Naruto: Traveling Through Time Starting with Seizing the Dragon Vein

"Thank you so much! Slug Sage!"

Uchiha Yue smiled with satisfaction.

Although it's only "partial access," for the nascent Chakra Network, it already represents a massive amount of pure computing power and resources.

"Now that the agreement is reached, let's prepare to return to World War II."

Yue pulled out a specially made dragon vein scroll, and a purplish-black spacetime vortex suddenly opened up in the acid mist.

A moment later, time and space shifted.

As the feeling of weightlessness subsided, Tsunade and the little slug on her shoulder followed Yue into the core laboratory deepest underground in Loulan.

"Phew... I'm finally back. The smell of engine oil here actually feels kind of familiar." Tsunade breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the little slug perched on Tsunade's shoulder was curiously observing this underground city filled with cyberpunk metallic textures.

But the next second, the two antennae on the slug's head suddenly stood straight up!

Its gentle, ethereal voice rang out unexpectedly in the laboratory, even carrying a surprisingly human element of astonishment:

"Oh dear... this is really..."

Following the direction the slug's tentacles were pointing, Tsunade was also stunned.

Beside the huge holographic control panel in front.

Hashirama Senju was sitting on the sofa, eating a watermelon with an air of nonchalance.

Madara Uchiha crossed his arms and looked at Hashirama spitting out seeds with a look of disgust.

In mid-air, a mechanical shell radiating a cold metallic luster hovered, its inner chakra exuding an indescribable vastness that, even when deliberately concealed, remained unfathomable.

"Hashirama Senju... Madara Uchiha?"

The little slug's voice echoed in the hall. Although it tried its best to maintain the composure of an immortal, the shock in its tone could no longer be concealed.

"And... Lord Hagoromo Otsutsuki?"

As ancient beings that have survived for countless years, the collective consciousness of the Slug Sages naturally recognizes these monsters that have left a significant mark on the long river of history.

But it just couldn't figure it out.

Why are these three people, who should have long since been sleeping in the Pure Land, gathered together in the underground laboratory of Uchiha Tsuki, like three unemployed people?

Hearing the sound, Hashirama turned his head, looked at the little slug on Tsunade's shoulder, and burst into laughter:

"Oh! It's a little slug! Long time no see! Your slimy texture still feels so familiar!"

Madara Uchiha snorted coldly: "You've even brought along the soft-bodied insects from Shikkotsu Forest. Uchiha Tsuki, your lousy place is turning into a zoo."

Meanwhile, the Sage of Six Paths (in a mechanical body) in mid-air slowly turned his head, his mechanical prosthetic eyes flashing with a faint purple light, emitting an extremely flat, synthesized electronic voice:

"It's a slug from the Wet Bone Forest. It's been a thousand years. You've even followed my friend Yue."

The little slug's two antennae were disheveled in the wind.

It suddenly felt that the boastful words it had just said to Uchiha Tsukuyomi in Shikkotsu Forest—"looking down on the rise and fall of the ninja world" and "let's see how much of a splash your internet can make"—seemed extremely... hasty.

It had initially thought that Yue was just an ambitious person with crazy ideas.

But when he walked in, he discovered, wow! This kid has even brought the Sage of Six Paths, Hashirama, and Madara into his plans!

"Your Excellency Yue..."

The slug's ethereal voice carried a deep sense of helplessness and sigh.

"Now I'm wondering... did I give you too little permission just now?"

……

After a brief period of rest and preparation.

"Are you all ready?"

Uchiha Tsukuyomi stood in the center of the wide teleportation array, holding the specially made Dragon Vein Time-Space Scroll that had been fully recharged.

Beside him, Uchiha Hikaru remained solemn, while Tsunade took a deep breath, her hands unconsciously clenching, her expression more tense than ever before.

Behind Tsunade, two imposing figures silently stepped forward: Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.

These two ninja masters from "United Konoha" chose to accompany Tsukishiro on his journey across time to witness a tragedy in another timeline, out of curiosity about that era and out of a desire to help Tsunade, their junior.

"Coordinates anchored: The Second Shinobi World War, the edge of the Land of Rain, the critical point of Kato Dan's death."

Yue closed her left eye, and her pupil power surged wildly into the kaleidoscope.

"Eightfold! This will increase our success rate in accurately landing at the target location to 100%!"

"BOOM—!!!"

The turbulent, purplish-black vortex of spacetime tore through the barriers of reality once again, instantly engulfing the five figures.

