Naruto: Traveling Through Time Starting with Seizing the Dragon Vein

He stretched out his warm palm and bumped fists with his past self.

"Ah, leave it to us! We will never lose to this awful world again!"

Young Nagato and Konan stepped forward and gave their future selves a deep hug.

"Don't bear all the pain alone anymore," the young Nagato said softly.

"You should smile more. Angels should smile more." Young Xiao Nan pinned a white paper flower in the hair of adult Xiao Nan.

Looking at this blessing that transcends time and space, Uchiha Yue nodded in satisfaction.

"Since you've decided to stay in this time and space and take over the Land of Rain, as an investor, I can't let you clean up the mess empty-handed."

Uchiha Yue took out several scrolls from his pocket and casually tossed them to Yahiko.

"Here are the basic blueprints for Loulan's infrastructure construction, high-yield crop cultivation, and water conservancy project renovation. With these, you will have enough time to renovate Yuyin Village within a few years."

Yahiko caught the scroll: "...Thank you!"

"Don't thank me yet."

Uchiha Yue's expression suddenly turned serious:

"There's no such thing as a free lunch. I'll give you technology and food aid, but I have one hard policy that must be implemented unconditionally in this country!"

The three adults immediately stood at attention: "Of course! Whatever you command, our Amegakure will not hesitate!"

Yue raised a finger and declared in an unquestionable tone:

"From today onwards, the entire Land of Rain shall immediately implement the [Birth Subsidy Policy]!"

"All the food, education, and medical care for the newborns will be fully reimbursed by the profits generated from the blueprints I gave you! I want you to mobilize all the civilians and ninjas to have as many children as you can, as desperately as possible!"

"I want you to double the population of the Rain Kingdom within ten years!"

"what?"

The expressions on the faces of the adult Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan all froze at that moment.

"Moon...Moon-senpai..." Yahiko stammered, "Isn't your request...a bit too much...?"

"Stop talking nonsense! Just tell me if you can do it or not?!" Yue glared at him.

"Yes! Yes! Yes!" Yahiko was startled and quickly patted his chest loudly. "Don't worry, senior! I'll issue a notice tomorrow! I'll personally go and talk to anyone who doesn't want to have children!"

"very good."

"Furthermore, regarding the geographical location of the Rain Country, I will have the Wind Country coordinate with you later. If that project is successfully implemented, the Rain Country may no longer be crying."

Chapter 209 The Beginning of Limited Tsukuyomi

The turmoil in the Land of Rain ended in a happy way thanks to Uchiha Yue's efforts.

Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan stayed in Amegakure and began their "nationwide infrastructure development and growth" project, using the infrastructure blueprints and vast funds from Loulan.

Meanwhile, in a dark underground black market far away on the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Grass.

Obito, wearing a one-eyed vortex mask, sat dejectedly in a sealed room.

He stared intently at the mountain of tattered scrolls piled on the table, his eyes filled with anxiety.

Ever since that time on the Black Rock Cliff outside Kirigakure, when his "past self" pointed at him and cursed him as an ugly monster, and then when Uchiha Tsukuyomi overwhelmed him with absolute power, even seeing through him and invading his Kamui dimension...

A huge crack appeared in Obito's inner defenses.

Uchiha Yue is too strong!

It's so strong it's like an invincible monster!

What frightened Obito the most was that the other party seemed to know all his secrets, and even his deepest, most untouchable weakness—Nohara Rin—could be perfectly "replicated" and placed vividly in front of him!

That feeling was like standing naked in front of the other person.

"If Uchiha Tsukuyomi continues to interfere so recklessly, Madara's 'Eye of the Moon Plan' will probably be completely destroyed by that monster before the Ten-Tails is resurrected!"

At this time, Obito was naturally unaware of what had happened in the Land of Rain.

He had no idea that the cornerstone of the "Eye of the Moon Plan," Nagato, who possessed the Rinnegan, as well as Yahiko and Konan, had already been turned by Uchiha Tsukuyomi.

Black Zetsu did not tell him this information that was enough to break Obito.

As a cunning old fox who has lived for thousands of years, Black Zetsu has his own schemes.

"I must speed things up! I need stronger combat power, and... a 'shortcut' that can travel through time and space!"

Just as Obito was feeling anxious, a pool of white fluid slowly seeped out from the cracks in the stone slab, eventually coalescing into the shape of a White Zetsu.

"Obito, I've obtained the latest fragments of the scrolls on 'Space-Time Domain' and 'Yin Release: Spiritual Construction'."

Bai Jue threw a pile of ancient books onto the table with a "clatter".

He scratched his head, his tone tinged with confusion: "But Obito, most of these things are just imaginary notes left behind by priestesses and charlatans from the Warring States period hundreds of years ago. Are they really useful?"

"Shut up, go out and keep watch."

Obito drank away the White Zetsu.

Bai Jue pouted: "Alright, alright, great Lord Madara, please take your time reading."

