"Fuyuzora!" Roga Nadare shouted in shock as he saw Furen kill Fuyuzora with a single punch.
It wasn't out of mourning for his teammate, but rather out of amazement at the strength of the ninja under Kakashi.
"Damn, Fubuki's in danger too!" Roga Nadare turned his head and saw Fubuki locked in battle with Furen's main body.
If even Furen's shadow clone could easily kill Fuyuzora, then if Furen fought seriously... he wasn't even sure he could defeat him!
With that thought, Roga Nadare immediately wanted to disengage from Kakashi and began to contemplate retreat.
Kakashi, however, wasn't about to let him get away that easily. Seeing Roga Nadare's intentions, he quickly formed hand seals.
"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!"
A massive water dragon, dozens of meters high, rose from the water near the glacier and charged at Roga Nadare.
Realizing that escape was impossible, Roga Nadare quickly formed his own hand seals: "Ice Style: Ice Tiger Blast!"
On the glacier, a giant tiger head, over ten meters high, made of ice, surged forward, clashing with Kakashi's water dragon technique!
Meanwhile, in the other area where Furen and Fubuki were fighting…
"Fuyuzora... is dead just like that?!" Fubuki, who was engaged in battle with Furen's main body, widened her eyes in disbelief. The disdain in her gaze toward Furen now carried a strange, unclear heat.
Furen noticed the sudden shift in Fubuki's expression but couldn't quite understand why. However, the answer became clear in the next moment.
Ding!
[Fubuki's favorability towards you has increased by 15%]
Seeing the sudden increase in her favorability bar, Furen looked at Fubuki in confusion.
He had killed her companion, yet instead of being angry, she had developed a fondness for him? Could it be that Fubuki admired the strong?
With that thought, Furen decided to stop holding back. When Fubuki used Ice Style: Ice Prison Jutsu against him again, this time, he charged straight at the rising walls of ice without dodging.
Fubuki furrowed her brow as she watched Furen recklessly face her ice prison head-on.
"Did I misjudge him…?"
Before she could finish that thought, she saw something incredible—Furen, who should have been trapped by her Ice Prison Jutsu, walked through the ice walls as if they were nothing!
"Impossible!"
"Ice Style? I can use it too." Passing through the walls of ice Fubuki created, Furen grabbed her by the throat and restrained her.
Ding!
[Fubuki's favorability towards you has increased by 15%]
Hearing the system notification of Fubuki's rising favorability once more, Furen's expression grew even more complicated. He began to speculate about Fubuki's peculiar feelings toward him.
Now, only Kakashi and Roga Nadare's battle remained.
After witnessing Fubuki's defeat at the hands of Furen, Roga Nadare realized they had seriously underestimated their opponents.
"I need to report this to Lord Kazahana Doto immediately," Roga Nadare thought to himself. He gritted his teeth and performed a backflip to land atop a snow-covered peak, where he quickly formed hand seals.
"Ice Style: One-Horned White Whale!"
Roga Nadare shouted. But as he finished his hand seals, Kakashi revealed his Sharingan, instantly copying the technique!
"Ice Style: One-Horned White Whale!" Kakashi shouted as well.
In that moment, the ground beneath the glacier trembled, and two massive one-horned whales, over a hundred meters long, burst out from the ice, crashing into each other with incredible force!
The resulting shockwaves sent waves surging and nearly capsized the boats anchored nearby. The glacier itself split into two pieces.
When the surroundings finally calmed down, Roga Nadare's figure had vanished without a trace.
One hour later…
Kakashi, Princess Koyuki, and the film crew sat in the ship's meeting room. The atmosphere was serious.
Kakashi put away his copy of Icha Icha Paradise, then looked at Princess Koyuki and the elderly man sitting beside her, Sandaifu.
"You… are Princess Koyuki, aren't you?" Kakashi asked.
Finally, the man who had been secretly protecting Princess Koyuki as her manager, Sandaifu, stood up and said, "Yes, Fujikaze Yukie is indeed Princess Koyuki, the rightful heir to the Land of Snow!"
Everyone present was shocked by this unexpected revelation.
Sandaifu continued, "I once served the former ruler of the Land of Snow, Kazahana Sosetsu."
"The Land of Snow is a very small but peaceful country…" Sandaifu began to recount the history of the Land of Snow, including how Kazahana Doto conspired with the Snow Ninja to assassinate Kazahana Sosetsu and seize the throne ten years ago.
"I always thought Princess Koyuki had died, but now that she has returned, there's hope for the revival of the Land of Snow!" Sandaifu said, becoming emotional. Meanwhile, Princess Koyuki, sitting nearby, remained calm, occasionally glancing shyly at Furen standing behind her.
"For the sake of the Land of Snow, Princess Koyuki, I beg you to defeat Doto!" Sandaifu knelt beside Princess Koyuki, pleading, "Please join us in rebuilding the kingdom!"
Princess Koyuki's hands trembled slightly beneath the table, but Furen reached out from behind and grasped her hand.
"Take us to see how many resistance fighters remain," Furen said.
Feeling the warmth of Furen's hand, Princess Koyuki's anxious heart gradually began to calm down.
Ding!
[Princess Koyuki's favorability towards you has increased by 10%]
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