Konoha: I, Naruto, will eat the Forest-Forest Fruit!

"This exhaust vent is the transfer station that connects to the dragon vein of the entire city."

The answer is below.

Naruto said softly.

Sarah gave a soft "hmm".

"Aren't you going down and see for yourself?"

Sarah shook her head, breathing greedily in his arms.

Naruto was helpless; he hadn't expected the Dragon Vein's assistance to be so powerful.

He turned to Salai and Mako and said:

"Your family members are down there."

"I'll have them come up in a bit, so you don't need to go down."

"Really?" Salai asked.

Naruto smiled.

Minato, who was standing nearby, said, "If your family members are really down there, we will definitely bring them up."

Mako bowed deeply to Naruto.

He pulled Salai away.

creak-

Yu Nuzhi opened the net cover.

"It's right down there."

Choza Akimichi was the first to jump.

Yu Nu Zhiwei followed closely behind.

Minato glanced at Naruto and then jumped in.

"Let's go, the centipede is right below."

As he spoke, his body slowly floated up.

It fell downwards.

After Naruto brought Sara down.

Akimichi Choza and Aburame Shimi are already investigating the situation below.

Meanwhile, Shuimen was quietly searching through the pipes.

boom--

However, Naruto was not as cautious as they were.

The situation has been confirmed, and it's the same as I remember.

Therefore, there is no need to do things the way they did at the beginning.

He stepped through the pipe.

It caused quite a commotion.

The puppets below, which were supervising the Loulan men's work, all raised their heads in unison.

Minato and the other two were all stunned.

This...this is a ninja?

Akimichi Choza and Aburame Shimi looked at Minato.

Minato shook his head with a wry smile. It wasn't me! It definitely wasn't me... This aura and style... it's reminiscent of Kushina.

Sara blinked, not expecting Naruto to be so direct.

Of course, the puppets below rushed up immediately as well.

There are a lot of them.

At the same time, this is a factory that makes puppets.

"Seriously, they have dragon vein power now, they can control countless puppets."

"Why use manpower to accomplish these things?"

To be honest, Naruto couldn't figure it out either.

However, the centipede's technology was indeed quite good.

The architecture of Loulan is based on the dragon vein chakra.

But those who built these were all centipedes.

The puppets attacked in unison, and Minato shouted, "Watch out!"

"Partial Multiplication Technique!"

"Ninja Art: Insect Orb Technique!"

Before the three of them could make a move, Naruto had already taken action.

He slowly raised his hand towards the puppets.

"Shinra Tensei"

hum-

A powerful repulsive field appeared.

All the attacking puppets were sent flying backward.

He crashed into the wall behind him.

Naruto glanced at the four statues standing in the Dragon Vein Formation below.

"That's the magic array for the dragon vein. As long as I get there, I can seal it."

Naruto nodded slightly and flew over with Sara.

As they passed by the Loulan people below who had been captured and forced into hard labor.

With a slight twitch of his fingers, his chakra exploded, and countless fine chakra threads appeared.

click-

In the blink of an eye, the Loulan people below, who were bound by iron chains, were freed.

The sound of countless iron chains breaking rang out.

The people of Loulan looked on with confusion.

"Everyone, come with us and leave. A battle will break out here very soon."

"The Queen of Loulan has come to save you."

"Come with me now."

Upon seeing this, the three men from Shuimen immediately instructed the freed Loulan people to go with them.

"Dingzuo, Zhiwei, I'm entrusting them to you. Get them to the surface as soon as possible... Also, Centipede might send out a large puppet army to attack them, and you'll need to protect them then."

Choza Akimichi and Shimi Aburame exchanged a glance, then nodded emphatically.

Choza Akimichi patted Minato on the shoulder.

"Don't just focus on having fun, be careful, and if anything happens, send a signal immediately."

"That's right. With Centipede controlling so many puppets, even the strongest child will eventually run out of strength," Aburame Shiki added.

The two then organized the people of Loulan to leave via the route they had come from.

Qiu Dao Dingza used a partial multiplication technique to continuously transport the Loulan people who were unable to move.

Minato took a deep breath.

"Is the real battle about to begin?"

whoosh-

Without hesitation, he threw out several trident-shaped kunai.

Meanwhile, Naruto had already brought Sara to the front of the Loulan Chakra Array.

Sara reluctantly left Naruto's arms.

We entered the magic circle.

"Should we seal it away?"

Naruto nodded slightly. "Seal it. The existence of the Dragon Vein Chakra will attract the covetousness of the other five great ninja villages."

"The future Dragon Vein Chakra will be in a sealed state."

Sarah nodded, indicating that she understood.

Then, he knelt in front of the Dragon Vein Chakra Array, his hands clasped together.

"An order was issued in the name of the Queen."

As she spoke, she slowly stretched out her hands.

"Severing the power of your dragon vein and suppressing your power."

hum-

As Sarah finished speaking, the sealing stone below, which resembled an eye, emitted a purple light.

"Hurry, hurry, as the law commands!"

Sarah slowly pressed her hands down.

She suppressed the purple light barrier.

Everything returns to the eye stone.

Layer upon layer of purple light circles appeared on the magic circle.

