In Konoha, Naruto lies down

Chapter 430: Some things that will not be regretted, Jiraiya still chose the same path

Under the moon, the forest is quiet.

Fenghua Xiaoxue lay contentedly on the bed, her eyes narrowed into slits, her expression languid. After hesitating for a moment, she reached for the mirror beside the bed, her arms as straight as a thread.

The color is like hot milk, and every movement seems to be about to spill out.

"woke up?"

"Ah."

The voice seemed to be squeezed out from her throat, with a heavy nasal tone. The light in the room was dim, and her head was dizzy. She opened her eyes and found that the other party seemed to be leaving.

It's late at night and it's not dawn yet.

"Are you leaving?" Her voice was a little hazy and she seemed very tired.

"Well, you should have a good rest." Naruto replied to her, then turned around and looked at her, lingering for a moment on Fenghua Xiaoxue's delicate body.

It was only a moment, and as the door creaked shut, the bedroom fell into silence again.

The dim bedside lamp illuminated a corner. Fenghua Xiaoxue's back was tense, and she stared at the closed door in silence with her lips pursed. After a long moment, she suddenly relaxed and let out a soft sigh.

Fenghua Xiaoxue was wearing a wine-red pleated nightgown. The shoulder straps had slipped off and she fell on the messy snow-white bed, like a plum blossom blooming in the snow.

The next day.

"Turn the steering wheel to the left! Turn it to the extreme! Damn it, Xiao Li, you turned it again!"

"Who to kill?" Xiao Li scratched his head.

"Hit me to death? Hit the steering wheel to death!" Naruto collapsed, covering his head, "Good brother, I'm driving! Don't look at me, look at the road!"

Jiraiya squatted in the snow, squinting his eyes as he watched Rock Lee and Naruto driving two snowmobiles slowly reversing in the open space in front of them, and couldn't help but smile.

The cold wind howled. Neji, folding his arms and wearing a thick white cotton jacket, sat by the side, watching Naruto and Rock Lee playfully. His gaze slowly shifted to another empty car parked in the snow.

He suddenly turned his head and found that Jiraiya seemed to be staring at the car, so he closed his eyes. The moment he closed his eyes, he heard a rustling sound beside him, as if Jiraiya had stood up.

"I'll try it too." Jiraiya laughed and walked towards the snowmobile lying there.

Neji naturally had no objection. Although he wanted to play, he couldn't compete with a senior like Jiraiya. But when Jiraiya walked towards the snowmobile, a head popped out from another circling vehicle.

"Horny Immortal! Can you drive? Let me teach you."

"What do you mean I can drive?" Jiraiya was immediately displeased and simply got into the car. The car door slammed shut with a dull sound.

"Is this difficult? I just need to explore it a little bit..."

"Haha." Naruto watched the show from the side with his hands folded, looking like "you can do it if you can do it."

"This..." Jiraiya has been working in intelligence for half his life, and has traveled far and wide and gained a lot of experience, but he really doesn't understand this new thing.

Looking at the messy dashboard, he was a little confused, but he didn't want to lose face in front of Naruto, so he pretended to be calm and operated it randomly.

The snowmobile's engine roared like a wild beast, and Jiraiya had flipped on the headlights at some point. The entire vehicle launched forward with a roar, like a beast awakening.

"Si~~!!" Naruto couldn't help but gasp when he saw this.

I didn't expect Jiraiya, at his age, to still have the heart to race. I was planning to see him make a fool of himself, but he unexpectedly used the marked launch control.

"Someone come and save me!" Jiraiya panicked.

Unfortunately, his voice was drowned out by the roar of the engine. He whooshed away from the open space and flew out with the snowmobile like a gust of wind.

While he was breaking out in a cold sweat, Jiraiya actually felt extremely excited.

The snow around me was rapidly receding, and the cold wind rushed in. In the distance, there was a distant view of snow-capped mountains and glaciers. A bright route cut along the mountainside, the beauty was vast and boundless.

The speed was getting faster and faster. Jiraiya hurriedly released the accelerator, and after being at a loss, he slammed on the brakes...

Bang! My head almost hit the steering wheel.

He was stunned. He looked up and saw the snow-capped mountains in the distance. The sharp peaks were like thorns covered with white snow. It must be snowing after a sunny day. A ray of red light fell from the sky, quietly draped over the snow-capped peaks.

Jiraiya's heart was pounding as he stared at Xuefeng in confusion, feeling as if something was slowly crawling out of him. He felt uncomfortable all over, but now, after a little stimulation, he felt relieved.

