"This is the Land of Snow?"
Jiraiya looked at the endless white snow, completely stunned.
This was the middle of nowhere, with no villages before or after. Forget about pretty girls, you probably couldn't even see a person!
A gust of cold wind blew past, and Jiraiya shivered, hugging himself tightly.
"So cold~~"
"You knew you were coming to the Land of Snow, and you didn't even bring a coat."
Naruto, wearing a thick white coat, looked at the shivering Jiraiya and teased, "Don't you do any planning when you travel abroad?"
"..."
Jiraiya's eyebrows twitched, and then he looked at Naruto, "Did you bring one for me?"
"How would I know you were coming to the Land of Snow?"
Naruto rolled his eyes at Jiraiya, "If you don't want to freeze to death, hurry up and go. Go straight for ten kilometers, and after you get over three mountains, you'll see a city where you can trade for supplies."
"..."
In the end, Jiraiya didn't listen to Naruto's advice. Instead, he found a trade group that had also come off the ship and spent some money to hitch a ride on their snowmobile!
But if he did that, he would have to separate from Naruto and the others for a while.
Naruto and his team were heading straight for the capital of the Land of Snow - Shirokawa!
The trade group that Jiraiya joined needed to go through several small towns before finally arriving at Shirokawa.
"Let's go, Karin."
"Yes, Lord Naruto!"
Two small figures walked towards the endless snow. Their footprints left a path that would only exist for a short time on the clean, flat snow!
Several hours later,
The two arrived at Shirokawa!
Because of the geothermal energy, the entire Shirokawa was as warm as spring, completely different from other parts of the Land of Snow!
Because of this, Shirokawa now had the most people in the entire Land of Snow!
"So many people~" Karin couldn't help but marvel as she looked at the endless stream of people going into the city.
Naruto didn't feel anything special. It was just that there were more people.
"Let's go, into the city!"
After a month, the entire Shirokawa had changed quite a bit.
The increase in people had brought many businesses and many customers!
But along the way, Naruto didn't see any managers. The whole city seemed a little chaotic!
The number of people wasn't much different from that of Konoha, but the environment was much worse.
Arriving at the Daimyo's mansion,
Two gate servants saw Naruto and immediately said respectfully, "Lord Naruto, you're back!"
Even their Daimyo, Princess Koyuki, respectfully called Naruto "Lord Naruto", so these servants were naturally very respectful to him.
"Yes, is Koyuki inside?" Naruto nodded and asked.
"Yes!" Both of them knew that the Koyuki Naruto was talking about was actually the Daimyo, so they answered without hesitation.
"Open the door."
"Yes!"
The two pushed open the heavy door and walked into the mansion.
The Daimyo's mansion was much grander than the outside. After all, this was where Lord Dotou had lived, and the entire Daimyo's mansion was as majestic as a castle!
It was Karin's first time seeing such a luxurious residence, and she looked around at everything with a surprised expression.
Along the way, they met many servants of the Daimyo's mansion, and with their guidance, the two quickly found Koyuki's location.
At this time, Koyuki wasn't in the main hall or in her room, but was filming a movie in the courtyard!
"Scene 36, Section 3, Shot 2, action!"
With a clapperboard sound, Koyuki's voice suddenly came from inside.
"I'm a woman who will become the Pirate King, how can I fall here?!"
"Captain!"
"Captain!!"
"We absolutely can't give up, Soutaro, Mr. Curly Brow, as long as we persevere, there will still be hope! We can definitely find 'One Piece' and become the Pirate King!"
"I want to find the legendary 'All Blue'! Captain!"
"I want to become the world's best swordsman!"
...
"..."
Listening to the modified "One Piece" in the courtyard, Naruto felt deeply guilty.
Before he left the Land of Snow, Koyuki had told him about her dream of being an actress, but she didn't have a good script.
After all, the Princess Snowstorm Adventure series had already finished filming.
So Naruto simply told her some stories about One Piece. He didn't expect that after listening, she felt a burst of inspiration and then teamed up with the director to film this - "King Snow's Great Naval Adventure - Finding the One Piece!"
Naruto was glad that he hadn't told Koyuki the story of the Space Bullies from the Land of Light bullying the little monsters, or else she might film - "King Snowball's Great Space Adventure - Great Battle with the King of Monsters."
Whoosh!
The two were watching Koyuki filming when a figure suddenly appeared in front of Naruto.
Karin was startled, but after seeing the Konoha forehead protector on the other person's head, she quickly calmed down.
Sasuke glanced at Karin, looked at Naruto with some doubts, "Where's Kakashi?"
"Let's wait until Sakura gets here to talk about it together. Where did she go?" Naruto asked.
"She should be in her room. Didn't you say before you left that you would protect her for twenty-four hours? In that case, we can only work in shifts." Sasuke said calmly.
"Go get her. I have something to tell you." Naruto said.
Sasuke nodded and disappeared in a flash.
Soon, Sakura came over with Sasuke, yawning.
"Naruto, you're back~"
"Huh? Who is this?"
Sakura looked at Karin, who was also wearing a Konoha forehead protector, with a confused expression.
"Her name is Karin, she's our teammate from now on." Naruto explained.
"Hello!"
Karin pushed up her glasses and greeted Sasuke and Sakura shyly.
"Hello!"
Sakura smiled at her slightly, "My name is Sakura."
"Sasuke." Sasuke said to Karin expressionlessly.
Seeing that the three had greeted each other, Naruto continued, "Now I've been promoted to Jonin, and I'm the leader of Team Seven. Kakashi has left Team Seven!"
Sakura and Sasuke both looked surprised.
They didn't expect that Naruto would be promoted to Jonin after going back, and they didn't expect that Kakashi would leave the team after going back!
"The mission arrangements will be about the same as before. You two will continue to protect Koyuki in shifts. Karin isn't good at fighting, so she won't participate in this mission for now."
Naruto briefly arranged the next tasks, and then said to Sakura, "Sakura, you take Karin to find a room to put her things down."
"Sasuke, tell me about what's been happening this past month."
Sakura, who had received the order, left with Karin, but Naruto could see the resentment in her eyes.
Obviously, staying up all night working wasn't a pleasant thing for her.
As for Sasuke, he didn't have any change in expression and started to calmly report on the mission situation of the past month.
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