Near Land Of Snow:
Northern Sea (Iceberg) :
The biting chill hanging over the iceberg seemed to sharpen with every passing second as the clashes between shinobi reached a Red-hot stage . It was a shame that while a solitary shadow clone dutifully kept an eye on the battle, Naruto's main body was entirely intent on enjoying his shiny new toy.
And what a toy it was! Thanks to his vast chakra reserves, Naruto could operate the gear at full capacity without a second thought.
Gliding down an icy mound, he hit an upward slope, launched into the air, and executed a clean, spinning flip with the snowboard, a wide grin plastered across his face.
"WOOO HOOO!"
Landing smoothly back on the snow after a front flip, his attention was suddenly pulled toward the sky by a flare bursting in the distance—originating directly from Kakashi's position.
(...The retreat signal?)
Seeing the flare, Naruto turned the Board around and instantly accelarated.
Soon the Blonde glided back toward the secondary location where his clones were holding the captive. Approaching the spot, he found the defeated Snow shinobi stripped down to his Thin garments , his bulky chakra armor lying neatly on the ice.
As the main body arrived, a clone stepped forward , holding out a sealing scroll where the armor had just been stored.
"Thanks."
Naruto nodded, taking the scroll and tucking it securely into his back pouch. With the loot secured, he tapped into his [MindHub] to issue instant, silent commands to the squad of clones.
Four clones stepped into formation and rapidly wove a sequence of hand seals.
"Transformation Jutsu!"
Poof!
The four clones transformed into exact replicas of the snowboard. Another four clones hoisted the unconscious Snow shinobi onto their shoulders, stepped onto the transformed boards, and prepared to move.
Together with the main body, the entire group sped across the snow toward the departing ship at maximum speed.
The whole process looked cumbersome, but it took less than ten seconds from start to finish before Naruto and his squad vanished from the ridge, leaving behind only a few disguised clones to monitor the area for pursuit.
As they glided, Naruto glanced down at the transformed snowboards his clones were riding.
(A shame we can't replicate the internal chakra engine or whatever through transformation...)
While the clones' boards looked identical on the surface, they lacked the mechanical drive of the real thing. Shaking his head, Naruto shifted his focus back to the genuine article beneath his own boots—the prize he had taken from Mizore.
Now that the initial thrill of riding it had worn off, he evaluated its specs with narrowed eyes .
"A top speed of about 60 km/h....... though its rapid acceleration effect is definitely its main selling point."
It was strictly limited to snow terrain, but an instant burst up to 60 km/h meant an operator's mobility could reach terrifying levels under the right conditions.
(A perfect transportation tool for the Land of Snow.)
Naruto quickly reached the shoreline, looking out at the film crew's ship, which had already pulled away from the ice dock and was drifting into open water.
Without breaking stride, the clones leaped off the ice and began water-walking across the freezing ocean. Naruto, however, paused mid-motion, a curious thought striking him as he maintained his stance.
(Since it's powered by chakra.... can this snowboard glide on water?)
He slammed onto the freezing ocean surface at full speed, relying on his initial momentum to keep from sinking immediately.
But within seconds, the reality set in.
(It's sinking.)
Naruto immediately flooded the board with a surge of chakra. The acceleration mechanism flared to life, but his boots were already getting soaked by the icy sea.
"Tch."
Sticking one foot firmly to the Snow-Board , Naruto leaped straight out of the water with the other , executed an airy flip, and unclipped the snowboard mid-flight. Slinging the heavy board across his back, he landed cleanly on the water's surface, running alongside his clones toward the ship with a disappointed look.
(It really is just a toy.... So much chakra metal used to build it, and it can't even float or surf on water?)
Naruto finally understood why the Five Great Nations never bothered to adopt or steal the Land of Snow's military technology.
While Doto Kazahana undoubtedly paid massive amounts of protection money to various black markets and foreign contacts to keep his operations hidden or maybe even Big Nations for some other purpose , the practicality of the gear or even Chakra armor was severely lacking.