Immediately afterwards, the eye stone slowly closed, and the incantation representing some kind of seal also returned to the closed eye stone.

The factory stopped operating instantly.

The densely packed puppet parts all stopped on the conveyor belt.

At the same time, all the buildings in Loulan lost their power.

Loulan, which was originally bright, has become dark.

shhhhh--

At that moment, countless purple chakra lines, released from the dragon vein chakra, shot down from above.

Sara quickly came to Naruto's side.

Naruto glanced at the puppet parts that were rapidly assembling.

What are you doing here?

The sound of centipedes rang out.

Sarah looked up.

Then, a familiar figure slowly walked out from the factory's viewing platform.

"An Lushan!"

Centipede ignored Sarah.

Instead, he bowed to Naruto.

"Naruto Uzumaki"

Sarah retorted angrily, "I have already stopped the flow of the dragon vein."

"I will not allow this power to be used for war!"

"In the name of the Queen, I hereby order the cessation of the development of puppet weapons!"

After saying that, Sarah blinked. "Does this look like a queen?"

Naruto's lips curled slightly. "He looks like a fool."

The centipede above gave a disdainful smile.

"You already know that much?"

"Then we can't let you live."

Are they still acting?

"The puppet army has been completed."

"You no longer need the power to manipulate the dragon veins."

call out--

Just then, the trident-shaped kunai appeared.

click-

The trident-shaped kunai pierced through the centipede's throat.

whoosh-

Flying Thunder God.

Minato appeared behind Centipede and grabbed the flying trident kunai.

"The situation is special; life or death is irrelevant."

Centipede's pupils constricted slightly, and its body swayed precariously.

But the next instant, his pierced neck returned to normal.

Minato was shocked and quickly retreated.

"puppet?"

Centipede looked down at Naruto, who remained unmoved, and said in a deep voice:

"It's been six years... I never thought I'd still be unable to escape you, Naruto Uzumaki."

Naruto replied, "So, what are you planning to do?"

"Now that these puppets have been made, let's seal them here. Come back to the future with me, and we'll dig them out again."

Out of humanitarian considerations, Naruto first asked Centipede if he wanted to submit.

Kotoamatsukami is useful, but it can affect the brain to some extent.

Therefore, Naruto rarely uses Kotoamatsukami to control his scientific research.

"I am not Orochimaru. My goal is to conquer the Five Great Shinobi Villages and rule the shinobi world!"

Naruto shook his head and waved his hand, freezing all the densely packed puppets behind him in place.

Subsequently, they all lost control of the dragon vein chakra threads.

slam-la-

The puppets disintegrated at the same time.

Centipede was not surprised by this.

"You're stronger than when I left the future... but in Loulan, I am invincible!"

After saying that, a huge puppet appeared behind Centipede.

"In Loulan, my power is limitless!"

Minato squinted.

He threw out a trident-shaped kunai.

"Shadow Clone Technique with Shuriken!"

He quickly formed hand seals.

The trident-shaped kunai that attacked the centipede immediately burst into a blinding green light.

As the water gate seal fell.

The trident-shaped kunai, emitting a green glow, split into several smaller kunai.

Immediately afterwards, thousands of kunai flew out from the center of these three-pronged kunai.

Whoosh—!

The kunai was like a giant net, covering the centipede and the huge puppet behind it.

Rumble—!!!

Not only that, but the trident-shaped kunai exploded with a loud bang after hitting their targets.

Naruto blinked. Compared to some of the strongest Hokage, this sword shadow clone was not even in the same league.

Minato's Shadow Clone Technique with his shuriken was quite effective.

Both the centipede and the giant puppet behind it had injuries of varying degrees.

However, the moment the dragon vein chakra appeared...

Centipede and the staged puppets behind it are recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Naruto shook his head.

"It doesn't make sense now."

He lifted his foot, and as if there were invisible steps in mid-air, he walked step by step toward the centipede.

Centipede narrowed his eyes and waved the long robe behind him.

Immediately afterwards, changes occurred in the body.

It turned into a six-legged puppet spider.

"Hmph, this is my ultimate physical body... Gah!"

Naruto raised his hand, and the centipede's head flew over.

Rumbling--

The six-legged puppet spider's body shattered instantly.

Naruto grabbed the centipede's head. "Unlike Sasori, Sasori left his heart."

"But it still has weaknesses."

"You are very smart and capable."

"Gather all your chakra into this puppet head."

"With the dragon vein chakra present, you are indeed immortal in Loulan."

After saying that, Naruto shook his head again.

"But there are many things I don't understand... Never mind, I'm too lazy to ask."

As soon as he finished speaking, he drew upon the fruits of the forest!

hum-

"What...what kind of power is this?!"

"ah!!!"

Centipede let out a miserable scream.

Immediately afterwards, Naruto absorbed all the primal chakra left on the puppet's head.

"Even the soul is contained within the chakra... The Dragon Vein Chakra is indeed not an insult to you."

Minato's eyes widened.

What's going on here?

The battle... is over just like that?

My future son... is he that amazing?

It's no wonder that Minato lost his composure.

After all, the power Naruto displayed was beyond his current understanding.

"Let's go to the underground palace, seal the dragon vein chakra, and then we should return to the future."