Iron Country.

Heavy snow fell from the sky, blocking the view.

The biting north wind comes like a cutting blade and hits people's faces, as if their skin and flesh are being torn apart.

The road is rough in the forest covered by cold ice and snow.

Naruto shrank and shivered, and the nose water that came back from inhaling was also cold. He rubbed his nose until the tip of his nose was red, but he still couldn't feel the slightest warmth.

Although the weather in the Land of Fire has begun to get cooler, it is still autumn after all.

However, entering the Kingdom of Iron, the climate directly changed from autumn to extremely cold winter. This extremely different environment made it difficult for Naruto to adapt.

He never imagined that the place where Jiraiya brought him would have such bad weather.

It's only November, and the weather is as cold as winter. When December comes, the cold wave will come further, and it will probably get even colder here.

"Hey, lustful fairy, haven't you arrived at your destination yet? Isn't it too cold here?"

Naruto rubbed his arms back and forth, trying to bring himself some warmth.

Because when he came, he was only wearing a coat outside and a thin shirt underneath. In such a bad environment, he would indeed feel uncomfortable with the air-conditioning here.

"Naruto, your body is too delicate. As a ninja, you can't continue like this."

Jiraiya looked at Naruto's slightly pale face, stopped and said helplessly.

Compared to Naruto, his clothes were thinner, but his whole body was warm, and the cold wind here had almost no negative impact on him.

"I don't want to either, but it's really cold here, so I'd better find a place to rest."

Naruto suggested.

As he spoke, the sound of his nose sounded again.

"Control your chakra well, it will be enough to keep out the cold."

Jiraiya said.

"It's too much. You know I'm not good at controlling chakra..."

"So, this kind of exercise is meaningful."

Jiraiya ignored Naruto's resentful look and smiled.

Just when Jiraiya was about to continue walking forward with Naruto, four figures came over from one side.

It was Tiegen and others who came with Jiraiya and Naruto.

Because of their identity, they were met with Jiraiya's hostility and vigilance along the way. However, fortunately, there was no conflict between the two parties during the journey, and a subtle atmosphere was maintained.

Along the way, they kept a distance of about fifteen to twenty meters from Jiraiya and Naruto, and now they suddenly stepped forward, obviously coming to discuss something.

"Jiraiya-sama, the temperature in the Iron Kingdom at night is much lower than during the day, and the wind and snow have seriously hindered the view. It is better to find a place to rest for the night as soon as possible."

Take root suggested.

"There's no time to hang around here now. What if something happens to Tsunade?"

"Even so, I recommend stopping for a while to repair." Torine glanced at Naruto, then swept deep into the snow-covered forest, then turned his head back, focused on Jiraiya, and said: " Moreover, someone is following us all the way."

"Um?"

"She is a wandering witch from the Kingdom of Ghosts, and our whereabouts have been exposed."…

Take root and say.

Jiraiya glanced at the depths of the forest, which was shrouded in darkness, like a black hole, blowing out cold wind.

"It's really haunting. The eyes of these wandering witches are too sharp."

Jiraiya clenched his fist and tapped his forehead lightly, feeling quite distressed.

"There is nothing we can do about it. Even if we travel all night now, we won't be able to reach the northern land of the Iron Kingdom for a while. Tsunade-sama is protected by our people, so there will be no danger for the time being... and the Iron Kingdom

It will be colder in the northern part of the country, so it’s better to prepare more clothes to keep out the cold.”

"Okay, then let's go to the nearest town to rest for the night and start again tomorrow morning."

Hearing that Jiraiya agreed to come down, Torine breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at the three companions behind him.

The three root ninjas understood and used the teleportation technique to leave this place and find the nearest town to stay for one night.

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In the midst of the Misty Lake, Tsunade felt someone shaking her body.

As a result, he let out a dissatisfied hum and ignored the visitor.

Yesterday, she had been gambling until late at night. When she returned to the hotel to rest, she was exhausted and fell asleep directly. To this day, she still has the image of the dice rolling in her mind.

"Tsunade-sama, Tsunade-sama, please wake up, it's already dawn!"

The shaking motion became even greater.

Tsunade opened her eyes, impatiently raised her upper body lying on the table and looked at the person.

I was about to scold the other person, but when I saw the appearance of the person coming, I was suddenly surprised.

"It's Shizune. What, did Gen's guy release you?"

Tsunade yawned and rubbed her groggy eyes.

It was just getting dark outside and it was still early morning.

"Yeah, those guys let me out."

Shizune held her beloved Dolphin in her arms and said helplessly to Tsunade.

"Not only that, you seem to have gained a little weight... Those guys seem to have raised you well."

Tsunade took a closer look at Shizune's face, then suddenly pinched her chin and started teasing.

"Please stop teasing me, Tsunade-sama. Not to mention that I'm not fat at all, but someone imprisoning me is not a good thing no matter how you look at it. Those guys are so annoying!"

Shizune gritted her teeth bitterly, with strong resentment flashing in her eyes.

When I think about the fact that I have been confined to a small space by my parents for the past month, even though I have not abused her in terms of food and accommodation, my behavior of imprisoning myself can still be described as excessive.

When I think back to this day, I still feel extremely angry.

"Well, Danzo's leadership has always been this way. Just get used to it."

"I don't want to get used to this kind of thing! By the way, if they suddenly let me back now, could it be that Tsunade-sama you promised them some conditions?"

Shizune stared at Tsunade's face and suddenly became worried.

Although Tsunade did this, she was indeed a little touched, but the basic ninja always eats people without spitting out bones, and she didn't want Tsunade to do it for her own sake.

In the world of ninjas, it is not uncommon to use hostages to threaten others to compromise. Fortunately, Shizune is also a jounin of Konoha. After being a ninja for so many years, she is already prepared to sacrifice at any time...

"That's not true." Tsunade waved her hands and stretched, but still said with a troubled expression: "After all, I'm not stupid. If I compromise on this kind of thing for the first time, there will definitely be a second time.

Before you came back, I have been dealing with them... The reason why they let you back now is not because I promised them any conditions, but because a major change happened in the village, which forced the people at the root to do this. What, that

Yamanaka kid, didn’t you explain it to you?”

"No."

"That's it, then I'll tell you in detail after I wake up."

After saying that, Tsunade's upper body lay directly on the table in front of her, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

"Wait, Tsunade-sama——"

She wanted to call Tsunade, but she stopped talking when she saw Tsunade fell asleep so quickly and had a tired look on her face.

Finally sighing, she had no choice but to let Tsunade fall asleep again.

"Forget it, Tsunade-sama is very tired from worrying about my safety these days. Let her rest."

Shizune tried to convince herself this way.

Time soon came to noon, and Tsunade woke up hungry.

He wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth that had accidentally flowed down while sleeping, and started shouting: "Shizune, Shizune!"

As if he was on call, hurried footsteps immediately came from outside the house, and then the door was opened and Shizune appeared at the door.

"What's the matter, Tsunade-sama?"

"what time is it now?"

"Well...it's almost twelve o'clock noon."

"Uh, did I sleep for that long? I happen to be hungry. Let's go out and eat something. Have you eaten?"

"not yet."

"Then let's go together."

Tsunade stood up from the floor and scratched the back of her head, which made her already messy hair even more messy, and many of her hair began to curl up, looking extremely sloppy.

There are even serious dark circles around my eyes. I guess I must have stayed up very late these days.
To be continued...