Looking at the board on his back, it was nearly 180 centimeters long, 30 centimeters wide, and a solid 1 to 2 centimeters thick—unlike the thin, lightweight boards from his previous life.
( Normal SnowBoards are not that Long or big ........must be custom made for the Big Fella )
But Naruto's mind was not on the Snow-boards dimensions but it's raw material itself because every single millimeter of it was forged from chakra metal.
(....Just how many chakra blades could a blacksmith forge out of a single board like this?)
Relying on his System rewarded [Blacksmithing] knowledge, Naruto quickly ran the math, ignoring the hilt assemblies and focusing strictly on the raw metal density.
"A standard katana blade takes about 60 to 80 centimeters of metal, with a width of no more than 3 to 4 centimeters.... I could easily forge 5 to 8 full-length katanas out of this single board. And if I forge short swords or trench knives instead...? DAMN."
His eyes widened as the sheer monetary and strategic value clicked in his head. He suddenly realized what kind of goldmine was currently slung over his shoulders.
Naruto still remembered the outrageous sums of money he had dropped just to commission his custom Hiraishin kunais and the high-grade weapons he had gifted to his friends and Team 7.
Then, his mind flashed back to the sealed chakra armor.
"And that's just the raw chakra metal... not even counting the internal technological schematics inside the Chakra armor ..!"
Naruto and his clones pulled up directly alongside the hull of the vessel. He brought his team to a halt, listening to the commotion up on the deck.
"Huh? Where is Naruto?!" Kakashi's voice called out over the railing.
Hearing his sensei's confused words , Naruto looked up at his clones and nodded. They scrambled up the side of the hull in unison, vaulting over the wooden railing and landing heavily on the deck—dragging the stripped, blindfolded, and thoroughly bandaged Snow shinobi along with them.
Landing cleanly amidst the shocked expressions of the crew and his team, Naruto offered a casual wave.
"...Here."
Hearing Naruto's voice, everyone turned to look, their eyes instantly locking onto another batch of Narutos climbing over the railing, dragging a snow shinobi along with them.
"Wait, is that...?"
"Isn't he one of them?!"
"Wait, look at his face!"
" *BLERGHHH * "
The moment the crew caught sight of the prisoner's condition, several civilians immediately lost their stomach contents.
While the snow shinobi wasn't mortally wounded, his eyes were completely gone—the eyelids were also shredded by shuriken, leaving behind nothing but hollow, bloody sockets.
Naruto had only performed basic emergency triage to keep the man from bleeding out on the ice, which wasn't the place for a delicate procedure.
Seeing a fellow human in such a grisly state—pale as a sheet with raw, bleeding cavities where his eyes used to be—was far too much for the civilian film crew to stomach.
Even Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura were noticeably unsettled. Kakashi evaluated the scene with a practiced eye, attempting to reconstruct the brief fight in his head.
( No other wounds on enemy .....A One hit Kill ?? )
Kakashi then looked at the stripped man and continued
( Naruto must have taken him down the second he destroyed the enemy's vision....... Smart strategy... though I wonder what kind of jutsu he used to cut through that chakra wall & also to take him by surprise )
Sasuke stared at the bound captive with a serious glare before his eyes slowly drifted back to the blonde.
( He captured an enemy squad member alive. Meanwhile... I... DAMN IT! At this rate, how am I ever going to get my revenge?!)
As for Sakura, her face was completely drained of color. While she had pushed through the Chunin Exams and seen her fair share of corpses, this was the first time she had witnessed a living, breathing enemy left in such a horrific state.
(...His eyes... they're completely gone... Did Naruto really...?)
Among the spectators, the lead actress stood frozen. She hadn't seen something this brutal up close in years, and the sight dragged horrific, buried memories back to the surface. But before she could process the trauma, her vision began to spin.
THUD!
"PRINCESS!"
Sandayu was the first to reach her, dropping to his knees as she collapsed onto the wooden deck.
"What happened?!"