……

The icy rain, mixed with the acrid smell of gunpowder and blood, relentlessly washed over the muddy battlefield.

"Is this... a battlefield of World War II?"

Uchiha Yue stood quietly in the rain, his Mangekyou Sharingan surveying the gray world. His left eye moved slightly, performing a very brief causal deduction.

Then, Yue's heart skipped a beat.

"Corrective power... is missing in this world."

In an instant, Yue recalled the words Tobirama Senju had spoken when he traveled across time to warn him:

Because he interfered too much with parallel universes, the plot of some worlds completely deviated from its intended course, resulting in total collapse!

"Looks like we're 'very lucky'; we just happened to draw a wasteland blind box that has been completely abandoned by the Correction Force."

Yue was curious about what a world with a runaway plot would be like.

"Over there!"

Tsunade turned her head and looked at a pit deep in the ruins. Her eyes instantly reddened, and she rushed over without hesitation.

The crowd followed closely behind.

In the muddy pit.

A woman who looks exactly like Tsunade is kneeling in the mud.

Her hands were already soaked in blood as she desperately pressed the emerald green chakra onto the chest of the man in her arms.

"Don't die! Please don't die! The blood... why won't it stop!"

The young Tsunade cried out, her hands trembling uncontrollably with panic.

In her arms, the man with short, light blue hair and a gentle face—Kato Dan—was vomiting blood, his eyes beginning to glaze over.

"Get out of the way! I'll do it!"

Tsunade from the main timeline rushed forward and shoved away that "younger self".

"Who...who are you?" The young Tsunade stared blankly at the woman who was more mature than herself.

"Stop talking nonsense! Protect his heart!"

Tsunade shouted from the main timeline, her hands instantly radiating a powerful Yang Release chakra several times stronger than her opponent's, and she pressed them directly onto Kato Dan's wound.

For this moment, she had reviewed and simulated the rescue process tens of thousands of times in her mind!

However, the next second.

Her face suddenly turned deathly pale.

"What...what kind of wound is this?"

"The life force of Yang Release couldn't be infused at all! It was all swallowed up!"

Uchiha Yue, who was following behind, walked over, and his Sharingan scanned the area, causing his pupils to shrink to the size of pinpoints.

In the original historical account, Kato Dan died from extensive internal organ damage caused by explosive tags, but at this moment...

There was no ripped, bloody mess on the severed chest cavity.

Instead, there was a circular void that was directly "annihilated" by some kind of absolute rule!

"Seeking Dao Jade..."

Chapter 199 Six Paths Madara Appears in World War II

"Don't waste your energy, Tsunade, this is not something you can save! This is a penetrating wound caused by Truth-Seeking Balls!"

Upon hearing this, both Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, who were standing behind, had their expressions change drastically!

"Seeking the Dao Jade?" Ban strode forward, staring intently at the lingering black aura.

In the Moon's Heavenly Will Plan, it is said that it is a power that can only be mastered after reaching the Six Paths level and becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki!

How could such a thing possibly exist on the battlefields of this era?

Yue turned her head and looked at the young Tsunade who was still slumped in the mud, her face full of despair.

What exactly happened to this world?

The young Tsunade looked at the incredible group of people in front of her, and especially when she saw the two faces that only existed on the statues in the Valley of the End, her mind completely collapsed.

"Yes...it's him..."

The young Tsunade covered her face and let out a desperate, bitter laugh:

"After the battle at the Valley of the End, he didn't die at all... Not only did he not die, but shortly after Hashirama's death, he descended upon Konoha in a godlike manner..."

"He captured all the tailed beasts and summoned that ten-tailed monster... He transformed into a monster with white skin and red eyes on his forehead!"

"He didn't destroy Konoha, nor did he kill us all... He just used us as toys for his amusement! He drove all the Senju clan members and those who resisted him onto the battlefield to watch us struggle in despair!"

Young Tsunade pointed to the hollow hole in his chest, tears mingling with the rain as they streamed down his face: "Dan... Dan was just trying to protect me. A black bead he carelessly tossed aside... grazed my body..."

Hashirama Senju's fists clenched so tightly they cracked, his anger causing his Sage Body chakra to surge uncontrollably.

Madara Uchiha's face was now extremely gloomy.

He looked at the world that had fallen into despair because of him, and his mind recalled the "Black Zetsu's Conspiracy" and "The Harvest of the Otsutsuki" that Yue had shown him before.