Before leaving the Land of Snow, Lin Chongshu made a trip to the Bounty Exchange and bought intelligence on the Land of Snow's current situation.
According to the information, the Land of Snow did not have many ninja. Its armed forces were still mainly composed of ordinary soldiers. The current king was Kazahana Dōtō, younger brother of the former king, Kazahana Sōsetsu.
Kazahana Dōtō was also a scientist who had developed a set of Chakra Armor. It was said to improve the quality of the wearer's chakra.
However, this equipment was regulated in the Land of Snow. Anything that made it onto the market was either scrap or defective goods cobbled together on the black market.
Lin Chongshu spent three hundred thousand ryō on a "slightly flawed unit" strongly recommended by the Bounty Exchange owner, who claimed it had been secretly diverted from the military. Lin Chongshu planned to take it apart and study it himself.
Nonō had also changed greatly over the past two days. At first, she had been hesitant and awkward, but ever since Lin Chongshu set those rules for her, it was as if the floodgates had opened.
Lin Chongshu could clearly feel her mind becoming stable again.
And she was almost impossible to break. Other than collapsing in front of him on the first night, her emotions had remained steady no matter how Lin Chongshu toyed with her afterward.
Lin Chongshu sighed inwardly. As expected of a Root elite who had spent over a decade working undercover. If he had not stumbled upon this opportunity, then even with the orphanage as leverage, she might have guarded against him forever without ever letting it show.
Today, Lin Chongshu and Nonō had returned to the Land of Fire.
Sitting at the table in their inn room,