Konoha: Tsunade, I am the Hokage

Under the heavy snow, a series of peculiar houses appeared in the open space ahead.

A look of amazement appeared in Minato Namikaze's eyes.

"Is this Kyohiko's creation?"

"Yes, this is the first template we made. It was quite troublesome, but fortunately, the Land of Snow has a heating system."

Shikaku rubbed his temples.

Then, pointing to the glass room in front of him, he said, "This place is entirely made of glass, which allows light to shine in and illuminate the inside. With the help of the lights inside, we can grow some vegetables and flowers."

"The people here usually only have dried vegetables to eat. With these special glass houses, they will be able to grow and cultivate their own vegetables to supply everyone."

The explanation given by Yuhi Kurenai.

Minato Namikaze nodded repeatedly.

Although he didn't understand the underlying principles, he could grasp the significance of this creation for the common people.

As for expenses, the Snow Country purchases vegetables and fruits from other countries, which also costs a great deal, and their nobles and commoners alike need heating.

Based on this, the construction of the greenhouse doesn't actually cost much.

If further improvements can be made, the cost of these greenhouses may be reduced, but the benefits to the people would be enormous.

He could already imagine the lives of the people of the Snow Country in the future...

Minato couldn't help but exclaim, "This is wonderful!"

Jingyan's arrival changed the country and the lives of its people, enabling them to live better lives.

He was excited, and after a few seconds of silence, he asked, "Does Mr. Jingyan have any further improvement plans?"

"Yes," he said. "In places with hot springs or geothermal energy, a heating system can be built using those resources to directly heat the greenhouses..."

Shikaku answered.

Minato nodded repeatedly, saying, "If we use some ninjutsu, we might be able to make these greenhouses even stronger, and the ninjas can also protect these facilities during blizzards..."

"Haha, it seems everyone thinks about the same thing."

Shikaku smiled.

The Land of Snow needs ninjas; the environment here is too harsh. Therefore, the ninja village model in the Land of Snow needs to be changed.

or--

"The Guardian Ninja system might be more suitable for the Land of Snow."

Nara Shikaku sighed.

Guardian Ninja.

What started as an ambitious endeavor gradually evolved into a rather useful and unique system, leaving him with a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a feeling of mixed emotions, often including nostalgia or reflection).

Then, he looked at the water gate.

"Are you going to meet the daimyo?"

"No, I'll go find the group of ninjas that Kyohiko mentioned first, and then come here."

Minato sensed things with his eyes closed.

Then he opened his eyes and said, "I sensed it; they've reached the outskirts of this city."

"So fast?"

Shikaku was somewhat surprised. "I heard there's a blizzard blowing up south. Didn't Kai wait there for a few days?"

"Maybe they're in a hurry to come back, or..."

As Minato was speaking, he suddenly frowned slightly, then abruptly looked at Shikaku, "Are there any other ninjas in the Land of Snow?"

"no."

"Something's happened, I'm going to check it out."

After Minato Namikaze finished speaking, he immediately vanished using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

……

Outside the city, Yaze and the others were exhausted, but none of them chose to give up.

At the forefront, Matt Kai maintained his high energy level, constantly observing the surrounding situation.

After gazing into the distance.

Kai shouted, "We're almost there!"

"Really?"

"Are we almost there?"

"We're here! I see it too—smoke, that's cooking smoke!"

Someone shouted.

Yaze took a bite of snow, stood up and looked into the distance, and sure enough, he saw wisps of smoke rising from the chimneys.

They've found them.

"Yes, we'll be in Kyoto soon. Once we get there, we can first explain the situation to the daimyo, and then we can make arrangements for your village step by step..."

Matt Kai, who is usually not good with words, showed a certain eloquence at this moment.

It's not that he's become smarter.

But...

He had experienced similar situations countless times in Konoha and knew exactly what to say to motivate everyone.

Everyone was energized.

"No need to run, everyone follow my rhythm, hold onto the rope and walk slowly forward, and don't get blown away by the wind and snow!"

With Might Guy holding his hand high and pulling the rope with his other hand, those behind him, though struggling, didn't find it too difficult.

however.

The next second, four figures suddenly appeared in the wind and snow.

Ninja?

Kai immediately became alert.

"Be careful!"

The next second, the four people remained silent and formed hand seals.

In an instant, earthen walls rose up, seemingly to surround them.

Earth Escape, Earth Prison Hall No More!

