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Chapter 591 - Chapter 85: Adopted Daughter

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Boarding a cruise at the Land of Fire's port, and sailing through the Land of Wind's strait, it took three to four days before finally reaching the port of the Land of Snow.

Cold.

This was Kakashi's first impression of the Land of Snow.

Most of the land here was covered with pale ice and snow, snowflakes drifting and swirling, year-round.

In a sense, this is a traditional small country, much like the Land of Rain where it rains all year long.

Frozen mountains and woods are everywhere to be found, with thick white snow piled on the mountains and tree branches, adding to the chill.

After disembarking at the Land of Snow's port, Kakashi did not follow the official road to Kazahana City, the capital, but instead secretly made his way there through the snow-covered forest paths.

Although his vacation plans were ruined, causing some displeasure, he had no choice but to take on the mission when it landed on him.

That's how it had to be, there were hardly any usable personnel under Namikaze Minato, the Fourth Hokage, and the Anbu recruitment plan was still ineffective, as a strong force kept silently obstructing it.

But this had nothing to do with Kakashi, since it was a clash among the higher-ups, and he, as a Jonin and part-time Anbu squad leader, was unable to partake in such political battles.

Even the Sannin retreated, he wouldn't be of any help by interfering.

Jiraiya feigned insanity, choosing neither to support Minato nor his mentor, the Third Hokage; Tsunade left Konoha under the excuse of official duties, and there had been no news from Orochimaru for months.

It was evident how chaotic the internal situation in Konoha had become.

And this time, the mission Minato dispatched him on to the Land of Snow was far from simple.

Several days ago, a bloody coup occurred within the Land of Snow.

Kazahana Doto, brother of the Land of Snow's Daimyo, Kazahana Sosetsu, gathered numerous ninjas to assassinate his brother, Kazahana Sosetsu, and mercilessly slaughtered the noble officials who opposed him becoming Daimyo.

Simply and violently, he brought the Land of Snow under his control.

Although this approach to the coup brought extreme instability to his regime, with reliance on tyrannical violence, as long as he could endure through the unstable period, the Land of Snow would inevitably fall into Kazahana Doto's grasp.

The reasons behind Kazahana Doto's coup and assassination of his brother Kazahana Sosetsu were not yet known, but Kakashi's mission wasn't to save the Land of Snow nor to turn the tide.

Instead, it was to secretly remove Kazahana Sosetsu's daughter, Kazahana Koyuki, the Land of Snow Daimyo's sole offspring, from the country and to find a safe place for her.

As for what would happen afterwards, that was of no concern to Kakashi.

Although Konoha wouldn't usually meddle in such affairs, the deceased Daimyo, Kazahana Sosetsu, had offered Konoha substantial rewards.

The revitalizing Konoha following the Ninja Realm Wars was starving for sufficient developmental funds, and the Land of Snow's aid was just what Minato, the Hokage, needed to act.

For these reasons, Kakashi coming here was inevitable.

The only displeasure was his leisurely vacation plans were ruined.

According to intelligence, Kazahana Koyuki was secretly spirited from the castle during the coup and was currently hiding in a corner of Kazahana City under the protection of her father Kazahana Sosetsu's trusted allies.

However, the rebellious Kazahana Doto had already deployed his Snow Ninja to seal off Kazahana City, initiating a citywide search for Princess Kazahana Koyuki.

Kakashi didn't know when Kazahana Doto might find Kazahana Koyuki; given the current situation, action was imperative.

He had to successfully rescue her and take her out of the Land of Snow before Kazahana Doto found her.

If Kazahana Koyuki were captured by Kazahana Doto, the mission difficulty would upgrade from A-level to S-level.

Minato's command to Kakashi was that if Kazahana Koyuki were captured by the enemy, he could abandon the mission depending on the situation.

The Land of Snow, although a small nation without a Ninja Village, doesn't mean there's no presence of ninjas.

The ninjas of the Land of Snow are called Snow Ninja; they don't belong to a Ninja Village but instead are an army cultivated by the Daimyo.

However, in this generation, most of the management of the Snow Ninja fell to Kazahana Doto, fueling his ambition to replace his brother Kazahana Sosetsu and become the new Daimyo of the Land of Snow.

After hours of traveling, the sky had darkened and Kazahana City was visible ahead.

A grand city built halfway up the mountain, under the night sky, cold snowflakes gently drifted down from above.

The city walls are tall and sturdy; scaling such barriers would be a fool's dream for ordinary people, but for a Jonin like Kakashi, these towering walls are merely ornamentation.

Easily scaling the walls of Kazahana City, Kakashi avoided the sentinels and silently infiltrated the city.

The letters sent to Konoha mentioned the hiding spot of Princess Kazahana Koyuki within Kazahana City, and Kakashi swiftly headed there.

It was a dilapidated civilian house; after avoiding the searching Snow Ninja within the city, Kakashi emerged, watching those Snow Ninja leave.

The number of searching Snow Ninja around the city exceeded Kakashi's expectations, and they wore a distinctive blue-and-white heavy armor with a core device resembling a gem on the chest, giving Kakashi an uneasy feeling.

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