"Whoa, that still didn't break?!"
Even Naruto looked shocked.
A full-power Sage Mode sneak attack punch actually failed to shatter the armor?
"Ugh… wh… what's happening?!"
Although Kazahana Dotō's armor protected him from the direct impact, he clearly wasn't unhard.
Fresh blood sprayed from his mouth as pain spread throughout his body.
He stared toward the blond-haired boy now standing where Nadare Rōga had been monts earlier.
Then the mont he noticed the Konoha forehead protector—
His heart instantly sank.
"Konoha shinobi?!"
Yet true to his nature as a ruthless tyrant, Dotō reacted imdiately.
Without hesitation, he grabbed the "slow-to-react" Koyuki Kazahana beside him and dragged her directly in front of himself as a hostage.
However—
He failed to notice the fist quietly tightening behind "Koyuki's" back.
"Don't co any closer!"
"Otherwise she dies!"
"What are all of you doing?! Hurry and capture the intru— GAH!"
A horrifying pain exploded through Dotō's stomach.
His eyes nearly burst from their sockets.
The "frail Koyuki" in his arms had just slamd an elbow directly into his abdon at point-blank range with terrifying force.
Before Dotō could even recover—
Naruto imdiately followed up without hesitation using a rapid series of rising punches!
Dotō's body launched violently upward before smashing against the ceiling.
Then he crashed headfirst back down onto the floor.
Blood poured freely as his vision spun wildly.
Naruto stared toward his aching fists before looking back at Dotō's black chakra armor—
Still largely intact despite several visible cracks.
Even two full-power Sage Mode strikes failed to break it?
"Heh! I refuse to believe that!"
Naruto's expression hardened stubbornly.
"Let's try that move then!"
"Sage Art—"
"Naruto."
Suddenly, Kurama's voice echoed within his mind.
"Leave him alive for now."
Kurama?
Because Naruto hesitated, Kazahana Dotō finally managed to struggle shakily back to his feet.
At this point, he no longer even understood what had happened.
Blood blurred his vision completely.
Yet still, madness drove him toward Koyuki Kazahana once more.
In this mont, only one thought remained in Dotō's mind—
If I'm going down, I'll at least kill one of them!
However—
Bang!
The "Koyuki Kazahana" directly before him suddenly transford into smoke and vanished completely.
"?!?!?!"
anwhile, the desperately charging Dotō suddenly saw an orange-yellow pant leg rapidly enlarging directly before his face.
"Thick-eyebrowed uncle's personal technique…"
"Konoha Whirlwind!!"
Boom!!
A thunderous impact shook the entire room.
Even the airship itself trembled violently.
Kazahana Dotō's body was kicked straight through the tal door.
The entire doorway exploded outward as Dotō's body spun repeatedly through the air before crashing down like a discarded rag directly before Sasuke, who had just arrived.
"Looks like you finished things here too…"
Sasuke calmly extended one hand, clearly intending to coolly exchange a high-five with Naruto.
Only to realize Naruto wasn't paying attention at all.
Instead, Naruto crouched on the ground rubbing his leg painfully while grimacing.
anwhile—
Dotō's black chakra armor had already shattered completely across the floor.
"... Idiot."
Sasuke snorted coldly before quietly returning his hand to his pocket as though nothing happened.
Click.
"Alright, you can lower the airship now."
"Rember…"
"Slowly."
Hinata calmly lowered the kunai resting against the pilot's throat before putting away the cara the director gave her earlier.
She still hadn't turned around while speaking softly toward the terrified Snow Ninja pilot behind her.
The man nodded frantically.
He was already so scared he nearly wet himself.
Who understands this kind of nightmare?!
We just took off planning to follow our boss into glorious battle—
Then suddenly the boss got beaten half to death!
Afterward—
The airship slowly landed.
Asama Sandayū and Koyuki Kazahana stared toward Kazahana Dotō lying on the ground like a dead dog.
Both opened their mouths repeatedly without managing to say a single word.
"... There were nineteen Snow Ninja and seven crew mbers aboard the airship."
Hinata calmly reported toward Kakashi.
"As a sensory ninja, she naturally prioritized battlefield intelligence."
"Naruto placed sealing techniques on all of them. For now, none can move."
"A flawless operation."
After hearing the report, Kakashi praised them sincerely from the bottom of his heart.
"However…"
Sasuke suddenly spoke from nearby.
"The operation still caused damage to allied Land of Snow property."
"The most severe damage ca from Naruto's kick."
"That was unavoidable force majeure!"
Naruto instantly panicked and defended himself.
"That armor was ridiculously hard! I had no choice!"
Kakashi patiently comforted Naruto for a while before finally calming him down.
After all—
In Naruto's mind, if he actually had to compensate for damages to an entire airship…
That would count as catastrophic financial bleeding.
Would he have to borrow money from his evil landlord standing beside him?!
"So…"
Kakashi turned toward Koyuki and Sandayū.
"You've both confird his identity now, correct?"
"That's definitely my unc—"
Koyuki abruptly corrected herself.
"That's definitely Kazahana Dotō!"
At last, Koyuki slowly recovered from her shock.
Her gaze unconsciously drifted toward Naruto, who still casually chatted with his teammates nearby.
And she quietly fell into a daze.
The nightmare haunting my life all these years…
Was really destroyed this casually by him?
As though sensing Koyuki's gaze, Naruto suddenly turned and flashed her a huge thumbs-up and bright grin.
Koyuki's face instantly reddened.
She hurriedly turned away awkwardly, though she herself didn't even understand why she felt flustered.
anwhile—
The sharp-minded Hinata also noticed Koyuki's reaction.
Thus, she quietly looked toward Naruto again.
The completely oblivious Naruto still smiled brightly without understanding anything.
Thoughtfully, Hinata narrowed her eyes slightly.
"Um, Kakashi-san!"
Sandayū finally snapped back to reality before excitedly rushing toward Kakashi.
"Thank you all so much!"
"What you've done for us—for the Land of Snow—is an enormous kindness!"
Kakashi, being an old veteran himself, calmly exchanged a few polite formalities with Sandayū before quickly finalizing several important matters.
"I'll imdiately contact the loyal retainers hidden throughout the country and begin reclaiming the daimyō estate."
"It seems we'll still need everyone to escort Princess Koyuki there safely."
"Then we'll et again inside the daimyō estate."
"At that ti, the entire Land of Snow will properly thank all of you!"
After speaking, Sandayū deeply bowed toward everyone before giving Koyuki several quick instructions and departing imdiately.
Kakashi watched him leave and completely understood Sandayū's reasoning.
The man needed to notify the retainers who had spent years hiding and waiting.
Otherwise—
If Konoha shinobi completed the entire restoration plan by themselves, the years of sacrifice and loyalty from those retainers would beco incredibly awkward.
anwhile—
The film crew, seemingly blessed directly by the gods of cinema, exploded with motivation under the director's leadership.
Without wasting another second, they imdiately rushed after Sandayū.
After all—
Scenes involving a real national restoration war were opportunities no true filmmaker could possibly miss.
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