Chapter 130 Dragon veins and ninjas of chaotic time and space

Chapter 130 Dragon veins and ninjas of chaotic time and space

Late April.

In the desert, the wind is blowing, the sand is flying, and the sky is covered with a layer of cloudy clouds. Looking around, there is a world of yellow sand everywhere.

At noon, the dark clouds in the sky dispersed, the sun was in the sky, and the boundless desert was like a pale yellow sea, with thousands of lights shining in front of us.

The oncoming wind is mixed with fine sand and warm air.

There seems to be an invisible big hand in the desert, which makes the fine sand dust move forward tirelessly, peeling off layer after layer of sand, and quickly covering it with the sand behind.

In the endless sea of sand, there are three people walking slowly in the desert.

The three of them wore light yellow windbreakers for sand and dust, which were quite similar to the color of the desert, so they could be used as good cover.

These three people are Shiraishi, Ruri and Ayane who came all the way from the kingdom of Demons.

After a special investigation, the coordinates of Rōran have been determined, as well as some simple information about the Rōran Kingdom, which Shiraishi has also grasped.

After getting this information, Shiraishi couldn't wait to bring Ruri and Ayane to claim the power of Rōran's dragon veins.

"Shiraishi-kun, haven't we arrived yet?"

Ayane looked at the scorching sun in the sky. It was obviously not summer, but the air became extremely stuffy.

"Follow the tips given in the road map, we will arrive soon."

Shiraishi replied patiently.

Ayane let out a long sigh. Traveling long distances in such sultry weather is not good for girls' skin.

"If you feel bored, you can go back alone."

Ruri is not as good-tempered as Shiraishi, so she said directly to Ayane.

"Just kidding, don't take it seriously. I just feel that the moisture in a certain part of my body is about to dry up in such hot weather. Isn't it, Shiraishi-kun?"

Ayane asked with a smile.

Boom!

There was an explosive in the desert.

That is the result of chakras colliding with each other.

Ruri's fist was blocked by Ayane's raised arm.

In the desert under the two of them, at some point, because of the chakra eruption just now, a large hole appeared.

"It seems that the lessons I taught you a few days ago are still not enough."

Ruri sneered.

"You can try again."

Ayane narrowed her eyes and smiled.

"As a weak person, it is really pitiful to find excuses for your own weakness."

Ruri's condescending attitude made Ayane's face twitch unnaturally, obviously angry.

Shiraishi glanced at the two, shook his head helplessly, and continued to walk forward sullenly.

Before arriving here, how many times did these two fight against each other along the way?

In short, Shiraishi has lost count.

Traveling through the vast desert in this way, the dusty scene gives people a very desolate feeling.

About two hours later, Shiraishi stopped in the desert.

He was standing at a relatively high position at the moment, and began to look into the distance.

"Where is Rōran?"

Ruri and Ayane lifted the hats on their heads, and like Shiraishi, they saw a huge building standing in the desert in the distance.

The distribution of buildings is extremely dense, and they are as high as 100 meters. The color is mainly white. From this direction, these buildings look thin and long.

"It seems that this is right."

Shiraishi took out a photo, which was taken by the investigators. The building in front of him is exactly the same as the one in the photo.

"I heard that Rōran is just a small country, living in poverty, and gradually declining to the point where no one pays attention, but from the look of this building complex, it doesn't look like it is declining."

Ruri's tone was full of doubts.

Although it can't be called prosperity, it definitely has nothing to do with poverty.

"The same is true of the information I saw before. But since two years ago, the situation seems to have changed. According to the information collected by the intelligence personnel, a guy named Anrokuzan came to Rōran two years ago, won the trust of the Queen of Rōran, and became Rōran's minister. The reason why Rōran is so prosperous is because of that guy named Anrokuzan."

When Shiraishi mentioned the name 'Anrokuzan', the expression on his face was a bit subtle.

(Picked from Narutopedia- "Anrokuzan" could be a reference to An Lushan, a Tang dynasty general who instigated the An Lushan rebellion and proclaimed himself the ruler of the Yan dynasty. )

Forget it, the country of Demons can even coin the term Terracotta Warriors and Horses, and Rōran's Anrokuzan and others are not names worth complaining about.

