Creating a Base

Kazahana Koyuki took the passbook from Ying, opened it, and stared wide-eyed at the long row of zeros on it.

"How could I possibly accept this?" she said, while swiftly stuffing the bankbook into her bosom.

After all, he is a world-class actor, and his acting skills are indeed superb.

"Well, what do you want to do in the Land of Snow!" Kazahana Koyuki asked with a serious expression, then revealed a fawning smile, "I won't object to whatever you want to do. Money can buy you anything, right?"

The series of instantaneous face changes, each expression perfectly portrayed, truly left Sakura Haruno in awe.

"Ahem." She coughed twice, sat up straight, and gestured for her to be serious and not to joke around when discussing important matters.

"It's about setting up the base, which I discussed with you before. You still have the castle at the Snow Ninja Base, right? I can use it from now on," Sakura Haruno said seriously.

Kazahana Koyuki then dropped her funny face and nodded seriously, saying, "No problem! That place is remote, nobody goes there anyway, and it's been abandoned for a long time now. Is there any more?"

"Yes, we'll build a hidden laboratory deeper into the Land of Snow. We'll keep things that need to be kept strictly confidential there..." Sakura held up one index finger. "The Snow Ninja Castle will only exist as a cover base. Some experiments that aren't highly classified, including the purpose of my trip to the Land of Snow, can be conducted there."

She stared into Kazahana Koyuki's eyes. "Regarding the information about where the other laboratory is located, Sasuke will use a Genjutsu to make you forget about it normally..."

Kazahana Koyuki nodded solemnly. "I understand."

"Well then, let's go out and check out the surroundings first." Sakura Haruno stood up to say goodbye, "See you later!"

Snow Ninja Castle.

As Kazahana Koyuki said, this place is located in a remote area and few people usually come here, so it has long been desolate and dilapidated.

Furthermore, after the Land of Snow's underfloor heating system began generating heat, towns and villages became much warmer than the suburbs, making the people of the Land of Snow even less inclined to go outside and suffer from the cold.

"No one has been here for at least three or four months." Standing outside the castle, Sakura looked at the smooth, flawless snow beneath her feet and turned to Sasuke.

"It's good that it's secluded; it avoids disturbances." Sasuke examined the castle's broken entrance. The kick marks on the door were likely left by the Snow Ninja during their escape, with only the bolt remaining. "Does the main gate need a Genjutsu?"

"The main gate and the outer walls both need..." Sakura Haruno said while Hand Seals, "But first, I'll repair this area."

She walked over and placed her hand on the door.

Ice Release Chakra quickly spread from her palm, extending to the door and transforming into a hard, flat layer of ice that enveloped the old door, soon growing into a new ice door.

The girl continued to channel the Chakra within her body.

Without her exerting much effort, the castle quietly changed. Ice Release and extended along the outer wall of the castle like a stream, and wherever it flowed, thick ice walls grew, encasing the old stone walls of the castle in ice, and filling in the broken parts of the outer wall with ice.

In no time, the entire Snow Ninja Castle became a world of ice.

It is crystal clear and sparkling silver in the sunlight, a truly beautiful sight.

"This will be my base from now on... How about it, isn't it beautiful?" Sakura clapped her hands, took a few steps back, and looked at her masterpiece—the ice castle in front of her—with satisfaction, saying proudly.

The average temperature here is below zero, especially in winter, when it often drops to minus twenty or thirty degrees Celsius. Therefore, the ice walls she creates can last for a long time even without the use of Chakra.

"Hmm... the design is a bit monotonous." Sakura muttered to herself before Sasuke answer.

At her level, Ninjutsu can be used with complete ease.

So she simply used Shape Transformation, and the Ice Castle changed shape continuously under Sakura's control, from the Tower of London to the Sydney Opera House, to the Forbidden City, Big Pants... Watching the castle change at will under her control, Sakura Haruno felt an inexplicable excitement of creating a world.

"Stop playing around, let's take this one!" Sasuke quickly said when he saw that Sakura's ice castle had changed to a gothic style.

Its gorgeous appearance, paired with the transparent and sparkling icicles, is indeed extremely beautiful.

It's much better than the previous completely mismatched modern styles, especially those Big Pants, which from his angle give the impression of standing under someone's crotch and looking up at them... I really don't know what Sakura was thinking when she came up with this look.

