Naruto: Traveling Through Time Starting with Seizing the Dragon Vein

Her younger brother really did come back to her side alive.

“Sister,” Nawaki crouched down and held Tsunade’s slightly cold hands, “I know you have a lot of grievances and want to escape from the village and the higher-ups, but Tsuki-senpai is different from them.”

"Come with me to Loulan and see for yourself the place that saved me. Senior Yue's plan to transform the ninja world has reached a critical moment, and he needs you."

Tsunade remained silent for a long time.

Her mind flashed back to the years of wandering the ninja world in a daze, and to the suffocating political infighting in Konoha. In the end, all the images were fixed on Nawaki's vivid face.

"call……"

Tsunade let out a long breath.

"it is good!"

Tsunade suddenly stood up, grabbed the green coat from the table and draped it over her shoulders, waving her hand with an air of heroic pride: "Since he saved your life, I, Tsunade Senju, will never renege on this immense favor! I want to see how he plans to change this ninja world."

Shizune, holding Tun-tun from behind, watched Tsunade cheer up and was so moved that tears welled up in her eyes. She quickly picked up the ten leather trunks filled with gold from the ground and followed.

……

A few days later, in the heart of the desert of the Land of Wind.

A fierce wind whipped up a cloud of yellow sand, but after passing through a hidden barrier, the view suddenly opened up before us.

The moment Tsunade and Shizune followed Nawaki into the Loulan underground city, their steps froze simultaneously.

"This...this is Loulan?!"

Shizune gaped in shock, and even the piggy in her arms let out an incredulous "plop" sound.

What comes into view is a colossal, purplish-black metal tower hundreds of meters high, with crisscrossing chakra transmission channels resembling giant blood vessels, delivering dark blue and purple energy to every corner of the city.

"Using chakra as the energy source to drive the machinery completely eliminates the physical burden on the ninja..."

Tsunade, being from a high-ranking position in Konoha, saw through the workings of the city's underworld at a glance, and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

"No wonder so many terrifying weapons suddenly appeared in the Hidden Cloud Village and Hidden Stone Village on the front lines!"

"It's not just weapons, sister, come and see this."

Rope Tree led them through a glass walkway, below which lay Loulan's medical and biological research and development zone.

Through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, Tsunade saw hundreds of large incubation chambers filled with various extremely complex synthetic organs.

"This...this is cloning technology?"

Tsunade's professional instincts kicked in instantly; she stared intently at the incubation chambers, her breathing becoming rapid.

As a medical expert, she knew all too well the value of these things.

If this technology matures, there will be no more incurable disabilities or organ failures in the ninja world!

"Hehehe... As expected of Tsunade, her insight is as sharp as ever."

A cold, eerie voice suddenly rang out at the end of the corridor.

Upon hearing this voice, Tsunade's hair stood on end.

Orochimaru?

In the shadows of the corridor, Orochimaru, dressed in a spotless white lab coat, slowly emerged.

Unlike his previous gloomy and repressed demeanor in Konoha, Orochimaru now exuded the pure radiance of a "seeker of the Way," and even the bloody smell emanating from him had faded considerably.

Scientists with research funding and those without research funding are in completely different situations.

"How did you get here?" Tsunade gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with vigilance.

The Konoha leadership had just announced that this guy had conducted cruel human experiments and defected.

Why can't I be here?

Orochimaru stuck out his long tongue and licked his lips: "In that rotten cage of Konoha, Hiruzen-sensei only used ridiculous morality and ethics to bind the path of truth. We have found the eternal truth."

"Madman." Tsunade snorted coldly, but looking at Orochimaru's appearance, she felt even more wary of the "Uchiha Tsuki" she had never met before.

The man's methods must be absolutely terrifying to have made the arrogant and domineering Orochimaru willingly submit to him.

"Orochimaru-senpai, let's skip the reminiscing. Tsukushi-senpai is waiting for us upstairs." Nawaki timely interrupted the awkward atmosphere between the two and led Tsunade into the elevator leading to the core hub.

"Click—Sizzle—"

The heavy alloy door slid open slowly.

Tsunade strode into the room, her gaze instantly locking onto the black-clad man sitting behind a large desk.

Hearing the noise, Uchiha Yue slowly raised his head.

"Nice to meet you, Princess of the Senju clan, the legendary fat sheep, Lady Tsunade."

Yue put down the scroll, crossed her hands on the table, and spoke with a calm smile.

Before Tsunade could retort, a loud, somewhat naive voice suddenly came from beside the office's huge floor-to-ceiling window.

"Oh my gosh! It really is Tsuna! He's grown so much?!"

Tsunade shuddered and abruptly turned her head.

From the shadows in front of the French windows, a tall, imposing man dressed in layered, deep red armor stepped out.

He was rubbing his hands together, looking at Tsunade with excitement on his face.

On the sofa next to him sat a spiky-haired man wearing a black kimono with his arms crossed.

"Great...Great-Grandpa?"

