Naruto: Traveling Through Time Starting with Seizing the Dragon Vein

"As long as the soul remains forever in the clouds..." Scorpion murmured to himself, his fingers involuntarily tracing the path where machinery and flesh intertwined.

"This kind of terminal shell truly surpasses all my previous works."

"The body is weak and frail, but we can turn it into a mechanical weapon;"

Mechanical systems are rigid and inflexible, so we use flesh and blood to give them a ladder of evolution.

Uchiha Yue took a step back, watching as the two of them were completely ignited by this "evolutionary system" and became obsessed with scientific research.

"Now tell me, you two, are you interested in building this kind of legion together?"

Orochimaru licked his lips: "Theoretically, it's feasible, but I hope this brat can keep up with my pace."

"Likewise." Scorpion coldly retracted the human puppet.

Watching these two partners from the Akatsuki organization in the history of the ninja world meet amidst the clash of their technological philosophies.

Uchiha Yue snapped his fingers in satisfaction.

"Very good, then... [Human Body Factory], let's officially begin operations today!"

Chapter 137 Jiraiya's Nighttime Infiltration of Loulan

The Land of Winds, an endless desert of death.

The gale whipped up rough sand and gravel, which lashed against the traveler's cloak with a crackling sound.

A tall, robust figure was trekking through the wind and sand.

He had a head of wild, long white hair, a "oil" character etched on his forehead protector, red tear stains painted at the corners of his eyes, and a pair of wooden clogs on his feet.

Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha, also known as the Toad Sage.

At this moment, Jiraiya's face no longer held its usual carefree attitude.

His expression was extremely solemn, his brows were furrowed, and his eyes revealed deep exhaustion.

"Orochimaru... where the hell have you been...?"

Jiraiya pulled an extremely tiny tracking toad from his pocket.

This was a trace of Orochimaru's chakra scent that he desperately extracted from the ruins of the laboratory on the night of Orochimaru's defection, which led the toads of Mount Myōboku to track him all the way here.

"Lord Jiraiya, the scent becomes extremely weak near those ruins ahead, as if some powerful magnetic field is interfering with it," the little toad croaked twice.

"Thank you for your hard work, you can go back now."

Jiraiya put away the toad, raised his head, and looked at the ruins in front of him under the moonlight.

"Loulan..." Jiraiya's mind raced. "After Orochimaru defected, instead of hiding in those chaotic small countries, he plunged headlong into this desert heartland... The only possibility is this Loulan."

He quickly formed hand seals and used the Toad Shadow Manipulation Technique, melting his body into an extremely flat shadow that clung to the sand as he explored.

Whether it was good luck or something else, Jiraiya's vision suddenly changed.

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

Jiraiya gasped, his pupils suddenly contracting.

What appeared before him was a metropolis so vast it was suffocating!

Hundreds of meters high metal towers stand tall, and intricate, thick pipes intertwine between the buildings like the blood vessels of the earth.

Purple dragon vein chakra flowed smoothly through the transparent conduit, transforming into endless energy that illuminated the entire underground space.

In mid-air, automated freight cable cars glide silently along the tracks;

There are no wooden houses in the ninja village, and no castle towers of the daimyo.

This is an industrial civilization that completely surpasses his understanding!

"Orochimaru... he actually went to a place like this?!"

Jiraiya suppressed the turmoil in his heart.

He carefully concealed all his chakra fluctuations, and with his top-notch stealth skills at the level of the Sannin, he evaded wave after wave of puppet patrols, following the extremely faint, chilling aura left by Orochimaru, and made his way towards the tallest tower in the center of the city.

"It's getting closer... Orochimaru's chilling aura."

Jiraiya climbed through a vent into the middle level of the giant tower. Just as he was about to continue exploring upwards, his keen hearing caught a "whooshing" sound of water, accompanied by rising warm steam.

He stopped, sniffed, and looked in the direction of the steam.

At the end of a corridor hangs a glowing virtual sign: [Loulan Natural Women's Bath - Pool No. 2].

Through the semi-transparent frosted glass door, one could vaguely see the rippling water inside, and several graceful curves appearing and disappearing in the mist.

At this moment, Jiraiya's steps were firmly nailed to the spot by some mysterious force.

"Gudong."

