Naruto: Nara's skill set is incredibly sneaky.

Chapter 157 After all that, you only tormented me?

A month has passed since the three-way trial of Tsunade and the other two.

Shikatoki originally thought that once Tsunade and the others understood the situation, they wouldn't be so conflicted.

It's been a month already!

For a whole month, the three of them went into seclusion simultaneously.

Shikatoki hadn't seen these three people for a month, and even when Shikatoki tempted her with a trip to the casino, Tsunade insisted on training.

You know what a mess this is.

"Yo~ Minato, good morning." Shikatoki walked into the Hokage's office with breakfast, sprawled out on the sofa, and asked, "What do you want to eat? Chive dumplings or tofu pudding?"

Minato looked at Shikatoki, who seemed to be coming home, with a somewhat helpless expression. "Shikatoki, you don't have to bring me breakfast every morning."

"Hey, what are you saying? Kushina is pregnant, isn't she? You expect Kushina to get up early and make you breakfast? Are you even human?!" Shika's criticism was swift and decisive.

Minato's lips twitched slightly. "I didn't ask Kushina to make me breakfast! I can make it myself!"

"You're the Hokage, with so many important matters to attend to every day. How can you waste your precious time making breakfast?! Don't you have any sense of responsibility?!"

Lu Shi was eating breakfast when he casually replied.

The water gate is really about to break down.

Lu Shi said all the good and bad things.

Ever since Tsunade and the others went into seclusion, Shikamaru has been tormenting him by arriving earlier than him every morning.

At first, Minato felt pretty good about it.

Just as Shika said, Kushina is pregnant, and Shika brings him food every morning to save him trouble.

But when Lu Shi came, he didn't help at all. He just lay on the sofa reading the Dust Escape Manual, and then he slept, ate, and read novels.

This really made Minato lose his temper.

He works himself to the bone here, and when he looks up and sees a deer, he lies there eating snacks and reading novels. Who could resist swearing? Minato is amazing.

"Shikatoki! Are you really that free?" Minato sighed. "Aren't you going to take care of Itachi?"

"That kid doesn't need my attention at all. He follows Mikoto around all day, even more seriously than Fugaku, afraid that something might happen to his brother."

After learning about Itachi's situation, Shikatoshi could only sigh that the Uchiha clan truly lived up to their reputation as a clan obsessed with their younger brothers.

"Then why don't you go find Orochimaru-senpai?!"

"No, that place is gloomy and creepy; staying there for too long can easily cause mental problems!"

Minato was completely speechless.

So all you wanted to do was torture someone, huh?

"Bang bang bang!"

"Enter."

After entering, Genma Shiranui handed over a scroll, saying, "Lord Hokage, urgent news from the Land of Snow."

"The Land of Snow?" Minato frowned.

This is a small country, and Konoha and the Land of Snow have basically no interaction.

The water gate opened its scroll, revealing a distress message.

The letter writer was the king of the Land of Snow. In short, his younger brother staged a coup and requested Konoha Village's help in the form of a mission.

They specifically requested help from Nara Shika.

Upon seeing the candidate invited, Minato didn't even look at the reward before standing up. "Shikatoki, the Land of Snow has specifically requested your assistance. Since it involves the monarch, and you're fast, the Land of Snow is the most suitable place for you."

Lu Shi looked at Minato speechlessly, "Why don't you reconsider? You haven't even looked at the reward!"

"No need! Saving lives is the most urgent matter!"

"I didn't see you being this enthusiastic when you were messing with Sunagakure!" Shikatoki got up, stretched, and said, "Give me the quest scroll. I'm going to get some exercise."

"it is good."

Minato finally breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the deer leave with the mission scroll.

Finally, we've sent this ancestor away.

Since Lu Shi had accepted the mission, he didn't delay and set off immediately with the mission scroll in hand.

On the way, I recalled the plot of the Snow Country.

Since it was a movie, he vaguely remembered that Kakashi was the one who initially carried out the mission, but in the end he only managed to rescue Koyuki Fuuka.

Then it wasn't until Naruto and Sasuke went to the Land of Snow that they defeated Fuuka Naoto and reclaimed the Land of Snow.

And the origin of it all is quite funny.

Feng Hua Nu Tao thought the hexagonal crystal in her brother's hand was an extraordinary treasure.

Unexpectedly, the hexagonal crystal turned out to be the key to start the geothermal system.

Just as the deer were on their way.

In a hidden cave in the Land of Snow.

