Chapter 77: [Sponsored]: We can be Friends
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The cruise ship docked, and the crowd jostled to disembark.
Naruto and Karin were the last to step off.
"It seems there aren't any extra ninjas," Karin said, standing on her tiptoes to survey the surroundings.
On the dock, only two ninja squads were present—one maintaining order and the other on routine patrol.
There were no other temporary deployments specifically meant for them, which surprised her.
Naruto had become quite a formidable figure.
At the borders of the Land of Fire, even a slight approach to those smaller countries would make their ninja villages tense up immediately, with some even raising battle alerts.
Yet, the Mist Village had made no preparations whatsoever?