Naruto: Traveling Through Time Starting with Seizing the Dragon Vein

From the crowd, a ninja strode out, his face filled with disbelief. "You're still alive?! Three days ago, when we went to the rendezvous point, all we saw were corpses of ANBU. I thought you were already..."

"Gonbei! It really is you!" Haku's father rushed forward excitedly and grabbed his old friend's hand. "If it weren't for these three ninjas saving us, our whole family would have been victims of the Anbu long ago. And they're the ones who wiped out that entire Anbu squad!"

Upon hearing this, the rebel ninjas who had been on guard all around began to scrutinize Kakashi and his companions.

To completely annihilate a secret hunting squad?

And not a single survivor was left?

These three kids in front of me look like they're barely teenagers!

"Gwon Bingwei, don't let your guard down. These days, tricks of deception and self-inflicted injury are emerging one after another."

Just then, an arrogant voice came from above.

Zabuza Momochi!

Behind Zabuza was a young woman with brown curly hair, emerald green eyes, and an extremely hot figure.

Terumi Mei.

As a genius who possesses both "Lava Release" and "Boiling Release" bloodline limits, she is one of the most influential and shrewd representatives in the current resistance.

At this time, Terumi Mei was only eighteen or nineteen years old, a time when she was exceptionally beautiful and naturally alluring.

She raised her hand and gently pressed down on the hilt of Zabuza's sword, which was poised to strike, signaling him not to make any rash moves.

Making enemies before you've figured out what's going on with the other party is extremely foolish.

Mei Terumi smiled alluringly as she stepped forward, bending slightly forward, her cleavage subtly revealed at her neckline.

She tried to use the charm and aura of a mature female ninja to suppress and test these outsiders:

"Hey little brothers, how are you? I heard it was you little guys who saved the Snow Clan?"

She had assumed that these teenagers, in the face of such a display, would at least reveal a flaw, even if they didn't blush or feel their hearts race.

However, Obito Uchiha, standing at the very front, merely frowned in confusion, then bowed with utmost politeness and a strong voice, and loudly replied:

"Hello, Auntie! That's right! It was us who saved the Snow Clan!"

Quiet.

The entire cave fell into a deathly silence the moment Obito uttered the clear and loud "Auntie!"

The air seemed to freeze for a moment.

Mei Terumi's charming smile froze instantly, and her eyes twitched uncontrollably.

She's only sixteen or seventeen!

Why should I call her auntie?!

Chapter 148 Cooperation is Predicated on Interest

"Auntie?"

The allure in Mei Terumi's beautiful emerald green eyes was instantly replaced by a murderous aura that almost materialized.

She repeated those two words through gritted teeth, emphasizing each syllable.

"I'm only eighteen years old! You ill-mannered brat!!!"

"boom!"

"Lava Release: Lava Monster Technique!"

Mei Terumi opened her red lips and sprayed a mouthful of highly corrosive, viscous acid directly into Obito's face!

It was both a test and revenge.

It wouldn't kill him; at most, he'd get burned.

"Holy crap! It's so hot!"

Obito screamed in fright and narrowly avoided the acid with a backflip.

The acid spray landed on the rocks on the ground, making a hissing sound!

"Hey, hey, hey! I only called you 'Auntie' because you're dressed so maturely, but you're even more unreasonable than that guy Hikaru!" Obito added fuel to the fire while dodging in a sorry state.

"How dare you say that!" Mei Terumi's hands moved rapidly, forming hand seals, and the steam from her Boiling Release technique began to fill the cave.

A diplomatic disaster triggered by "foul talk" is about to escalate into a bloody war.

"boom!"

Kakashi finally lost his temper and appeared behind Obito in a flash, delivering a swift chop to the back of Obito's head, slamming him into the mud.

"Whoa! Kakashi, what are you doing?!"

"Shut up, you idiot." Kakashi's deadpan eyes were filled with exhaustion.

He ignored Obito, who was still struggling on the ground, and turned to face Mei Terumi, who was still furious.

"Sorry, my companion isn't very bright, but we're not here to argue with you."

Kakashi took out an extremely intricately designed metal cylinder and a modular explosive shuriken from his ninja tool pouch at his waist, and threw them onto the stone table in front of Mei Terumi and Zabuza with a "thud".

"What is this?" Mei Terumi suppressed her anger and looked at the faintly glowing metallic object with a puzzled expression.

“This is common knowledge in the outside world,” Kakashi explained. “The Land of Wind, the Land of Lightning, the Land of Earth, and even Konoha… the four great nations have launched a full-scale arms race centered on 'chakra technology'! This thing called the 'Individual Chakra Storage Armguard' has already been used as a conventional weapon to arm the grassroots troops of the four great nations!”

Kakashi kicked the arm guard at Zabuza, "Put it on and try channeling your chakra into it."

Zabuza glanced at Mei Terumi suspiciously. Seeing her nod, he picked up the arm guard, put it on, and activated it slightly.

"Om-!"

An extremely pure and effortless external chakra instantly surged into his meridians. He didn't even need to form hand seals. With a single, powerful wave of his hand, a Water Release: Water Blade directly sliced ​​through the cave wall!

"This... Chakra that barely consumes any of my own energy?" Zabuza's pupils suddenly contracted.

