Naruto: Traveling Through Time Starting with Seizing the Dragon Vein

Looking at the children still laughing and playing outside the door, Kushina, the former "Red Hot Chili Pepper," almost burst out with rage.

But she knew that the water gates weren't ready yet, and the bigger picture needed to be considered:

"You lot! Who taught you to throw stones at people? Get out of here right now!"

Faced with Kushina's scolding, the children were not afraid at all; instead, they made funny faces.

Just then, a passing Konoha Chunin stopped in his tracks.

He saw Kushina scolding the child and walked over with a displeased expression.

"Hey! What are you yelling about? What do kids know? They're just throwing a few stones around to play with. Why are you making such a fuss?"

Kushina trembled with rage: "He's throwing stones at people! What if someone gets hurt..."

"So what if he got hurt?" The Chunin sneered, pointing menacingly at Naruto behind Kushina. "What is that thing? Don't you know? What's wrong with a kid hitting him a few times? It's good for us to vent our anger."

The commotion quickly attracted several other Konoha ninjas who had just changed shifts and were passing by.

When they heard the whole story and saw Kushina protecting Naruto behind her, the ninjas' eyes instantly turned hostile.

For the past few months, they had been disliking the "red-haired nanny" and the "yellow-haired handyman."

Why take such good care of that monster?

"Is it you, woman, who treats this fox spirit like a treasure every day?"

One of the ninjas, with a scar on his face, stepped forward, his eyes filled with hatred: "My brother died on the night of the Nine-Tails! If it weren't for this fox demon, how could my family have died?"

"Someone like you actually went to work as a babysitter for a murderer! You're a disgrace to Konoha!"

Several ninjas were enraged, some even placing their hands on their ninja tool pouches at their waists, pressing closer step by step.

Facing this group of fellow village ninjas blinded by hatred, Kushina bit her lip hard, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of her lips.

She could easily send these guys flying in an instant, but once she made a move...

"I can't make a move yet... For the sake of Minato's plan, I must endure..."

Kushina held Naruto tightly and closed her eyes.

"Oh dear, gentlemen, why get so angry?"

A gentle voice came from behind Kushina.

A blond servant dressed in coarse linen clothes walked slowly over, carrying a large broom.

"What? You want to stick your neck out?"

The leading Chunin sneered and arrogantly reached out to push Minato's shoulder. "Get out of my way! You have no right to speak here!"

"Snapped."

No one saw clearly how the water gate moved.

"Crack!"

"Ahhh!"

The Chunin let out a scream as his right arm dislocated instantly.

"You're asking for death!" The other ninjas were enraged when they saw their comrade injured.

however.

It was in that one-thousandth of a second that they drew their weapons.

Minato slowly raised his head.

"Buzz—!!!"

Minato didn't move a finger; he just stood quietly behind the iron fence, while their clothes were all torn to shreds.

"roll."

Minato uttered a single word in a whisper that only they could hear.

"..."

The ninjas had just realized what was happening when they saw their companions' clothes. They instantly knew that these were people they couldn't afford to mess with, so they quickly moved away.

Upon seeing this, the children stopped laughing and changed their expressions before leaving.

The courtyard fell silent once more.

The two secret agents who were hiding in the shadows to keep watch were now pressed stiffly against the tree trunk; they had been sealed away.

Minato dropped the broom, strode over to Kushina, knelt down, took out a clean handkerchief, and gently wiped the mud off Naruto's face.

"I'm sorry, Kushina, I'm late." Minato's voice softened again.

“Minato…” Kushina looked up, “Is this… a sign that we’re ready? We don’t have to endure this anymore?”

Minato stood up, ripped off the burlap tunic that symbolized his humility and forbearance, and tossed it into the muddy water.

He raised his head, his gaze passing over the high wall and pointing straight towards the Hokage Building.

“I have met with the heads of all the families, and the interests of all parties have been discussed.”

"The soil in Shinmokuha has been mostly turned over."

"When do you think we should make our move, Kushina?"

Kushina looked at Naruto, who was still sobbing in her arms, and said in a cold voice, "Now."

Chapter 188 Kakashi: Teacher, how could it be you?

The Hokage Building, top-floor office.

