Naruto: Traveling Through Time Starting with Seizing the Dragon Vein

Chapter 250 You are the weakness I've always wanted to end, but...

He was in the abyss, and he didn't shake off those hands again.

The moment the three hands gripped Obito's mask tightly, the endless darkness, like a shattered mirror, was instantly covered with dazzling cracks.

"Crack-!"

With a crisp sound, the despair that had been shrouding Obito in his mask was completely stripped away.

The golden light, like the dawn breaking, completely illuminated this deep sea of ​​consciousness.

Masked Obito was pulled out of the mud by the three and stood up in the light again.

He looked at the boy Obito in front of him, who was panting heavily but had a joyful expression, and at Kakashi and Rin, who were gripping his wrist tightly.

In the masked Obito's scarlet Sharingan, the resentment and despair that had accumulated for over a decade transformed into a serene and relieved peace.

"I lost..."

He spoke softly, his tone carrying an unprecedented ease, "Or rather, I'm glad I lost to you."

“My future self…” The young Obito looked at him, his eyes sparkling with a bright light.

He realized he had saved the masked man.

"No need to say more." Masked Obito shook his head slightly.

He slowly raised his hand and placed it on the forehead of the young Obito.

“I am already a ghost with blood on my hands, rotting in the old era. That bright new world where people can understand each other does not belong to someone as sinful as me.”

“Obito…” Rin looked at him with concern.

"Don't make that face, Lin. I have no regrets about being able to see you again looking like this."

Masked Obito looked at Rin gently, then his gaze returned to the young Obito, his eyes becoming serious.

"Listen, my other self. You are the weakness I've always wanted to eradicate, yet also the hope that has never truly died out deep within me. Now that world has been changed, now that the path to the light has been paved..."

"Buzz!"

As the masked Obito spoke, the remaining chakra in his body, as well as the Yin Release spiritual power of his Mangekyou Sharingan, began to flow continuously into the body of the young Obito through his palm!

"Future me! What are you doing?" Young Obito felt a burning sensation in his eyes and stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

"This is the only gift I can give you as a loser."

Masked Obito's body gradually became transparent, turning into specks of golden light that floated upwards. "With this power of my eyes, with my expectations for that new world... go and see that future for me."

"Don't lose your way again, Obito Uchiha."

"I promise you! I will never let anyone lose their way in the darkness again!" As the boy Obito felt the power surging in his eyes, tears welled up in his eyes.

Upon hearing this promise, Masked Obito finally let go of all his obsessions.

He looked at Uchiha Yue in the deepest part of the void, moved his lips slightly, and silently said, "Thank you."

Then, under the watchful eyes of Kakashi and Rin, with a relieved smile, he completely transformed into countless swirling specks of light.

"My future self..."

Watching the golden light gradually dissipate into the air, the young Obito could no longer hold back, and tears streamed down his face.

Kakashi silently lowered his eyes, and Rin Nohara covered her mouth, her eyes red-rimmed.

An atmosphere of life and death enveloped the three teenagers.

However, at this momentous occasion, a very disruptive sound suddenly came from the sky.

"Huh? Why are you all crying so sadly here?"

With a flash of golden light, Uchiha Yue slowly descended in front of the three, arms crossed, with a strange expression on his face.

Young Obito wiped away his snot and tears, choking back sobs as he cried out, "Moon-senpai! My future self... he sacrificed himself to pass on his power to me! He finally found his true self again, sob sob sob..."

"Sacrifice my foot!" Uchiha Tsukuyomi rolled his eyes. "He's the culprit who caused all this trouble. You think you can just die like that and feel good about yourself? Dream on. What he just dissipated was only this body and the remaining chakra. As for his soul..."

Uchiha Yue snapped his fingers and with a "whoosh," pulled out a specially made sealing scroll used to store souls from his pocket and waved it.

"I simply extracted his soul and stuffed it directly into the body I had prepared beforehand."

"Huh???"

The trio's sorrowful expressions froze instantly, and the tears welling in their eyes awkwardly clung to their faces.

Kakashi's lips twitched violently: "Then... that original body is..."

"Oh, don't get your hopes up too high." Uchiha Yue waved his hand and explained seriously, "It's just a very ordinary, standard mass-produced White Zetsu clone. Its abilities are extremely weak. Forget about Sharingan and Wood Release, it even has trouble extracting chakra. Its physical attributes are at best at the level of an ordinary genin."

"He died just like that. Who will pay for the damage he caused to this world? He'll definitely have to work hard to make up for it."

