As the first ray of dawn pierced through the falling snow onto Kaguya's exquisite face, Lin Yu knew he had truly fallen for her. Kaguya-baby sleeping looked so adorable!
Perhaps sensing someone's intense gaze, Kaguya's long eyelashes fluttered slightly. Her pair of pure, lovely eyes reflected Lin Yu's image. She parted her cherry lips and asked, "What are you looking at?"
"I'm looking at Kaguya-baby... cough, I just wanted to wake you up."
Lin Yu inwardly cursed his bad luck. He had been staring too intently and let his true feelings slip out. Was he going to mess this up?
Kaguya's gaze gradually turned cold as she repeated, "Kaguya-baby... What does that mean?"
"It's... it's a pet name, meaning Kaguya, you're very cute." Lin Yu spoke the truth, though he also knew "Kaguya-baby" could be used in other contexts.
Kaguya stood up, brushed the snow off herself, and said faintly, "Without my permission, you are not allowed to casually give me nicknames."
Lin Yu cupped his head and muttered, "It's going to happen sooner or later anyway."
"What did you say?"
Lin Yu didn't reply. Instead, he extended his hand towards Kaguya.
Kaguya was stunned for a moment. She clenched her cold little hand, then walked past Lin Yu with a stern face. She absolutely refused to yield to Lin Yu's wishes.
"Gah! You... how dare you!"
"You're being so coy. If we don't hurry, we'll miss the best time for viewing the snow."
Kaguya gazed at the red-haired youth running with her through the snow, her eyes lost in a daze. Her thousand-year-old lonely heart seemed to have quietly cracked open amidst the icy landscape. The jade hand, which had been held by the youth, tentatively clasped his warm grip, capable of embracing her.
...
On the spaceship, Shiro sat in the seat that originally belonged to Hanza. A spread of delicacies and fine wines lay before him. His blood-red Rinnegan eyes were half-closed, expressing Shiro's current joy.
With that scoundrel Lin Yu gone, wasn't it finally time for this Lord Shiro to revel in his glory!
This life was truly comfortable!
Beside him, Koyuki and Sakura also had food in front of them, but neither had any appetite. They were still reeling from Shiro's immense power.
Especially Koyuki. The thought of the pet dog she had been casually dangling by its tail suddenly transforming into a monster and slaughtering Hanza's army made her delicate face turn deathly pale. What if Shiro, on a whim, decided to devour her?
"Lord Shiro, is there anything else you require?"
Hanza knelt on the ground, his expression filled with terror, yet he had to feign obedience. Otherwise, the corpses filling the spaceship would be his fate.
As for his three strongest subordinates, Gamagoro had been drained dry, and the other two had ascended to the Pure Land. None of them had the slightest ability to resist.
His pride and joy, the Chakra Armor, was utterly useless against this monster. It shattered at the slightest touch, and his Chakra Controller was obliterated in a second.
Other than "monster," Hanza had no other words to describe Shiro.
Shiro flicked his tail, gesturing for Hanza to remove the corpses scattered everywhere. The viscous liquid was hindering his appetite.
"I'll do it right away, my Lord. For disturbing your refined mood, I deserve death."
Although Hanza wished Shiro dead with all his heart, he was utterly powerless at the moment.
Just wait. Once they reached the Rainbow Ice Wall and obtained the power capable of overturning the five great nations, all these people would perish!
The spaceship swayed as it sailed towards the Rainbow Ice Wall.
...
Before the Rainbow Ice Wall, two small figures lay in the snow. They had been squatting there for most of the night, their stomachs rumbling with hunger, yet they hadn't seen a single soul.
"Sasuke, I'm so hungry..."
"Shut up! It's all your fault, you idiot, for saying we'd catch the enemy in one fell swoop. Now we can't even see a shadow!"
Sasuke's face was ashen. He shouldn't have trusted that fool Naruto. He must have been out of his mind to agree to come out with him.
Naruto poked his finger, looking a little wronged. They had been having so much fun in the snow last night, and Sasuke had been excited too. Why had things changed by morning?
Naruto propped his chin on his hand, gazing at Sasuke. He thought of an idiom, "xiù sè kě cān" (visually appealing and delicious), perhaps this could alleviate his hunger.
"Idiot, why are you staring at me like that?"
"Ahaha... there's a spaceship!"
Sasuke snapped, "Are you starving to death? How can there be a spaceship in this heavy snow?"
Naruto's mouth hung open as he pointed to the sky. "There really is a spaceship, and it's flying towards us."
Sasuke turned his head, and with just one glance, his face turned deathly pale. He grabbed Naruto and ran.
"Run! It's going to crash!"
Naruto corrected him, "Sasuke, it's a spaceship. It's going to crash."
"...You imbecile!"
*Puff puff... Bang!*
The spaceship, ravaged by Shiro, finally completed its last mission and plummeted down before the Rainbow Ice Wall.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Sakura, supporting Koyuki, stumbled out of the spaceship, covered in dust. Seeing the two figures secretly peeking at them from a distance, she clenched her fists and roared, "You two! Abandoning me to go fly solo like that, it's too much!"
Sasuke, knowing he was in the wrong, turned his head away, pretending not to hear. Naruto waved at Sakura, "Sakura, are you okay?"
"I'm not okay!"
Koyuki brushed a stray strand of hair from her ear and smiled as she watched the young boy and girl bickering with youthful exuberance.
Sensing movement behind her, Koyuki turned and saw Shiro emerging, covered in dust, with a large watermelon rolled up in his tail.
Koyuki hesitated for a moment before squatting down and extending her hand towards Shiro. She thanked him, "Shiro, thank you. You were sent by him to protect me, right?"
"Ao?"
Shiro tilted his head, extended a tail into Koyuki's palm, and gestured for her to cut him a slice of watermelon.
Seeing this, Koyuki's beautiful eyes lit up. She lifted Shiro's tail, letting it dangle in the air.
"Then this young lady will forgive his previous rudeness, hee hee~"
Shiro, with a pained expression, thought: My precious watermelon... it's ruined!
A short while later, two figures arrived hand in hand.
"It seems we've arrived just in time."