Curry Rice's Demise

Looking at the steaming, fragrant Curry Rice with a lump of Excrement on top, the Masked Man was extremely distraught and furious.

After the anger subsided, he received a piece of information from it—Kakashi could now use the abilities of the Mangekyo Sharingan.

The Masked Man had also noticed some of Akatsuki Organization's recent actions, but after questioning Black Zetsu, he stopped caring.

As his source of information, he absolutely trusted Black Zetsu for now.

After all, as Madara Uchiha's will, Black Zetsu's goal was definitely to collect Tailed Beasts and revive Madara.

So, even though he had discovered a while ago that the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki was actually within Amegakure, he didn't find it strange.

Collecting Tailed Beasts had to be done in order, starting from the One-Tail.

Therefore, luring the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki over in advance and keeping them in the village was perfectly reasonable.

"Kakashi, I will definitely let you and everyone else reunite in another world."

After the Masked Man muttered deeply to himself, he activated his ability, preparing to leave the Kamui dimension.

--He was out of lunch, so he had to go buy another one.

However, as the space began to distort, the Excrement, which had been lying quietly on the Curry Rice, suddenly moved.

With extreme speed, it flew towards the Masked Man's right eye.

"Ah—"

In a forest, the Masked Man's figure appeared, letting out a scream and kneeling on the ground clutching his eye.

He wasn't actually injured, but what had just happened was more terrifying than an injury.

When the Kamui dimension was cut off from the outside world, the Excrement had no path to complete Shirozumi's Crazy Diamond "repair" and could only remain still.

But when the Masked Man prepared to leave, the passage to the outside world was opened, and the Excrement immediately rushed towards the only exit—which was his eye.

The Masked Man watched helplessly as the lump of Excrement got closer and closer to his eye, then burrowed into it.

Even without injury, it left him with an indelible psychological scar.

The Masked Man now intensely hated the Sharingan's extraordinary perception.

As the Excrement flew over, he saw every detail, every wisp of heat, with perfect clarity.

"Damn you, Kakashi."

The Masked Man became enraged again. Seeing the Excrement speeding away in the distance, he immediately got up from the ground and gave chase.

He wanted to see what kind of tracking Ninjutsu that idiot Kakashi had developed, to use such a filthy thing.

The Masked Man ran at high speed, his Sharingan's powerful perception locking onto the rapidly moving Excrement.

However...

Don't forget, Shirozumi's Crazy Diamond's repair ability, if not directly touched, but used with this "scent contamination method," the repair would stop once the scent disappeared.

As the Masked Man chased, the Excrement, which was flying in the air, suddenly stopped. Only inertia kept it moving forward, and the Masked Man caught up to it.

While pursuing, the Masked Man maintained his forward momentum, about to crash headfirst into the Excrement, but thankfully phased through it in time.

The Excrement passed through his head and fell to the ground.

The Masked Man stopped in place, staring blankly at the Excrement on the ground, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Just a piece of Excrement, yet it had given him the pressure of facing a Flying Thunder God kunai just now.

The Masked Man touched his slightly damp pants.

Was it sweat?

It couldn't be urine, could it?

--

Konoha.

Kakashi, looking exhausted, reported the matter of Kazahana Koyuki to the Third Hokage.

He also recalled that when he was still in the Anbu, he had carried out a mission to escort the princess of the Land of Snow to escape.

"This mission is up to you, Kakashi. Continue or abandon it. If you choose to continue, I can upgrade this mission to an S-rank mission, and you can mobilize up to two squads for support at any time."

There were no conspiracies; Hiruzen Sarutobi directly gave Kakashi the choice of whether to continue the mission.

The Land of Snow was located to the northwest, and even if it were to develop, it would first face the Land of Earth.

Secondly, Konoha had intelligence regarding the Land of Snow.

With the strength of the Land of Snow, it was really not worth mentioning, not to mention that their so-called "Ice Release" could only be used in the snowy environment of the Land of Snow.

Kakashi naturally chose to continue the mission.

As for support, Kakashi did not refuse.

However, he only chose one squad.

His old friend Might Guy's team.

According to the latest intelligence on the Land of Snow provided by the Third Hokage, the chakra armor created by the Land of Snow at great national expense has many effects.

Such as amplifying the user's chakra, increasing ninjutsu power, and defending against ninjutsu and genjutsu...

In short, it can't defend against taijutsu.

Kakashi had Might Guy's team follow them secretly, and when they couldn't handle it, Might Guy's team could step in.

Back at the film crew's base.

Sandayu had already convinced the director and the rest of the crew to continue heading to the Land of Snow.

This director was quite something, thinking that if the audience discovered that the protagonist of "Princess of Wind and Clouds" was actually the princess, the show would explode in popularity.

Moreover, the story of a banished princess restoring her kingdom was very fitting for the story of Princess of Wind and Clouds.

As for whether he, an ordinary person, would accidentally die in battle, that had long been thrown out of his mind.

This director truly loved movies.

The only problem was that Kazahana Koyuki refused to go back.

Upon his return, Kakashi didn't go to persuade Kazahana Koyuki first. Instead, he approached Shirozumi with a sorrowful and helpless expression: "Dealing with Naruto's antics once was enough. Please, don't use that jutsu again. It was too terrifying."

As Kakashi walked, he saw countless Konoha villagers clutching their behinds.

The villagers didn't have the Sharingan and didn't know what had happened. They thought someone had used Thousand Years of Death on them at high speed.

Only the deceased Konoha White Fang and Kakashi knew Thousand Years of Death, so those who instantly realized this suspected Kakashi.

Fortunately, a third party provided proof that it wasn't Kakashi who had attacked everyone just now.

Only then did Kakashi escape suspicion.

"It had nothing to do with me. It was Gaara of Sunagakure who did it."

"Huh?"

Kakashi tilted his head in confusion.

"When Gaara appears during the Chunin Exams, you'll understand. It has nothing to do with me. He's the one who can control the sand."

"..."

Kakashi was speechless.

Stopping his idle chat with Shirozumi, Kakashi walked up to Kazahana Koyuki and began to try and persuade her.

His persuasion failed.

Kakashi had originally intended to use the Sharingan's genjutsu to knock Kazahana Koyuki unconscious and take her onto the ship.

However, Kakashi had used Kamui for the first time just now, consuming too much chakra and leaving him too exhausted to use his Sharingan temporarily.

Kakashi turned to look at Shirozumi and walked over: "She seemed to agree with what you said earlier. Why don't you try talking to her?"

"Teacher Kakashi is so lame," Naruto whispered mockingly from the side.

"...Teacher, I was just holding back my ultimate secret weapon," Kakashi said stubbornly, pulling out a copy of Icha Icha Paradise from his pocket.

"A novel written by a single person for another single person, can that be considered a guide?"

"..."

Shirozumi's remark left Kakashi speechless again.

"Why don't you want to go back?"

Shirozumi walked over and sat down next to Kazahana Koyuki, asking directly.

There were no grand speeches or encouragement like Kakashi's.

Instead, he simply threw the question back at her.