……

Time and space flow.

Beneath the land of the wind, where yellow sand swirls, lies the magnificent ruins of Loulan.

When Uchiha Tsuki and Hikari led the trio back onto this real land, a tall, slender figure had been silently waiting for a long time in the shadows of the main hall.

Young Uchiha Sasuke from a parallel universe of the Fourth Shinobi World War.

Hearing the noise, young Sasuke slowly opened his right eye, his dark gaze locking onto Uchiha Tsuki.

"It seems your matter has been resolved."

"So, regarding our agreement..."

"You mean, I'll take you to that 'real night of genocide' that you remember?"

Uchiha Yue settled the trio aside, then turned around and nodded slightly. "Of course, I, Uchiha Yue, always keep my promises, and I hope you will keep yours in the future as well."

Young Sasuke's grip on the Kusanagi sword tightened slightly.

That tragedy, that blood-stained night, that man who bore the weight of all sins…

That was an obsession he could never erase in his life.

Even though he already knew the truth, and even though he had reconciled with Itachi, who was resurrected through Edo Tensei, he still wanted to personally return to that initial point and see everything.

"Originally, interfering with such a significant historical juncture across parallel universes would have triggered a severe backlash of corrective forces."

Uchiha Yue slowly walked to the center of the hall, looked up at the intricate sealing formulas above, and his tone became somewhat amused:

"However... I've already wrecked many parallel universes, so whether one more or one less collapses doesn't matter anymore."

Uchiha Yue turned around, his smile gradually widening.

"Moreover... it's not just you who wants to go back and visit; the entire Uchiha clan here wants to go back and visit as well."

Young Uchiha Sasuke's pupils suddenly contracted.

Chapter 251 Young Sasuke Faces His Deceased Parents

Taking the Uchiha clan from the main world to a parallel world to witness that bloody tragedy sounds like a hellish joke, but in reality, it was definitely not an impromptu idea of ​​Uchiha Tsuki.

While the theory of the Fourth Calamity is perfect, the transmission of consciousness data of this scale across parallel universes is still in the simulation stage, and he has not yet conducted a real-world test.

Uchiha Tsukuyomi knew very well that if he wanted to build the ninja world of the main world into an army that could fight against the gods in the future, he had to put them through constant real combat.

He will fight against Kage-level opponents, Super Kage-level opponents, and in the future, he may even have to fight against Six Paths-level opponents and those with Devil Fruit powers like the Otsutsuki.

Only through constant combat can their fighting spirit and imaginative tactical strategies truly take root and transform into instinct.

But death is inevitable in actual combat.

If all the elites we've painstakingly trained die during training, it will not only inevitably weaken the legion's strength, but it will also be putting the cart before the horse.

Therefore, this is the fundamental reason for the birth of the "Fourth Calamity Plan".

As long as the "spiritual network" remains intact and the soul does not dissipate, the physical body is merely a consumable piece of equipment that can be replaced at any time!

"The travel time is set for three days from now. Is there anything you need to prepare that you can start preparing?"

"Why not now?" Sasuke's voice was full of urgency.

"Because I need to prepare."

Yue patted Sasuke on the shoulder: "You can also take advantage of these three days to have a good talk with your parents and Itachi in this timeline. After all, everyone was quite busy cooperating with my 'coup' act for Konoha... Pretending to be imprisoned and acting every day was indeed quite tiring."

"Judging by the time, they should have rested enough in the hibernation pods by now."

"..."

In the blink of an eye, Sasuke was taken to the hibernation area by Uchiha Tsuki.

Sasuke was still somewhat bewildered at this moment.

His throat bobbed slightly.

To see...who?

"laugh--"

Just then, a row of hibernation pods not far away emitted a sound of exhaust.

The hatch slowly slid open upwards.

"Itachi's acting... was alright, but it could be improved a bit more."

Fugaku Uchiha sat up from his hibernation pod.

In the hatch next to her, Uchiha Mikoto also sat up, helplessly helping her husband straighten his disheveled clothes: "Alright, I think Itachi did a great job. But you, your kneeling posture was too stiff."

"That's because that clone has a problem with his knee joint! Orochimaru must have cut corners."

Fugaku complained, then looked up—

Their gazes met those of the tall young man who had just arrived.

He wore a high-necked robe, with a Kusanagi sword at his waist, and a cold and stern expression.

That face... bore a striking resemblance to his seven-year-old son.

"Lord Tsuki, who is this...?" Fugaku frowned, seemingly sizing something up.