I'm Just a Passing Sasuke Uchiha

The iron ball remained motionless above the Kumogakure.

Inside, Kazahana Koyuki clung tightly to Naruto's neck, her legs clamping down on his like scissors. She was extremely frustrated, even contemplating suicide.

Without a word, Naruto pulled him into this Space-Time Ninjutsu ninja tool, and he almost suffered a bladder injury from the intense atmospheric pressure. His whole body felt like he had been punched, and his joints were throbbing with pain.

Even more terrifying was that, thankfully she squeezed her legs together in time, otherwise her first experience might have been lost to the damn atmosphere.

"Is this what you call security?" She was going crazy.

Kazahana Koyuki Tian Sheng has a sophisticated, aloof face. She looks beautiful even when she's angry. She's the kind of face that looks ordinary at first glance but becomes more and more elegant the more you look at her.

Her father, the Wang Shouye, died before completing his reign. As a Fugitive Princess of the Land of Snow, she naturally loathed fate and the world. But fate is often ironic, for it gave her a window to fantasy: to become an actress.

"Safe? I didn't say safe." Naruto struggled to pry her hands open. "Wait a minute, let me stick my head out and see where we are before we talk."

As he spoke, Naruto tried to get up. The iron ball remained hovering above the Kumogakure. He planned to check it out, and if it wasn't from the Land of Snow, he would send Space Ninjutsu Tool over before continuing his jumps.

"Wait!" Realizing something, she suddenly grabbed Naruto's hand, preventing him from getting up in the cramped space.

"What?" Naruto looked at her in confusion.

"You didn't mention that jumping would stimulate the bladder," Kazahana Koyuki said somewhat awkwardly, coughing to maintain her composure. "I was wondering if we could find a place to relieve myself."

She was incredibly embarrassed, both ashamed and unwilling to lose face in front of a boy younger than her.

The problem is, if she jumped again, she wouldn't be able to hold back. Even so, she still didn't say it aloud; after all, it's normal for adults to have some pride.

But she was also a little apprehensive, after all, this was during a mission. If danger was involved, she would still have to work with the ninja to make decisions.

"Let me see where we are first," Naruto chuckled, speaking casually. He then pressed her down and slowly rose from the small sphere.

She sighed and looked at Naruto, who had half his body already leaning out, and asked.

"Where?"

"One good news and one bad news," Naruto's somewhat irritating voice drifted over.

"Good news!" Kazama Koyuki said through gritted teeth.

"The good news is you can go down to relieve yourself now," Naruto said. "But I also have bad news for you: we're over Kumogakure, and it seems we've been discovered."

"We've been discovered?" Kazama Koyuki gasped, a word of utter misfortune stuck in her throat, but Naruto didn't seem to care about being discovered.

She exhaled and said nervously.

"That's inconvenient, let's run away quickly!"

After a while, she didn't hear Naruto's reply, nor did she see him pull back. A chill ran down her spine. A bad feeling crept over her; she thought to herself, "Could I be that unlucky?"

"We can't leave," he said after a moment of silence.

Naruto instantly stored the iron ball in his Sealing Space, and as he fell, he caught Kazama Koyuki. The two were almost the same height, and he pulled Kazama Koyuki close and hugged her tightly.

From the perspective of the Kumogakure Chunin squad that was chasing from a distance, a huge black dot in the sky was falling rapidly!

"What is that?" asked Chunin Kumogakure.

"I don't know, let's go take a look first," a voice replied, then walked past him.

"Lord Darui?" Chunin was startled when he saw the figure that had passed him. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly saw three more figures pass by him.

It was Samui's squad, a team of Jonin the blonde, icy, and large-breasted female Chunin Kumogakure. They passed them and followed closely behind Darui, the Elite Jonin who was the Raikage's right-hand woman.

"Wasn't Lord Samui sent to the front lines?" Chunin muttered. "How did he end up here?"

"Stop talking, hurry up and catch up." His comrade from the Chunin squad walked past him and turned back to urge him on.

Ahead.

In Kumogakure, there's a tradition that the former Raikage's bodyguards are basically the designated candidates for the next Raikage. It's like the leader and second-in-command of a mountain bandit gang—a veritable black hand of the Shinobi World.

