The nights in Snow Country are the most lonely and quiet, but for some people, they are also the hardest.

The wooden house of the inn was very warm with charcoal fire, probably considering that Zhou Jianwen, who was the proprietor, was not in good health, and the proprietress of the inn specially prepared a heavy quilt for her.

However, except for the rest of the world, the other people, whether it was the four of Kakashiban or the ship's mother, the shrewd proprietress didn't slack off.

Although there shouldn't be much danger in the Iron Country, after all, he was away from home, and out of consideration for the safety of Zhou Jian Min, Veneto was finally arranged to be with Zhou Jian Min.

There was also a simple bedside table between the two single beds covered with heavy quilts, with Veneto's bed by the door and Funaka Min's near the window.

Although after receiving the invitation letter from Mifune, Zhou Jian Wen told everyone to rest early tonight and not delay the meeting with Mifune tomorrow morning, but Zhou Jian Min's routine cannot be changed after so many years.

At this moment, Zhou Jianwen sat on his bed with a soft pillow, wearing a coat he wore when he was in the hotel, and he was holding a copy and reading it with relish.

Zhou Jian Wen couldn't sleep, and Veneto naturally refused to sleep - but she wasn't human after all, and although she needed to rest, her schedule and routine could be adjusted at any time.

So at this moment, she is also the same as Zhou Jianwen, leaning on a soft pillow on her back, holding a book that Zhou Jianwen specially brought out from Zhenzhou's house to pass the time, and is a little bored and flipping through it.

The only difference between her and Zhou Jianwen at this moment is probably that she doesn't have any coat on her.

The number and variety of costumes are more like an expression for the ship girls than to keep them warm. However, in this world, including in the map in Chapter 2, most ship wives are not able to wear their own clothes in front of people, so the types of clothes are even less important these days.

For Veneto, she doesn't feel cold even if she runs in a simple bikini.

But if she did, she would end up causing unwanted attention, thinking she was crazy or unusual, and causing trouble for her dear commander.

Concealing your differences can better assist your own commander's miss, which is the consensus reached by all the shipwives including Venetone.

Zhou Jianwen read the book for about half an hour or so but did not feel tired at all, but her eyes felt sour, but it was real, she picked up the bookmark and added it to the page, then closed the book and put it on her lap, then reached out and rubbed her eyes that felt sour and swollen, and then turned her head to look out the window.

Although the curtains were drawn in the room, from her angle, she could just get a glimpse of the scene outside the window through the gap between the curtains and the wall.

Even in Konoha Village, in the Land of Fire, the lights don't reach the point where there are as many stars as there are after night; What's more, the only places that are really lively at night in Konoha Village are those streets where many taverns are gathered.

In a world where entertainment facilities and nightlife are still underdeveloped for many years, the night is about the only one that belongs to the street lamps and the ninja who return late.

In the already bustling village of Konoha, the night is so quiet, let alone in the land of iron where it is impossible to travel at night on a snowy night?

The sky outside the house was dark, and even in the summer season, there were no beautiful stars in the sky, and even the lonely moon was hidden by heavy clouds.

At this time, there is no sound of human activity outside, but there is also no neighing of birds and animals, only the howling of the cold wind blowing through this perennial frozen snow country.

Like a woman's mournful scream, or like the wail of a wolf crossing the border.

It's not that she hasn't seen this kind of sound that seems to be able to tear people's hearts, she had seen it the last time she came to the Iron Country, and even earlier, she had seen it in the previous map, and even when she was in Minato.

Only at that time, along with the sound of the wind, there seemed to be the sound of leaves trembling or branches being broken; If you are in the port area, the sound of the waves crashing on the shore must be accompanied by this mournful wind.

But what the country of iron has is just rumors.

The heavy snow on the eaves was swept to the ground by the wind, and it smashed straight into the snowdrifts on the ground, merging with it.

If there is a snow tonight, it will be difficult to tell after dawn what snow on the ground is from the earliest days, which has been swept away by the wind, and which has been newly fallen later.

Of course, it's not just snow.

The same goes for everything else.

"Lady Jian Wen is still thinking about the snow outside the house?"

Seeing that Zhou Jianwen's gaze was glued to the window, it was clear that he was distracted, and Veneto, who had noticed this early in the morning, immediately asked out loud, "I heard from the innkeeper that it will probably not snow again tonight." ”

"It would be better if it was sunny tomorrow," was summoned back to his senses by the voice of his own secretary's ship, and Zhou Jian Min finally retracted his gaze stuck to the window, "It's hard to walk after snow, and it's even worse if it encounters bad weather." ”

Ninjas and samurai can use chakra to walk on the snow, and if it weren't for her burden, it wouldn't be too long to follow the ninja's footsteps from the inn to Mifune's mansion.

