The Land of Snow was indeed very short on manpower. The geothermal generators were not yet stable, so Kazahana Koyuki consulted Naruko. The answer she received was: one year for experiments, two years for production.
The first year progressed smoothly, summarizing experiences and improving the shortcomings of the geothermal generators. In the second year, under the leadership of national leader Kazahana Koyuki,
the entire nation tightened its belt and threw itself into a construction boom. And certain well-informed and wealthy individuals, such as the order from Konoha's richest man who couldn't eat because he was worrying about a man he couldn't remember,
made Kazahana Koyuki ecstatic. She dreamed of surpassing the Land of Lightning and the Land of Fire in thirty years, with the Land of Snow becoming a city without winter.
However, developing high-speed rail transport was a later plan. In the early stages, there was no money, so they had to rely on hiring Guy's team for transport. Under these conditions of nationwide construction,
exquisite small dishes simply couldn't meet the demand; they had to use large pots, and for large pots, taste wasn't a concern. As long as these two girls didn't cook slop, they could still make a living here; at the very least, they wouldn't have to resort to stealing train tracks to survive.
"Then I'll take them both." Kazahana Koyuki didn't ask further; Naruto's influence was quite significant. She also felt a bit guilty towards Naruto. She had promised to teach him how to govern while he taught her to sing.
Now, her country was well-ordered, but his singing... Rubbing her forehead, Kazahana Koyuki asked, "Is your singing still like that?" Although his singing wasn't good, Naruto was confident: "I've improved a lot.
Don't believe me? Come, I'll sing you a piece." At this, the two girls immediately backed away. Kazahana Koyuki quickly stopped him: "We're all family here, no need to perform." Naruto's face instantly became even uglier than a pig's liver.
"Pfft..." Kisumi couldn't help but laugh. After teasing him a few more times to lighten the mood, Naruto glumly returned to the temporary hut in the Land of Grass.
Inside, Jiraiya was sprawled on a fishcake, using his hair to hold a draft as he wrote by the wind. Seeing Naruto return, Little Hishiro was the first to sense it. It leaped onto his shoulder, biting its tail tip to form a loop around Naruto's neck.
Shizune, meanwhile, pounced like an angry dog. Feeling his hair pulled, Jiraiya turned to glare at Naruto: "Next time you leave, send it away too. Do you know how scary it is to wake up with a dog in my arms?"
"No." Naruto replied. What's wrong with sleeping with a dog? I sleep with a pig every day.
"Forget it, you wouldn't understand." Jiraiya recalled the doggy taste in his mouth when he woke up and wanted to strangle it. He flicked the dog to Naruto with his hair, suppressed his irritation, and turned back to writing, asking, "Why are you so early today?"
"I wanted to see the sun at four in the morning on Mount Myōboku." Naruto casually made up an excuse, not giving Jiraiya time to react, then asked, "Old man, do you know how to change your voice with chakra?"
Ninja disguise skills were powerful; changing one's voice with chakra was one method. Yamato had used it when disguised as Sasori at the Tenchi Bridge. Kakashi also used it when revealing his true face.
Not only that, he even wore colored contacts to conceal his Sharingan. Unfortunately, the academy didn't teach such things. It wasn't that Naruto wasn't listening attentively; they simply didn't teach it. Even Sakura couldn't do it.
"You finally admit your singing is bad?" Jiraiya immediately put down his manuscript, pulled out a scroll, and started writing on the spot: "I'll teach you this." He had had enough of Naruto's awful singing. He finished writing in less than a minute,
threw the scroll to Naruto, and said, "Try to use this move as little as possible. It damages your throat... never mind, do as you please." Considering Naruto's recovery capabilities, Jiraiya gave up. He's almost as good as Tsunade's Creation Rebirth just by standing still. Can you believe it? Is he even human?
Taking the scroll, Naruto threw Shizune forward and ran off.
"Disobedient disciple, take it with you!!!"
On the other side, Naruto returned to his room and looked at the scroll. The Transformation Jutsu had its limitations. It could transform a person, but the voice couldn't be perfectly mimicked.
Naruto needed to pay attention to this if he wanted to live as Karin in prison. Naruto had never imagined that Karin wouldn't be able to enter Hozuki Castle; she was destined to be sent there.
The upper echelons of Kusagakure were divided into two factions. Mui, who managed Hozuki Castle, was backed by the radical faction, who saw the Box of Ultimate Bliss as the village's hope.
They wanted to use its wish-granting ability to unify the ninja world. And opening the Box of Ultimate Bliss required a large amount of chakra. Given this situation, if they didn't seize Karin, Naruto would change his surname to Karin's.