"Iwa nin?"

Matt Kai's gaze sharpened.

He knew that this was no time to hesitate.

Open the door!

In an instant, he achieved ultimate control over his body, and his chakra exploded, with lightning chakra emerging from within him.

Whoosh!

Kai reached his maximum speed and appeared next to one of the casters in an instant.

Bang!

Leaf Whirlwind.

After kicking one person away, he then knocked two more people away.

But, in the very instant he charged towards the third person—

Spikes of earth grew from the ground, trapping Matt Kai like a prison. Soon after, the two were kicked away and turned into a pile of dirt.

Two hands reached out from beneath the ground.

Earth Release: The Art of Decapitation in the Heart.

Might Guy was anxious and knew he could not hesitate any longer, so he instantly unleashed his chakra.

The gate of life, open!

The opening of the third gate in the Eight Gates Formation allowed him to surpass his speed limit once again.

Immediately following.

The raging chakra, requiring no control, shattered the surrounding earth spikes that restrained him, and two hands reached for his feet...

He was blasted away in an instant.

Immediately, Might Guy teleported to the other two and kicked them, intending to destroy their ninjutsu.

But the next second, an earthen wall appeared beside Matt Kai.

Although he was shattered by a single kick, Might Guy's speed was also forced to slow down. The three Iwa ninja used Earth Release: Earth Wall and Earth Release: Earth Return to completely restrict Might Guy.

Even though Might Guy kicked through all the defenses, in that instant, three Iwa ninjas stepped in front of him. Two of them used Hardening Technique, and the third...

Earth escape·Earth spear.

Three defensive ninjutsu!

but.

boom!

With one kick, all three were sent flying. Two coughed up blood, while the Jonin wielding the earth spear coughed repeatedly but managed to stand firm without being injured.

He defended against the attack.

but.

He was clearly still shaken by Matt Ke's kick.

This kind of power is completely beyond what a ninja of this age should possess!

What terrifying martial arts skills!

A bead of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

The last person maintained the earthen prison.

"Kill him first!"

The Iwa ninja, still trapped in the earthen dungeon, spoke, a serious expression on his face, "I sense something's wrong inside. Let's finish this quickly!"

"That……"

They had just begun to speak when suddenly—

boom!

The earthen prison has collapsed!

"What?"

The four were surprised and turned to look, only to see a yellow figure flash by inside the earthen prison.

In his hands...

Wind blades and flames raged, transforming into a streak of light and shadow.

In an instant, the "Flame Shuriken" flew past the ninja who had used the Earth Spear Technique.

The Earth Spear possesses extremely powerful defensive ninjutsu.

but.

Faced with this flash of light from the Naruto, his body was cleaved in two almost in the blink of an eye and quickly collapsed.

it is good……

What a terrifying technique!

As he fell, a thought flashed through his mind.

In a single moment.

The light flashed beside the other two, instantly killing the other two Iwa ninjas, and then stomped the fourth person to the ground.

In his hands, flames, along with the spinning wind-style shuriken, transformed into four blades of wind and fire.

It was this technique that killed the three people in the blink of an eye.

Matt Kai was stunned.

He was prepared to risk opening the sixth gate—

This is the limit he can currently open, but it's not very stable yet, so under Matt Day's tutelage, he can't easily open the sixth gate.

but.

Just now, he felt he should protect those people.

can.

Unexpectedly, the enemy that he thought he needed to exert all his strength to defeat could not even last a second against Minato Namikaze.

Kai blinked, feeling a mix of frustration and delight once again.

The frustration is—

Enemies he couldn't defeat, Minato could easily deal with and kill.

The surprise was...

They were saved!

Minato Namikaze stepped on the fourth person.

"Who are you...?"

"Dead?"

Minato sensed something was wrong and turned the other person over. He saw that the other person had bitten off their tongue, and black blood was flowing from their mouth.

He took poison and bit his tongue to commit suicide.

These four people were not wearing headbands, and they were wearing masks, but everyone knew that they were ninjas from Iwagakure.

Minato carefully and slowly dispersed the chakra in his hands.

Looking at the four corpses, he stood up helplessly.

"The assassination squad from Iwagakure (Hidden Stone Village), I didn't expect them to have gotten here..."

"Oh no!"

Minato's pupils narrowed as he looked at Might Guy. After a moment's thought, he turned to the group of people in the dungeon, still shaken from their ordeal, and asked, "Where is your village?"

