Sasuke's side had no problems, probably.
Kakashi's side was impressive.
Right from the start, there was a wonderful taijutsu showdown, finding opportunities to exchange Water Dragon and Ice Dragon techniques. This Wolf Fang Avalanche was quite formidable, actually entangling with Kakashi for so long without a clear victor, even though Kakashi hadn't activated his Sharingan.
Kakashi is a master of Chakra management, using Ninjutsu and selecting attributes based on the environment, then releasing them at the most suitable moment. This is the result of him copying so many Ninjutsu, striving to maximize the use of every bit of Chakra.
His mind is flexible, and he fights cautiously. These are the self-cultivation of a Konoha Technician, definitely not because he has little Chakra and is forced to be meticulous.
It's unclear whether Kakashi was anxious because his students had finished their battles, or whether he had already figured out Wolf Fang Avalanche's moves and the armor's performance.
After the two exchanged a blow and distanced themselves, Kakashi raised his Forehead Protector to reveal his Sharingan, and then he and Wolf Fang Avalanche simultaneously formed the same hand seals:
"Ice Release: Narwhal!" *2
Two narwhals, larger than the ship the crew was riding on, leaped out of the sea and collided above the glacier.
The narwhals made of ice and snow shattered, ice shards flew everywhere, and the entire glacier trembled.
"Another copy, Kakashi? The same Ninjutsu can't determine the winner!" Wolf Fang Avalanche had probably seen Kakashi's Sharingan before, and spoke with a disdainful tone towards the knock-off.
"Who knows?" Kakashi suddenly disappeared from his spot, his speed suddenly increasing by a level, and before Wolf Fang Avalanche could react, he kicked him in the chin.
Wolf Fang Avalanche was kicked into the air, and then Kakashi followed him like a shadow, floating into the air together, their figures like dancing leaves.
Wolf Fang Avalanche exclaimed in panic, "This is..."
"Shadow of the Dancing Leaf!" Kakashi threw two Steel Wires with each hand, tightly binding Wolf Fang Avalanche's arms to his sides, preventing him from struggling.
"And then... Hidden Lotus!" Kakashi hugged Wolf Fang Avalanche's body, adjusted his posture, and spun downwards headfirst at high speed. Just before hitting the ground, Kakashi jumped off him and landed safely.
Wolf Fang Avalanche, on the other hand, plunged headfirst into the ice, with only his legs exposed, kicking twice before going still.
"You rely too much on that armor. Even if ordinary Ninjutsu and Genjutsu are ineffective, ninjas still have taijutsu." Kakashi nonchalantly struck a pose towards Wolf Fang Avalanche's body, before pulling down his Forehead Protector to cover his Sharingan.
Then Kakashi's entire figure slumped, returning to his lazy demeanor. The Sharingan, plus the multiple uses of Ninjutsu, especially that huge narwhal, and opening the First Gate to use Hidden Lotus, was really exhausting.
Thanks to his teacher's wife's urging over the years, otherwise, he might have collapsed after this battle, Kakashi thought thankfully.
Kakashi looked at Sasuke and Naruto's battlefield and praised, "Not bad."
Naruto's blood pressure almost spiked, but after thinking about it, Kakashi was probably just giving them some encouragement and didn't mean anything else, so he endured it.
Naruto asked, "Isn't the armor on that guy broken?"
Kakashi glanced at it and said, "It's broken, but not completely broken, why?"
"Of course, it's to collect loot." Naruto ran over. The other two sets were broken by him and Sasuke, only Kakashi's was relatively intact.
Actually, Naruto wanted the woman's armor the most, not because he wanted to cross-dress, but because that one could fly.
Kakashi reminded, "Relying too much on that kind of thing is not good for us ninjas."
"I know, but that's for us genius ninjas. What about ordinary ninjas with limited talent?"
Kakashi was silent. What he said made sense, but who praises themselves as a genius like that?
"In short, let's take it back and study it first, maybe it can greatly improve Konoha's strength." Naruto looted the body on his own, putting Wolf Fang Avalanche's Level Three Armor into the Storage Scroll.
When they returned to the ship, the director and the staff were excitedly discussing something.
Naruto asked curiously, "What's up with them?"
Sakura replied, "The director filmed the battle scenes just now and said they could be edited into the movie as combat footage."
"Uh... aren't they afraid of getting caught in the crossfire?" Naruto was a little surprised. Were these people really that brave?
Sakura explained helplessly, "Most people are afraid, but the director kept shouting excitedly about 'letting them see the ambition of professional filmmakers, even if it means risking their lives to film it,' and as a result..."
"Impressive." If the production teams and actors of later generations were as dedicated as them, they wouldn't be making new martial arts films where the fight scenes rely entirely on slow motion, and even twirling a sword requires adding an electric fan in post-production.
"Hey, speaking of which, do we get paid?" Naruto suddenly thought of something important.
"Huh?" His teammates obviously didn't follow Naruto's train of thought.
"We participated, didn't we? We contributed so many visual and sound effects. This is clearly extra value generated outside the scope of the mission."
Sasuke didn't want to bother with him, and Kakashi was a little puzzled as to when this kid had become so greedy.
Probably because he had a big eater for a wife at home, Naruto went to talk to the director about payment with great enthusiasm, and then returned dejectedly.
The director did agree to pay, but most of it was for Sasuke and Kakashi, and Naruto's was the least, because the production team wanted Sasuke and Kakashi's cool Fire Release and Lightning Release Ninjutsu.
Naruto only released one Water Dragon from beginning to end, and the cameraman hadn't reacted yet and didn't capture it. The rest was just Shadow Clone close combat with Rasengan, which didn't meet their needs at all.
After all that, he ended up being an agent for Kakashi and Sasuke. Naruto was depressed and told them to treat him later.
However, this gave Naruto an idea. In the future, he could cooperate with these film crews to provide special effects and stunt doubles.
As for whether it was dangerous or not, he had Shadow Clones. Naruto could guarantee that they would definitely be fighting to do this kind of work. Uzumaki Entertainment Company is at your service.
"Alright, enough with the small talk. It's time for us to have a good talk with the client."
Escorting actors and escorting a princess, and a princess of a fallen country at that, changed the nature of the mission, because getting involved in another country's internal affairs by accident was quite taboo.
But they couldn't say that Sandayu had lied about the mission, because Fujikaze Yukie was indeed an actress, but that was Kazahana Koyuki's stage name.
Moreover, judging from the strength of the Land of Snow ninjas, reporting an A-rank mission wasn't a problem—as long as the situation didn't deteriorate further.
So, whether to continue the mission or abandon it directly depended on Sandayu's attitude.
Kakashi was very depressed. I just wanted to take on an ordinary escort mission. How did it become so complicated again?
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