It was a feeling I had never experienced before, as if my heart had come back to life after being away from death for half my life.

"Is it fun, lecherous sage?" Naruto caught up from behind and approached the driver's window, laughing. "I see you're quite skilled at this."

"It's okay." Jiraiya was arrogant and naturally unwilling to admit that he couldn't do it.

A few of them played with cars in this open space for a while, and even just had a quick bite at noon before continuing. It didn't take much time for them to learn how to drive.

Naruto couldn't help but grin at the sight before him. Sure enough, there was no man who didn't like driving, whether it was a real car or a shared bike.

This reminded him of the hard time he'd spent practicing driving before crossing over, and he couldn't help but curl his lips. This thing was just a matter of practice making perfect. It felt really good to be able to practice driving here without having to go to a driving school.

into the night.

The four of them gathered for dinner. They looked a little tired from all the fun they had during the day. After eating and drinking, Neji and Rock Lee left to sleep.

Only the master and the disciple were left at the table. Jiraiya raised his eyelids, smiled drunkenly, tapped the table with his wine glass, and asked.

"This Snow Country is your private land, right?"

"Yes." Neji was not around, and Naruto did not intend to hide it. "I helped Fenghua Xiaoxue restore her country. She gave me a certain amount of control. It's my own private land."

"The Queen of the Snow Country?" Jiraiya took a sip, pointed at Naruto and said with a smile, "You are really brave, you dare to do anything..."

"Forget it, I won't ask about your relationship." He put down his glass, "Naruto, you are an adult now, you can make your own plans."

"If an old man like me talks too much, it's bound to bore the young people. But I still have to remind you that the heart cannot be divided into several parts."

Hearing this, Naruto was silent for a moment and did not refute.

Jiraiya was somewhat surprised by this, as he was well aware of his disciple's character. He could turn the dead into the living and the living into the dead.

But now he is silent, which is strange.

"Lewd Sage, I know what you mean." Naruto also took a sip of wine, "But I have no choice now. I want to finish everything as soon as possible."

"Well, just do what you want." Jiraiya smiled, "Although I don't know what you want to do, I just hope you don't do anything that you will regret."

After saying this, Jiraiya drank a lot of wine and finally fell drunk on the table.

The next day.

Jiraiya and his group were about to leave the Land of Snow, so Fuka and Koyuki naturally sent someone to see them off. Naruto also went with them, and before leaving, he stayed in the room with Fuka and Koyuki to talk.

"I can come back anytime, um... I mean I can come back whenever I want." Naruto didn't keep it a secret, "I recently got a ninjutsu that allows me to teleport long distances."

"You know what I mean? If I want, I can be in the Snow Country in less than three minutes."

"Really?" Fenghua Xiaoxue was a little surprised.

"What good would it do me to lie to you?" He frowned as he sat in his chair. "But there's still one problem. The Snow Country is so remote, no matter how advanced its technology is, it can't connect to the outside world."

"Why should we communicate with the outside world?" Fenghua Xiaoxue was puzzled. "It is precisely because of the geographical location of the Snow Country that we have avoided being affected by the Ninja World War."

"The Snow Country is just a small, self-sufficient nation. Apart from necessary trade and technological exchanges, it rarely contacts the outside world."

"Isn't this good enough? Why take the risk..." She was a little confused.

"Times have changed. There will be no more wars in the future." Naruto said firmly, "And I need to strengthen the Snow Country and make it prosperous."

"Okay." Fenghua Xiaoxue was immediately discouraged when she heard that it was Naruto's idea. "Then what should we do specifically? The snow-capped mountains are impossible to cross, and the rivers freeze every year, so frequent trade is impossible."

"Then we can build an aircraft and explore ways to travel through the sky. We can conduct trade with the Kingdom of Thunder, but there is no rush for this. I will coordinate the subsequent technical assistance," he said.

"The second thing is communication. This can be shared with the Fire Nation's technology. I will let you know when the time comes."

"What?" Fenghua Xiaoxue was stunned. After hearing what Naruto said, her mind was a little confused. "The Land of Lightning? The Land of Fire?"

"Those are...superpowers."

Even though she was just an actress at first, after ascending the throne, Fenghua Xiaoxue studied hard every day to learn how to be an excellent queen, so her vision was not low.

Not only is he aware of the Snow Country's own technological advantages, but he also understands that if the Snow Country wants to prosper, it must not attract the attention of superpowers like the Five Nations.