Asama Santayu stood guard at the cave entrance, surrounded by several wounded soldiers, while inside stood the terrified Fuuka Koyuki.

"Third Lady, will Father be alright?"

Fuuka Koyuki's words made Asama Santayu's heart sink. After entrusting Princess Koyuki to him, the ruler of Fuuka Hayase had faced Fuuka Nutsui alone, and it seemed that his chances of survival were slim.

They are now being hunted down by the raging winds and waves, and can only hide here and there.

"Princess Little Snow, the king is blessed by the heavens, he will be alright."

This was the only way Asama Santayu could comfort Fuuka Koyuki.

Fuuka Koyuki fell silent. In truth, she knew everything, but she just didn't want to believe it. "Santaifu, will we die too?"

Asama Santayu's heart clenched, and he said softly, "Princess Yuki, don't worry, even if it costs me my old life, I will definitely get you out safely."

The cave fell silent.

The atmosphere was somewhat somber.

"Good news, Lord Asama!"

A man scrambled in from the cave entrance, ignoring his injuries. "The distress call to Konoha has been successfully sent. If Konoha accepts it, reinforcements should arrive within three days."

Upon hearing this, everyone inside the cave looked up.

Three days!

If we can hold on for three more days, there is hope of survival.

"Very good!"

Asama Santayu was also very excited.

He wrote the distress letter himself. If it really was Nara Shika that came, then the stormy seas would be nothing to worry about.

You should know that Nara Shikatoki's name is now almost as famous as Senju Hashirama's.

Some say that Nara Shikatoki was the second god of the ninja world after Hashirama Senju's death.

This is quite valuable.

"In that case, from now on, patrols must be more thorough. If we spot anyone from the Fuuka Furyū group, we must immediately relocate them and hold out until Konoha's reinforcements arrive!"

Asama Santau made a decisive decision.

"Yes."

Feng Hua Nu Tao sat in the palace with a gloomy expression. "Avalanche, Feng Hua Xiao Xue still hasn't been found?"

Wolf Fang Avalanche knelt on the ground. "Lord Fury Waves, we have sealed off all the exits of the Snow Kingdom. As long as we keep searching, we will definitely find it."

"Seal off all exits?"

The voice of the wind and waves carried a hint of anger: "Then tell me, how was the distress message ever sent out?"

Wolf Fang Avalanche lowered his head. "This is indeed a dereliction of duty on my part."

,"snort!"

Feng Hua Nu Tao snorted coldly and stood up, staring down at Langya Xue Beng.

"Konoha will definitely send ninjas. Anyone who has animosed with Konoha is likely to get into trouble, so find Kazahana Koyuki within three days and bring back the hexagonal crystal!"

"yes!"

Wolf Fang Avalanche and his two companions began a frantic search of the entire Snow Country.

This is so aggressive that it's no exaggeration to say they've dug three feet into the ground.

With such a relentless search, Wolf Fang Avalanche quickly discovered the whereabouts of Asama Santayu and his men.

"Crane Wing, you take some men and circle around to their rear to prevent them from escaping. Winter Bear and I will attack from the front. This time, we must succeed, or you know how Lord Raging Waves can do it!" Wolf Fang Avalanche instructed.

The other two nodded in understanding.

With all parties in place.

The Wolf Fang Avalanche, accompanied by the freezing rain of winter bears, launched a direct attack.

"Lady Asama Santayu, we've been discovered."

Asama Santayu immediately ordered, "Don't engage in a direct confrontation. Retreat along the route we planned earlier."

Our side basically has no fighting strength.

A direct confrontation would surely result in certain death, and all their hopes were pinned on the Konoha ninja.

However, just as the group exited through another exit of the cave...

There stood Tsurugi Fubuki, a ferocious grin on his face. "Old man, you and this little brat have kept us searching!"

Asama Santayu quickly pulled Fuuka Koyuki behind him, looking at the person in front of him with a serious expression.

"Damn it! Am I going to die?"

The current situation is that we are surrounded by enemies, and we have no choice but to fight our way out.

Feng Hua Xiaoxue's face was pale, her hands were clenched tightly, and her heart was filled with fear.

"Asama Santayu, hand over Fuuka Koyuki and the Hexagonal Crystal, and I might spare your lives!" Tsurugi Fubuki extended her right hand, her tone indifferent.

"You're dreaming!"

"Then I'll kill you all and take you back, it'll be the same." Upon hearing this, Crane Wing Snowflake formed hand seals, "Ice Release: Swallow Snowflake!"

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