Being a rogue ninja is worse than being Hokage.

"Don't put up a futile resistance, just hand over the hexagonal crystal to me."

Feng Hua Nu Tao stretched out his hand, waiting for Feng Hua Xiao Xue to make a move.

Resistance only leads to death, not only for himself, but also for Karin in Fuuka Koyuki's arms.

Feng Hua Xiaoxue knew very well that even if a weak person like her lived a glamorous life in the eyes of others, it was still a disadvantage.

Ultimately, one must depend on the whims of the powerful to survive and humbly prolong one's life.

"It's okay, you'll be fine."

Kazeka Koyuki looked down at the weak Karin, as if speaking to Karin, or perhaps trying to persuade herself.

She took off the hexagonal crystal pendant she was wearing around her neck and handed it to Feng Hua Nu Tao.

"Oh, so this is hexagonal crystal!"

Feng Hua Nu Tao looked at the long, purple crystal pillar in his hand. Sparkling light shimmered within the crystal's translucent surface.

"With it, I can become the ruler of this world!"

"Overlord? Your understanding is as narrow and ignorant as that of the Snow Country, which is confined to a corner of the world. It's laughable."

Someone spoke up, interrupting Feng Hua Nu Tao's reverie about the future.

Two yellow figures appeared before Feng Hua Xiaoxue.

One of them, Kazeka Koyuki, was familiar to her; she was one of the four ninjas that Santayu had hired to protect her.

Naruko.

But Feng Hua Xiaoxue didn't know the other person.

"Who?"

Feng Hua Xiaoxue subconsciously asked a question.

"Are you drunk again?"

Naruto turned his head and glanced at Kazahana Koyuki.

From that tone... Feng Hua Xiaoxue finally understood who this yellow-haired boy was.

Face numb.

Shouldn't Mianma have black hair?

Chapter 19 Destruction

The moment Naruto and Naruko appeared in the airship, Wolf Fang Avalanche and Winter Bear Ice Rain stood guard on either side of Wind Flower Raging Waves.

You're still alive?

Wolf Fang Avalanche squinted at Naruko, utterly astonished that she was still alive.

"How is Fubuki?"

Wolf Fang Avalanche and Crane Wing Blizzard had worked together for many years, and he knew Crane Wing Blizzard's strength very well.

With her chakra armor granting her the ability to fly, Tsurugi Fubuki couldn't possibly lose to Naruto.

Even if Wolf Fang Avalanche didn't believe it.

The fact is, it wasn't Tsurugi Fubuki who arrived on the airship.

"Would you show mercy to an enemy who wants to take your life?"

Naruko mocked Wolf Fang Avalanche for asking a stupid question when she already knew the answer, saying, "Of course, we should try every possible way to kill the enemy decisively."

After being retorted by Naruko, Wolf Fang Avalanche fell silent, frowning as he looked at Naruko and Naruto.

His own limited perspective and blind confidence in the power of the Chakra Armor made Wolf Fang Avalanche disbelieve that the two twelve or thirteen-year-old ninja kids in front of him could defeat Crane Wing Blizzard, who had rich combat experience.

Feng Hua Nu Tao, however, who was protected by Langya Xue Beng and Dong Xiong Bing Yu, watched the two with great interest.

"The teleportation technique you use is quite interesting."

The way Naruto and Naruko suddenly appeared was simply too eye-catching.

They were able to teleport into the airship... or perhaps the two of them had already found a way to board the airship and were hiding in the shadows waiting for an opportunity.

From Feng Hua Nu Tao's perspective, the latter's guess is more logical.

But I was only interested in the wind, flowers, and raging waves.

They didn't care too much about how Naruto and Naruko ended up on the airship.

What he cares about now is the wealth hidden beneath the rainbow ice wall of the Snow Country, which has not seen the light of day for many years!

"Avalanche, freezing rain—"

Fuuhou gave the order to the two Yuki ninja guarding him: "We'll talk about Fubuki later. Now—kill them."

Upon receiving instructions from Feng Hua Nu Tao, Langya Xue Beng immediately threw out a smoke bomb.

Thick smoke, obscuring visibility, filled the airship in an instant.