"She fainted!"
The crew instantly swarmed around her. Kakashi shifted his attention toward the commotion, letting out a tired sigh.
(...Ugh, what a headache.)
Kakashi had intended to confront the client immediately about the omitted mission details, but seeing her out cold, he simply massaged his temples before calling out to his student.
"Naruto."
"Yeah?"
"Hand the prisoner over to me, and go take a look at the... Princess."
"Urgh, come on! She just fainted, you know! Is it really necessary ?? "
"You're the only medical shinobi on board... and don't forget the mission."
"...*Haaah*... Fine."
Naruto shrugged and walked over to the crew, helping them lift the unconscious actress to carry her to a private cabin.
Kakashi stepped toward the shadow clones holding the snow shinobi, offering them a nod.
"I've already sealed his chakra coils, Kakashi-sensei," the clone reported.
"Good job, Naruto. Now let me take him down to the brig on the lowest deck for interrogation."
"Got it."
"Naruto's clones, Sasuke, Sakura—you guys keep watch up here, just in case."
"...Hnn." Sasuke grunted in acknowledment
"...*Gulp*. Yes, Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura also followed Sasuke's lead .
Kakashi nodded, slinging the unconscious prisoner over his shoulder, and disappeared down the hatch, leaving the deck to the sailors, the film staff, and the rest of Team 7.
The shadow clones immediately dispersed across the ship to set up a perimeter rather than popping away into smoke.
Realizing it was just Team 7 left standing there, Sasuke looked directly at one of Naruto's clones and asked,
"...How did you capture him?"
Hearing Sasuke's question, Naruto's clone rubbed his chin, considering his words. Knowing they would likely face more of these snow shinobi, he decided to share the intelligence just like any functional squad member should .
"Well, his entire body was covered in that heavy armor. When I first threw standard shuriken and kunai, they all bounced right off."
Sasuke and Sakura listened intently. They both remembered their own weapons being effortlessly deflected, and they desperately wanted to hear how Naruto had bypassed the defense.
"The guy was way too arrogant and overly reliant on his chakra armor," Naruto's clone continued smoothly. "Seeing that, I used a Wind Release-infused rotating shuriken and targeted the unarmored gaps around his head instead of hitting the metal plates directly."
".....So it cut right through the chakra armor's defensive wall?" Sasuke asked, seeking confirmation.
(...My Fire Release was blocked easily. While I'm certain my Chidori could pierce that armor.... that's a high-cost trump card, not a spammable projectile like a shuriken.)
Noticing the two of them deflating as they processed the gap, Naruto's clone offered a slight 'downplay'
"Well, I originally wanted to finish him off cleanly, but after slicing through the chakra wall, the shuriken lost most of its momentum and only took out his eyes... and that was only because I was guiding the trajectory from behind using ninja wire."
Despite the explanation, neither Sasuke nor Sakura felt much better. Seeing their serious expressions, Naruto's clone continued breaking down the rest of the intelligence—explaining the chakra armor's properties, its severe dampening effect on the user's natural senses, and the tactical flaws he had observed during Kakashi and Sasuke's clashes.
Finding a quiet corner on the deck, Team 7 sat down together to strategize for future encounters. Naruto's clone even offered to teach Sasuke and Sakura the fundamentals of applying rotation to thrown shuriken & wind release .
Sakura thanked him directly, while Sasuke, despite maintaining his usual tsundere attitude, ultimately accepted the advice. The three spent the rest of the day training on the deck while the remaining clones maintained a strict watch around the vessel.
Meanwhile, after confirming the Princess had merely fainted from shock, Naruto's main body retreated to his private cabin. He unsealed the captured chakra armor onto the floor and immediately began tinkering with its inner mechanisms, scratching his head in concentration.
( ...damn I couldn't understand anything ??? Should I wait to go back to village for great Sage buff ?? but even then without any lead or data over this , is there even a possibility ?)