As expected, within three days, Suigetsu sent back news that Karin had been escorted away. Then, he was thrown back into the water tank by a grumpy Sasuke. Naruto, meanwhile, fully dedicated himself to researching a chakra-based voice changer, preparing to meet Mui.
Naruto didn't want to comment much on Mui. His existence fully proved that when Kaguya created humans, she used not only mud but also sand. He personally sent his son into the Box of Ultimate Bliss, and then wanted to wish him out.
What kind of idiotic behavior was that? Was he forced? Could a country that forced you to sell your children still command your loyalty? Even if he finally woke up and wanted to die together, that only proved his sand content wasn't high. Well, only slightly lower than Shukaku's.
Was that truly your son? You couldn't learn from the Sage of Six Paths. When his son was about to die, he immediately came out, added health and chakra, gave buffs, and even equipped skills. He just lacked direct combat guidance.
Now that's what you call a true son. However, having a high sand content also had its benefits. At the very least, it brought him considerable advantages. His son, just emerging from the Box of Ultimate Bliss and before becoming Satori, had been pierced through the chest.
Judging by that, his lungs and heart must have been impaled. Yet, he bled for a while and then stood back up! This was something the former leader of the Akatsuki should learn from. Yes, I'm talking about you, Yahiko. One kunai poke and you're done? Can't you act? That wasn't even the half of it.
Mui then held Satori down and let it take a Rasengan Shuriken to the face. He could even stand in the wind, his hair flowing, stroking his son's face after his transformation ended. Finally, his son couldn't take it anymore.
He thought, Dad, please just come with me now. Stop acting. He then spat out a pile of feathers, killing Mui, and returned to the Box of Ultimate Bliss. Naruto felt he probably couldn't take a beating as well as Mui.
Time flew by. Three days later, in Hozuki Castle's prison, Karin, wearing handcuffs and shackles, calculated the guard's patrol times. She pulled out a slip of paper with the character "seal" written on it from her mouth. She barely managed to gather some chakra to summon a lamp, then rubbed the chains to ignite it.
Less than five seconds later, Naruto teleported in. Seeing her covered in various injuries, Naruto couldn't help but ask, "How are you?" After all, she was injured because of him, and he felt somewhat guilty.
"It's nothing." Karin raised her wrist to her mouth and bit down hard. Her wounds healed at a visible speed. Naruto clicked his tongue in wonder. Why don't I have this ability to heal myself? After recovering, Karin was slightly out of breath. She reached down and pulled open her collar, revealing a bit of skin, and pointed at the sealing pattern on her body. "This is the legendary Heavenly Prison."
"It can bind chakra. Once chakra is used, it will burn. However, the binding isn't complete; its weakness is a large amount of water."
"Good, understood. I'll send you to the sea first, then we'll figure out how to release the seal." Naruto pressed his ear to the wall, listening to the commotion outside. "Say a few more words quietly."
"Why? I'm telling you, hurry up. I still need to go repay Sasuke's kindness." Sasuke helped her get revenge, and she definitely had to repay this kindness. As for how to repay it, hehehe... Seeing Naruto "wa, ah, wa, ah" tuning without paying attention to her, Karin wiped her mouth. "Hurry up!"
"Alright." Naruto replied in Karin's voice.
"Amazing." Karin eagerly stood in the teleportation gate, waiting. She looked down, pulled open her collar, and glanced at the seal. "Take Sasuke too. I'll only let him research it."
"Alright, alright." Naruto sighed, sent out a clone to send her off. This girl was a lost cause.
On the other side, Sasuke and the clone were researching Karin's seal. Sasuke, with his Sharingan, carefully observed, then took out a steel wire, bent it a few times, and pried open the chains on Karin's hands and feet.
He handed the chains to the clone and said, "These are for him." Receiving the chains, Naruto cursed inwardly. He fastened them, looked at the corner of the wall, and sank into his mental world.
"Big Fox, your handwriting is uglier than mine."
"Say that again, and this old man won't write anymore." Kurama wrote fox-like characters on the wall with a chakra hand, its tone displeased. If it weren't for this brat begging this old man to death, this old man wouldn't write this nonsense.
At the same time, the clone in the Land of Snow, with its vertical pupils, was flipping through a sealing jutsu textbook filled with incomprehensible symbols. Since he couldn't bring books into prison,
Naruto could only learn this way. He hadn't even started learning sealing jutsu before getting imprisoned. This was a good opportunity to learn thoroughly. After all, the best place for learning was prison.
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