I am the most popular character in Naruto!

Naruto shrugged and gestured in Chiaki's direction.

Minato smirked and patted Naruto on the shoulder, saying, "Anyway, now that you're Jiraiya's student, you must be careful not to be led astray by him!"

"Of course I know that, Dad, don't worry."

Naruto grinned, "You and your godmother are both disciples of the perverted sage, and neither of you were corrupted, so I certainly won't be either!"

"...That's true, but it's still best to stay away from him!"

Minato said seriously, "After we get out, I will seal your memories. You will retain your memories. Remember my words, don't get too close to Jiraiya-sensei!"

"I know, I know……"

Naruto waved his hand, feeling both helpless and happy, and said, "Dad, I feel like you're even more long-winded than Mom..."

"If only you could always be like this..."

"usually?"

Minato was stunned for a moment. Thinking back to Sakura calling him "Fourth Hokage-sama" earlier, he guessed what was going on.

It seems that Naruto became like this because he neglected to spend time with his family after becoming the Fourth Hokage.

He shook his head bitterly. The responsibility of becoming Hokage is paramount. Even if Minato hadn't sealed his memories, he probably would have still gone to become Hokage without hesitation.

Although this is not fair to Naruto, since Naruto has been able to grow up safely, it means that Chiaki has also done a lot of work. Naruto's current state is also quite good, so Minato simply felt relieved.

bang

During the conversation between the father and son, the giant centipede's body collapsed with a thud, losing control of its life force. The massive dragon vein chakra directly crushed the puppet's body, destroying both the wooden puppet and the steel puppet.

After failing to detect the presence of the centipede, the dragon vein energy quickly contracted back.

"This thing is actually quite intelligent?"

After watching a grand spectacle for free, Qianqiu began to analyze the situation of the dragon vein with great interest.

"Yes, it is indeed very intelligent."

Otohime suddenly emerged from Chiaki's body and said to Chiaki with a resentful tone, "It's so intelligent that I haven't been able to analyze it even after analyzing it for so long."

Wow! What is this?

Sarah, who was standing next to Chiaki, was startled by Otohime. When Otohime came out earlier, Sarah was still withdrawn and hadn't noticed Otohime's presence. Now that she was standing right next to Chiaki, she naturally noticed Otohime's presence.

"Hmm? The little brat from before..."

Princess Otohime glanced at her. "She also has royal blood, but she's still a bit weaker than me."

"Oh, Otohime."

Naruto saw Otohime and ran over, jumping and skipping. The crisis was over, and they could relax.

Minato followed Naruto over, looking at Chiaki with a puzzled expression and asking, "Chiaki, what's with your... chakra?"

He had never met Otohime, but he knew that Chiaki's chakra was rather special.

"You'll find out later, but I can give you a brief introduction first."

Chiaki smiled slightly and gestured to Otohime, "Go and introduce yourself."

"Eh?"

Otohime reluctantly floated in front of Minato. "I am Otohime Uzumaki, a member of the Uzumaki clan and the princess of the Land of Whirlpools!"

"When commoners see me, why don't they pay their respects?"

She adopted the airs of a princess, appearing even more haughty than Queen Sarah.

Sarah looked at Otohime with envy in her eyes, but soon, Otohime's image was ruined by Chiaki.

"Get out of here! Go help Sarah control the dragon vein. The sooner we deal with it, the sooner we can get back."

Chiaki slapped Otohime without any mercy, causing the aggrieved Otohime to take Sarah to adjust the controller.

It was only at this moment that Shiki Aburame arrived with Sakura and Choza Akimichi, followed by a large group of commoners.

"Teacher!"

Sakura ran to Chiaki's side and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Chiaki was unharmed.

"Why are they here?"

Seeing the people pointing and exclaiming in amazement around the centipede's corpse, Qianqiu asked in confusion.

"I'm sorry, Master, I couldn't stop them..."

Sakura said awkwardly, "They said they must live and die with Sarah."

"Alright, everyone step back for now, the dragon vein is about to be activated!"

Chiaki looked at Otohime, who was adjusting the controller with Sarah, and said with narrowed eyes.

Chapter 705 The Changing World

Qianqiu felt quite helpless about the Loulan people's desire to live and die with their queen.

In the vast Loulan, only you and your descendants have left to carry on the legacy.

Sarah died, which at most meant she could no longer use the energy of the dragon vein, but Loulan was ultimately able to survive.