As a killing machine, he knew all too well what having extra chakra that didn't require him to expend his own energy meant on the battlefield!

"Not only that."

Obito rubbed the back of his head and stood up, pointing smugly at the Modular Explosive Shuriken on the table: "Those ninja villages outside, even the genin are equipped with this kind of composite weapon that can instantly unleash the power of a C-rank ninjutsu."

Obito looked down at the two shocked men and said, word by word, "We, 'Dawn,' not only possess the military power to annihilate the Anbu, but also have a revolutionary arms production line capable of arming your entire resistance."

“We can provide you with a continuous supply of these weapons, the funds for your resistance, and even evacuation routes and shelters for those bloodline civilians who cannot survive.”

Inside the cave, there was a deathly silence.

Zabuza stared intently at the metal gauntlet on his wrist, while Mei Terumi took a deep breath.

If the outside world has really become like this, then Kirigakure's so-called "strongest elite cultivated by the blood mist" is like primitive people charging at cannons with spears in front of that kind of organized, industrialized ninja tool force!

"Who...who exactly are you people?" Mei Terumi's voice was slightly hoarse. "Providing such a massive amount of resources and weaponry, what you want is definitely more than just dispelling the blood mist, isn't it?"

"What we want is to completely expose that masked man hiding behind the scenes. That person is our enemy, and also the enemy of the entire ninja world. If we can catch him, no price is too high."

Mei Terumi and Zabuza exchanged a glance.

"make a deal."

Even after the alliance was formed, the atmosphere remained tense inside the rebels' temporary command post.

"Although we have your military support, the number of rebels is still too small, and they are fighting independently, like a heap of loose sand." Mei Terumi pointed to the map of Kirigakure on the table. "We must awaken those powerful families that are still watching from the sidelines, or even aiding and abetting the evildoers, such as the Hozuki and Kaguya clans. Only by uniting with them can we have the resources to directly attack the Mizukage Building."

“That’s simple.” Zabuza, carrying his Executioner’s Blade, had a cruel glint in his eyes. “The Ninja Academy graduation exams are about to begin. According to the rules of the Blood Mist, all students must kill each other until only one remains.”

Zabuza licked his lips and sneered, "As long as I infiltrate the examination hall and kill all the examinees of that year, this extreme massacre will definitely enrage those families, making them understand the absurdity of the Blood Mist policy and forcing them to join our alliance!"

Upon hearing this, the rebel ninjas inside the cave gasped in shock, but some also showed expressions of agreement.

Within the blood mist, this seems to be the fastest and most effective way to "awaken".

"No."

A cold voice interrupted Zabuza's insane plan without hesitation.

Kakashi stared coldly at Zabuza with dead fish eyes: "Using the blood of the innocent to awaken others? What's the difference between this absurd logic and that of the masked man who formulated the Blood Mist policy?"

"What do you know?!" Zabuza roared. "In Kirigakure, only extreme pain can bring people to their senses!"

"That's because your perspective is too narrow."

Kakashi stared directly at Zabuza without backing down, the political logic taught to him by Uchiha Tsukuyomi was on full display at this moment:

"Killing those students will not only fail to bring those families to their senses, but will also make them think that you rebels are a bunch of madmen even more brutal than the Mizukage!"

“Unity is never achieved through killing.” Kakashi pointed to the map. “What we need to do is not to provoke them, but to create ‘panic’ and ‘benefits’ for them.”

"Panic? Interests?" Mei Terumi's eyes flickered slightly. "What do you plan to do?"

"Use survival threats to force them to take sides, and use benefits to lure them into alliances!"

"As for how to do it, we'll wait for the right opportunity; such an opportunity will appear soon."

"When will such an opportunity arise?" Mei Terumi asked.

"You don't need to worry about that."

Chapter 149 That's not how infiltration works!

"As expected of Kakashi, his mind works really fast."

Hidden in the shadows, Yue expressed his approval of their methods: "They use shared interests to bind people together, and use the threat of survival to force neutral families to take sides. He has mastered the essence of this political game. In comparison, that brat Zabuza has nothing on his mind but killing; his vision is too narrow."

Hikaru stood behind him and said, "Although Obito is usually loud and boisterous, he didn't hold us back at crucial moments. The three of them work together very well. At this rate, it's only a matter of time before they integrate the resistance forces in Kirigakure."

"Yes, Kakashi and the others are responsible for consolidating forces and creating momentum..."

A hint of anticipation flashed in Yue's eyes: "Then, the other three little guys who were responsible for secretly infiltrating the Mizukage Building to gather information on the 'Masked Man' should have already silently infiltrated the core of the Kirigakure Anbu like ghosts, right?"

In Yue's original plan, Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan, these three children who had suffered from the ravages of war and had relatively calm personalities, should have had an easy time doing this kind of work compared to the loud and boisterous trio with Obito.

In particular, with Nagato's Rinnegan, combined with Konan's Paper Release for concealment and Yahiko's resourcefulness, capturing a few isolated Kirigakure ANBU members and extracting information through genjutsu or interrogation would be an absolutely effortless and perfect infiltration.

However, Uchiha Tsukuyomi clearly overestimated the level of understanding of the normal ninja combat strength of the group of teenagers he had "trained beyond the norm" for two and a half years.

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