Fortunately, the five major countries rarely send their Anbu to gather information here. Even if they do, they can just spend some money to bribe them and get away with it.

Therefore, when Fenghua Xiaoxue heard Naruto advocating that the Snow Country should take the initiative to expose itself to the five major countries, she was so embarrassed and didn't know how to refuse.

But when she heard him talk about letting the Lightning Kingdom and the Snow Kingdom go to war and trade, and letting the Fire Kingdom and the Snow Kingdom share technology, she even wondered if her ears were broken.

These are all superpowers, how could they all listen to Naruto?

And even if Naruto has some influence in the Land of Fire and can influence Konoha and even the Land of Fire, he can't ask the Land of Lightning to cooperate, right?

If Fenghua Xiaoxue remembered correctly, Konoha and Kumogakure were not on good terms. In terms of strength, with one being the boss and the other the second in command, it was impossible for them to coexist peacefully.

"Yes, it's the Land of Lightning and the Land of Fire." Naruto nodded, "You don't have to be so surprised. Since I said so, I am naturally somewhat confident."

"I have a path in Kumogakure. It's risk-free. I'll let you know when things are clear. Well... it won't be long."

"Kumegakure?"

Fenghua Xiaoxue's eyes opened wide, wondering how a Konoha ninja could be related to Kumogakure. She could almost imagine the hardships Naruto had gone through.

Naruto didn't know that Fenghua Xiaoxue had such a rich inner drama. In fact, it didn't take him much time to mess up Kumogakure. It was all thanks to the Evil God Followers mission.

"Well, that's roughly the situation. Time is running out so I have to go." Naruto stood up.

"Wait!" She suddenly called out to Naruto.

"what happened?"

"When is the next time?" Fenghua Xiaoxue pursed her red lips and said shyly, "Next time...if possible, I want to have a child."

"Ah good."

Naruto left and stood on the deck of the ship, looking at the slowly retreating glacier, frowning. He couldn't help but look back in the direction of the cabin, frowning slightly.

After a long time, he sighed and muttered to himself.

"Want a child?"

If a child really came into the world, it would really catch him off guard. Naruto had never thought about things like children, but thinking about Fenghua Xiaoxue, he couldn't help but pursed his lips.

Let’s talk about it later and let it take its course.

The next day.

After sailing for a day, the few people got used to life at sea.

At dusk, Jiraiya and Naruto were standing on the deck chatting in the sea breeze. He looked at the glacier and couldn't help but sigh.

"My life has been so unclear. Looking back, it seems like it's all failures. I never grasp anything, and I haven't accomplished anything."

"Lecherous sage, stop clinging to the Child of Prophecy," Naruto admonished, his robes billowing in the sea breeze. "How terrifying it would be if one person could change the world!"

"What do you mean?" Jiraiya asked, leaning against the railing, enjoying the sea breeze, his eyes almost narrowed into slits.

"If one person can save the world, then there must be someone who can easily destroy it. Isn't that terrifying? How many times would this world have to be destroyed?"

Naruto said half-jokingly, leaning against the railing.

"You lecherous immortal, the Son of Prophecy might also be the son of the devil. If one wrong thought were to happen, it could end the world. If that happens, wouldn't you have just started a disaster?"

Jiraiya was smiling at first, but then the smile slowly disappeared.

He stared at the sea level in the distance that almost merged with the sky, and couldn't help but pursed his lips, and his expression became serious.

"That being said, finding the Child of Prophecy is my life's mission," Jiraiya said. "This is a mission I once firmly believed in, but half of my life has passed..."

"Even so, it's definitely not easy to give up."

........

After reaching the shore, the few of them parted ways.

Neji and Rock Lee prepare to return to Konoha, while Jiraiya continues his journey. In the end, he chooses to continue searching for the child of prophecy. Perhaps this is what life is like. After hesitating for a long time, he finally chooses to give it one more try.

As for Naruto, he had originally chosen to return to Konoha to rest for a while after the Kumogakure plan was shelved. However, due to Jiraiya's constant interference, he had no choice but to leave in order to avoid exposing the Yomiuri Gate.

As for returning to Konoha, I probably have to wait for another half a month.

So he naturally turned his attention to the Land of Water where the ninja swords were hidden, and it seemed that the second mission could be completed.

Chapter 431: The last ninja sword, the unbelieving Nizhuzi, welcomed the gift of fate,

The land of water.

In an unknown forest, a door exuding an ancient atmosphere appeared out of thin air. Then, a yellow-haired man stepped out skillfully, pausing for a moment and even looking around before walking out.