Chapter 122: Stronger Than an Absolute Defense... Is Someone's Thick Skin
The few sets of special armor from the Land of Snow, besides their special material and extremely high strength, also had a very exquisite design: the armor was composed of multiple parts, and the shape of each part had a slight arc.
Haruno Sakura quickly realized the beauty of this arched component. Its mechanical properties could evenly distribute the pressure it received along the arched structure, allowing the force that was originally received at one point to be borne by the whole, increasing the material's original impact resistance tenfold. This structure is reflected in eggshells, buildings—such as the Sydney Opera House—and light bulbs.
Although Sakura had no intention of wearing this armor from the Land of Snow, it did not prevent her from imitating its structure to improve the performance of her Ice Armor.
The original Ice Armor was just a pure imitation of Gaara, sticking a layer of ice to the surface of her body to increase her defensive ability. After this modification, the Ice Armor had largely imitated the appearance of the Land of Snow's armor. Its resistance to impact was greatly increased, and because it had an arched structure and was no longer skin-tight, the previous drawback of the armor affecting the body's mobility and flexibility was also greatly improved.
This ninjutsu had finally evolved from a small jutsu developed out of the bad taste of cosplaying as Gaara, which could only be used in spars, into a new ninjutsu with practical combat significance.
As for the armor itself, it had already been shipped back to Konoha and was still under research.
Sakura felt that even if the research yielded results in the end, this armor would probably not be suitable for large-scale use in Konoha. Because from the materials left by Kazahana Dotō, the cost of this suit of armor was really too high. Every single component was extraordinarily expensive, and the cost-performance ratio was too low, with no room for improvement. In short, apart from letting a middle-aged chuunibyou like Kazahana Dotō wear it to get a taste of being a pseudo-expert, it had no better use.
That was basically all there was to the matter of the Land of Snow.
As for the fact that there was no reward for the mission of helping Kazahana Koyuki handle political affairs and take control of the government, it was actually not a big deal.
She had gained a lot in the Land of Snow; there was no need to haggle over this bit of remuneration.
If there was, it was certainly good. If there wasn't, it was no matter.
After all, she didn't have the hobby of going on shopping sprees.
Although she was very poor now and would continue to be poor for the foreseeable future...
Medicine ruins one life, experiments impoverish three generations! The girl was on the verge of tears.
However, since Kazahana Koyuki and her Land of Snow were in trouble, Sakura certainly would not hesitate to help. It was her bounden duty to go through fire and water for a friend!
Hn, the resentful look on her face when she heard that this mission had no reward was definitely just an illusion. Absolutely!
Experimenting with the feeling of a ninja governing a country in the Land of Snow, although the process was very tiring, the result was not bad.
And the feeling of holding great power and having everything decided by oneself, at that time she had only felt tired, but after the tiredness passed, it felt quite pleasant.
No wonder a person like Orochimaru would also think of building a small ninja village to play with.
Unfortunately, the good locations in the Naruto world were basically all occupied by the Five Great Nations. The rest were either used by the Five Great Nations as buffers, constantly facing the threat of invasion, or were tasteless countries like the Land of Snow, located in remote and bitterly cold areas, with no value, where the cost of invasion would be much greater than the benefits. Look at how powerhouses like Hanzō and Orochimaru could only hole up in small, backwater places and be local tyrants, trembling under the iron heel of the Five Great Nations.
Sakura had read webnovels in her previous life and knew that many of her peers liked to do "farming" (territory building). She had also had such an idea when she was handling political affairs in the Land of Snow, but the idea was quickly dismissed by the actual situation.
In Koyuki's "Confiscate their property, confiscate their property~" decisions, many local tyrants who oppressed the countryside were hung from lampposts by the provisional government, and a large amount of the accumulated contradictions at the bottom were cleared away. But this did not mean that the lives of the common people would become very good: a bitterly cold place like the Land of Snow, affected by the environment, had limited output to begin with. In any case, it could not support everyone in living a good life.
Even with the geothermal generators, it was still the same. The heat provided by this heating system was far from reaching the level of changing the climate of the Land of Snow.
What's more, in the Naruto world, the influence of high-end combat power on the situation was too great. If Sakura's own strength had already reached the beyond-Kage-level where one person could be an enemy to a country, then she could casually play at this. But if her high-end combat power was too weak, then what was the point of farming? She was afraid that as soon as she produced results, they would be plundered by the Five Great Nations who were watching like tigers.
But if she waited until she was strong enough to do so, she would be nothing more than another Hashirama Senju: founding a country by farming, and building a village to protect the fruits of that farming. That was what the First and Second Hokage had done.
With the matter of the Land of Snow concluded, this afternoon, Sakura proposed her departure to Koyuki.
"If you leave now, the mission reward can really only be paid in installments, you know?" Kazahana Koyuki said, batting her large, watery eyes.
Sakura took a sip of red tea and rolled her eyes at her irritably. "If I don't leave now, am I supposed to just freeload here? As for the reward, we can talk about it when you have the money! Anyway, I'll be coming to collect the debt every year!"
"Are you really going to come to the Land of Snow every year?" Kazahana Koyuki had thought the girl was joking before.
"I wasn't joking about building a laboratory or a base here. I'm serious... not now, maybe in two or three years," Haruno Sakura said meaningfully. "Maybe I really will be coming over here from time to time in the future!"
"A laboratory? Why not put it in Konoha?"
"For various reasons..." the girl said faintly. "It's just a possibility. It might happen, it might not. Don't think too much about it. You just help me keep an eye on that castle and other good locations!"
"A piece of cake~ The Land of Snow is full of ownerless land. You can pick whatever you want. I'm the boss here!" Kazahana Koyuki snorted twice.
"Oh? Have you made up your mind? You've decided to be the daimyo of the Land of Snow, and not continue to be an actress and a star?"
The old woman, Kazahana Koyuki, used a serious tone this time. "Sakura, actually, I don't want to give up either of them!"
The mouthful of tea in the girl's mouth almost sprayed out. Is Kazahana Koyuki trying to have it all?
"You want to have a foot in two boats?" Sakura swallowed the afternoon tea that she had almost spat out and looked at Kazahana Koyuki with contempt. "May I ask how you, Kazahana Koyuki, can be the daimyo of the Land of Snow and go out to film movies at the same time?"
"I've already seriously considered it," Kazahana Koyuki said, ignoring the girl's mockery, her expression serious. "Apart from the initial period, the work that the daimyo of the Land of Snow needs to handle is not much. The Land of Snow doesn't have many affairs to begin with. I just need to give the orders, and the rest of the work won't be my business. That's why my father had so much time to study this machine."
"In short, I can totally take a period of time off to go filming. At that time, if there are any decisions that need to be made, I can just have Uncle Sandayū decide for me first, or they can send me a telegram."
"Handling the major affairs of a country by telegram," "the daimyo is out filming movies all year round"... Sakura really didn't know whether to call this woman audacious or naive.
"Hehe, aren't you worried that when you come back from filming, you'll find that the Land of Snow has changed hands?" Sakura sneered.
"I have friends like you guys!" Kazahana Koyuki said, blinking her sparkling, beautiful eyes and beaming at Sakura. "If something happens, you'll help me, won't you?"
So it turned out that this strange auntie's biggest reliance was actually Haruno Sakura and the others...
Although Koyuki was truly moving when she acted like this, no matter how powerful a move is, it can't withstand being used too much!
The girl was truly immune by now.
She only felt countless black lines appearing on her face: I have never seen such a shameless person!
This woman's thick skin was probably even thicker than her Ice Style - Absolute Defense.
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