Once the secret room returned to deathly silence, Obito casually picked up the topmost fragment of the scroll and began to quickly flip through it, reading ten lines at a glance.

These past few days, he has almost gone mad, scouring through every available resource in the ninja world about space and spirit.

Most of these materials are fragments of forbidden technique theories left by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju. A small portion consists of internal documents from other ancient ninja clans, and occasionally there are some ingenious ideas from unknown wandering ninjas that were found on the black market.

He tried to find a way to counter Uchiha Tsukina's "time travel" from these ancient books.

He searched for a long time but has only found some clues so far.

But to travel through time, he still needs that most crucial clue.

"Waste paper...it's all waste paper!"

Obito irritably threw the scrolls on the ground one by one.

It seems this pile of scrolls isn't very valuable.

However, when he turned to the last scroll, his movement froze completely.

It was a scroll from a branch family of the Uchiha clan during the Warring States period.

[...The ultimate Yin Release technique creates form from nothingness...If one uses ultimate spiritual power as an anchor to lock onto a specific spatial coordinate...and supplements it with a vast amount of chakra as a foundation, one can perform a substitution of reality for illusion...]

[...can forcibly imprint the 'illusions' and 'rules' in the caster's mind into this space...thus stripping away the laws of the mortal world and forming a 'mirror world' independent of the mortal world...]

[...In this realm, the caster is the creator god, and the rules are determined by the heart...but once the rules are established, they are difficult to change.]

At the very end of the tattered scroll, a name was written:

Aizen Sousuke

"To forcibly imprint the illusion within space... to create a mirror world independent of the real world?"

This... isn't the theory described on this scroll a kind of alternative "Infinite Tsukuyomi"?

At this moment, Obito felt that this Sengoku predecessor named "Aizen" was simply a genius who was ahead of his time!

"The essence of Infinite Tsukuyomi is to use the almost inexhaustible chakra of the Ten-Tails to project the power of the Rinne Sharingan onto the moon, thereby releasing a genjutsu on the whole world and plunging everyone into a beautiful dream..."

"However! The conditions for Infinite Tsukuyomi are too demanding! It requires collecting all nine tailed beasts and reviving the Gedo Mazo to transform it into the Ten-Tails! The time span involved is too long, and there are too many variables!"

"Especially now, with that monster Uchiha Tsukuyomi secretly hindering us!"

"What if...it's just a degraded version?"

“I don’t need the massive chakra of the Ten-Tails! I only need the chakra of seven… no, even just two or three tailed beasts…”

The more Obito thought about it, the more likely this plan was to come to fruition.

"In this parallel universe that I created with my own hands, I set all the rules! There are no damned wars, no hypocritical ninja villages, and certainly no Uchiha Tsuki, that persistent monster!"

"Most importantly... in that world, Lin can truly live! Not some false illusion, but a perfect Lin created by my own hands!"

"I can use this world as the perfect testing ground for 'Infinite Tsukuyomi'!"

Moreover, Obito also sensed another strategic value hidden within this plan—[boosting combat power]!

"If I successfully create that 'Mirror World,' I will be the 'god' of that world!"

Obito's lips curled into a smile. "I can freely access the rules and techniques born from the world I imagine! All the spiritual energy, chakra fluctuations generated in that world, and even the unsolvable ninjutsu I deduced in that world, can be anchored to my real self through spacetime coordinates!"

In the dark, secret room, Obito let out an extremely joyful laugh.

He felt that he was an absolute genius!

Incredibly, in such a desperate situation, he managed to find a way to overtake others and become a god!

"With this goal in mind, I need more chakra! I need massive amounts of resources to build that spatial anchor point!"

Obito suddenly turned around, grabbed the "Aizen" scroll from the table, and carefully put it away.

"Relying solely on White Zetsu to gather intelligence is no longer enough; I need more pawns to help me collect Tailed Beasts and plunder wealth and resources!"

"The plan to recruit rogue ninjas on the black market must be accelerated immediately!"

Chapter 210 Boss: Your price is too low

Inside the spacious hall of the underground black market.

Two figures exuding a dangerous aura stood waiting in the shadows.

On the left is a man carrying a huge, broken sword, as big as a door panel, called a decapitation sword. His face is wrapped in bandages, and his eyes are filled with bloodlust.

One of the former Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, an S-rank rogue ninja, named Juzo Biwa.

The person on the right was completely wrapped in a large black robe, wearing a headband of a rogue ninja from Takigakure, with only a pair of greedy eyes visible.

Kakuzu, a bounty hunter who has lived for almost a century.

"Hey, old man, stop counting." Juzo Biwa impatiently slung his broadsword over his shoulder. "What does that guy who calls himself 'Uchiha Madara' want by calling us to this godforsaken place? If he can't afford the price, I'll cut off his head right now and use the bounty for it."

"Young man, be patient."

The horn neatly stuffed the banknotes into his pocket, a mocking glint in his green eyes.