Naruto: They are all reborn.

Chapter 39 You demon who started four wars! (Please continue reading)

Loulan.

It was nominally a country, but it lacked all the structures a country should have. It could only be considered a tribe built on an oasis, and its ruler was a queen named Sara.

Intelligence indicates that the Queen has been completely sidelined by Minister An Lushan, and if he wants to advance further, he will inevitably have to eliminate her. Furthermore, the legendary dragon vein seems to be connected to the Queen, so this mission will be divided into two groups.

Uzumaki Toki and Hatake Kakashi were openly responsible for protecting the Queen, while Namikaze Minato and the other two were secretly investigating An Lushan's puppet army and the Dragon Vein.

Leaving the Land of Fire, the environment changed abruptly, instantly transforming from a pleasant forest into a vast expanse of yellow sand and raging winds.

After walking for a while, Shi Xu suddenly turned around. The forest barrier divided the world into two distinct halves.

"Logically, there should be a transition between one extreme environment and another. Were these forests planted by humans?"

Minato Namikaze nodded: "Many of the forests in the Land of Fire were created by the First Hokage using Wood Release. Even after his death, these forests still stand, protecting the Land of Fire."

"That's really impressive."

Shi Xu was somewhat moved, marveling at Hashirama Senju's immense personal power.

In his past life, there was a famous afforestation project. This project required countless ordinary people to stay on the front line and plant one sapling after another. People enjoying the shade praised the poplar trees for their tenacious vitality, but they overlooked the fact that the most tenacious ones were actually the people who bent down to plant the trees. They were the people and the forest that formed a line of defense together.

Hashirama Senju alone could be worth a hundred, a thousand, or even more. Wood Release could be used in so many other ways, yet some high-ranking officials in Konoha were fixated on its power, even resorting to murder for it.

Continue walking into the desert until you can no longer see the forest when you turn back, and then you will see a city ahead.

One after another, towering steel towers form the basic units of this city, and spiderweb-like bridges connect them, making them particularly striking in contrast to the surrounding barren desert.

Minato Namikaze explained, "A few years ago, Loulan wasn't like this. This city was built by An Lushan using a puppet army in just a few years."

"To build such a massive city all by himself... he's practically a superman."

Shi Xu's eyes were complicated. Puppetry was originally created for killing, but An Lushan proved that puppets could be used in infrastructure projects. In his previous life, this would have been something that civil engineers would have worshipped.

"It's time for us to carry out our mission. Let's split up here according to plan."

After saying that, Minato Namikaze and the other two seniors vanished instantly.

Kakashi withdrew his gaze and said, "Let's go find the Queen of Loulan and expose An Lushan's true colors."

"Wait!" Shi Xu grabbed him. "If a Sand Village ninja suddenly ran to Konoha and told the Hokage that Danzo Shimura wanted to kill him, do you think the Hokage would believe him?"

Kakashi was silent for a moment, then asked, "What should we do?"

"Entrapment."

"Explain in detail?"

Shi Xu paused to organize his thoughts before continuing, "Queen Sara is just an ordinary person; we can easily infiltrate her inner circle and protect her secretly. An Lushan, however, is an ambitious man. He's been lying low in Loulan to accumulate power. What do you think... what if he suddenly discovers traces of other powerful nation's ninjas in Loulan?"

Kakashi's eyes lit up: "He'll feel like he's been exposed, and then he'll speed up the plan, meaning he'll take the initiative to attack Queen Sara."

"That's right!" Shi Xu snapped his fingers. "As long as we can catch An Lushan plotting to murder the Queen on the spot, and the evidence is conclusive, things will be much easier from here on out."

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"Where am I?"

Naruto rubbed his sore head and cautiously looked around.

He was at the bottom of a closed cylindrical building, with no "door"-like structures around him, only sunlight streaming through the gaps in the building overhead.

After confirming that his head wound was not a problem, Naruto circulated his chakra and climbed up the wall, leaping through a gap into a completely unfamiliar city. Just as he was looking around, a gigantic puppet fell from the tower above and launched an attack without hesitation.

Naruto bent down to dodge the grappling hook that came from behind, then kicked the puppet, creating distance as he formed hand seals.

"Wind Release: Wind Slicing Technique!"

A powerful wind blade was unleashed from his hand, tearing open the puppet's surface to reveal its internal mechanisms, but this did not impede its movement.

The puppet opened its mask, revealing a cannon-like structure. Instantly, countless purple chakras gathered at the muzzle.

The moment Naruto saw the puppet, his expression turned grim: "It's a chakra cannon?"

Naruto formed hand seals, channeling chakra into his throat: "Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique!"

The dragon-shaped flames collided with the light bullets fired from the chakra cannon. The flames engulfed the light bullets, which then continued their momentum and struck the puppet.

"Such a weak puppet?"

The puppet's expressiveness was completely different from what he had imagined. Although he was puzzled, Naruto's hands moved quickly. He drew the chakra sword from his waist and cut the chakra threads on the puppet's back.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

Before they could even catch their breath, several more chakra beams came from all directions.

"I knew it, these puppets always come in waves after you defeat one."

Despite being in grave danger, Naruto remained calm and even had the leisure to make a sarcastic remark. He then formed a hand seal, preparing to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to escape.

"Wait! Why can't I sense the Flying Thunder God's mark anymore?"

Naruto's eyes widened suddenly as he saw the attack coming at him and immediately changed his hand seals...

That's too late!

boom!!!

A terrifying bombing sound rang out, turning the location where Naruto was located into a complete ruin. After checking that there was no sign of life, the puppets returned to their wandering state.

And in a small alley not far away.

Minato put Naruto down and was about to leave when he suddenly heard a shout behind him.

"Halt, Father!"

Minato Namikaze trembled slightly, then slowly turned around under the teasing gazes of his two seniors: "Sorry, I'm still very young and not married."

"I absolutely will not mistake him." Naruto strode forward and reached out to grab his mask, but was stopped by Minato.

Just as he was about to say something, Shi Xu, who had heard the commotion, rushed over: "Xiao, what happened here?"

Upon hearing that voice, Naruto's pupils constricted sharply, and he became alert, like a startled rabbit.

"You...you..."

Shi Xu looked at the young man in front of him who bore a resemblance to Minato: "What's wrong with me?"

Naruto gritted his teeth and blurted out, "You demon who started the Fourth Shinobi World War! What are you doing here?!"

Please read on! I'm begging you all to read on!

(End of this chapter)