Although Shiraishi still wanted to complain about the name.

"According to the information provided by Katsuyu, the dragon's veins should be underground in Rōran. Ayane, use your Byakugan to see how the situation is."

Shiraishi turned to look at Ayane.

"OK."

Ayane opened her eyes and began to observe the underground of Rōran City.

"Did you find it?"

"There is indeed a very powerful chakra energy deep underground, and there are a large number of puppet soldiers guarding it."

Ayane told the truth about what she saw.

"Puppet soldiers?"

"Maybe it is used for wars."

Shiraishi didn't know all about Rōran, so he could only make the following guesses.

After all, with such convenient energy as the dragon vein, it is certainly impossible to leave it alone all the time.

"In this case, let's check the situation first. If we act quickly, we should be able to take away the power of the dragon vein before Rōran's guards react."

Neither Ruri nor Ayane had any objections.

So the three of them started to act immediately.

•••

The largest building in Rōran is upstairs.

In the magnificent hall, Queen Rōran was sitting on the throne, and she summoned Rōran's minister, Anrokuzan, to start a discussion.

"Your Majesty, what's the matter?"

The man named Anrokuzan was about thirty years old, with a beard on his face, he looked like a shrewd and powerful person.

He also maintains a respectful attitude towards the queen on the throne.

"Anrokuzan, recently I heard that many residents in the city have disappeared. Do you know what happened?"

The queen conveys her will.

As the queen of Rōran, she has the obligation to protect her people.

Among all the courtiers in Rōran, Anrokuzan is the most capable and trustworthy minister.

Respect the queen, be friendly with colleagues, and be kind to the people in Rōran, never feel that you are superior to others.

As long as she speaks out about her troubles, she believes that Anrokuzan will find out the truth of the investigation soon. This is a kind of trust that is extremely high.

"Your Majesty, I have also heard about this incident. Before the fact, I have sent someone to investigate this matter. I believe there will be a result soon."

"Then I will leave this matter to you, Anrokuzan."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, Anrokuzan is duty-bound to live up to your trust in me."

Anrokuzan showed a gentle smile on his face, and in the sight of the queen, he retreated respectfully.

Not long after Anrokuzan retreated, a red-haired girl ran out from the side door.

"Mother!"

The girl threw herself into the arms of the queen, with a happy smile on her face.

"What's the matter, Sara, is today's class over?"

"Well, I've learned it."

"That's good. In the future, you will be the next generation of Queen Rōran. You must work hard to become an excellent queen who cares about her subjects(peoples), Sara."

The Queen lovingly stroked the head of her daughter, Princess Sara, and showed a cordial smile.

••••

The oasis city near the desert is exactly the place called Rōran.

At this moment, the sky has already dimmed. Under the dark night, the city is covered by wind and dust. From a distance, only the black silhouette of the city can be seen, which is full of mystery.

Come to the manhole cover of a sewer mouth. According to the situation detected by Ayane, entering from this sewer mouth can reach the place where the huge chakra energy is.

By the moonlight, Shiraishi looked at this oasis city in the desert. The pipes connecting the towering buildings in the sky conveyed an extremely abnormal chakra, which was used as the operating energy of the entire city, forming a recyclable chakra supply system.

Although it is a relatively prosperous city, its defense strength is so poor that Shiraishi doesn't want to evaluate it.

I thought it would take a while to sneak in, but it turned out that apart from the guards composed of ordinary people, there were no other means of defense, and it was easy for the three of them to sneak in here.

"What to do next? Need to cause a riot?"

"No, there is no need to use these methods for this level of defense. Solve the matter as soon as possible and leave as soon as possible."

At the beginning, Shiraishi also thought about whether to cause riots here first, and then seek the power of the dragon veins, but after thinking about it, the defense strength of this country is the same as that of no one, and there is no need to achieve that level.

As he spoke, Shiraishi opened the manhole cover, and jumped down first, followed by Ruri and Ayane.

Down below, the exhaust pipes are arranged in a criss-cross pattern, and the route is extremely complicated.

Fortunately, with Ayane's Byakugan, there is no need to worry about these things at all. You can directly find a correct route to the underground dragon vein and find out exactly where the power of the dragon vein lies.