And down in the darkest, most isolated hold of the ship, the captain of Team 7 was enjoying a quiet "date" with a screaming, bleeding snow shinobi.
--------------------------------------------------
The IceBerg :
Looking at the deaparting Ship Long distance before Them , The Snow Shinobi's bit their Lips in frustration , The Captain Nadare Roga Looked at the ship while Hissing a command
" Let's go back to report , Fubuki , Mizore "
" Oh "
"....."
Hearing the silence , Both of them Looked at each other before they start to look around
The Captain looked around the surroundings in bewilderment
" ...Where Did Mizore GO ?? "
as for Snow Kunoichi , instead of Looking here and there , The woman was looking at her Behind
"...Strange ?? Shouldn't he be Behind my Ass my now ?? "
Seeing no Movememnt , Nadare Slipped down the snow as he started looking around , even though the chance was slim , He still hoped to see his teammate , even if injured at this place .
Meanwhile The KUnoichi started to shout on top of her lungs , seeing no signs of her Simp
" Are YOU BREAKIG UP WITH ME MIZORE ???? IS THis because I Slept With Captain ??? "
Nadare'e eyes twitched as he looked exasperatedly at The Kunoichi
( ....does she really think that that Cuck didn't know ? beforehand ?? )
" MIZORE ...!!"
The captain eyes twitched again as the Woman started shouting on top of her lungs .
The captain decided against talking to the Kunoichi while he got ready to send the signal
"/...."
( Forget it , let's summon Genins and od a through search )
But the next words of the Kunoichi Made the captain stumble on the snow
" ...IF you Came out Now ,...I WILL LET YOU USE THE OTHER HOLE "
( F*cking BITCH , EVEN I DIDn't use that BEfore )
---------------------------------------------------
Land of Snow:
Ship Port (Late Afternoon) :
Kakashi stood inside the main cabin of the vessel where the actress Yukie Fujikaze—or rather, her real identity, Princess Koyuki Kazahana—was resting.
Looking down at the woman lying unconscious on the bed, Kakashi reached forward toward her chest. His hand moved forward reaching for the fragile neck of the most beautiful actress of the land of fire .
But soon Kakashi's hand dipped as the hand moved like a snake and from the loose collar of the princess , The Hand moved as it groped around her chest , quickly finding a hard object .
(....hmm , No Bra )
Despite feeling the ample fullness in his palm , Kakashi didn't so much as bat an eye, after giving a squueze , he casually pulled out the Hextech crystal necklace tucked beneath her dress , which seemed to be changed by the female assistant/crew for better relaxation .
As for her towering Boobs or whatever grand fantasies in them
( no thanks ........3D girls are way too troublesome.)
Kakashi held the crystal up to the light, letting out a soft sigh as memories of a past mission surfaced.
(....Has it been nine or ten years already?)
Rolling the hard crystal over his palm, admiring its unique, intricate design, Kakashi recalled the desperate retreat when he had originally rescued the young princess from the burning palace.
And now, seeing her again a decade later, his thoughts were purely pragmatic.
(Technically, my assignment is to guard the film crew and the actress Yukie Fujikaze—not Princess Kazahana.......... I wasn't hired to declare war on the entire Land of Snow.)
If this were any other squad Or Anbu , Kakashi would have called for an immediate tactical retreat. But he had Team 7 with him, and as their captain, he knew exactly how they would react.
(Naruto will dump All the responsibility squarely on my shoulders..... Sasuke will demand to push forward to test his strength. Sakura will blindly follow Sasuke... and as for me...)
Remembering his previous retreat from Doto's forces while escorting the young princess, Kakashi's eye sharpened.
(.....Well, I could use a good practice target to get back into the groove with the White Fang blade.)
It had only been two months since he picked up his father's short sword again to master its techniques. To truly sharpen his instincts, an armored target like Nadare Rouga seemed like a fantastic test dummy.
*Creeeeak*
The sound of the door opening made Kakashi turn his head. Sandayu, the princess's ever-loyal retainer, stepped into the room holding his katana. Taking a single step inside, he spoke softly, taking care not to wake the sleeping Princess .
