Chapter 103: Detected Inbound Shadow CloneStrike
In the end, Naruto didn't manage to fleece Kakashifor any benefits.
He could only pay for a ticket himself.
The movie theater.
Naruto sized up his surroundings.
It wasn't much different from his previous life, just that the style was more old-fashioned.
Naruto always featured strange black technology.
He had long since grown accustomed to it.
"Popcorn."
Naruto bought two buckets at the counter and returned to Hinata's side. "Here."
Then, he swapped for two bottles of cola.
He suddenly felt the flavor of his past life again.
Looking at the giant movie screen, Naruto couldn't help but feel sentimental.
Hinata glanced at his profile, her lips curving into a sweet smile.
She took a sip of the cola, and a refreshing coolness spread through her.
The lights went out, and the movie began in the darkness.
Fuji no Setsunae, playing the role of the princess, made her entrance.
The plot was actually quite cliché; it was a tale of a princess in distress seeking revenge.
It was basically identical to her own life's trajectory.
One could say she was playing herself.
Naruto remembered the last person who did something like this; their country had already collapsed.
"Naruto-kun."
Hinata held the bucket of popcorn out to him.
"Oh."
Naruto casually picked up a piece and brought it to her lips.
"I..."
Hinata originally wanted to say that wasn't what she meant, but she immediately opened her small mouth and took a bite.
Naruto suddenly looked up and spotted Sasuke.
He was hanging upside down from the ceiling, his eyes fixed on the movie.
Won't the blood rush to your head?
Did Kakashi buy you a 'hanging' ticket?
He scanned the front row and saw Sakura and Karin as well.
And the seat between them was empty.
A happy trouble indeed.
Naruto continued to feed Hinata.
His finger suddenly felt something warm and moist.
It felt like being licked.
Naruto instinctively looked at Hinata.
"What is it?"
Hinata asked with wide, innocent eyes.
"Nothing."
By the time the movie ended, Hinata had finished all the popcorn.
She wiped the corners of her mouth, a faint blush on her face.
Kakashi, who was standing at the entrance reading his'Sages' Book', noticed the theater emptying out. He looked up and saw Naruto and Hinata.
The two were holding hands, talking and laughing.
He rolled his eyes.
The sour stench of romance.
Then Sasuke appeared with his hands in his pockets.
Flanked by two little beauties on his left and right, it was simply... unbearable to watch!
Kakashi really wanted to grab them by their collars and roar: "Wake up, you lot! This is a mission, not a vacation!"
But he couldn't beat them.
He felt isolated.
He already knew about Sasuke awakening the Mangekyo Sharingan.
As for the reason, it was naturally because he had been beaten up.
In short, he didn't want to experience the feeling of time flowing backward a second time.
Of course, Sasuke had also exhausted all his Dōjutsu Power and Chakra because of it.
Well, you could barely call it a fifty-fifty draw.
But with Naruto added to the mix, he definitely couldn't win.
After all, Kakashi felt he was only human.
Humans have limits.
Because it was Naruto's mission, Hinata took her leave on her own initiative without disturbing them.
Karin and Sakura didn't stay either.
They had been highly regarded by Senju Tsunadeand taken in as her disciples.
Firstly because of their talent, and secondly because of Tsunade's hemophobia.
She wanted to train more successors as quickly as possible.
"Do we need to find another teammate?"
Naruto asked, following behind Kakashi.
"No need."
It was Sasuke who answered.
He felt that besides Naruto, whether or not they had other teammates didn't matter.
Kakashi nodded in agreement.
Indeed, there was no need.
One had the Nine-Tailed and could pummel Shukaku, the other had the Mangekyo Sharingan.
Kakashi, at any rate, was feeling incredibly high.
Even if they encountered powerhouses like Uchiha Itachi or Orochimaru.
With Naruto on his left and Sasuke on his right, he was so cool he could practically play the 'Young and Dangerous' BGM.
No one could beat them.
In other words, there are no enemies ahead of us!
"The person you're about to meet is the client for this mission, named Asama Sandayu. He's the manager of the movie star you just saw, Fuji no Setsunae."
Kakashi introduced as they walked, "And what we need to do is escort them to the Land of Snow."
