Seeing a pile of 'answer sheet' added to his steaming, fragrant curry rice, the Masked Man was utterly distraught and enraged.
After his anger subsided, he gleaned one piece of information from it—Kakashi was now able to use the Mangekyō Sharingan's abilities.
The Masked Man had also noticed some of the Akatsuki's recent movements, but after questioning Black Zetsu, he dismissed them.
As his source of intelligence, he currently trusted Black Zetsu implicitly.
After all, as Uchiha Madara's will, Black Zetsu's goal must be to collect Tailed Beasts and revive Madara.
So, even when he discovered that the Seven-Tails Jinchūriki was in Amegakure a while ago, he didn't find it strange.
Collecting Tailed Beasts must follow a sequence, starting from Ichibi.
Therefore, luring the Seven-Tails Jinchūriki over in advance and keeping it in the village was perfectly reasonable.
"Kakashi, I will definitely let you and everyone reunite in the other world."
After muttering profoundly to himself, the Masked Man activated his ability, preparing to leave the Kamui Dimension.
—His lunch was gone, he had to go buy another one.
However, as space began to distort, the 'answer sheet' that had been quietly lying on the curry rice suddenly moved.
It flew towards the Masked Man's right eye at an extremely fast speed.
"Ah—"
In a forest, the Masked Man's figure appeared, letting out a scream, clutching his eye, and kneeling on the ground.
Actually, he wasn't injured; it was just that what had just happened was more terrifying than being injured.
When the Kamui Dimension was cut off from the outside world, the 'answer sheet' had no path to complete Bai Mo's Crazy Diamond's "repair," so it could only remain motionless.
But when the Masked Man was about to leave, the passage to the outside world opened, and the 'answer sheet' immediately rushed towards the only exit—which was his eye.
The Masked Man watched with wide eyes as a pile of 'answer sheet' got closer and closer to his eye, then drilled inside.
Even without being injured, it left an indelible psychological trauma.
The Masked Man at this moment hated the Sharingan's extraordinary perception with all his might.
When the 'answer sheet' flew over, every minute detail and wisp of heat was seen clearly by him.
"Damn you, Kakashi."
The Masked Man was enraged again, looking at the rapidly departing 'answer sheet' in the distance, he immediately scrambled to his feet and gave chase.
He wanted to see what kind of tracking Ninjutsu that idiot Kakashi had developed, to actually use such a filthy thing.
The Masked Man sprinted furiously, his Sharingan's powerful perception locked onto the high-speed 'answer sheet'.
However... don't forget, Bai Mo's Crazy Diamond's repair ability, if not directly touched, uses this "aura contamination method," and the repair will stop once the aura disappears.
As the Masked Man chased, the 'answer sheet' flying in the air suddenly stopped, with only inertia still moving it forward, and the Masked Man caught up in an instant.
While chasing, the Masked Man maintained his forward momentum, almost crashing headfirst into the 'answer sheet', but fortunately, he phased through in time.
The 'answer sheet' passed through his head and fell to the ground.
The Masked Man stood still, staring blankly at the 'answer sheet' on the ground, letting out a sigh of relief.
Just a mere piece of 'answer sheet', yet it had given him the same oppressive feeling as facing a Flying Thunder God kunai.
The Masked Man touched his somewhat damp pants.
Was it sweat?
It couldn't be pee, could it?
—
Konoha.
Kakashi, looking exhausted, reported Koyuki Kazahana's situation to the Third Hokage.
He also recalled that when he was still in Anbu, he had carried out a mission to escort the princess of the Land of Snow to escape.
"Kakashi, you decide this mission yourself, whether to continue or give up.
If you choose to continue, I can upgrade this mission to an S-rank mission, and you can deploy up to two squads as reinforcements at any time."
There was no conspiracy; Hiruzen Sarutobi directly gave Kakashi the choice of the mission.
The Land of Snow is located in the northwest direction; even if it truly developed, the first thing it would have to face would be the Land of Earth.
Secondly, Konoha had intelligence regarding the Land of Snow.
The strength of the Land of Snow was simply not enough, and moreover, their so-called "Ice Release" could only be used in the icy and snowy environment of the Land of Snow.
Kakashi naturally chose to continue the mission.
As for support, Kakashi did not refuse either.
However, he only chose one squad.
His old friend, Might Guy's team.
According to the latest intelligence on the Land of Snow provided by the Third Hokage, the chakra armor created by the Land of Snow, exhausting its national power, had many effects.
Such as amplifying the user's Chakra, increasing Ninjutsu power, and resisting Ninjutsu and Genjutsu... In short, it couldn't defend against Taijutsu.
Kakashi had Might Guy's team follow secretly, and when they couldn't solve the problem, Might Guy's team could make an appearance.
Back at the film crew's base.
Sandayū had already persuaded the director and the rest of the crew to continue on to the Land of Snow.
This director was also a talent, thinking that if the audience discovered that the protagonist of Princess Gale was actually a princess, the popularity would surely explode.
Moreover, the story of an exiled princess restoring her country was also very fitting for the story of Princess Gale.
As for whether he, an ordinary person, would accidentally die in battle, that had long been thrown to the back of his mind.
This director truly loved movies.
The only problem was that Koyuki Kazahana refused to go back.
After Kakashi returned, the first thing he did was not to persuade Koyuki Kazahana, but to come before Bai Mo, looking sad and helpless: "Messing around with Naruto once is enough, please don't use that jutsu again, it's too terrifying."
Kakashi had seen countless Konoha villagers clutching their buttocks along the way.
The villagers didn't have Sharingan and didn't know what had happened, thinking someone had quickly used Thousand Years of Death on them.
Only the deceased White Fang of Konoha and Kakashi could use Thousand Years of Death, so everyone who knew this immediately suspected Kakashi.
Fortunately, there were people with a third-person perspective who proved that it wasn't Kakashi who attacked everyone just now.
Only then did Kakashi get out of trouble.
"It has nothing to do with me; this was done by Gaara of Sunagakure."
"Huh?"
Kakashi tilted his head in confusion.
"You'll understand when Gaara appears during the Chūnin Exams; it has nothing to do with me, he's the one who can manipulate cat litter."
"..."
Kakashi was speechless.
No longer chatting idly with Bai Mo, Kakashi walked over to Koyuki Kazahana and began to try and persuade her.
Persuasion failed.
Originally, Kakashi wanted to use Sharingan Genjutsu to directly knock Koyuki Kazahana out, take her onto the ship, and then talk.
But Kakashi had just used Kamui for the first time, which consumed too much energy and left him overly fatigued, so his Sharingan was temporarily unusable.
Kakashi turned to look at Bai Mo, walked over: "She seemed to agree with what you said just now, why don't you go try?"
"Kakashi-sensei is so lame."
Naruto whispered mockingly from the side.
"...Teacher, I just haven't used my ultimate secret weapon."
Kakashi pulled out a copy of Icha Icha Paradise from his pocket, talking tough.
"Can a novel written by one single person for another single person be used as a strategy guide?"
"..."
Bai Mo's single sentence left Kakashi speechless again.
"Why aren't you going back?"
Bai Mo walked over and sat beside Koyuki Kazahana, asking directly.
There were none of Kakashi's earlier grand reasons or various encouragements.
Instead, he directly threw the question back at her.
....
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