The rising sun shone through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows onto the desk, casting long shadows on the furnishings in the room.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sat in the large Hokage chair, his brows furrowed, puffing on his pipe one puff after another. The thick smoke obscured his face, which was covered with age spots.

"call……"

Hiruzen exhaled a long smoke ring and wearily rubbed his temples.

Recently, his and Danzo's memories seemed to have been damaged in some strange way, leaving him with only a deep hatred and wariness of the Uchiha clan in his mind.

The backlash from those troublemakers in the Uchiha clan was far more intense than he had imagined.

Furthermore, Orochimaru's defection caused great panic in the village, but fortunately, he used swift and decisive methods to cover up the incident involving Hyuga Hizashi.

Although the two major powerhouses in Konoha are currently quite critical of him, fortunately the external situation has stabilized somewhat.

The Cloud Village side was dealt with for the time being, and the Iwa Village side also stopped being aggressive.

Although the lingering memory of the Second Hokage's extreme disappointment in him occasionally made him feel like he was being pricked in the middle of the night.

But life must go on, and he still has to steer the great ship of Konoha.

Hiruzen sighed, his gaze involuntarily falling on the crystal ball on his desk, which had been imbued with a far-seeing ability.

He stretched out his calloused hand and gently brushed it across the crystal ball, infusing it with a trace of chakra.

The mist inside the crystal ball gradually dissipated, revealing the small courtyard at the edge of the village, which served as the isolation zone for the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

The scene of the conflict that had just occurred was seen by Hiruzen without missing a single detail.

Watching the stones thrown by the children and listening to the Chunin's vicious curses against Naruto, Hiruzen's hand holding his pipe trembled slightly, and a deep pain and guilt flashed in his eyes.

"Minato...Kushina..."

Hiruzen murmured painfully in his heart, "I'm sorry to you all, I'm sorry to Naruto..."

As Hokage, he knew how cruel his decision was.

In order to appease the villagers' pent-up anger and despair after the Nine-Tailed Fox Night, and to prevent the village from falling apart in the ensuing chaos, he tacitly allowed Danzo to label a newborn baby as a "demon fox."

This is a "big picture" choice made by a politician in a desperate situation.

But as an elder who watched Minato grow up, his conscience was tormented by extreme pain every time he saw Naruto being bullied.

"However... fortunately, those two servants were quite diligent and responsible."

Hiruzen looked at the screen and saw the red-haired nanny who shielded Naruto from a rock with her back, and the blond handyman who, though timid, cleverly tripped a Chunin with a broom at a crucial moment.

A flicker of heartfelt gratitude and appreciation flashed in his cloudy eyes.

While everyone else avoided Naruto and even hurled insults at him, this ordinary couple withstood immense pressure and provided him with the warmest protection.

This ensured that Naruto didn't grow up in an environment filled with hatred and coldness, as Danzo had suggested.

"This couple truly possesses the 'Will of Fire'."

Hiruzen held the couple in extremely high regard in his heart.

"Tomorrow, I'll transfer another sum of money from my personal account," Hiruzen secretly calculated. "I'll buy Naruto some good food and improve the couple's treatment. It's just a small compensation from this old man... Once the situation has completely stabilized, I will personally step in to change the villagers' perception of Naruto and make him the son of a hero..."

"Fuck!"

Just as Hiruzen was still planning in his mind the distant "future compensation", the crystal ball on his desk suddenly emitted a piercing noise!

Immediately afterwards, the previously clear image inside the crystal ball was instantly filled with snowflake-like ripples, and then completely plunged into darkness!

"Ok?"

Hiruzen's hand, which was holding a pipe, suddenly froze.

"The far-seeing eye technique has been severed?!"

how can that be!

The Far Eye Technique relies on Konoha Village's vast sensory barrier system and the chakra nodes that the Anbu set up around the isolation zone to operate!

Unless someone simultaneously destroyed all the sensory nodes around the courtyard at that moment and released powerful chakra strong enough to shield the entire barrier, it would be absolutely impossible to cut off his crystal ball!

And the person who can do this is definitely not an ordinary wandering ninja!

An extremely strong sense of foreboding instantly shot from Hiruzen's feet to the top of his head!

"problem occurs!"

Hiruzen suddenly stood up, grabbed the Hokage hat from the table, and shouted, "Anbu!"

"Shh! Shh!"