Chapter 130
After some more conversation, Naruto asked Sakura in pleasant surprise: "Really?"
"You already found Fūka Natsunami's hideout?"
Sakura didn't understand what Naruto was talking about, so she looked confused.
Naruto thought for a moment and said: "You know, that base or whatever."
"Oh… it's over there."
Sakura stretched out her hand, pointing at a distant snow mountain: "On the other side of the mountain."
Naruto: "I see…"
"Then you two stay right here and don't move. We'll be back soon."
With that, Naruto suddenly grabbed Sakyo's hand, jumped off the ship, and ran toward the base location Sakura had pointed out.
…
Sakyo said in astonishment: "Naruto? What are you doing?"
"Fūka Natsunami's experience ball is right there. Let's hurry up and take him out."
Naruto thought Fūka Setsu and all that wasn't important.
What mattered was Fūka Natsunami—this elite monster.
If Sakyo could defeat Fūka Natsunami, she might be able to push her rating up to the 1500 benchmark.
Of course, the most important thing was the process—Sakyo would accumulate real combat experience during the fight with Fūka Natsunami, indirectly boosting her strength.
"So what exactly is this Fūka Natsunami you keep talking about?"
Sakyo didn't understand why Naruto was so fixated on Fūka Natsunami.
By now, Naruto had reached the top of the slope. Looking into the distance, he indeed saw a base.
That place was probably the so-called Snow Ninja hideout.
"Fūka Natsunami—just treat him like a bad guy."
Naruto shrugged: "But none of that matters. The main problem is that in our next mission, we'll run into him. He'll be an obstacle for us."
"So…"
"To keep the group of Konoha ninjas on the ship from stealing our kills, we'll come here first and take out the monster."
Sakyo: "…"
Some of Naruto's words were extremely strange.
But Sakyo didn't mind. Over time, she would come to understand these terms.
Like the catchphrases Naruto had used before…
"Fine…"
Sakyo stared seriously into the distance. The ninjas there had already begun gathering.
One white figure after another poured out from the base, assembling in an open area.
The commotion from Susanoo had already alerted Fūka Natsunami.
As someone with extremely strong territorial awareness, Fūka Natsunami felt like retreating deep down, but he still wanted to go check.
And he brought many subordinates.
His three most capable subordinates had all gone and never returned—this made Fūka Natsunami realize the enemy was strong, so he didn't dare take it lightly.
"There are too many of them."
Sakyo frowned and analyzed: "But… it doesn't matter."
Seeing Sakyo so confident, Naruto said to her: "I'll hold off the small fries. You go deal with Fūka Natsunami. How's that plan?"
"I can handle them all by myself!"
Sakyo raised her head proudly and said with great confidence: "You just watch from the side—absolutely do not interfere in my fight!"
Naruto: "…"
What the hell? What's going on?
Did Sakyo also have Sasuke's negative passive "I'm fine" mode?
"Hey, what are you spacing out for? I'm talking to you—don't you dare interfere!"
Sakyo saw Naruto not responding, instead staring at her in a daze, and felt a bit annoyed: "I have the Mangekyō Sharingan now. Dealing with these nobodies is no problem!"
Naruto forced a smile: "Alright then. Unless it's a life-or-death crisis, I won't step in."
Sakyo was quite satisfied with Naruto's response and said: "Mm, that's more like it."
As soon as she finished speaking, blue chakra armor appeared around Sakyo's body and rapidly grew larger…
In no time, a Susanoo with arms and legs appeared beside Naruto.
Susanoo lowered its head and proudly glanced at the "tiny" Naruto, then leaped dozens of meters high, charging rapidly toward the Snow Ninjas.
However, facing Susanoo's arrival, the Snow Ninjas all took off from the ground, flying up until they reached a height Sakyo couldn't attack.
So Sakyo, who had jumped into the crowd with Susanoo active, couldn't hit a single person—while the Snow Ninjas could attack Sakyo without any worry.
"Damn it! They can fly…"
Sakyo felt her chakra draining and knew she couldn't drag this out.
Sizzle~
A bow and arrow appeared in Susanoo's hand, aimed at the Snow Ninjas in the sky—ready to fire at any moment.
Rumble rumble~
In the sky, countless ice shields poured down toward Susanoo like a tidal wave.
Sakyo's expression changed. She knew Susanoo's defense was very strong, but there were simply too many ice shield ninjutsu.
Looking closely, there were more than a dozen different types: ice balls, ice dragons, ice kunai, ice shuriken—even mixed in among the ice shields were quite a few explosive tags!
Facing an attack of this scale, Sakyo's lack of combat experience showed clearly—she was obviously panicking.
This wasn't the Kamui dimension—it was the real world. Sakyo couldn't control matter here.
Wait?
Kamui dimension???
In this crisis moment, Sakyo sent the entire Susanoo into the Kamui dimension.
At the same time, massive amounts of ninjutsu and explosive tags arrived.
Rumble rumble!!!
In an instant, the earth shook and mountains trembled.
From afar, Naruto watched with a heavy heart. Facing Snow Ninjas with flight capability, Sakyo had actually charged in with Susanoo to become a living target…
Luckily, Sakyo had Susanoo—Naruto wasn't too worried.
The ninjutsu bombardment was spectacular and earth-shaking, instantly drawing the attention of everyone on the ship.
Kakashi led the Konoha ninjas rushing over quickly. Sakura, Ino, and Might Guy stayed behind to protect the film crew.
The film crew never imagined that the group they had kindly allowed on board at the port were all Konoha jōnin.
In other words—their crew was now protected by so many Konoha jōnin, and for free.
This was better than a pie falling from the sky—something you might only encounter once in a lifetime, and it would be considered extreme luck.
Five minutes later, Kakashi arrived beside Naruto with his team. Seeing the distant scene, he couldn't help ordering: "Hurry and provide support!"
The one getting beaten was Uchiha Sakyo—a Konoha ninja!
So Kakashi didn't hesitate at all—he planned to help.
Naruto hurriedly shouted: "Everyone stay back!!"
Many ninjas immediately stopped and looked at Naruto.
Naruto coughed twice and explained: "This is her fight. Don't worry—she's not in danger."
"And even if there is danger, it's not your place to save her."
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