"We have docked at the port."
Kakashi looked at the man, then glanced back down at the sleeping princess. Without a word, he set the crystal necklace on the bedside table and walked out of the room.
Soon, the crew disembarked onto the frozen docks of the Land of Snow, unloading heavy crates and equipment. Team 7 stepped off the gangplank, taking in their new surroundings.
"...A port designed for only one ship at a time?" Kakashi muttered, taking note of the surprisingly sparse layout and the lack of dock workers.
"What kind of strange boxes are those? Are there people inside them?!" Sakura gasped, looking around.
"It looks like some kind of carriage or vehicle...!"
"No way. Where are the horses, then?"
Sakura stared in awe at the strange, boxy machines fitted with glass windows and heavy metal doors, where a few local workers were loading crates.
"The locals seem extremely tense," Sasuke observed quietly. He wasn't watching the film crew, but rather the native dockworkers, whose movements were stiff and anxious.
"Not bad! 10 points to Gryffindor, 10 points to Slytherin, and 10 points to Ravenclaw!" Naruto cheered casually from the side.
"Huh?!" x3.
Naruto nodded amidst his team's confusion, mentally assigning points to each of them without ever explaining which house belonged to whom.
( Here he goes again with the nonsense )
Sasuke snorted at Naruto's nonsensical babble, turning his back to ignore the blonde and resume scanning the area.
Suddenly, Sandayu approached the team, requesting an emergency discussion inside one of the transport vehicles alongside the other decision-makers.
Team 7 followed him into a large transport truck featuring a spacious rear compartment that served as a makeshift meeting room. Once everyone took a seat and the heavy doors shut out the cold, Kakashi broke the silence.
"Sandayu. You knew all along, didn't you?"
"Yes."
"Did you stop to think about what would happen the moment she set foot back in the Land of Snow?"
Hearing Kakashi's sharp questioning, Sandayu took a heavy breath. "There was no other way to get the Princess to return to her homeland."
"So she really is Princess Koyuki Kazahana... the rightful heir to the throne," Kakashi confirmed softly.
Sandayu began recounting the tragic history of the coup, but Naruto left only a single mental partition to log the conversation while the rest of his mind drifted elsewhere.
(....Another dud )
Yes, another dud. Naruto had tried to trigger a system Sign-In back at the iceberg, but received absolutely no response—like trying to click a greyed-out button on a screen.
It wasn't the first time this had happened. A similar thing occurred during the Land of Waves mission when he tried to Sign-In while out at open sea.
Back then, he thought signing in over the ocean might yield a Water Release affinity or even an exotic Sea Release, but the system refused to respond.
In fact, during the entire Wave arc, he only managed to score three useful Sign-In rewards. Ninety percent of the locations he had planned to check—whether on the road or across the countryside—turned out to be duds.
After returning to Konoha, he had been swamped with the Chunin Exams and his own training, but over those two months, he had mapped out the some implicit rules of the Sign-In system.
(It requires locations with historical weight, strong chakra density, or deep narrative significance to the shinobi world...)
In Konoha, almost every shop or landmark yielded a reward. But out in the wilderness, on nameless ocean waters, or on random icebergs, the system drew a blank.
(So no signing in at random seas, forests, typhoons, volcanoes, or tornadoes... *Haaaaa* )
Shaking his head internally, Naruto refocused on his current assets. His mind drifted to the massive haul of chakra metal he had stripped from Mizore's snowboard and armor—and that was just from a single Special Jonin.
(This much chakra metal on a single mid-tier shinobi ? How ? does the land of snow has a Mine or something ?? )
Naruto scratched his chin thoughtfully.
(Claiming all those resources alone would be Impossible ...... I'll need to involve Konoha eventually. Though I could always play the emotional support card with the next Daimyo to secure some sweet exclusive rights.)