Tsunade was struck dumb, her voice cracking as if she'd been struck by lightning.

She stared intently at the face she had seen countless times on the Hokage Rock, then stiffly turned her neck to look at the menacing figure on the sofa: "And... Uchiha Madara?"

"Haha, Xiao Gang, come here and let Grandpa take a look!"

Hashirama Senju stepped forward, laughing loudly, completely disregarding his dignity as the God of Shinobi. "I just heard from Brother Yue that you gambled away all your living expenses and almost pawned your piglet? Oh dear, I'm so sorry, this habit of always losing at gambling is indeed inherited from me..."

He completely ignored Madara Uchiha, whose face had darkened.

Chapter 196 Madara, why don't you have a child?

"Hashirama, is this your granddaughter? The princess of the Senju clan has become a gambling addict who only knows how to escape reality. She has disgraced the Senju clan."

Madara Uchiha snorted coldly, mocking without any mercy.

"Madara! How can you talk about a child like that! Tsuna is just unlucky!"

Hashirama immediately turned around and loudly retorted.

But then, his demeanor suddenly changed. Instead of being dejected as usual, he put his hands on his hips, raised his chin triumphantly, and his face was full of smugness.

"Besides, even if Tsuna likes gambling, she's still my precious granddaughter, Hashirama Senju! A living, breathing granddaughter who calls me Grandpa!"

Hashirama leaned closer to Madara, his eyes filled with smugness and provocation: "Speaking of which, Madara... all you've ever done in your life is fight and scheme, and in the end you don't even have a wife, let alone a granddaughter!"

"You...!" Ban's cold face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

"Admit it, Madara! You're just jealous!" Hashirama got more and more excited as he spoke, even poking Madara's shoulder with his finger. "You're just jealous that I have such a big and beautiful granddaughter! You're all alone, you don't even have the right to experience the joy of being a grandfather, no, not even a father! If you're really that envious, I can be merciful and let Tsuna call you 'Grandpa Madara' so he can have a go!"

"Hashirama! You idiot, shut up!"

Madara Uchiha was so angry that the veins on his forehead bulged. He suddenly dropped his hands, which were originally clasped in front of his chest, and his scarlet Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan began to spin wildly.

"Do I, Madara Uchiha, need this kind of weak familial affection? My Uchiha clan pursues ultimate power! Jealous that you have a useless granddaughter who always loses at gambling? Do you want to dance here, Hashirama?!"

"Let's dance then! Who's afraid of who, you single old man!" Hashirama glared back without backing down, his body faintly radiating Wood Release chakra fluctuations.

"..."

Watching these two founders of Konoha argue like two retired old men fighting over a chess game at the village entrance, their faces flushed and even threatening to come to blows over something as trivial as "who has a granddaughter"...

Tsunade's brain completely shut down.

Orochimaru, Nawaki, time travel...

Now even the First Hokage and the Asura of the Ninja World are standing in front of her, and they're arguing like elementary school kids.

What exactly does this Uchiha Tsukuyomi think the history of the entire ninja world is?

How exactly did he manage to bring these two people into this era as well?

Tsunade took three deep breaths before she could forcefully suppress the dizziness that was threatening to shatter her worldview.

She ignored Hashirama and Madara, who were still bickering, and didn't rush into Hashirama's arms to reminisce.

Because she knew that the one who truly controlled the power of time and space right now was the man sitting behind his desk.

She walked straight to the desk, placed her hands heavily on the surface, and stood parallel to Uchiha Tsuki.

“I don’t care what your purpose is, I acknowledge the debt of saving my life. Rope Tree said you need me to guide you to Shikkotsu Forest, okay, I agree.”

Tsunade paused, her brown eyes seeming to grasp at the last straw:

"But I have one more condition! I hope to use your so-called time-travel method to rescue Kato Danya! And I want to participate personally!"

Upon hearing this, Hashirama and Madara, who were still arguing nearby, stopped simultaneously and turned to look at Tsunade.

"Oh?"

Uchiha Yue looked at Tsunade, a slight smile playing on his lips.

“Participate in person? Senior Tsunade, time travel is not a tourist attraction.”

Yue slowly stood up, walked around the desk, and stood in front of Tsunade.

"Dan died during the Second Shinobi World War, his internal organs were completely destroyed, which is an established fact in Konoha's history. I saved Nawaki earlier because he accidentally triggered a trap, and there were no key witnesses around."

Yue raised a finger: "But Duan is different. You were right beside him when he died. Do you want to change your fate in another timeline?"

Uchiha Yue leaned forward slightly: "Everything you gain comes at a price. Are you prepared to face that price?"

Tsunade gritted her teeth and met Yue's gaze without flinching:

"As long as I can save him... I'm willing to pay any price!"

Looking at his granddaughter's determined eyes, Hashirama Senju, who had been acting eccentrically, put away his previous dazed expression and revealed a gratified smile.

He stepped forward and gently patted Tsunade's shoulder with his large hand: