Koyuki Kazahana

Inside a small tavern in Konoha, a beautiful woman in a coat sat alone at a small table, drowning her sorrows in drink.

Quite a few people around her were drawn to her figure.

"Where did such a beautiful girl come from?"

"She's really gorgeous, and she's all alone."

Whispers rose from all around.

By then, the beauty was already drunk, her cheeks flushed and her expression hazy and alluring.

A few hooligans in the back exchanged glances and stood up together.

"Had a little too much to drink, beautiful? How about we take you home?"

"Yeah, beautiful. Want us to escort you home? It isn't safe around here."

As they spoke, the hooligans began getting handsy.

"Get lost."

Koyuki Kazahana had already been in a bad mood. Seeing the hooligans, she simply struck first and slapped one of them across the face.

"You filthy bitch! You refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit!"

"Boss, why waste words? Let's just take her away."

"Yeah, let the brothers teach her how to behave."

The hooligans reached out and lightly grabbed her hands.

Only then did Koyuki Kazahana feel fear.

"Help!"

She looked around in panic, but everyone nearby merely watched the spectacle.

A faint sense of regret rose in her heart.

The four men dragged her back, intending to slip out through the back door.

"Boss, this chick's not bad."

"Hehe!!"

The four of them wore triumphant smiles.

The leader at the front was already lost in fantasy when he accidentally bumped into something.

"Which blind bastard was that?"

He cursed instinctively.

Lowering his head, he met a pair of extremely cold eyes.

It was one of Naruto's Shadow Clones.

"What are you looking at, brat? Why aren't you scramming?"

Apparently frightened by that gaze, the leader flew into a rage out of embarrassment and instinctively slapped at him.

Naruto's eyes turned cold. He hated this kind of brainless trash most of all.

The Sharingan opened, and he cast a genjutsu on all four of them.

Their eyes went vacant. Controlled by the genjutsu, they walked away blankly. As for whether they lived or died, that had long since been decided.

Only then did Naruto look at the beautiful woman on the ground.

Since he had watched the movie yesterday, he remembered the female lead vividly.

"What a hassle."

Looking at the drunkard on the floor, Naruto wore a look of disdain.

Eightfold Reversal activated. Koyuki Kazahana's body floated up, and Naruto grabbed her with one hand before heading toward the meeting point.

"I'm not going back."

Koyuki was already asleep, murmuring in her dreams.

Naruto, meanwhile, recalled the plot. But since it had been a movie, he did not remember it very clearly.

On the main body's side, everyone had gathered. They exchanged looks and all shook their heads.

"Man, I'm tired. What a hassle." Kakashi scratched his head.

Just as he was thinking of a solution, a Naruto walked over carrying a beautiful woman.

"Naruto, you found her."

"Koyuki!" Koyuki Kazahana's manager ran over excitedly.

"Don't worry, she just drank too much and fell asleep."

Seeing everyone looking at him, Naruto hurriedly explained.

Everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Alright, now that everyone is here, let's depart."

Kakashi did not want to waste any more time.

Everyone had long since packed up and was ready to leave.

This mission was an escort mission, though officially it was a film shoot.

They soon left Konoha, traveling by road to the coast before taking a ship to the Land of Snow.

It was their first time leaving Konoha, so everyone seemed somewhat excited.

Naruto and the others looked around, only to find that it was not much different from Konoha.

The next day.

Everyone had boarded the ship. Naruto sat at the bow with a fishing rod in hand, fishing, while the deck bustled with activity.

The director led a large group of people in setting up the filming location. Naruto had no interest in making movies.

Sasuke and Hinata, on the other hand, were quite curious and stood to one side observing.

After some time, Koyuki Kazahana's assistant ran over and said something to Kakashi.

Kakashi scratched his head with a pained expression.

"What a hassle."

Naruto was fishing when he suddenly sensed someone standing behind him. He turned around.

"Kakashi-sensei, do you need something?"

"Um, Naruto, that girl is taking things a little hard. How about you take Hinata and try to talk her through it?"

"Huh? Why me?"

Naruto was completely unwilling. He was not the Naruto from the original story; he did not have talk-no-jutsu.

"It can't be helped. Sasuke isn't suitable, and neither am I. Only you and Hinata can give it a try."

Kakashi spread his hands.

Naruto looked at him. Indeed, dressed like that, Kakashi did not look like a good person. Then he looked at Sasuke's haughty expression.

Helplessly shrugging, he reeled in his fishing rod.

He took Hinata and followed the manager to the door of a room below deck.

"I'm counting on you two." The manager bowed deeply.

"I'll try."

Naruto did not dare make any promises. He knocked on the door.

There was no response from inside.

"Open the door."

Naruto looked at Hinata beside him.

"She's inside."

Hinata had already activated her Byakugan.

"What a hassle."

He used chakra, and the door opened instantly.

The room was completely dark, but Naruto could clearly see a beautiful woman sitting curled up in the corner, hugging her knees.

Naruto frowned and glanced at Hinata.

Then he walked straight in.

"Get out."

There was a trace of anger in Koyuki Kazahana's voice.

"Are you afraid?"

Naruto's expression remained calm as he stared directly into her eyes.

"You have no idea what I'm about to go through."

"How would I know if you don't tell me?"

"There's no use telling you."

"How do you know it's useless if you don't tell me?"

"Get out!" Koyuki Kazahana snapped, feeling that this boy was utterly hateful.

"You're being completely unreasonable." Naruto's mouth twitched. Girls really did not make sense.

Luckily, his Hinata was not like that.

"I don't know what you're afraid of, but you can trust our strength."

"Impossible. Even ninja can't do it."

Having never seen truly powerful ninja, Koyuki Kazahana still did not believe him.

Because she knew that once she set foot there, that person would definitely know—her uncle.

Her uncle had become her nightmare. Thinking of that man brought back the nightmares of her childhood.

Her body trembled uncontrollably.

The vulnerable, frightened air around such a beautiful woman stirred even Naruto's desire to protect her.

"You know nothing about true power."

Naruto's body floated into the air. With a raise of his hand, Koyuki Kazahana's trembling body floated up as well.

"What is this?"

Her voice trembled with disbelief.

"I have absolute faith in my strength. You can rest assured—no matter what difficulties arise, I can solve them."

Naruto was extremely confident.

That confident aura seemed to infect the person before him.

Koyuki Kazahana gradually suppressed the fear in her heart.

"Is this really still the power of a ninja?"

The Shinobi World knew nothing of the power possessed by Kage-level experts.