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The despair in her eyes was replaced by an almost cruel contempt: "Who do you think you are? A savior?"
Faced with Kazeka Koyuki's mockery and contempt, Naruto did not back down; instead, the flames in his eyes burned even more fiercely!
He took a sudden step forward, his fist still extended in front of Feng Hua Xiaoxue, his voice like a drawn sword, carrying the resolute determination to sever all shackles:
"I wouldn't lie! Since you're convinced I can't defeat him, that we're all just going to our deaths, and that your world consists only of despair and surrender..."
Naruto's words struck the other's already crumbling heart like a heavy hammer:
"Then I'll show you!"
"Our story will never unfold as you imagine! We will never succumb to the ending you've decided on!"
He paused, then his voice boomed like thunder in the dilapidated warehouse, carrying an unwavering conviction:
"because--"
"I'll decide how the story ends!"
These words, like a boulder thrown into a stagnant pool, stirred up a monstrous wave in the still, windswept lake of my heart!
Her grey-blue pupils suddenly contracted as she stared in disbelief at the blond boy before her.
The light in those eyes, the power in those words... they were so unfamiliar.
Yet it also carries a strange warmth and... hope that seems to pierce through the gloom?
It was something she had long forgotten, something she no longer dared to hope for.
The warehouse fell into a deathly silence.
Only the wind and snow howled outside the door.
The mockery and disdain on Feng Hua Xiaoxue's face gradually melted away like ice and snow.
Instead, there was an extremely complex sense of bewilderment and...
A slight, almost negligible wavering.
She looked at Naruto's outstretched fist, a symbol of promise and conviction.
His lips trembled slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but no sound came out.
After a long time, so long that Naruto's arms were starting to ache, she finally spoke, with an extremely slight hint of self-abandonment.
He let out a cold snort through his nose:
"Hmph! You ignorant brat... Since you're so eager to die..."
She avoided Naruto's burning gaze, her voice so low it was almost drowned out by the wind: "...Then let's make a deal! I want to see...what kind of trouble you, you reckless brat, can cause!"
She ultimately didn't touch Naruto's fist, but that cold rejection seemed to crack open a barely perceptible fissure.
Naruto grinned, revealing a bright smile, as if he had won some great victory: "Then it's a deal!"
At this moment, Madara, inside the sealed space, couldn't help but exclaim, "How did this kid learn to speak?"
Kurama agreed: "Indeed, none of us taught him these things, but every time we encounter these situations, he can say a word or two about them, like Neji last time, and that brat the time before that."
Minato smiled helplessly: "This is probably inherited from Kushina. Kushina used to like this too."
Although Kushina has the nickname "Scarlet Pepper," which directly expresses violence, she actually prefers to move people with words.
However, no one was willing to listen, so Kushina had to use her fists to make the other party obey.
However, just as Naruto's smile blossomed, a sudden change occurred!
Rumble, rumble—! ! !
A deep, massive roar, like a steel behemoth awakening, came from afar, accompanied by the tremors of the ground.
A torrent of water is rolling in from the abandoned fishing village toward the inland!
The sound pierced through the howling wind and snow, clearly reaching the ears of the three people in the warehouse!
"What was that sound?!" Feng Hua Xiaoxue's expression changed.
Naruto's inner alarm bells rang loudly!
That voice... it's so familiar!
I've heard it countless times by the railway tracks outside Konoha Village!
And it's not an ordinary train!
That heavy sound, with the distinctive hum of a chakra engine...
Naruto's expression changed drastically, and he grabbed the wrist of the still stunned Kazahana Koyuki: "Run! They're coming for us!"
He had no time to explain, nor did he care about Feng Hua Xiao Xue's exclamations and struggles.
He carried her directly on his back, and his chakra exploded instantly beneath his feet!
"where are we going?"
"To the meeting point!"
Naruto let out a low roar and, carrying Kazaka Koyuki on his back, charged out of the warehouse like an arrow released from a bow.
They sprinted towards the meeting point that Kakashi had previously designated, located in a secluded ravine behind the fishing village!