This ninja hero swallowed hard, his originally solemn, serious, and sorrowful expression undergoing a violent struggle within a second before being completely replaced by a lewd glint.

"Ahem... While Orochimaru's matter is certainly important, as a writer with aspirations, it is also my inescapable responsibility to understand the customs and cultures of different regions and civilizations!"

Jiraiya solemnly convinced himself in his heart.

"I'll just take a look, three minutes! Consider it gathering material for my next masterpiece, capturing exotic locales!"

Just do it.

Jiraiya effortlessly scaled the ceiling, silently parted a blind, stuck out his rear end, and peered inside, his signature lecherous "hehehe" smile already appearing on his face.

However, just as this "great writer" was preparing to immerse himself in the ocean of art...

"what are you doing?"

A cold, emotionless voice suddenly rang out below Jiraiya.

Holy crap!

Jiraiya was so frightened that he nearly fell off the ceiling.

He forcefully twisted his waist in mid-air, performing an extremely clean backflip, and landed steadily on the floor of the corridor.

As one of the three legendary ninjas, he didn't even notice someone approaching!

Jiraiya broke out in a cold sweat and immediately assumed a defensive stance, looking over warily.

In the shadows of the corridor stood a girl dressed in a red and white casual outfit.

She looked to be no more than fourteen or fifteen years old, with an exceptionally beautiful appearance, and was holding a half-eaten double cheeseburger in her hand.

What was most striking was her pair of jet-black eyes, which were staring at him silently with the same look one would give a piece of trash.

"Phew... You scared this immortal to death! It was just a little girl."

Jiraiya breathed a long sigh of relief after recognizing the person who had come.

Although the girl walks silently, she looks like an ordinary, common girl.

"Ahem! Little girl, why do you walk so quietly?"

Jiraiya immediately stood up straight, crossed his arms, and to cover up his embarrassment, he deliberately cleared his throat and struck what he considered to be an extremely imposing and handsome pose.

"Don't get me wrong! I'm not some suspicious peeping tom!"

Jiraiya stomped his right foot on the ground, his white hair fluttering without wind, and his thumb pointed arrogantly at himself:

"Listen up! I am the white-haired toad sage of Mount Myōboku, a god who can shut up crying children!"

After this incredibly cool opening, the corridor fell into a deathly silence.

Uchiha Hikaru was just passing by when he saw a suspicious-looking white-haired man bending over on the ventilation vent of the women's bathhouse and instinctively wanted to clean up this scumbag.

However, the moment they heard the other party introduce themselves...

"A toad... an immortal?"

The girl's chewing motion with the hamburger suddenly froze.

Those dark eyes widened instantly.

In her mind, the night a few days ago that kept her awake was flashing by like a revolving lantern.

The hidden compartment at the bottom of Uchiha Tsuki's study.

That banned book with a revealing cover, "Intimate Paradise".

The author's signature, which stood out prominently, read: "[The Toad Hermit of Mount Myōboku]".

And... those blush-inducing illustrations in the book, depicting fights with absolutely no clothes on!

"You...you are the one..."

Hikaru trembled as he pointed a finger at Jiraiya, his voice stuttering with extreme shame and indignation.

"Oh? It seems my name has already spread to the depths of this desert?"

Seeing the little girl's flushed face and trembling excitement, Jiraiya assumed she was a die-hard fan and burst into smug laughter.

"That's right! Little girl! I am the author of that masterpiece that was renowned throughout the ninja world from its first draft! But you're still too young. Wait a few years before reading this immortal's book..."

"Disgusting! Perverted! Shameless!!!"

"what?"

Chapter 138 Light: You are that lewd toad immortal?

Upon hearing Hikaru's insults, Jiraiya's smile froze instantly; he hadn't even realized how he had become a pervert.

next second.

"Clang—!!!"

The dagger is drawn!

Uchiha Hikaru didn't even throw away the half-eaten hamburger in his hand. He drew a short sword from his waist with one hand, and a piercing blue lightning chakra instantly coated the blade!

In her originally dark eyes, three scarlet tomoe appeared instantly under the stimulation of extreme shame and indignation, and spun at an extremely crazy speed, directly connecting to form an eerie kaleidoscope pattern!

"Go to hell! You eye-polluting trash author!!!"

The light transformed into a red lightning bolt, striking directly at Jiraiya's neck!