If it was in other places, this point would not be much away from Zhou Jian Wen even if he walked there in person, but it was in this land of iron that was frozen for thousands of miles.

Even if Zhou Jian Wen was fully armed, he would definitely start to get sick after walking in this snow for less than a quarter of an hour, and then let alone go to see Mifune, maybe he would be able to go directly to Santu River after a while.

Even for his own unfinished business, Zhou Jianwen will not do anything beyond his ability; And the others......

From the ship's mother beside her to the four teachers and students of Kakashiban, it is impossible for Zhou Jianwen to blow the wind.

Let's not mention that the four teachers and students of Class 7 have a close relationship with Zhou Jianwen in private, even if it is put on the level of official affairs...... If something happened to the boat, among the high-ranking people in the village, the third and fourth Hokage would not spare them.

"Actually, Lord Jian Wen doesn't have to worry, although there is snow everywhere in the Iron Country, there are still ways for the carriage to walk on the snow."

Zhou Jian Wen naturally knew what Veneto meant, "The method is indeed as many as you want, but ......"

She frowned and pondered for a while, but finally didn't give a positive affirmation, "Forget it, let's talk about it then." ”

Veneto could probably know the reason why Zhou Jianwen didn't choose to do it directly, so she didn't say anything anymore, but just changed the topic, "It's not early, Lord Jianwen should rest early, and there will be busy tomorrow." ”

Fortunately, Mifune, the samurai leader of the Iron Country, was not a sinister and cunning person, and although his actions and thoughts were a little old-fashioned at times, he was a trustworthy person in both major and private matters.

To put it simply, in the land of the Iron Country, she doesn't need to worry about Mifune taking the opportunity to make trouble, and she doesn't have to worry about the other party stabbing herself in the back.

Thinking that she did seem to be a little sleepy, she nodded, she put the book on the bedside, said goodnight to Veneto, and then turned off the lights and rested.

In the midst of the mourning and anger of the Iron Country, the troubled Zhou Jian Wen finally couldn't resist his tiredness and fell into a deep sleep.

After breakfast the next day, the group set off in a carriage towards Mifune's location, the route map given to Kakashi by Minu Shunaken - although it was already in Min's plan to visit Minu Funaken's mansion early in the morning, but it was really before Minu Funaken told him......

Kakashi really didn't know that the place where the circle was drawn was actually Mifune's mansion.

It was feared that the carriage would have a hard time driving through the snow - just as they had just stepped into the transit of the Iron Country, but it turned out that the reality might still be richFull place.

The quickest way to get from the inn to Mifune's mansion is by walking straight through the snow, but there is also a road for horses and carriages – not a direct one, but it is a road that is cleaned of snow all year round, and it is safe and easy for horses to move on it.

"This kind of high wall of snow is probably invisible in the land of fire."

As the name suggests of the Land of Fire, this country is mostly in warm periods throughout the year; Even if there are snowflakes in winter, or if you are blown by the cold wind to the point that you feel cold to the bone, it is nothing compared to a few other countries that are further north.

Sakura Haruno lowered the curtain she had just lifted, and then nodded at Funakami.

She'd seen it when she was in Iron Country, but she didn't want to see it again—the snow piled up on the avenue was shoveled to both sides of the road to make it easier for chariots and horses and ordinary people who couldn't use chakras to walk.

It's just that in this land of iron, which is in the bitter cold all year round, how can this snow melt so easily?

As a result, the snow shoveled on the side of the road piled higher and higher, and finally formed two snow walls with a height of more than two meters.

"Yes," the little girl nodded, "if it weren't for the snow on this avenue, I really don't know what color the land of the Iron Land is." ”

After all, it is covered with snow all year round, and if you don't pay attention to whether the color of the land in this country is black or red, yellow or ochre, you may not be able to find out.

Zhou Jian Wen nodded while holding his hand stove, "But it's lucky to have such an avenue to go after all, although it takes a little detour, but sometimes the detour will be faster than you think the direct route is." ”

The little girl nodded knowingly, and among the two teenagers sitting across from her, Sasuke Uchiha seemed to understand something, while Naruto Uzumaki showed an expression that seemed to understand.

Zhou Jian Wen sighed secretly, just as she began to wonder if she was arranged by the water gate to educate Konoha flowers every time she came out, the next second she frowned and showed a rather vigilant posture.

She was joined by Veneto and Akagi, who were sitting in the carriage.

And just after the three children noticed the strangeness of Zhou Jian Min and the others, the carriage that was originally on the move also came to an abrupt stop due to Kakashi's manipulation.

Even if it is not clear what is going on outside at this moment, but after encountering such a scene, if the three children no longer know that the current situation is different, then there is really no need to mix it up anymore.

Taking the kunai out of the ninja bag, the three children exchanged glances at each other.