During the journey, Shiraishi also saw a large group of ragged, criminal-like people jointly pushing a strange device similar to a huge millstone.

In it, there is a huge chakra reaction emerging from the ground.

There were puppet soldiers guarding him with metallic luster around him, which made Shiraishi a little confused about the situation.

Are these people are prisoners of Rōran?

"That device is connected to the machine factory that makes puppet soldiers."

Ayane explained.

Her Byakugan can see everything here, including the location of the factory that makes puppet soldiers, and it is also clear.

"It seems that this country has a lot of ambitions. Is it planning to set off a storm in the land of the wind?"

Shiraishi smiled.

Although he can feel part of the pulsation of the dragon's veins by using sensory ninjutsu, it is still too simple to shake the Kingdom of Wind, one of the five great countries, with only this level of power.

When it is exposed in the end, it will most likely fall into the hands of Sand Village.

Instead of this, it would be better to leave it to him for safekeeping.

Avoiding the puppet soldiers who rely on the power of the dragon veins to carry out patrol activities, under the detection of Ayane Byakugan, they easily passed through all the defense lines here and came to the last defense line.

Blocking in front of him is a giant door five or six meters high, with exquisite images carved on the surrounding walls, which should be the cultural symbol of Rōran.

Push open the giant door, continue to walk through the corridor, and start exploring the way deep.

The puppet soldiers here are getting denser and denser, but these puppet soldiers are more cumbersome and have a narrow range of exploration. The three of Shiraishi still came to the location of the dragon vein without much effort.

It was a huge silent room, surrounded by four huge stone statues. In the center of the four huge stone statues, there was something like an eye closed, from which purple chakra light permeated.

Around the closed eyes, complex and mysterious mantras are arranged.

Shiraishi squatted down, glanced at these mysterious spells, and then looked towards the closed eyes. Through the gap, the purple chakra light reflected on his face, with a suffocating sense of splendor.

"Is this the power of the dragon's veins? It's amazing that there is such a powerful chakra in the seal alone."

"How do you plan to absorb such a strong seal?"

Ruri came over and asked.

This is about asking Shiraishi, the power of the dragon veins is much stronger than he expected.

"In short, let's find the 'core' first. Katsuyu said that the dragon vein is an abnormal energy formed by the natural energy of the earth. Something like this must have a 'core'."

Shiraishi stood up and said.

"It's hard to find a 'core' with such a huge chakra."

Ayane said something.

Compared with Shiraishi's perception ninjutsu, her Byakugan can more intuitively feel the internal situation of the dragon vein.

"Can't you find with your Byakugan?"

"No, the chakra density below is too concentrated. With my current pupil power, I can't see the innermost thing."

Ayane looked down, and in the depths of the huge leylines, there was an extremely gorgeous purple glare, which was formed by the concentration of extremely terrifying Chakra, hindering Baiyan's exploration.

"It seems that the external device can only be forcibly broken."

Shiraishi touched the closed eyes in the middle of the sealing spell, where the power of the dragon veins was stored.

Ruri and Ayane also nodded. Indeed, this is the only way to expose the 'core' of the dragon's veins.

While Shiraishi was about to undo the seal of the external device, suddenly there was the sound of metal trampling footsteps from outside the quiet room.

A large number of puppet soldiers rushed in, and immediately glanced at the three intruders. Without any explanation, a large number of kunai with purple chakra were fired from the weapon device on the body, piercing the air at a high speed, intending to shoot the three into hedgehogs.

Shadow blades equal to the number of kunai immediately appeared in Shiraishi's shadow, and with the sound of metal collisions, kunai all flew away.

Click!

Click!

The Blade of Shadow destroyed the joint positions of these puppet soldiers strangely, turning these puppet soldiers into a pile of scrap metal.

"It will take a while for me to take the core away, just help me block it outside for a while."

Ruri and Ayane nodded, and went outside to help Shiraishi guard and stop those puppet soldiers who would come to make trouble.

After Ruri and Ayane walked outside, Shiraishi also began to form seals, condensing chakra in both hands, breaking the seal outside the dragon vein, so that the power inside could emerge in large quantities, and in that way, the location of the 'core' would definitely be exposed.