The wind and snow rushed in, cold as knives!
The snow and ice underfoot severely hampered our speed!
Behind her, Fuuka Koyuki was still struggling and screaming, "Let me go! You bastard! Where are you taking me?!"
But Naruto ignored him, gritted his teeth, and frantically poured chakra into his legs, each step sending ice shards flying!
He could clearly feel the roar of the steel behemoth behind him getting closer and closer, carrying the aura of death!
Meanwhile, at the temporary assembly point—below a huge, sheltered ice rock.
Kakashi, Sakura, young Sasuke, adult Sasuke, Boruto, and director Santayū, among others, are anxiously awaiting news from the search team.
When the muffled rumble of the train, like rolling thunder, faintly reached our ears.
Kakashi and the adult Sasuke's expressions changed simultaneously!
Kakashi suddenly stood up, his exposed eye sharp as an eagle's: "It's the armored train from the Land of Snow! They've found this place!"
"That's the direction Naruto went... There's danger!" Sakura exclaimed in alarm.
"The rendezvous point has been exposed! Let's go!"
Young Sasuke made a decisive decision.
However, just as everyone was preparing to immediately evacuate this exposed rendezvous point—
Rumble, rumble—! ! !
The deafening roar of steel was already close at hand!
It was accompanied by a piercing metallic scraping sound and the hissing of steam erupting.
A massive train, like steel behemoths emerging from hell, broke through the snow and wind barrier of the mountain pass ahead.
It revealed its hideous face!
The train was covered in thick, dark blue armor, with a sharp, cone-shaped front and massive rams that gleamed coldly.
The sides of the vehicle were covered with firing ports and cannons, and the thick chimneys spewed out thick black smoke and scorching white steam.
The wheels rolled over the icy ground with a deafening roar.
With an invincible force, it rolled straight down towards the mountain valley where the assembly point was located!
It doesn't travel on rails, but relies on tracks and a powerful chakra engine to move across the ice field as if it were flat ground!
This is the terrifying weapon of war that combines the technology and ninjutsu of the Land of Snow—the Raging Wave Armored Train!
Chapter 152 Susanoo's Wings on the Ice Plains
"That's too late!"
Kakashi's pupils shrank sharply as he instantly stood in front of everyone, his hands rapidly forming hand seals!
"Tu Dun·Tu Liubi!"
The locomotive, like a giant battering ram, crashed into the massive ice rock where everyone was hiding with the force to crush everything!
Boom——! ! !
A deafening roar!
The solid earthen wall shattered like a fragile biscuit under the impact of the steel behemoth!
Countless huge blocks of ice mixed with snow scattered and flew in all directions like cannonballs!
The shockwave instantly cleared away the snow near the assembly point!
Amidst billowing smoke and ice, the train slowly came to a stop.
Directly in front of the massive front of the vehicle, behind the shattered ice and rocks, Kakashi and the others appeared, looking somewhat disheveled.
Kakashi stood at the forefront, his hands forming a defensive earth-style hand seal, a trickle of blood escaping from the corner of his mouth.
The impact had clearly taken a toll on him. The others were also shaken and their blood was churning.
The heavy armor plating directly above the locomotive slowly slid off to the sides.
A tall, imposing man, dressed in a magnificent ferret cloak, appeared slowly on the hood of the car, like an emperor.
His face was cold and stern, his eyes were as sharp and oppressive as a hawk's, and a cold, all-encompassing smile played on his lips.
It is none other than the current Daimyo of the Land of Snow—Fuuka Nutō!
He looked down at them, his gaze like a cold searchlight, precisely sweeping over the slightly disheveled crowd below.
Ultimately, it landed on Kakashi's back, on Kazahana Koyuki, who had just been brought there by Naruto.
His voice was deep and magnetic, yet carried a chilling intimacy:
"Xiaoxue, my dear niece..."
Feng Hua Nu Tao opened his arms wide, as if to embrace a loved one, and put on a fake, gentle smile: "Welcome home. Uncle... missed you so much after being away for so long."