Naruto: Akatsuki's Abstract Strategist
Chapter 43

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"Ah!"

Kazahana Koyuki was stunned when Shirozumi told her to grab on. By the time she reacted, she was almost floating into the sky along with the debris on the deck. She hurriedly lunged at Shirozumi and hugged him tightly.

Ice Release: One-Horned White Whale missed its target.

But Shirozumi really wanted to ask, were these Snow Ninja pigs?

Wasn't Kazahana Dōtō after the hexagonal crystal on Kazahana Koyuki?

If they just smashed it like that, it wouldn't matter if the person died, but what if the crystal was shattered and sank into the sea?

Shirozumi used New Moon to reverse the gravity.

Rather than having the ship smashed to pieces and then repairing it with Crazy Diamond, Shirozumi chose to save the ship.

The ship, sent flying into the sky by the reversed gravity, now had a dreamlike, fairytale quality.

Kazahana Koyuki, who was hugging Shirozumi, opened her eyes after the gravity gradually stabilized. She looked at the scene below and was completely dumbfounded.

She finally understood why Shirozumi was dismissive of Kazahana Dōtō.

As an ordinary person, Kazahana Koyuki didn't know exactly how to distinguish the strength of ninjas, but the stimulation brought by visual senses was more than obvious.

Kakashi's team and the Snow Ninja below were also stunned by this scene.

The Snow Ninja's goal was to capture Kazahana Koyuki, but now that she was flying so high, how were they supposed to get up there?

"Kill Kakashi and the others, and I'll take care of the rest myself."

Kazahana Dōtō appeared on the iceberg, issued an order to the Snow Ninja, and then tore off his clothes, revealing the latest version of Chakra Armor on his body.

Well, it came with a built-in flight function.

That was the source of his confidence.

Kazahana Dōtō activated the flight function and flew towards the ship in the sky.

"Hmm? What's this?"

When Kazahana Dōtō flew to the stern of the ship, he saw a man in a strange green jumpsuit hanging upside down, vomiting like crazy with a miserable expression.

This was none other than Might Guy, the backup Kakashi had asked for.

Kakashi had thought of Might Guy's Taijutsu being effective against the Snow Ninja, but he had forgotten that Might Guy would get seasick.

"An enemy?"

The three Genin of Might Guy's team noticed Kazahana Dōtō's appearance.

Hyuga Neji hadn't learned Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm yet, and Rock Lee had even fewer ranged attack methods.

Tenten wanted to throw ninja tools from her scroll, but because of the reversed gravity, they went off course.

Looking at these four disheveled Konoha ninja, Kazahana Dōtō didn't linger. He flew to the front of the ship and met his niece, Kazahana Koyuki.

At this moment, screams suddenly erupted from the Snow Ninja below.

A Snow Ninja spurted out a large amount of blood, staining the snow red.

"Kakashi, did you do that?"

Sasuke looked at Kakashi with a surprised expression.

The Snow Ninja who had suddenly died was the very opponent he was fighting.

"No, it wasn't me."

Kakashi also looked confused, but his attacks didn't stop.

He began to quickly reap the lives of the Snow Ninja.

On the ship.

Kazahana Dōtō flew in front of Kazahana Koyuki, who was hugging Shirozumi, with a crazed expression, and reached out his hand: "Come on, Koyuki, give me the hexagonal crystal!"

"Dōtō, aren't you afraid of this ship?"

Now it was Kazahana Koyuki's turn to be confused.

Was the great power that could make an entire ship fly into the sky out of thin air not a big deal in the ninja World?

But everyone else seemed pretty surprised?

"Tch, Koyuki, what's flying? Didn't you see your uncle flying too?"

Kazahana Dōtō smiled disdainfully.

Okay.

Now she could understand why Kazahana Dōtō would fantasize about conquering the Five Great Nations just by developing a Chakra Armor.

Apparently, Ōnoki next door was just a flying weakling in his eyes.

He probably would think Pain was there to perform acrobatics even if Pain went to his house to carry rice.

"Do you have daily outlines?"

Shirozumi asked.

"What?"

Kazahana Dōtō's smile vanished, and his eyes twitched.

Was this guy scared stupid by him? What nonsense was he spouting?

"Then I won't have to step in."

"You're not qualified to step in!"

Kazahana Dōtō charged towards Shirozumi, wanting to snatch Kazahana Koyuki directly from his side and glide away.

However...

Shirozumi merely sidestepped, and Kazahana Dōtō flew past him.

At the same time, Shirozumi tore off the wings from his back.

Kazahana Dōtō plummeted straight down.

However, he didn't end up like that Iwagakure Ninja from before, dying from the fall.

After crashing into the snow, he struggled a few times and managed to stand up.

"Damn it..."

Kazahana Dōtō glared at the ship in the sky, filled with resentment.

"Lord Dōtō, your..."

A surviving Snow Ninja pointed at Kazahana Dōtō's arm, trembling as he spoke.

"Hmm?"

Kazahana Dōtō looked over, only to see that his arm had been neatly sliced off.

It was just that the weather was too cold, and coupled with his heavy fall just now, he hadn't felt the pain.

"What, how is this possible... ugh."

Before Kazahana Dōtō could say anything, his tongue, for some reason, was severed and spat out.

Kazahana Dōtō died on the spot in front of everyone's eyes, as if he had been executed by a void executioner.

"Your leader is dead, are you still planning to resist stubbornly!"

After snapping out of it, Kakashi immediately began to persuade the Snow Ninja to surrender, and the Snow Ninja gave up their resistance one after another.

Kakashi looked up at the sky, and the ship moved, flying towards the Land of Snow's royal castle.

Kakashi and the others also started on their way.

Land of Snow's royal castle.

Kazahana Koyuki used the hexagonal crystal to open the "treasure" that Kazahana Dōtō had fantasized about, the Geothermal Generator, and saw the spring of the Land of Snow.

Afterward, amidst the cheers of the Land of Snow's citizens, Kazahana Koyuki succeeded to the position of Daimyo of the Land of Snow.

Then, she threw all the government affairs to Sandayu and those who yearned for her to return to the country to overthrow Dōtō's regime.

Kazahana Koyuki looked at the plan that Shirozumi had given to the Land of Earth. Although it couldn't be copied exactly, and there were many things she didn't understand, she liked many of the measures in it.

By doing things in Shirozumi's way, she could truly be free and continue to pursue her beloved acting career.

As for the development of the Land of Snow?

Just as Shirozumi had said, Sandayu and the others lacked vision and ability, but they were loyal.

They couldn't learn Ninjutsu, but they could be taught how to do things, and they could still learn.

The nearby Iwagakure, as a member of the Inter-mutual Alliance, would send people over to teach them how to develop according to Shirozumi's plan and build a movie kingdom.

After staying for a few days, the final filming of Lotus Lantern was completed.

"Kakashi, here."

The director took an envelope and handed it to Kakashi.

"What's this?"

Kakashi took it in confusion.

Payment? That wasn't right, Sandayu had hired him, and the director had clearly hired Shirozumi.

"Have you forgotten? The first royalty check. Didn't you ask Mr. Shirozumi to tell me to publish your work?"

"It's already been published?"

Kakashi was dumbfounded.

He had been enjoying a pleasant vacation at the Land of Snow's hot springs these past two days and had forgotten all about it.

"Here, I brought the published book too."

The director took a book from the bag behind him and handed it to Kakashi.

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