As long as these people know that they are subjects of Loulan, Loulan will not be destroyed.

But if we look at it from another angle, can Loulan still be Loulan after losing its dragon vein?

This is indeed a difficult option to judge. After all, in a feudal society ruled by a king, royal power represents everything, and protecting royal power is protecting one's own country, which is not wrong.

In short, no matter what, the situation is much better now. All dangers have been eliminated, and as long as the power of the dragon vein is restarted, Loulan can continue to function properly.

"Qianqiu, the controller is complete!"

After spending half a day working with Sarah in front of the controller, Otohime floated up and waved to Chiaki.

"We have set up the dragon vein to be fully activated, output a period of energy, and then fully retract it, which is then retained for daily use."

"Next, all we need to do is press the button, and we will be able to return to reality using the energy from the fully activated dragon vein."

Yi Ji said happily, "This controller is really quite intelligent. I'll study it a bit more. I should be able to control the dragon vein energy using the same principle."

Sarah also walked up to Qianqiu and bowed deeply to express her gratitude.

"My lord, thank you for your help. It has enabled Loulan to break free from An Lushan's control and return to peace."

"As agreed with you, you can use a portion of the dragon vein's energy!"

"Great!"

Sakura and Naruto jumped up excitedly, while Shiki Aburame and Choza Akimichi also showed satisfied smiles.

Their mission was to protect Sarah. Now that the problem here has been resolved, their mission is obviously complete, and they can go back to report.

Joyful atmosphere is contagious. After the news of the peaceful liberation of Loulan reached the ears of the people of Loulan, the entire dragon vein became a sea of ​​joy.

"Speaking of Qianqiu, what are you going to do with the dragon vein energy?"

Unlike the others, Minato had a solemn expression as he approached Chiaki.

"Actually, I didn't even ask you why you came here?"

"If we use the energy of the dragon vein, it could very well attract the covetous eyes of other major powers..."

Shuimen's concerns were not unfounded. Loulan was currently a prosperous place, supported by the energy of the dragon vein, and was developing quite well.

Spies from many countries have come to observe, and they have all concluded that the energy of the dragon vein, as a type of earth vein, cannot be used by individuals.

If people were to learn that the dragon vein energy could be used by ninjas, Loulan would be far from peaceful.

“…Senior Brother Minato, the reason we came here is actually because of you.”

Chiaki stared at Minato for a while, and finally sighed softly.

"I?"

Minato was taken aback, but before he could ask a question, Naruto chimed in, "Dad, your aura has been lingering in Loulan, and coupled with this recent energy surge in the Loulan Dragon Vein, that's why we came to investigate."

"I heard that you might be in this area as well."

"...Did my future self leave the village?"

Minato was completely baffled, but he roughly understood what Naruto meant.

Both my past self and my present self have been wandering near the dragon vein, which means this place is very important to me?

Minato glanced at the dragon vein instrument subconsciously, but he didn't know how to use it...

and many more.

If what Qianqiu said is true, and the dragon vein energy has the ability to travel through time and space, then this thing might actually be able to be used by me!

The Flying Thunder God Technique is a space-time ninjutsu. Minato, who possesses top-tier talent in space-time ninjutsu, realized that he might be able to improve himself through the space-time travel ability of the Dragon Vein.

"Dragon veins cannot actually travel through time and space, but they do involve changes in time and space, as well as the creation of a chakra domain."

Chiaki explained to Minato what Otohime had discovered, and Minato looked enlightened.

"No wonder I'm so interested in this place..."

"This is exactly what I want."

Minato shook his head with a wry smile. "My future self must have sealed away my memories, right? But even if I sealed away my memories, my instincts still brought me here. It's really..."

Qianqiu shrugged, a worried look on her face. "These aren't really the important things."

"Oh?"

Minato looked at Chiaki in surprise. He noticed that Chiaki's gaze was focused on the joyful, celebrating people, and immediately realized that something was wrong.

"...What was Loulan like before you came?"

Minato directly raised a core question, but Chiaki remained silent. Instead, Naruto and Sakura described the situation in Rouran to Minato, one sentence at a time.

Barren, deserted, sparsely populated, and ignored.

This is all about the future of Loulan, which is very different from the "past Loulan" that people see now.

Behind the prosperity lies destitution and chaos. Even though we have entered a period of peace, how long can this peace last?