His thoughts shifted as a woman wearing silk pajamas wandered into the transport truck. Princess Koyuki looked around at the assembled crew with a completely hollow, defeated expression.
"No matter how hard you try, there's no way to beat Doto! Don't throw away your lives!" she urged bitterly.
Listening to her crushed, hopeless voice, Naruto evaluated her condition.
(.....Or maybe I can squeeze even more out of this situation?)
"As long as Doto knows she's here, there's nowhere left to run!" Kakashi added calmly as he continued "Fighting is our only real option."
Silence settled over the truck until the director, the primary client for the bodyguard detail, spoke up with fiery enthusiasm. "Yosh! Let's escort the Princess back to her palace and finish off the villain!"
The cameramen continued "With the real Princess and the actual villain, this movie is going to be a blockbuster hit!"
Hearing the director and his cameraman—who was still actively filming—speak so casually, Koyuki snapped.
"DON'T JOKE AROUND!" she yelled, her voice trembling.
"REALITY ISN'T A MOVIE! THERE ARE NO HAPPY ENDINGS IN THIS CURSED WORLD!"
The room fell dead silent. The director looked at her with surprising gravity.
"...That is simply because you aren't acting toward a happy ending."
"..."
"The ending of any story depends entirely on the actors—their effort, their resolve, and their determination."
As Koyuki fell silent, staring at the floor with dead eyes, Kakashi broke the stillness.
"Normally, I would halt the mission, return to the village, and request high-level reinforcements for a political conflict of this scale."
Before Kakashi could finish his thought, Sasuke cut in. "It took us a week just to sail here. Going back for reinforcements is a complete waste of time."
"Sasuke-kun..." Sakura gasped, her eyes practically sparkling as the Uchiha sat with his arms crossed and his eyes closed.
"We can handle this ourselves," Sasuke stated flatly.
Kakashi nodded, catching Naruto's subtle nod of agreement in return while Completely ignoring Sakura , Kakashi looked back at the director and gave a firm nod.
"So it's decided," the director beamed. "We resume filming!"
Seeing this , Koyuki's expression turned indifferent. Without saying another word, she turned on her heel and walked out of the compartment.
Naruto stood up, stretching his arms over his head and waving casually to his team. "I'm gonna head back and inspect my spoils of war again. Just lay out the plan for me later, Sensei."
"Hmm."
Naruto strolled past Sasuke and Sakura, his mind running calculations.
(Do these two even realize that, even for a minor nation, the Land of Snow's total military force is probably anywhere between 500 to 1,000 active troops?)
Sure, 80 to 90 percent of them were basic Genin-level fodder or armored samurai, but facing a force like that in a direct, head-on confrontation was a recipe for total exhaustion , and in case you got cut by Kunai or blades here and there .
Naruto rubbed his hands as he walked
(Well, since Kakashi didn't shoot Sasuke's reckless idea down, he must be planning to shift our objective from standard escort to infiltration and assassination.)
Stepping out of the truck, Naruto paused to examine the vehicle's design. Instead of standard rubber tires, it utilized heavy treads and reinforced sledges designed specifically for arctic terrain.
(What's the power source for these things? Coal, diesel, gasoline, electricity, or are they running on chakra engines like Gato's specialized gear?)
Regardless of the answer, Naruto recognized the industrial value. These vehicles were arguably more valuable long-term than the chakra armor itself.
Since they were used by civilian workers, they weren't constructed out of expensive chakra-conductive metals—which meant they could be mass-produced.
(If I can stea-Trade these schematics alongside the chakra train tech....... forget ninja work, I could launch my own Vehicle empire back home Like BMW , lemborghini or others )
Tracking a subtle chakra signature, Naruto walked towards his Target , while activating one of his Active Life skills that he hardly uses
[ Seduction : Lv2 ( 4/100 ) ]
Looking at the skill , Naruto rubbed his hands as he blew a white breath while shifting his facial expressions
( It's time to offer a shoulder to a Deeply Vulnerable little girl who has lost her daddy )
-------------------------------------------------------------------------