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Fatty climbed out of the ice pit, not even a shard of ice on him, and sneered, "Decent attack power, too bad it's useless."
Naruto didn't waste words, rushing forward to fight.
Would I tell you that the crystal on your armor's chest has a crack?
Serves you right for having such a big belly you can't see it.
Naruto-style Wing Chun Brick Technique reappeared. As long as the opponent revealed the slightest opening, Naruto would smack a brick onto the armor.
Although the Rasengan was a no-hand-seal ninjutsu, it still took some time to gather, unlike the brick, which could appear in his hand instantly with a mere thought.
"Kid, it's useless! Just with you, you can't break my defense!" Fatty roared.
He had been fighting for over two minutes, constantly being hit. Every attack was either dodged or countered. This feeling was terrible.
Naruto still didn't say a word and continued to fight. For someone as clumsy as a bear, getting hit by him would be an insult to his great uncle-in-law, who had spent so much effort just to land a hit on him back then.
On the other side, the movie director was commanding the camera crew: "Film over there, film that ice dragon."
"Film that fireball."
"Did you get the fight I asked you to film?"
"Camera Two, Camera Two, get in position quickly."
"Coming! Camera Two is coming!"
Koyuki Kazahana sat slumped on the ground, her eyes lifeless, her mind constantly replaying childhood memories: that great fire, the panicked crowd being killed, herself constantly fleeing.
[That's right, flee, I have to flee.]
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"So annoying, kid!" Fatty spread his arms wide, performing a "bear hugging a tree" move.
"Rasengan!" Taking advantage of the opening, Naruto formed a Rasengan and slammed it into his stomach again.
Fatty retreated a few steps. "Useless…"
"Crack…"
The sound of shattering from his chest made his pupils shrink.
"Nani!"
"Die, Fatty! Rasengan!" Chakra erupted from under Naruto's feet, his speed a notch faster than before.
Fatty couldn't dodge in time, extending his mechanically augmented arm to block his chest.
"Boom!"
Fatty, having lost the protection of his chakra armor, spun and crashed into an iceberg, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
"Wait, my name isn't Fatty." He called out to Naruto, who was about to leave. "My name is…"
Before he could finish, he fainted.
On the three-way battlefield, Naruto was the first to resolve his fight, with Sasuke following closely behind.
Pulling out the Kusanagi sword that had been inserted through the crack in the armor's crystal, Sasuke said coldly, "Next time, don't underestimate an Uchiha."
Sheathing the sword, Sasuke tossed it back to Naruto.
The ownership of this sword was Naruto's, but whenever there was a fight, Sasuke was the one using it.
Naruto didn't have the Sharingan's predictive analysis ability; holding it, he could only hack blindly. Practicing swordsmanship would take years, and Naruto didn't have the time for that.
The sword was stuck in the ground; Naruto didn't pick it up. He was afraid that picking it up would be judged as entering the fray, interfering with Kakashi's battle.
Not interfering was a sign of trust in Kakashi. Even though he knew Kakashi was a "fifty-fifty" fighter,* the due respect still had to be given.
Kakashi didn't disappoint Naruto. A finishing Raikiri injured Roga Nadare, causing him to fall from the mountaintop. Kakashi himself collapsed due to excessive chakra consumption.
Naruto climbed to the mountaintop, helped Kakashi up, and opened a portal to send him back to the ship's cabin.
The director also packed up and returned to the ship. The crew began to weigh anchor and set sail.
In total, they had only been ashore for a little over ten minutes.
Battles between ninjas were usually resolved quickly because chakra couldn't sustain too much consumption.
Like Kakashi just now: he exchanged a few ninjutsu blows with Roga Nadare, then engaged in close combat to probe each other, then used Raikiri to break Roga Nadare's chakra armor, and finally used Raikiri again to finish it. Coupled with the Sharingan's consumption, his chakra was basically depleted.
Did Kakashi have little chakra? Honestly, it wasn't that little; among all ninjas, it was considered upper-middle tier. It was just that he was usually compared to monsters, making his chakra seem scarce.
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Inside the ship's cabin, Kakashi lay on the bed. He could still speak, but he was weak all over and couldn't move.
"So, she is the Princess Koyuki from back then?" Kakashi stared at the ceiling.
"Yes," Sandayū affirmed.
"So your purpose for this trip is for the Land of Snow?"
"Yes. Back then, Dotō Kazahana stormed the royal palace and cruelly murdered His Majesty the King. Only Princess Koyuki survived. I hope she can overthrow Dotō Kazahana's rule and restore the legitimate lineage of the Land of Snow."
When Sandayū mentioned the King of the Land of Snow, Naruto felt strange. This king was quite similar to himself; both died for building wonders. One died suddenly, the other was killed by his younger brother.
Koyuki Kazahana, who had been silent for a long time, finally erupted, shouting hoarsely, "Who would want to go back to that country? You have no idea how terrifying that nightmarish man is!"
"Princess Koyuki, we are all waiting for your return."
"Sandayū, have you ever considered my feelings?!"
"But you are the true heir to the Land of Snow! The Land of Snow cannot be without you!"
Naruto now just wanted to open a portal and send Sandayū to Tazuna. These two were a match made in heaven; one was better at moral blackmail than the other.
Sandayū continued to persuade, "Moreover, I've investigated. Dotō Kazahana only has those three strong subordinates from earlier. The rest are just some samurai and ordinary people. I can still gather some like-minded forces in the Land of Snow."
"When the time comes, we just need to storm the royal palace, capture Dotō Kazahana, and then announce your succession to the entire country. That will be enough."
Naruto didn't want to interrupt this naive yet somewhat cunning old man.
Calling him naive was because he had miscalculated the strength of both sides, believing that ordinary people could defeat Dotō Kazahana.
His bit of cunning was in designating Kakashi as the ninja for the mission. Perhaps he thought that since Kakashi had helped Koyuki Kazahana escape once many years ago, Kakashi could still help her escape if they failed this time.
Moreover, the main reason Naruto wasn't saying much was that he was currently a villain.
Considering the original story: the elder brother spent all the nation's wealth building wonders; the younger brother mistakenly believed the elder brother had embezzled the national wealth and overthrew his rule. In the end, while searching for the national wealth hidden by his brother, he was defeated by a group of foreign invaders. No matter how you looked at it, his group of foreign invaders counted as villains.
So, indeed, wonders ruin a country.
"Do whatever you want. Anyway, I'm leaving as soon as the ship docks," Koyuki Kazahana said, slamming the door as she left.
"You mustn't, Your Highness!" Sandayū chased after her.