At that time, I only need to take away the core.

Put both hands on the external device similar to closing the eyes and press it, only to see the surrounding spells glow immediately, covering the quiet room.

Shiraishi noticed that the eye device, which was originally closed, had been completely opened. It was a strange space wrapped in purple.

Shiraishi's face was dripping with sweat. Is this powerful force the power of dragon veins?

Even when Shukaku ran away, there was no such terrible chakra.

Moreover, Shiraishi could also carefully observe that the surrounding space was rapidly distorting, and the strong light made it impossible for Shiraishi to see clearly what happened to the chakra of the dragon vein.

Immediately after this bright light, it turned to white-purple, and a large amount of purple chakra erupted from the opened eyes like a torrent.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Shiraishi was about to retreat when suddenly, in his sensory ninjutsu, several strange chakra reactions appeared.

This is the sudden Chakra reaction. This sudden situation reminded Shiraishi of the scene when he confronted Minato. Space-time ninjutsu?

Boom!

The violent explosion distorted the purple chakra erupting from the eye device, as if affected by some unknown factor, the wavelength became unstable.

Shiraishi was bounced away by the sudden explosion, hit the wall, and immediately blasted a big hole, spitting blood from his mouth.

Shiraishi fixed his eyes on the dragon vein power device that had been swept by the billowing smoke, slowly stood up, and in the perception, in the rolling dust, there were four more strange chakra reactions.

The seal of the dragon vein also stabilized. Obviously, Shiraishi's unsealed ninjutsu just failed because of the abnormal power of distorting time and space.

Such a sudden incident made Shiraishi confused, trying to figure out what was going on.

The thick dust slowly dissipated, and the four strange chakra owners also showed their figures.

Like Shiraishi, because of the explosion, he was lying on the ground in a shambles, and slowly stood up from the ground.

Three men and one woman.

"Konoha Ninja!?"

Shiraishi clearly saw the Konoha ninja foreheads of the four of them, showing a look of astonishment.

Are you kidding me, four Konoha ninjas exploded out of the dragon's veins?

This is the land of wind, not the land of fire.

Besides, the strange reactions of these four people appearing here are obviously caused by some kind of space-time ninjutsu.

What on earth is going on?

"Huh? Where is this?"

One of the blond-haired teenagers looked there blankly. Like Shiraishi, he didn't understand what happened.

"Wait!" He suddenly remembered something, and ran to the side to check on his companions: "Sakura, Sai, Captain Yamato, how are you doing?"

"Ahem!" The Konoha female ninja named 'Sakura' seemed to have just recovered.

After that, she got angry at the blond-haired Konoha boy: "Naruto, if you are so reckless next time, I will blow your head off!"

"Yes Yes!"

Seeing Sakura clenched her fist full of angry flames, Naruto nodded in fear.

"What happened? What I just felt was the chakra power of the dragon vein..."

Another Konoha boy named Sai patted the dust off his body, looked around with vigilant eyes, and finally locked his eyes on Shiraishi.

On Shiraishi's body, he felt an extremely dangerous aura.

This breath is much more dangerous than when facing their root leader Shimura Danzo.

"No matter what happens, let's figure out where it is first."

The last one is an adult male, wearing Konoha's Jonin uniform, it should be Konoha's Jonin.

"Captain Yamato, are you alright?"

Naruto asked.

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Konoha jōnin Shinobi named Yamato smiled, indicating that he was fine.

After standing up, like Sai, he locked his eyes on Shiraishi, the only outsider here, showing a vigilant look.

Shiraishi's face was flat, and he wiped away the blood from the corner of his mouth with his fingers.

"Who are you…"

Naruto blinked, and looked at Shiraishi with a puzzled expression.

Shiraishi ignored it, and started to make seals on his own.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

When Naruto saw Shiraishi's seal, he seemed to think that he was going to use some dangerous ninjutsu to attack them, and was about to step forward to stop them.

Sakura stopped him and said, "Don't be impulsive, Naruto. That's just hand signs for medical ninjutsu. Judging from his appearance, he should have been injured just now."

