Naruto: Passerby and Returnee

Chapter 245 A Handsome Appearance

"Act 36, Scene 22, Action!"

The assistant's voice was strong and clear, enough to echo through the snow-covered landscape. Fully equipped crew members, wrapped in thick coats, crowded out of the camera's view, waiting as usual for the moment filming would end.

As soon as the clapperboard was struck, the unsuspecting actors immediately got into character and became the characters in the movie.

"Hahaha, you've finally come, Princess Fengyun." The "Demon King" laughed wildly from his high place.

"You are... the Demon King!" "Princess Fengyun" raised her longsword.

The guards quickly flew forward to become the princess's strongest shield.

"Your Highness, please step back!"

"We'll deal with this guy!"

The "Demon King" looked up and down. His clothes were not thick, but it was as if he was protected by chakra, and he did not shiver at all in the freezing cold.

"No matter how many fish, insects, or ants come, they are no match for me." The "Demon King" pointed forward with great momentum, and a bolt of lightning shot out, but it flew up from below.

"boom!"

The unexpected situation caught most people off guard, even the "Demon King" looked confused, gazing blankly at the iceberg behind him that had been blasted into a cloud of black smoke. However, the masked boy who suddenly appeared in the frame didn't care at all, and simply uttered a cold sentence.

"Everyone, step back."

As the black smoke dissipated, a person dressed in very distinctive attire emerged from the snow. The explosion seemed to have had no effect on him whatsoever, and he even had the leisure to greet everyone.

"Welcome to the Land of Snow."

Kakashi, responsible for protecting the film crew, wasn't surprised to see the familiar attire. The Land of Snow only had a handful of ninjas to offer, and with the resources of an isolated island, it was highly unlikely they could raise a new batch of ninjas in ten years. Just as he was thinking this, the other two who had been lying in ambush appeared. The purple-haired woman occupied the tip of the iceberg next to the "Demon King," while the burly man blocked the spot closest to the group. The three formed a perfect triangle, blocking their escape route to the heart of the iceberg.

"Welcome, Your Excellency, Little Snow. Did you bring the hexagonal crystal?"

She said "Snow White"?

Kakashi's gaze immediately fell on Yukie, who was clearly stunned. He had initially thought this mission would be difficult, but he hadn't expected it to be so troublesome. Inviting Konoha ninjas to help the Snow Country princess reclaim the throne shouldn't just be an A-rank mission; these clients were truly reckless!

"...Their armor is very special; it can absorb chakra and, to some extent, grant them immunity to ninjutsu and genjutsu." Kakashi quickly regained his composure and revealed the information he knew, but added at the end, "This is from ten years ago, so it can't be taken as definitive. Don't let your guard down."

"Oh, leave it to us!"

The blond boy and pink-haired girl also joined the fray. Their teamwork was impeccable; before they even stepped onto the stage, their shadow clones were already in place. Of the five shadow clones, three each took down one of the actors below. One borrowed Sakura's body, hurling her out and shattering the small iceberg where the purple-haired female ninja was with a single punch.

The commotion drew everyone's attention. In that instant, the shadow clone, with one hand on Sasuke, vanished from the spot, only to reappear where the "Demon King" was. Sasuke unleashed his fully charged Fire Release technique, splattering the enemy's face with it, while the shadow clone used this opportunity to teleport away with the "Demon King."

Even though his companions seemed to be in dire straits, the only one left behind, Big Strong, didn't hesitate to pull out his skis and use the terrain to charge towards the princess's location. However, guarding that direction was Naruto's true form, who, despite the situation, maintained a smile and stretched out his palm forward.

An extremely strong wind appeared out of nowhere. It wasn't a combination of a few wind blades, but a dense mass of wind blades that shot out erratically. The chakra armor might be able to block some of the wind blades, but it couldn't counteract the recoil caused by the gale. Moreover, the wind blades had slashed away a layer of the smooth ice surface, making it impossible for the skis to move forward even an inch.

"Get out of my way!" The powerful force of Cherry Blossom's charge shook the ground.

The armor could block some of the ninjutsu impact, but it seemed completely unable to withstand Sakura's punch. Therefore, Sakura's opponent was very cautious and kept trying to create distance using ice-style ninjutsu. Sakura was well aware of her weakness; the downside of maxing out her attack power was insufficient agility. With genjutsu ineffective, she could only use explosive tags and the scattered ice shards on the ground for cover.

However, the opponent was also quite cunning. At first, the woman used small, long-range ninjutsu like ice spikes, but when the distance closed, she suddenly unleashed an Ice Prison Technique, even using it while the explosive tags were detonating the ice spikes. But Sakura managed to avoid a direct confrontation, landing directly overhead. If it weren't for the woman's chakra armor granting her temporary flight capabilities, she probably would have been knocked down.

"How did you manage to dodge?" The woman had figured out Sakura's speed and tactics. If she had fallen along the original trajectory, she should have fallen into the trap. How did she escape?

"Don't think you won't be detected just because you're forming hand seals during an explosion!" Sakura, who had been brutally trained by her master, never completely closed her eyes even when facing an impact. How could she miss such an obvious movement? She yanked up an ice pillar created by the enemy and threw it into the sky, along with an explosive tag.

The female ninjas fought to a standstill, while Sasuke, under the most pressure, had already switched from ninjutsu to taijutsu.

Wolf Fang Avalanche was somewhat underestimating his opponent. He believed that the most troublesome opponent in this mission was Kakashi, not the boy who wasn't even as tall as Fubuki. Therefore, he casually took a bath in the boy's fire release technique, and even when he fought, he didn't concentrate at full strength. After all, Kakashi, the biggest threat, was still standing below.

However, he soon realized that he had underestimated the boy, whose sword had actually managed to cut through his armor!

"Your eyes..." Having failed to gain the upper hand in the taijutsu, Xue Beng began to realize something. He saw the boy's eyes turn from black to red, the three tomoe slowly rotating within that crimson light. Wasn't this the blood of the Uchiha clan? This brat from Konoha was an Uchiha!

Avalanche, who had been far from the mainland for a long time, was unaware of the Uchiha's current situation; otherwise, he would be shouting that he had seen a ghost right now.

"Humph."

The boy snorted coldly and swung his sword forward again. This time, Xue Beng decisively retreated and attempted to form hand seals to force the boy back with ninjutsu. However, after fighting for so long, he still couldn't figure out the boy's speed. Suddenly, lightning flashed on the boy's body, and in just two hand seals, the long sword that had pierced his right arm guard was already close at hand.