Using the smoke as cover, the ordinary Snow Ninja on the airship began a feint attack on Naruto and Naruko.

With their view blocked, all that could be heard for a moment were various chaotic noises coming from inside the airship.

Wind Release—

Naruto took a deep breath, gathered chakra in his mouth, and imbued the chakra with the wind attribute transformation.

Immediately afterwards, Naruto exhaled a gust of wind from his mouth.

The strong winds dispersed the smoke from the airship.

Naruto's vision finally returned to normal.

But when the smoke cleared, all that remained in Naruto's eyes was the figure of Fuuka Nyutō.

The Wolf Fang Avalanche and the Winter Bear Ice Rain have all disappeared.

"Menma! Naruko! They're behind you!"

Naruto and Naruko's companion, Kazahana Koyuki, hurriedly spoke up to remind them.

Naruto turned his head to look behind him, and what came towards him was the heavy gauntlet of Touka Hiiro, whose left hand was clenched into a fist.

Winter Bear Ice Rain's enormous iron fist came crashing down on Naruto's head.

Faced with the attack that was already coming towards him, Naruto, who had no time to leave the attack range, could only put his hands together in front of him and forcefully withstand the fist of the winter bear ice rain.

The chakra armor obviously enhances a ninja's taijutsu as well. With just one punch from Winter Bear Ice Rain, Naruto was knocked back several steps and only managed to regain his footing with great difficulty.

Naruto's companion, Naruko, also faced an attack from behind, but she dealt with it somewhat more easily than Naruto.

Behind Naruko was the Wolf Fang Avalanche.

Despite the surprise attack from Wolf Fang Avalanche, Naruko still had the strength to dodge the attack by turning to the side.

The two Snow Ninjas were clearly wary of fighting with all their might inside the airship, so they both tacitly chose taijutsu as their method of sneak attack.

Therefore, their attacks did not cause any real damage to Naruto and Naruko.

Even so, Naruto and Naruko were still forced back by Wolf Fang Avalanche and Winter Bear Ice Rain.

She left the side of Fuuka Koyuki and Karin.

That was exactly what the Snow Ninja and his companion had in mind from the beginning!

The sneak attack on Naruto and Naruko was just a pretext.

Feng Hua Nu Tao appeared beside Feng Hua Xiao Xue.

The cloak that had been draped over him was removed, and Feng Hua Nu Tao was now wearing chakra armor.

He's a ninja too!

"I don't want to waste my time on those two brats, so I'll leave their affairs to you."

The furious waves violently separated Fuka Koyuki and Karin.

Ignoring Feng Hua Xiaoxue's resistance, he forcibly pulled her up.

Then Feng Hua Nu Tao opened the cabin door of the airship and jumped down from the sky with Feng Hua Xiao Xue in tow!

Feng Hua Nu Tao wasn't committing suicide; his chakra armor combined all the advantages of the three Snow Ninja's chakra armors.

The chakra armor of the Wind Flower Raging Waves also possesses the same flight ability as the Crane Wing Blizzard.

"Next up is two against two for us."

After Feng Hua Nu Tao and Feng Hua Xiao Xue left the airship.

Wolf Fang Avalanche was about to unleash their full power and engage in combat on the airship.

He was stunned by Naruto's actions.

The amount of chakra contained in the chakra ball in Naruto's hand was so enormous that there was no need to consciously perceive it.

"What are you trying to do!?"

Wolf Fang Avalanche guessed Naruto's thoughts.

"Stop him now!"

Wolf Fang Avalanche shouted loudly at the other ordinary snow ninjas.

He and Winter Bear Ice Rain immediately rushed towards Naruto.

They wanted to stop Naruto from successfully using his ninjutsu.

Naruko blocked the Snow Ninja's attack in front of Naruto, buying him time to unleash his ninjutsu.

Naruto simply watched Wolf Fang Avalanche and Winter Bear Ice Rain, and amidst their surprised and puzzled gazes, he launched the chakra ball in his hand at the airship itself.

The airship immediately burst into flames!

……

The cold wind hit my face high in the air.

Even though Kazeka Koyuki dressed warmly to protect herself from the extreme weather in the Snow Country, she still blushed from the cold.