Under his direction, everyone began carrying out their tasks in an orderly manner. However, their filming hadn't continued for long before an explosion suddenly occurred on the iceberg behind them.
The massive noise instantly drew everyone's attention. Under the gaze of the crowd, three figures wearing strange armor appeared at the exact spot where the explosion had just happened.
And Miss Yukie seemed to recognize them. Upon seeing them appear, she immediately retreated backward in terror.
Seeing this, smiles appeared on the faces of all three. The pink-haired female ninja among them spoke up right after.
"Princess Koyuki, we've been waiting here for you for a long time. Why run away the moment you see us? Your uncle misses you very much, you know.
Oh, right you should still be carrying that thing with you, shouldn't you? Because if it's lost, that would be a big problem."
Princess Koyuki?
Hearing those words, a bunch of melodramatic drama plots suddenly flashed through Furina's mind. Combined with the fact that the people across from them clearly didn't look like good guys, she figured this was probably another power struggle.
"Yo, I didn't expect you to be the runaway princess of the Land of Snow. But you actually don't need to run. With me and Kakashi-sensei here, no one can hurt you."
Watching Koyuki continue running past her toward the back, Furina couldn't help feeling a bit speechless. Didn't those guys across from them obviously look like small-fry? What was there to be afraid of? Couldn't she have a little faith in her?
Though she was complaining inwardly, Furina also knew that fear in the face of past trauma was normal, so she didn't stop the other. Instead, she turned with Kakashi to confront the three pursuers.
"Mere Konoha ninja think they can stop us? How laughable. We snow ninja are the strongest."
Seeing that neither Kakashi nor Furina had any intention of backing down, the leading snow ninja immediately began mocking them. But this wasn't a taunt to provoke them he genuinely believed it.
A long time ago, he had encountered Kakashi when the latter came here on a mission. Back then, Kakashi had been chased into a sorry escape by them, which left him with the impression that Konoha ninja were nothing special.
"Oh, snow ninja? I've seriously never heard of them before. So there's actually ninja in this remote corner of the world? Today I've really broadened my horizons."
When it came to trash-talking, Furina who had spent her previous life frequently surfing the internet wasn't inferior to anyone. Paired with her surprised expression, in just a few words she made the opposing snow ninja itch with anger.
"Don't let this brat provoke you. I'll handle Kakashi. You two go capture Fujikaze Yukie first, then come back to deal with her afterward."
With those words, the leading snow ninja took Kakashi away to fight elsewhere.
Among the remaining two snow ninja, one tall and burly man pulled out something resembling a skateboard from who-knows-where, stepped on it, and charged straight toward Furina.
The other female snow ninja extended a pair of wings from the machine on her back, flew into the air, and appeared to be trying to bypass Furina entirely to pursue Fujikaze Yukie.
One to pin her down, one to chase the target the situation seemed to turn unfavorable in an instant. After all, no matter how much small-fry they were, they were still ninja. Dealing with ordinary people would be easy for them.
"Tank takes the hits while the assassin sneaks the backline pretty creative, huh."
Originally, Furina had been thinking of playing around with them a bit longer to relieve some boredom. But who knew that even after she mocked them like that, their goal remained crystal clear: go after the princess first.
In that case, she had to get serious. She didn't want to be fooling around and end up letting something happen to the client. If that happened, she'd lose face big time.
"Water Style: Water Severing Wave."
Although the skateboard-riding burly man was already rushing right up to her, Furina didn't pay much attention to him. She just wanted to force him back, then take the chance to deal with the pink-haired one first.
After all, though the pink-haired one also looked like small-fry, those little wings were flapping surprisingly fast. In the blink of an eye, she was almost catching up to Fujikaze Yukie this couldn't be allowed.
But reality always differs from imagination, just like now.
"Hah?"
Watching the burly man charge straight into her Water Severing Wave without even trying to dodge even trying to block the ninjutsu Furina momentarily wondered if she had seen wrong.
Even Orochimaru had chosen to evade this technique of hers, yet this guy didn't dodge? Was he seriously thinking he was tougher than Orochimaru? This was a once-in-a-lifetime sight.
Since the other was courting death, Furina no longer hurried to deal with the pink-haired one. It wouldn't take long anyway she could handle it later.
Though she thought the burly man's move was pretty idiotic, Furina also knew he must have some backing to act so boldly. Sure enough, just as she expected.
Right as the Water Severing Wave was about to hit, chakra suddenly overflowed from the armor the burly man was wearing, surrounding his body and resisting the attack of the Water Severing Wave.
"So that's your trick. No wonder you're so fearless. A defense like this could probably block most ninjutsu."
Seeing this, Furina understood what the other was relying on. Confidence was good, but overconfidence was not.
Even the so-called absolute defense of Susanoo could be broken through once an attack reached a certain critical point let alone this armor. Overwhelming power smashing through wasn't difficult for Furina at all.
She immediately increased the chakra output of the Water Severing Wave, causing its power to multiply and its momentum to surge.
The armor which had only barely been holding against a low-power version of the Water Severing Wave was naturally unable to withstand anymore. It instantly broke completely.
Seeing this, the burly man's pupils contracted sharply. He had never imagined that the armor which had always been invincible against ninjutsu would be broken by a ninjutsu now. How could this be possible?
Though countless doubts filled the burly man's mind at that moment, none of it mattered anymore. With the armor destroyed, he had no chance to dodge the Water Severing Wave right in front of him.
In an instant, a hole was opened in his forehead by the Water Severing Wave. After swaying unsteadily for a few moments, he collapsed to the ground.
"This makes things convenient."
Turning her head toward the pink-haired one flying in the sky, killing the burly man had only taken a moment. The other hadn't caught up to Fujikaze Yukie yet and was still flying back and forth in the air. Furina suddenly felt like the other looked like a perfect target.
"Water Style: Water Severing Wave."
This time, Furina used the same technique again, wanting to see if she could pull off a double kill. Unfortunately, when she had instantly killed the burly man just now, the pink-haired one had noticed.
Upon seeing Furina use the same ninjutsu again, she immediately panicked. She didn't even bother chasing Fujikaze Yukie anymore and hurriedly dodged to the side.
She barely managed to evade the Water Severing Wave. Before she could even breathe a sigh of relief, Furina had already appeared beside her and kicked her straight back down to the ground.