Darui is the second-in-command of Kumogakure, and his strength and status are comparable to Kakashi of Konohagakure. In a comparison, he is roughly equivalent to 0.86 of Kakashi.

He has faded silver hair, dark skin, small eyes, a muscular build, and a lazy, easygoing personality. He is skilled in Lightning Release and strategic thinking.

Naruto sensed a powerful gaze upon him from several kilometers away, which prompted him to decisively release the iron ball and choose to freefall with Kazama Koyuki without hesitation.

Midway through the fall.

"Ah!" Kazama Koyuki cried out instinctively, but Naruto quickly covered her mouth.

"Damn it, don't shout!"

He hurled a Flying Thunder God heavily into the distant woods, instantly marking Kazama Koyuki's body. Just before landing, the two vanished with a bang.

Near the crash site.

Darui stopped and observed carefully for a while, then frowned. Half a minute later, Samui's squad scurried down behind him.

"What's wrong?" Samui asked with an icy expression, his towering white figure dazzlingly Shinobi World.

"The intrusion target has disappeared," Darui replied, pausing before adding, "The enemy might be nearby. Search the area and (tell your men) to be careful."

"Understood," Samui nodded expressionlessly.

Darui had already begun searching on his own. Samui turned around and said to his two Chunin behind him, "The enemy is nearby. Search carefully."

"It's too dangerous. We could easily get killed if we're not careful," said Omoi with a pessimistic look on his face and a lollipop in his mouth. "Samui is probably telling us to be careful because only Karui and I are Chunin."

The icy female boss Samui, looked at her two disappointing juniors with a blank expression and spoke.

That's right.

Karui, the dark-skinned, red-haired girl, instantly lost her composure and punched Omoi.

"Go to hell, you pessimistic monster! We haven't even determined who the enemy is yet, don't say such discouraging things! Damn it! Even so, Samui's words were still too hurtful."

The three who were holding us back were still grumbling and complaining, while the lone hero Darui had already ventured deep into the forest, slowly searching for the intruders.

A grove of trees somewhere in Kumogakure.

Because of the recent rain, the forest path was muddy, and every step you took sent grass and shrubs shoved into it. The leaves were wet with fresh rainwater.

Their clothes were soaked by the rain from the tall vegetation around them, and they were trudging deeper into the forest.

Kazama Koyuki shivered and hugged her arms, trembling.

Are we running for our lives?

"I guess so." Naruto snapped a wet, green tree branch in front of him with a snap, revealing white fibers at the break, which drooped down.

"So it's the ninjas from Kumogakure who are chasing us as intruders?" Kazama Koyuki caught up with us, panting heavily as she asked, "Can't we clear up this misunderstanding?"

"My dear princess, we are the intruders, there's no misunderstanding."

"I'm not a princess," Kazama Koyuki said solemnly, her breathing becoming rapid from the journey. "Look at me now, what part of me looks like a princess?"

"Good attitude. I hope you'll still be stubborn when we're locked up in the Kumogakure dungeon together." Naruto chopped down a small tree blocking his way with his sword and said without turning his head.

"Shouldn't you be protecting me?" Kazahana Koyuki asked, slightly out of breath, "I paid you!"

Hearing this, Naruto stopped. The cool Nikko after the rain pierced through the rain clouds and illuminated the forest. The light reflected from the dew was a little dazzling. She saw Naruto suddenly turn around in the halo of light and smile at her.

"Before you go on a mission, you should find out about the character of the ninja who will take on the mission."

Kazahana Koyuki's heart sank. "What 'I'll give you justice'? It's all a lie." Despite Naruto's unfriendly attitude, she knew she was at her wit's end.

Only a madman would accompany someone to overthrow the throne of a small country. The Five Great Shinobi Villages would naturally have to consider the impact and consequences of doing so, and the other smaller ninja villages do not have the ability to do so.

Right now, Naruto is the only lifeline she can grasp.

Naruto orchestrated the entire mission, and for whatever reason he used, the mission was successfully completed; she had simply paid the money.

Regardless of what the task he filled in by hand was, it was impossible for him to openly declare that he was preparing to overthrow the throne of the Land of Snow.

"Whatever, this is how my life is going to be anyway." Kazahana Koyuki gave up. "So be it. If you run away, remember to bring someone back to retrieve my body."