"Two people in Team 7 have such terrible taste, it's hopeless," Sasuke murmured, then stepped forward, activated his Sharingan, and began casting Genjutsu.

"The Genjutsu I cast on the outer wall is similar to Suggestion Jutsu," Sasuke explained to Sakura, who was following behind him, as he cast the Genjutsu around the wall. "It suggests to those who see the castle that everything here is ordinary, nothing special, and there's no need to get close."

"The Genjutsu used on the gate is False Place Technique. Those affected by the Genjutsu see only a wall, not a door, thus keeping out overly curious outsiders."

After walking around the outer wall and casting his Genjutsu, Sasuke rubbed his eyes and said, "Is this all there is outside? The Genjutsu I cast is very weak; it can only confuse ordinary people. But there aren't many ninjas left in the Land of Snow. I used a lot of Chakra in these Genjutsu, so if they're only triggered occasionally, the effects should last for about a year."

"That's settled then! Thank you for your hard work, Sasuke."

"Don't mention it... Just consider this a Genjutsu training session. As a member of the Uchiha Clan, it would be a disservice to those three black Tomoe in my eyes if I weren't proficient in Genjutsu!" Sasuke, giving a thumbs-up to his eyes.

That's right. If Sasuke, who has awakened his Sharingan to the level of Mitsudomoe, were to use Genjutsu as clumsily as Kakashi, it would be too embarrassing... We can't tarnish the reputation of the Uchiha, a powerful clan in Genjutsu!

So before coming to the Land of Snow, Sasuke specifically looked through the Genjutsu scrolls passed down in his family and brushed up on Genjutsu postures, just waiting to train his Genjutsu properly in the Land of Snow.

"Full of enthusiasm!" Sakura Haruno smiled, pushed open the ice door of the castle, and took the opportunity to sense the power of Sasuke's Genjutsu... It had no effect on her at all.

She walked in, not turning her head, and said, "Then let's continue casting Genjutsu inside the castle!"

Sasuke's lips twitched. Although he had come to help voluntarily, there was something off about her tone... as if she was ordering him around!

Following her footsteps, we walked up through the doorway and entered a bright and spacious hall.

Inside the castle, when Sakura used her Ninjutsu, she had also created many Ice Clones, which were now constantly moving around the castle, tidying up things in each room and clearing out unwanted clutter and garbage. In the hall, the garbage that had been cleared out had already piled up into a mountain.

"Oh, and remember to use Fire Style to burn all this useless junk for me later!"

Sasuke's face darkened. He felt increasingly like a cheap laborer...

The Genjutsu inside the castle were created using the Demonic Illusion: Fox Trick.

This is a kind of Genjutsu that makes people feel like they have entered a maze. Sasuke modified it slightly so that the maze constructed by the Genjutsu would always unconsciously lead people Earth Flow the gate, which is the only exit from the castle.

The Land of Snow currently has no ninjas other than those who control snow, and for the time being, these arrangements are sufficient to deal with ordinary people.

After these details were completed, Sakura Haruno's Land of Snow base took shape.

She transformed Kazahana Dōtō's huge dormitory into a laboratory, then took out the instruments and materials she had taken from Orochimaru's base last time, neatly arranged them, sat on a swivel chair and swayed around, taking in the brand-new laboratory with satisfaction.

"This is my laboratory! Hmm... how about calling it Umbrella?"

Hmm... that name is still too big. The laboratory that Sakura Haruno has temporarily set up is only about a hundred square meters in size. It's more than enough to study Yugao's heart problem, but it's far from enough for cloning.

"The name, An, we'll talk about it later." Sasuke his arms and looked at Sakura seriously. "Where's your clone? When will the experiments begin?"

"Clones?" Sakura Haruno was taken aback, swirling her chair around in front of Sasuke. "Well, that won't start until at least next year..."

"Uh... did I forget to tell you that this trip to the Land of Snow was only to create a new heart for Yugao?"

Sakura blinked her eyes, looking at Sasuke with an innocent expression.

Feeling like he'd been tricked into doing manual labor, Sasuke suddenly had an urge to smear her face with Lightning Blade Torrent.

(Minimum guaranteed chapter/, Bonus chapter 0/.)

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