Sure enough, as Sakura said, after Shiraishi used ninjutsu on himself, the injuries on his body began to recover quickly, and his face also returned to rosy.

After recovering from his injuries, Shiraishi began to look at the four Konoha ninjas who gave him a strange feeling.

Naruto, Sakura, Sai, Yamato...Shiraishi can be sure that when he was in Konoha, these four people absolutely did not exist in his impression.

But looking at the ages of these four, even Yamato, the oldest Jonin, is only a few years older than himself, and he is not yet unknown of such Konoha Jōnin.

"Well, where is this place?"

Finally, Jonin Yamato took the initiative to stand up and asked Shiraishi for information about this place.

"Don't you know what this place is?"

Shiraishi did not answer the question.

"Of course, we came to chase down a sandy rebellious ninja named Mukade, and ended up here inexplicably. By the way, who are you?"

Naruto couldn't help jumping out, yelling there.

Is he a hot-blooded idiot? Shiraishi made such a definition in his heart.

Yamato and the Konoha female ninja named Sakura patted their heads in frustration.

Leaking information so easily, is it worthy of being the ninja with the most accidental nature?

When they can't even distinguish between friends and foes, this will undoubtedly put them in an embarrassing situation.

"Pursuing the sand hidden traitor Ninja Mukade?"

Hearing such an answer, Shiraishi's mind was filled with various question marks.

Konoha Ninja is chasing Sand traitor? Is this a new fashion joke?

When did Konoha's business expand to the point of cleaning up rebellion for other villages?

Moreover, it is now during the third Ninja World War, and Sand Village is fighting fiercely with Konoha.

These people don't go to war, but are chasing Sunagakure Rebel Ninja here. Are they treating him as an idiot?

This kind of lie that a three-year-old could see through at a glance was actually used to deceive him.

Unlike the idiot on the outside, he is actually very sinister on the inside. Shiraishi gave a new definition to this Konoha ninja named Naruto.

"Ah, yes." Jonin Yamato sighed helplessly. Now that the topic has come to this point, there is no need to hide any more. He said, "We were entrusted by Master Hokage to come to Rōran to hunt down a Sunagakure called Mukade. But for some reason, an abnormal chakra sprang up from the ground and swallowed us in. When we realized it, we were here. Could you please explain the situation for us? And your identity?"

"It's really strange."

Shiraishi smiled.

"strangeness?"

Yamato and the others looked at Shiraishi, always feeling that there was some special deep meaning hidden in the other's smile.

"Isn't it strange that you, the Konoha ninjas, don't know what I look like? You are definitely not Konoha ninjas. Who are you? Pretend to be Konoha ninjas and come here to disturb the situation. What is the purpose?"

Bringing terrible pressure on his body, Shiraishi pushed towards the four of them.

Seeing Shiraishi's unkind look, Yamato and the others knew that the person in front of them was an enemy rather than a friend.

Wait, where does this person look like to me... At this moment, Konoha Ninja Yamato suddenly had a flash of light in his mind, as if he was recalling something.

"Are you... Chiba Shiraishi?"

Yamato's face was full of nervous sweat.

Although he is shiraishi looks younger, Yamato still remembers the general appearance.

is a defected ninja who left Konoha twenty years ago.

In recent years, a super S-class dangerous person has taken the kingdom of Demons as his home field and disturbed the peace of the ninja world.

"Don't talk to me in such a questioning tone. I left Konoha only two months ago. Thinking about it this way, you are really not Konoha's ninjas. Forget it, it doesn't matter. I will pull out your soul of your body and i will know who you are."

There was a cold light in Shiraishi's eyes.

"The three of you back off quickly! This is not a ninja you can deal with!"

Yamato anxiously yelled at the three of them, and he immediately formed seals.

"Wood Style · Great Forest Technique!"

A large number of trees burst out from his arms, surrounding Shiraishi in all directions.

Wood Style! ? Who is this guy? Shiraishi's eyes widened in surprise, and his heart suddenly became turbulent.

I can't believe that this guy pretending to be a Konoha ninja in front of him actually used the long-lost Wood Style ninjutsu.

Could it be those White Zetsu accomplices?

(end of this chapter)