Sitting on the main seat, although her expression was not very good, she still remained calm, she looked at the reactions of the three children, and immediately determined in her heart that they were putting the identity of ninja in the highest priority at the moment.

Not her adopted daughter, or the identity of the child she grew up with.

Although Zhou Jianwen is very pleased that the children have grown up, but this time the crisis they encountered is not an understatement that "the children have grown up" can be entrusted to them to deal with it with full authority.

Kaga, who was sitting outside, had already passed on what he had seen to Akagi and Veneto in the car through special contact.

Since the members of the seventh class were still present, it was impossible for Veneto and Akagi to directly relay the news from Kaga to Minu Zhoujian, but it was still possible to use their eyes and gestures to indicate the situation to Minu Zhoujian.

So when Zhou Jianwen saw Veneto pass the content of "Xiao" to her with a special sign language code, he also understood who the person who came.

She was able to sense the arrival of the enemy because of her keen intuition honed on the battlefield, but after all, she did not have a radar or a reconnaissance plane, so naturally it was impossible to know who was coming.

Zhou Jianwen's eyes narrowed slightly, and she knew the situation inside the "Xiao" organization, including the code names and real identities of the members of the pair.

There's no way Payne and Xiao Nan can leave Rain Hidden Village, and the masked man Obito and Jue should still be doing things in the Water Country—but they probably won't be able to stay in the Water Country for too long.

In the case that none of these four people, that is, the patriarchs who merged to create the current "Akatsuki" organization, could not come forward in person, there were only three other groups that would appear in the Iron Country at this moment:

The corners of the Sanbei group are all and I don't know if there are any flying segments that have been added now; Deidara and Scorpion of the Green Jade Group; There is also the Zhu Nan group, the person who replaced the Uchiha Itachi who was supposed to join the "Akatsuki" organization and obtained the ring with the word "Zhu".

Zhou Jianwen pondered for a moment and felt that it was not strange that these three groups appeared here.

Although due to the agreement between the ninja and the samurai, no ninja will take the initiative to attack the Iron Country - but the traitorous ninja is obviously not among them, and it is difficult to guarantee whether anyone in the underground market is interested in the head of the Iron Country samurai, which eventually leads to a certain traitorous ninja who regards money as his life to come here to arrest people.

The Land of Iron is near the Land of Earth, and one of the members of the Akatsuki organization was born in the Land of Earth.

As for the last group...... Because of an uncertain factor, it also led to Zhou Jianwen's inability to make accurate judgments.

“…… Lord Kenwen. ”

Kakashi Hachiki outside the car lowered his voice and called out the name of Funakami, although he was still sitting in the driving seat outside the carriage, looking unprepared to do anything, but the vigilance emanating from his body made the three children in the car not miss it.

Sitting in the carriage, she didn't know if it was the main target, but she was also nervous, but her face was calm, as if this time she could save the day like the previous times.

"Find out the other party's intentions first."

Min's voice was as serious as Kakashi's, but there was no other emotion other than seriousness.

The three children looked at her a little strangely, except for Sakura Haruno, who had been brought up by Minu Funakami since she was a child, Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha looked at Minu Funakami with a strange and abnormal look at Minu Funakami, who did not feel the slightest nervousness.

They really don't know where Zhou Jianwen came from, and they can maintain calm and calm without the slightest nervousness in this kind of scene.

Kakashi Hachiki outside the carriage answered softly, then looked up and focused on the two ninjas who had already stood in front of the carriage in a moment.

Yes, the two people on the other side knew they were ninjas even if they didn't look at their clothes.

After all, the aura between a ninja who is good at concealment and a samurai is completely different, even if they are wearing the same costume at the same time, but just by the aura exuded by the other party, Kakashi can determine who is a ninja and who is a samurai.

What's more, he couldn't be more familiar with the robe on the other party's body.

Although it was dark at the time, it was basically impossible to make Kakashi Hachiki forget that the other party had such distinctive features - and was even ridiculed by Shunaken - no, it was a robe that had been reviewed.

At this moment, both of them were wearing hats on their heads, making it difficult for Kakashi Hachiki to see their specific faces, and the overly wide robes made it difficult for him to distinguish the gender of the other.

But even so, Kakashi Hachiki could still judge that the two of them were not good.

And......

Most likely, he came for the boat.

Kakashi, who was outside the car, was wondering what kind of grudge the other party had with Zhou Jian Min, or what was the purpose of coming at Zhou Jian Min; And Zhou Jianwen, who was sitting in the car at the moment, was also thinking about a problem.

A relatively important question for her.

She has been in this world for some years, and the method she chooses is the same as in the map in the second chapter - not to be strong, but to lay out behind the scenes, after all, all forbearance is to make a move at the last critical moment.

