so nervous?
She found a shovel nearby and started digging through it.
Only a few seconds passed.
A glimmering light shone from beneath the coal.
Sakura's eyes widened as she hurried faster.
Before long, she dug out a diamond as large as a thumb from among the coal.
The captain froze at the sight.
"Captain, isn't that the diamond you lost a few days ago?" a sailor behind him said quietly.
The captain glared furiously at the brute, his breathing suddenly quickening. He turned to the sailors behind him.
"Tie him up and hand him over to the patrol when we reach shore!"
"Yes!" several sailors answered in unison.
Looking at the dazzling diamond in Sakura's hand, the captain rubbed his hands together and said with a grin.
"Thank you so much. Now, can you return the diamond to me?"
Sakura blankly held out her hand.
But at that moment, Kakashi suddenly stepped between them and smiled.
"This diamond counts as stolen property too. Once we reach shore, we'll hand it over to the patrol along with him!"
As he spoke, he tilted his head and reminded her, "Sakura, hold on to it for now."
"Okay!" Sakura nodded.
After this treasure hunt, many people were thoroughly amazed.
They crowded around Sakura, asking where the Treasure book had come from.
With a Konoha Jonin beside her, they definitely had no way to snatch it by force.
So discovering the source of the Treasure book became what concerned them most.
"I won this Treasure book at Invincible Scratch-off in Konoha."
"If you want one, go try your luck yourselves!"
Everyone's eyes lit up. Even the captain and sailors hurriedly pulled out paper and pens to write down Invincible Scratch-off's address.
After speaking, Sakura looked at the remaining red cross and felt an irresistible itch in her heart.
The onlookers all urged Sakura to keep searching.
She nodded. "All right, then let's go look for it together!"
Following the route indicated, they soon arrived outside the captain's bedroom.
"According to the guide, this treasure is in the captain's bedroom. Let's go take a look together!"
After obtaining the captain's permission, she led the gathered onlookers into his bedroom.
The captain himself was puzzled. He didn't remember keeping any treasure in his room.
Sakura searched along the location indicated by the red cross.
At last, in a dark corner, she found a suitcase covered in cobwebs.
The instant he saw the suitcase, the captain grew uneasy and said in a panic.
"How could it be here? Didn't it go missing before?"
Then he rushed before Sakura and covered the suitcase directly.
"Let's forget about this treasure. Don't let too many people see it."
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