"What rank is the mission?"
Sasuke didn't care about the content; it didn't matter anyway. He just wanted to know the rank.
After obtaining the Mangekyo Sharingan, low-rank missions could no longer satisfy him.
But unfortunately, he was still a Genin.
"Rank A."
Kakashi replied.
Naruto didn't remember what rank it was in the original work.
But it probably wasn't this high.
He wasn't very fond of this Sandayu.
The man was a master of moral kidnapping.
He used a movie shoot to trick Fuji no Setsunaeinto going to the Land of Snow.
He wanted her to overthrow her uncle, Fukahō Natori, and inherit the position of Daimyo.
But the problem was that Fukahō Natori's forces far surpassed theirs.
Fuji no Setsunae didn't want to go back either; she just wanted to be an actress.
As facts proved, if it weren't for the main character group, they would have definitely been wiped out.
Naruto remembered seeing Sandayu lead the charge.
As a result, before they even touched Fukahō Natori, dozens of people were all wiped out at light speed.
"Watch out!"
A voice came from ahead.
Naruto looked up and saw Fuji no Setsunae, dressed in a white-collared one-piece dress with a white lotus leaf patterned hem, galloping on a horse.
A maid outfit?
The director really knows how to have fun.
Wait, she should be trying to escape, right?
Naruto, who was about to act, suddenly felt something was off.
It seemed like she was just practicing equestrianism?
"Kakashi, you're here."
Sandayu appeared with a warm smile; the previous voice was his.
Kakashi had performed a mission in the Land of Snow before and had rescued the young Fuji no Setsunae.
Therefore, this time he specifically designated Kakashi to take the mission.
"Please, come in."
Sandayu warmly invited them into the room and prepared piping hot black tea.
Naruto inexplicably felt that there was something wrong with this attitude.
But he didn't say anything.
After Sandayu and Kakashi chatted for a while, the door opened.
Fuji no Setsunae walked in.
She was a few years older than Naruto, currently in her beautiful teenage years.
She had heavy makeup on from filming, but it couldn't hide her delicate and exquisite features at all.
"Konoha Ninja?"
Fuji no Setsunae frowned and asked in an unfriendly tone, "Sandayu, why did you hire them?"
Naruto felt more and more strange.
Is something wrong with my memory?
"This is Kakashi; his strength can be our final insurance,"
Sandayu explained, still with a smile on his face.
Fuji no Setsunae glanced at Kakashi.
She had some impression of him.
But Kakashi didn't remember her.
Because girls change a lot as they grow up.
At this moment, he hadn't yet realized that this mission wasn't a simple escort, but a restoration of a kingdom.
Fortunately, it was Rank A.
Otherwise, it would be as ridiculous as Tazuna's Rank C mission encountering Zabuza and Haku.
Wait.
Warning! Warning!
Detected inbound Shadow Clone strike.
Naruto instantly became alert.
Could this sense of dissonance be his doing again?
Last time he had already abducted Zabuza and Haku to Destiny.
But this time it's just an ordinary princess.
What's the use?
The Land of Snow is an extremely remote place; it can't affect the Land of Fire.
"Since the mission has already been issued, let's leave it at that for now, but only this once."
Fuji no Setsunae finished speaking and turned to leave without staying a moment longer.
"Sorry about that, everyone."
Sandayu smiled apologetically, "She wasn't targeting you."
Kakashi naturally wouldn't care.
Since the ship was sailing tomorrow, Sandayu prepared rooms for them.
Naruto slipped out and found the director of this play.
It wasn't to discuss the maid outfit with him.
"Director, who is the current Daimyo of the Land of Snow?"
"Fukahō Natori."
The director recognized him as a Ninja hired by Sandayu and answered his question quite readily.
Naruto rubbed his chin.
That's also correct.
An ambitious man like Fukahō Natori couldn't possibly be persuaded by a Shadow Clone, right?
Unless it was in a physical sense.
Thanks to 'Hesitant not Melancholy' and 'Little Orochimaru' for the tips. PS: Basically confirmed with the editor, Sanjiang recommendation next week, then on the shelves next Friday. I'll save up more chapters these few days, hoping for ten or twenty chapters on the release day.