She adheres to a low-key and unnoticeable style, and her health is indeed not very good after coming to this world, so Zhou Jian Min has left Konoha a total of three times over the years.

The first time was to go on vacation to the hot spring mountain resort, and by the way, I saw what the two advisors of the advisory group were thinking.

The second time was to go on a trip to broaden the horizons of his adopted daughter Sakura Haruno, and to accomplish something that he couldn't do in Konoha on the way to the trip.

And the third time is this time, come to the Land of Iron to get the tailor-made martial arts that he ordered many years agoTaxis |Knife.

But who knew that she had only gone out three times in total, and she was able to meet the people of the "Xiao" organization every time - from Xiao Nan, who left the base camp of Yuyin Village and appeared in the land of fire at the beginning, to the masked man Obito and Jedi who was probably bumped into occasionally in the country of birds......

And then to this sudden attack of the enemy.

I don't know if she is really destined for the "Xiao" organization, or if she and this organization are really destined to coexist.

Just when Zhou Jian Min wondered whether he was able to meet the members of the "Akatsuki" organization after he went out three times, whether this was providence or man-made, Kakashi Hachiki had already greeted the people outside the car.

The three children in the carriage held the kunai in their hands with a solemn face, but because the task was to "protect the boat", they must not just jump out and act rashly until the intention of the visitor was determined.

Outside the car, Kakashi's vigilance and vigilance are real, and the three children can be very sure of this.

But if even the elite shinobi are so jealous of the uninvited guests outside the car, then even if they do jump out, it won't make any difference, and it will only cause trouble for Kakashi.

It's just that Kakashi Hagi wants to salute the other party before he fights, but the other party doesn't want to talk to him at all.

And when Zhou Jian Wen heard the man outside the car say in a weird voice with yin and yang, "The real Zhou Jian Wen who wants to come to Konoha Village is sitting in this car at the moment", he once again confirmed that he and the "Xiao" organization were really destined to make a mistake.

But at the same time, she also confirmed the identity of the other party.

"Veneto, help me out of the car."

"Lord Kenwen!!"

Disapproval resounded in the interior of the carriage after Funakami had given the order to Veneto. Not to mention three children, even Kakashi, who was sitting outside the carriage, didn't think it was a good idea.

The other party is obviously coming for her, isn't she going out at this moment to fall into the net?

It was naturally impossible for Zhou Jianwen not to know that the other party was coming for her, but in her opinion, there was really not much difference between staying in the carriage and getting out of the carriage.

On the opposite side are two S-class rebels, and the exclusion of their own side is not much combat power for Konoha at all - the trio of ship girls who can't directly use their own strength when necessary, only themselves and the seventh class are left.

In other words, Kakashi is really the only one who can really fight.

In fact, Zhou Jian Wen also knows that the three children in Class 7 are not simple, especially Naruto, who is a nine-tailed pillar force, once the seed explodes, it will be every second - of course, there may be his own people who are followed by seconds.

But in the face of the two members of the "Akatsuki" organization, if it really allowed Naruto, who could still control the Nine-Tails, to use the power of the Nine-Tails...... It is undoubtedly the equivalent of putting an old hen in front of a pack of weasels.

Even if the weasel is accidentally pecked blind by the old hen for a while, it will eventually reach for the old hen.

So the best way now is to stop this battle between the two sides - in short, it is a plan - although it is unlikely, Zhou Jianwen still wants to save the lives of everyone present.

Not to mention that Kakashi Hachiki and her also have a certain friendship, and the children in Class 7 are all grown up by her; If Class 7 really dies here today, then there will be no need to fight the Fourth Ninja World War in a few years.

- The reincarnations of the main Asura and Indra are GG, what else to fight?

It's just that a way to save everyone's lives and allow everyone to retreat safely is really a fantasy in such a situation, at least Kakashi Hachiki who is confronting those two members of the Akatsuki organization outside at this moment.

After all, in Zhou Jianwen's opinion, the best solution that this ninja who puts the belief of "protecting his companions" first can think of at this moment is probably to sacrifice himself to drag those two traitorous ninjas, and then let the others escape.

But how could the people of Class 7 abandon their teachers?

In this way, it is inevitable to fall into the embarrassment of "everyone joins the battle at one time...... Or rather, the most dangerous situation.

However, at the moment, Kakashi Hachiki can't find a solution, but Shujian Wen can find it, and it is precisely because she has found a solution that Shujian Wen will let Veneto help him get out of the car.

Veneto also saw the thoughts of his own commander, and out of unconditional trust in his own commander's miss, he didn't plan to stop Zhou Jian Wen at all—or Veneto, who knew that he couldn't stop her, after glancing at Akagi......

So he and the other party helped Zhou Jianwen get out of the carriage.