The wind in the far north is not like wind, but like a knife.
That kind of airflow with icy particles can penetrate along the collar, cuffs, and even shoelace holes, freezing people's bone marrow to a crisp. Naruto tightly wrapped the earth-brown cloak that was forcibly sold by Kurotsuchi around him, and his whole body shrank into a huge ball, revealing only a pair of eyes that were blown red by the wind.
"I said..." Naruto sniffed, his voice muffled in his scarf, "Sasuke, aren't you cold?"
Sasuke, who was walking in front, was still wearing a black cloak, and his steps were as steady as if he were walking in his backyard. The snow creaked softly under his feet, but other than that, there was only the sound of the wind.
"A calm mind naturally cools down." Sasuke didn't look back.
"It's too cold now, isn't it? It's freezing to death!" Naruto stepped into the snow, "And why do we have to walk? Land of Snow Isn't there a train?"
"That's for freight, not for people." Sasuke stopped and squatted down to check the traces on the snow, "Besides, the train we are looking for is not on the timetable."
Naruto leaned over. There was an absurdly wide indentation on the snow. It was not like an ordinary wheel, but rather something like a heavy track. The indentation was very new and had not been completely covered by the wind and snow. You could even smell a faint, disgusting smell of tar.
"It's that Black Oil smell." Naruto's face darkened and he stopped shaking.
"The "raw materials" transported from Iwagakure are being transported north after being refined." Sasuke stood up and looked into the depths of the wind and snow, "If that Foreman didn't lie, this train will take us to Code's lair."
"Then what are you waiting for?" Naruto patted the snow off his cloak, "Chase!"
"Save your strength." Sasuke held him down, "It's coming."
The ground began to shake. It was not the roar of an earthquake, but some kind of heavy, rhythmic mechanical rhythm. Two pale headlights lit up in the wind and snow, like the eyes of a giant beast.
It was a huge armored train. It did not run on rails, but relied on the wide tracks at the bottom to run wildly on the snowy fields. The body was made of thick black iron, without any windows, and only had countless exhaust pipes spitting black smoke into the sky.
"Good guy, this is not a car, this is a moving fortress." Naruto was speechless.
"The speed is very fast." Sasuke estimated, "About 120 kilometers per hour. Are you ready?"
"Just don't make me run after you."
The train roared past, and the snow waves rolled up almost buried the two of them. Just as the front of the train passed by, Sasuke moved. He grabbed the back collar of Naruto's cloak with one hand, and Chidori's current flashed through his feet. His whole body was like a black lightning, and he instantly shortened the distance from the train.
"Get up!"
Sasuke threw Naruto upwards. Naruto used the force to turn over in mid-air. Chakra was adsorbed on the soles of his feet and landed steadily on the snow-covered roof of the car.
As soon as I stood firm, the iron under my feet felt as slippery as oil.
"Wow!" Naruto's foot slipped and he fell backwards, about to roll off the train.
A hand grabbed his ankle. Sasuke stood next to him, his body rising and falling slightly with the bumps of the train, as if he were walking on flat ground.
"Is this your first time becoming a ninja?" Sasuke let go of his hand with a look of disgust.
"There's ice up here! And this cloak is too heavy!" Naruto climbed up in embarrassment and lowered his center of gravity, "Why is the roof of this car so bare? There's not even a handhold."
Before he finished speaking, the iron plate on the roof of the car suddenly opened.
Click, click, click. More than a dozen automatic machine guns rose up, and the black muzzles instantly locked onto the two uninvited guests.
"Crow's mouth." Sasuke snorted coldly, and Kusanagi Sword unsheathed it.
Da da da da!
Tongues of fire spewed out, and bullets poured out like a torrential rain.
Sasuke did not retreat, Kusanagi Sword turned into a silver barrier in his hands. Bang, bang, bang! The bullet casings flew, and all the bullets were accurately split. His steps slid, and his figure passed through the rain of bullets like a ghost. Every time he swung his sword, a machine gun must be neatly cut off.
Naruto is much more lively over there.
"Wow! Does this thing even have a tracking function?" Naruto dodged left and right, and several bullets flew past his scalp, knocking away a few locks of blond hair. Although his current Dynamic Vision is still there, his body can't keep up with his brain.
A machine gun predicted his movement and turned sharply.
"Rasengan!"
Naruto took out a blue ball of light in his hand, but instead of throwing it out, he pressed it directly on the base of the machine gun.
Boom!
The machine gun exploded into pieces, but the blast of air also knocked Naruto over. He rolled twice on the slippery roof of the car and almost hit the muzzle of another machine gun.
"Damn it, without Nine-Tails's coat, such a close-range explosion really hurts." Naruto rubbed his numb arm.
Just as the two men were clearing the wave of defensive facilities, the train suddenly sounded a sharp whistle. A large amount of white steam spewed out from the connection between the carriages, and then several figures jumped out of the steam.
Not human.
They were several humanoid puppets, but this time they were not crudely made stone goods like Iwagakure. They were all silver-white, with streamlined bodies made of some kind of high-strength alloy, and the ends of their limbs were sharp ice blades.
"Land of Snow's "Chakra Armor" technology." Sasuke recognized it at a glance, "But the pattern on it... has been modified."
The puppet didn't waste any time, the ice blades under his feet created sparks on the roof of the car, and he rushed over at an extremely fast speed.
"Be careful, they are skating, this is their home court!" Naruto shouted.
A puppet rushed in front of Naruto and stabbed his throat with an ice knife. Naruto sidestepped and tried to counterattack with Taijutsu, but the ice under his feet prevented him from exerting any force. The punch came out soft, but the puppet instead kicked him in the stomach with a roundhouse kick.
Bang!
Naruto slid back more than ten meters and hit the chimney before stopping.
"Ahem... this strength is not much worse than Tsunade's mother-in-law." Naruto held her stomach, feeling like the roasted meat in her stomach was about to be vomited out.
Sasuke's side is not easy either. These puppets know how to cooperate, three of them surround one, and their armor seems to be able to deflect Chakra. Kusanagi Sword's chop on it actually slipped away.
"The physical defense is very high." Sasuke analyzed calmly, "And their movement patterns..."
Sasuke suddenly sheathed the sword, stepped sideways to make a horizontal slash, and then Hand Seals with one hand.
"Fire Style·Great Fireball Technique!"
A huge fireball exploded on the roof of the car. The ice and snow melted instantly, producing a large amount of water vapor. The puppets' movements were delayed for a moment, as their thermal sensing systems were interfered with by the high temperature.
"Naruto! Floor!" Sasuke shouted.
"Got it!"
Naruto No need for extra explanation. He slapped the roof of the car under his feet with both hands.
"Wind Release·Splitting Wind Palm!"