That day, Anya couldn't get enough of Haku's warmth. No matter how outrageous his demands, Haku would always give in. Though deeply shy inside, her coy eagerness drove Anya absolutely wild. He was completely captivated.
After the storm passed, Anya activated Sage Art and began closely studying the unique chakra within Haku's body.
This was a brand-new Sage Art, formed by absorbing freezing power from heaven and earth. Anya had already experienced Absolute Zero before—if not for using the Mangekyō Sharingan's power, he might have been completely frozen solid.
As their energies intertwined, this force began circulating between both their bodies. Anya submerged his spiritual power deep inside, attempting to control this energy, yet it faced fierce resistance from the other three types of Sage Chakra already present.
He'd already gone through all this during his body's reconstruction—he stayed perfectly calm.
His body's various functions were protected using the Shikkotsu Forest Sage Art, the Mount Myoboku Sage Art integrated into his flesh, and the Ryuchi Cave Sage Art used to control life energy within his body to maintain stability.
These three chakra forces remained clearly separated, not interfering with each other.
Using her own chakra, Haku sensed something strange within Anya and asked, "Is there something wrong with your body? Although your vitality feels much stronger than mine, you somehow seem extremely weak."
Anya nodded. "You're right. My body needs time to reconstruct itself. Absorbing Natural Energy and transforming it into life force for my body requires an enormous amount of energy, so I will remain in this state for a long time."
Haku blamed him, "Then why did you still pour your life force into me? Isn't that making your body condition even worse?"
"Don't be silly," Anya whispered before pulling her into a deep kiss. "As long as I can bring you back to life, even if I can never recover completely, I..."
"Don't…" Haku covered Anya's mouth and asked, "Can my chakra provide you with life force?"
"Chakra comes from blending all parts of a person's energy—it naturally carries life force. However, Sage Chakra is different—it's more like a key that allows humans to fuse with Natural Energy. The Natural Energy within you is unlike anything I've ever encountered before. I need to carefully analyze it."
Haku blushed shyly and asked, "Then… are we going to stay like this for long?"
Anya teased with a grin, "What's wrong? Don't you like it?"
Haku opened her mouth and said something that made Anya's Sharingan flare red: "I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it."
Calling a guy out like that? Who could take that lying down? Research could wait—time to settle some unfinished business...
Feeling Anya's movements suddenly become rougher, Haku realized she might have said the wrong thing. Before she could explain, another stormy wave had already arrived.
Since Nutao and three Snow ninja were eliminated, under the leadership of Santafu, all former factions had returned to the Land of Snow. Princess Yukie successfully ascended the throne, becoming the new Queen.
A grand celebration ceremony was held in the capital city. Various delicacies filled the entire street outside the city, freely available to everyone. Since the political coup in the Land of Snow, it had never been so lively before.
Naruto and Sakura were both caught up in the cheerful atmosphere, happily devouring their food. Hakuto, normally optimistic and lively, had instead become melancholic. She kept sighing from time to time, and even as she took the food offered by Sakura, it tasted like cardboard in her mouth.
At this moment, a voice rang out in her mind.
"My dear daughter."
It was the effect of the Spirit Transformation Technique.
Hakuto immediately understood. Drawing her soul into the Spiritual Realm, she gritted her teeth and said, "So you actually still remember you have a daughter. What kind of father are you? Not to mention, you're also our instructor for this mission. Once we return to Konoha, I'm definitely going to tell Master Tsunade everything that happened on this mission."
Anya knew he was in the wrong and smiled apologetically, "I've been having some issues with my body, and I've been researching with your stepmother. It's just been difficult for me to get away."
"Hmph, I don't want to hear it," Hakuto stubbornly refused, covering her ears as if she wouldn't listen to anything being said.
Anya suddenly had an idea and said, "Your uncle Sasori finished making bows and arrows, but he felt regular arrows couldn't fully demonstrate its power, so he created new arrows. Each arrow holds unique effects. Based on timing, they should have already arrived in Konoha."
Hakuto's eyes lit up. "Really?"
Anya smiled gently. "Of course. Why would I lie to you?"
Trying hard to suppress her excitement, Hakuto acted serious again. "Don't think this means I'll keep quiet about this..."
"Oh, right!"
Before Hakuto could finish speaking, Anya suddenly appeared as though he had just remembered something important and continued, "By the way, there was also a powerful cannon delivered along with those arrows last time. It enables long-range area attacks, and its methods of assault are completely unlike anything you've ever seen before—an instant large-scale destruction capability."
"Where is it?" Hakuto became visibly eager and impatient to see this new weapon.
Seeing that Anya didn't respond immediately, but instead gave a meaningful smile.
Hakuto finally relented. "Fine. Just this once. But if it happens again..."
"I promise it won't happen again." Anya quickly responded. "Well then, don't wait for me this time. Attend the Land of Snow festival first and return to the village ahead of me."
Hakuto rolled her eyes slightly and nodded, reluctantly agreeing.
After informing Hakuto of the locations of the arrows and the cannon, Anya left in a hurry.
Having successfully convinced his daughter, Anya began trying to utilize the new Sage Chakra within him—temporarily named [Hanno].
There couldn't be a better place to accumulate [Hanno] than here.
With the successful mastery of the Sage Art Key for [Hanno], Anya started absorbing the surrounding wild Natural Energy. A surge of coldness entered his body. His chakra condensed inward for protection, while his eyes gleamed with a faint silver glow beneath the icy chill. The water beneath the layers of ice momentarily paused its flow, stopping ghost-like mid-motion. All the water within a hundred meters around Anya and Haku transformed into thick blocks of ice—such immense power did this [Hanno] possess.
From afar, the two looked as if completely encased in ice. The remaining unfrozen waters morphed into thousands upon thousands of pure white silk threads, coiling toward their bodies as if attempting to slice everything apart into fragments.
Anya opened her pale silver eyes emotionlessly. The originally faint gaze suddenly blazed with dazzling red light as the [Mangekyo Sharingan] activated, freezing time.
The raging torrents of water around her froze in place.
Three streams of Sage Chakra burst from her body, instantly vaporizing the surrounding water into thick white mist. This mist swiftly coalesced into a massive energy sphere within her hands before vanishing completely as it was drawn into her body. A surge of new Hanno energy rampaged through Anya's body at a speed beyond limits, an icy coldness threatening to freeze her entire being. Even her thoughts grew sluggish and on the verge of freezing.
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