"I'll go with you!"

Yaze swallowed.

Minato Namikaze pondered for a moment, then shook his head, forming a hand seal to create a shadow clone. He then looked at Might Guy and asked, "Can you hold on?"

"Of course!"

Matt Kai was exhausted.

but.

He knew that if the Hidden Stone Village's assassination squad was present here, there might be one in the camp of these wandering ninjas as well.

We must provide support!

He braced himself and quickly tried to catch up, but the next second, Minato Namikaze grabbed his arm and vanished from the spot in a flash.

His shadow clone sealed the corpses on the ground into a scroll, and then led the rest of the group towards Kyoto, the Land of Snow.

……

Several hours later, Minato Namikaze saw a brightly lit canyon and breathed a long sigh of relief.

fine!

"Minato-senpai! You, you're so fast!"

Matt Kai was out of breath.

Minato Namikaze, wearing Might Guy, used his Body Flicker almost non-stop, reaching a speed so fast that even Might Guy, who had adapted to high speeds, couldn't keep up.

Fortunately, the village was safe and sound.

"This is still considered slow. My chakra is limited, so I can't keep moving at top speed with you. If it were Kyohiko instead..."

Minato couldn't help but smile as he said this.

That kid has a really strong physique, and his chakra is much stronger than his!

He ate a soldier's ration pill and rested for a while.

Then, Minato stood up.

"How's the recovery going?"

"It's ready!"

Matt Kay nodded emphatically.

Minato nodded slightly: "Let's go down and take a look. Everyone should be fine, but who knows if something has been taken away."

"They took everything with them. There weren't any important documents here, just some daily necessities."

Kai explained.

Minato then searched the area.

Sure enough, he soon found signs that the place had been searched.

Hidden Rock Village.

He pondered for a moment, then turned his head and noticed Matt Kay looking thoughtful. He immediately smiled and asked, "What do you think?"

"Well, maybe they were already here, but didn't find anything, and then rushed after us, so..."

Matt Kai gave a simple analysis.

Minato Namikaze chuckled upon hearing this, "Your analysis is quite good. Why are you so insecure?"

"I...I feel so useless..."

Matt Kai lowered his head, his previous high spirits gone.

Minato Namikaze laughed, "Because you couldn't defeat those four?"

"If it were Kakashi, he could easily defeat and kill them without you having to lift a finger."

Matt Kai answered.

Minato thought for a moment and said, "That's true, but you also have that ability, you just haven't realized it yourself."

"Me too?"

Matt Kai was stunned.

Minato nodded: "Your Eight Gates Formation is very strong. It can reach a terrifying burst of power in a short period of time. If you can release it stably, it will also have terrifying power."

"Secondly, your Lightning Release ability is actually quite good. If your taijutsu isn't effective against Earth Release ninjas, you can try using Lightning Release..."

Minato Namikaze looked at Might Guy.

"If it were Kakashi, he could immediately determine which technique to use. Compared to Kakashi, what you lack is this kind of combat experience."

Instead of offering comfort and praise, he spoke the truth and pointed out what he considered Matt Kay's shortcomings.

"So, if I use the Gate Opening technique, combined with the Lightning Release chakra infusion, it would actually be simpler to deal with them using weapons?"

"right."

Minato nodded slightly.

Matt Kee was deep in thought.

His taijutsu was entirely learned from Might Dai, and as for ninjutsu, according to Kyohiko and Kakashi, he only needed to apply ninjutsu to his own combat system.

but.

According to Minato, he had not fully integrated these techniques into his combat system.

Minato Namikaze smiled gently and said, "It's alright. We'll have to weather this blizzard here first, and then bring everyone from this village to Kyoto."

"To avoid Iwagakure?"

"Um."

Minato nodded slightly.

"Iwagakure dares to send assassination squads to attack wandering ninjas, but would never dare to attack ninjas affiliated with the Land of Snow, of course..."

"If they wanted to start a war directly, they wouldn't care about these things."

Minato sighed softly as he finished speaking.

Small ninja villages and small countries have absolutely no ability to fight against large ninja villages and large countries in the ninja world.

Just like the Takigakure this time, they were attacked by Kakuzu and Raiga Kurosuki. They tried everything but failed to stop Raiga and Kakuzu. Instead, their leader was killed and their Jinchuriki were taken away.

This is the predicament of the small ninja village. (End of Chapter)