"Don't worry, I won't abandon you." Naruto continued walking forward. "I still have some moral principles."

"Before I die, can I kiss you a few more times? I haven't yet." Kazahana Koyuki followed, her steps uneven. "And now I have a problem."

"What's the problem?"

"I want to release the water."

Naruto: "."

Nikko streamed down through the lush foliage of the forest, and Kazahana Koyuki knelt down in front of him, looking up at Naruto without any hesitation.

"I had almost forgotten about what happened at sea. I had finally managed to convince myself that I had regained my sense of shame, but now I'm just throwing it all back at you."

For no apparent reason, Sakura's words flashed through Naruto's mind.

"Would you feel even a little bit excited about this?"

Damn it, who would get emotional over such a trivial matter?

Naruto stood calmly to the side and waited until Kazahana Koyuki stood up and told him to go, at which point he finally spoke.

"I have never looked down on you."

"And our relationship isn't just one of employer and employee, it's also..."

"Friend," Kazahana Koyuki interrupted, "I know, so I'm willing to believe you. Even if you abandon me, I won't blame you."

"I will wait for you to come and save me, or to bring back my body."

"Good to know." Naruto nodded and said, "Let's go, I'll find you a safe place to stay, and we'll use Space-Time Ninjutsu again after we're safe."

With that, he turned and walked deeper into the forest. Kazahana Koyuki was stunned for a moment, then chased after him, almost slipping and falling because she was walking too fast.

"And what about you?"

"Me?" Naruto glanced back at her. "I've taken the money, so naturally I'm protecting the client. What else could I be doing?"

"You were supposed to go to the front lines, but you were suddenly recalled?" Red-haired Karui asked as she searched forward. "Samui- senpai, do you know why?"

"This is Raikage-sama's intention."

"Perhaps they're afraid we'll die on the front lines, so they did it," the pessimistic Omoi said. "In that case, even this mission can't be guaranteed to be completely safe."

"You bastard! Stop spouting those depressing things!" Red-haired Karui was furious and punched Omoi hard before stopping.

The big-breasted older sister Samui looked at her two lively subordinates and rubbed her shoulders expressionlessly.

"It's really tiring to carry out missions with you bunch of kids."

"Shoulder pain might be because of you"

"Stop nagging!" Red-haired Karui grabbed Omoi and dragged him away. "Stop offering your opinions, hurry up and find the enemy, let's get back as soon as possible!"

"Don't worry, Darui is very strong." Samui still had an icy poker face, tilting her head slightly, the mountain wind after the rain blowing her shoulder-length golden hair into an arc.

"He will definitely find the enemy before us. What we need to do is stop the enemy from escaping."

Deep in the forest.

Naruto stopped, looked back, and said.

"Alright, that's fine."

He pointed to the mountain in front of him and said patiently, "You hide there, okay? Don't make a sound, and don't get too close to the mountain, it might be dangerous."

"Yes, that spot, a fairly open area. You can hide in the middle of it, with bushes blocking your view."

"Then I'll go first." Kazahana Koyuki knew she had to listen to him now. She ran a few steps in that direction, then looked back at him. "What about you?"

Naruto smiled and said, "I'm hiding in a safer place."

Kazahana Koyuki clearly didn't believe it. Feeling uneasy, she turned around and ran in that direction. When she hid in the bushes and looked back, she saw a strange figure standing where Naruto had been.

After a moment of stunned silence, she realized that the person was still Naruto, but he had somehow transformed into a different appearance.

"Why don't they hide?" she thought anxiously, but she remembered not to make a sound.

She soon realized why Naruto wasn't hiding. A silver-haired, brown-skinned ninja emerged from the muddy path in the forest, exuding an imposing aura.

"Who are you? Why have you trespassed into Kumogakure?" Darui stared intently at the person in front of him with his small, exposed eye, his brows furrowed.

"Hahaha!" Naruto laughed wildly after using his Transformation Jutsu. "Remember this: I'm just a passing Sasuke Uchiha!"

Naruto Uzumaki, transformed into Sasuke Uchiha, said this, his face bearing the Uchiha Clan's signature maniacal laugh, pointing behind the astonished Darui.

"You can all come at me together."