Without the wind and waves, some of his men were just trash and posed no threat.
At this time, Jiraiya had also rescued the third doctor and returned to the scene.
Jiraiya was a little surprised to learn that Kazahana Doto was defeated by Karin.
Although she was older than Naruto, she still looked like a newbie.
And although Doto wasn't very impressive, Jiraiya could sense that he wasn't simple either.
Unexpectedly, Karin could easily defeat Kazahana Doto.
And in such a short amount of time.
She must have used the power of the Nine-Tails.
Thinking this, Jiraiya felt a bit regretful that he didn't guide Sasuke to take the Nine-Tails' power seriously.
Before this, although Jiraiya knew the Nine-Tails was powerful, he didn't expect it to be this powerful.
And he didn't know that the little Nine-Tails could "grow" by recovering chakra over time.
…
After defeating Doto, the Land of Snow entered a situation where no one could control it.
With the help of the three doctors and the ninjas, Koyuki Kazahana soon became the new monarch.
She should now be called Queen.
After the incident ended, Jiraiya left.
Jiraiya invited Naruto to return to Konoha, but Naruto refused.
Because the reason Naruto came here in the first place was to find a quiet place to live a peaceful life.
Now that he had finally found and defeated Kazahana Doto, and a happy life was about to begin, how could Naruto go back with Jiraiya?
And if he did go back, Naruto's life would become very awkward.
When the people of Konoha didn't know that Naruto was the Fourth Hokage's son, they wouldn't pay attention to him, and Naruto wouldn't have to pay attention to them.
That was fine.
But now they knew.
Plus, Naruto didn't have the same personality as the original.
He couldn't accept living in constant small talk with strangers every day.
Jiraiya knew he couldn't change Naruto's mind, so he left alone.
He was returning to Konoha to train Sasuke.
After spending time together, Jiraiya already had a general understanding of Sasuke's situation.
Sasuke had great potential.
But his past was a huge problem.
Therefore, Sasuke needed guidance, otherwise he would easily go astray.
Naruto and Karin did not leave the Land of Snow and were directly taken care of by Koyuki Kazahana.
Koyuki was different from Hiruzen Sarutobi — she cared deeply about Naruto's wishes.
So Koyuki always discussed things with Naruto beforehand.
Then, according to Naruto's wishes, Koyuki and the three doctors worked together to conceal the existence of Naruto and Karin.
She also arranged for the two of them to live in a small palace with beautiful scenery.
It was said to be the retirement palace built by Koyuki's grandfather when he abdicated the throne.
It had complete facilities, even a private hot spring.
Although the location was relatively remote, this suited Naruto's tastes because no one would disturb him.
What made Naruto even more comfortable was that Koyuki also arranged chefs, masseuses, singers, maids, and similar attendants to serve the two of them.
There was even a large area dedicated to Naruto and Karin as a training ground.
Now Naruto and Karin were living very happily.
In the hot spring, where steam filled the air—
Naruto and Karin were lying on two soft beds.
The two beautiful masseuses beside them asked, "Sir, is this pressure okay?"
"Perfect" Naruto said weakly. He turned to Karin and sighed, "As expected, the old emperor's retirement benefits are amazing"
"Yeah~" Karin closed her eyes comfortably. After a full day of training, receiving a professional massage felt unbelievably good.
After living like this for days, Naruto felt he didn't want to worry about anything anymore.
But there were still things he needed to consider.
Koyuki was so thoughtful, so naturally Naruto couldn't stay stingy.
At this point, Naruto saw the Land of Snow as his personal paradise.
If anyone wanted to cause trouble in the Land of Snow, Naruto would absolutely not allow it.
In the future, if conditions allowed, Naruto even wanted to bring Hinata and Temari to live here.
In that case—
This paradise had to be safer.
So how to improve security?
Naruto thought for a while and came up with two options.
First: Recruit ninjas.
If powerful ninjas were placed in charge, the Land of Snow's security would naturally rise.
But ninja loyalty was a problem.
And if he wanted to recruit ninjas, he would have to establish a ninja village, which meant creating another organization.
That would bring even more trouble!
So Naruto decided to give up on that idea for now.
Second: Set up a barrier.
There was a saying in the ninja world: there is nothing barriers cannot protect.
In the original story, when Six Paths of Pain entered Konoha, he also had to break Konoha's barrier before entering.
If a barrier covered the Snow Daimyō's mansion and Naruto's paradise—
Then if danger appeared, the enemy would need to break the barrier before posing a threat to anyone inside.
During the time the enemy took to break it, no matter where Naruto wandered in the ninja world—
With Kagura's Mind Eye and Flying Thunder God, Naruto could return almost instantly.
From this perspective, a barrier was a good choice.
But constructing a barrier was extremely complicated and expensive.
Funding wasn't a problem — Naruto had plenty of money.
The key problem was the technique.
Did he need to spend a simulation opportunity to develop barrier technology?
No…
He shouldn't.
Barriers did not directly increase Naruto's combat power.
Simulation opportunities could only be obtained through missions.
Using one meant losing one.
Therefore, the purpose of simulations should always be improving Naruto's own strength as much as possible.
There would be some trouble building a barrier at first, but it was far less trouble than creating a ninja village or organization later.
Naruto thought carefully, then made up his mind.
He would set up a barrier—
Not recruit ninjas.
Because why did Naruto hide in a remote land like Snow Country in the first place?
To avoid ninjas and avoid the troubles of the ninja world.
If he started recruiting ninjas now, wouldn't that contradict his original goal?
So, how to set up the barrier?
Setting up a barrier required technique and money.
Funding? Naruto had it.
And the barrier Naruto wanted had to be as strong as possible.
At present, the strongest barrier techniques seemed to belong to the Five Great Ninja Villages.
Among them, Konohagakure's barrier was the strongest.
After all, it was created by Tobirama Senju — of course it would be powerful.
If he wanted Konoha's barrier technology, he had to return to Konoha.
Whether he bought it from Konoha—or stole it—
In short, Naruto was interested in Konoha's barrier technique.
Alright, then it's decided!
Go back to Konoha and get the barrier technology.
And Naruto also missed Hinata.
He wondered how Hinata was doing in Konoha now.
Even though Naruto had become a missing-nin, accidents could still happen to people around him.
But thinking about it, it definitely wouldn't be Hinata.
After all, Hinata was the eldest daughter of the Hyūga clan.
Haruno Sakura was currently Tsunade's disciple.
Sasuke was Jiraiya's disciple.
The only one who might be in danger seemed to be the ANBU kunoichi named Yugao Uzuki.
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