"Ten thousand shadow clones right here! Now it's time for you to keep your promise and eat dirt!"
"Naruto!"
"Here!"
"Did you drink expired milk today?"
"Yup!"
"Feeling like you need a bathroom break?"
"Totally!"
"Alright then, take this guy with you!"
"No, spare me!"
The minister frantically begged Kazama for mercy, but Kazama wasn't having it.
"We ninja keep our word. I said you'd eat dirt, so you're eating dirt."
"Let's go!"
Naruto dragged the minister off to who-knows-where, leaving everyone else roaring with laughter.
While his Mokuton shadow clones got to work, Kazama's real body slipped away to the ruins during a break. Pointing a single hand downward, he unleashed all ten of his Strange Flames, shooting them into the ice below.
Fire beats ice, and with Kazama's Strange Flames, breaking through the frozen layers was a piece of cake. In just a few breaths, he'd blasted down to a depth of thirty thousand meters.
Kazama then activated his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. The pitch-black depths had no light, so he needed his dojutsu to sharpen his vision.
"Found it!"
Thanks to the immense power of his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, it didn't take long for Kazama to spot a massive mirror, dozens of meters wide, made entirely of ice.
Though he'd never seen the Gyokukyo Ice Mirror before, the powerful chakra radiating from this ice mirror convinced Kazama that this was the very artifact he'd been searching for—the one capable of deflecting any attack in the world.
"This mirror's huge. Without a technique to convert ninja tools into chakra, there's no way I could carry it out."
As he spoke, Kazama began casting a ninjutsu to fuse the Gyokukyo Ice Mirror. But the moment he completed the fusion, a swarm of mysterious creatures appeared out of nowhere.
Fangs bared and claws gleaming, they charged at Kazama with ferocious roars. In the utter darkness of the underground, even Kazama felt a chill at their sudden appearance.
Luckily, his body was now near indestructible. He didn't even fear attacks from Tailed Beasts, let alone these creatures.
The horde of beasts seemed mindless. Though they couldn't harm Kazama in the slightest, they kept coming, their numbers growing endlessly.
"Judging by the chakra attributes in these creatures, they must be products of the Gyokukyo Ice Mirror. In that case, I'll use the fused Gyokukyo Ice Mirror to wipe them out—and test its power while I'm at it."
With that, Kazama activated his Susanoo. Due to the cramped underground space, he didn't summon the Perfect Susanoo, instead forming just a skeletal arm wielding the fused Gyokukyo Ice Mirror.
The moment the mirror appeared, it instantly reflected the attacks of the ice creatures. In mere moments, the relentless swarm was reduced to nothing.
"Who'd have thought such monsters were lurking deep underground? The Land of Snow's too weak to handle this—it's like I've done them a favor by clearing out a hidden threat."
Kazama then returned to the surface. With the Gyokukyo Ice Mirror in hand, there was no reason to linger in the Land of Snow.
He summoned another ten thousand Mokuton shadow clones, bringing the total to twenty thousand. In just half a day, they rebuilt the royal palace, leaving the people of the Land of Snow in awe.
The minister who'd made the bet with Kazama—and lost—saw the army of clones and was instantly reminded of his humiliating promise. He bolted to the nearest bathroom, retching.
"Now I just need to find the divine artifact of Enbugoku, the Fentian Bow, to complete the six weapons for my Perfect Susanoo!"
On his way back to Konoha, Kazama pulled out an ancient book detailing divine artifacts and began studying it.
Legend said the Fentian Bow could unleash heavenly flames to attack enemies, similar to Kazama's Strange Flames. He figured that if he could infuse his Strange Flames into the Fentian Bow, its power would surpass anything he'd wielded before.
That made the Fentian Bow a must-have.
"But Enbugoku was destroyed centuries ago, and not even ruins remain. How am I supposed to find it?"
Kazama racked his brain, feeling a headache coming on.
"Wait a second!"
In the midst of his pondering, a name popped into his head: Orochimaru.
If Orochimaru could track down an ancient artifact like the Kusanagi Sword, he surely had a way to locate the equally ancient Fentian Bow. Plus, with Kazama's ultimate genjutsu, Betsu Tensei, he could make Orochimaru obey his every command.
So, Kazama decided to head back to Konoha and then seek out Orochimaru.