Naruto: Traveling Through Time Starting with Seizing the Dragon Vein

In this false world, all warmth is nothing more than sugar coating wrapped in deadly poison!

Senior Moon is the same; she is also part of this illusory hell!

This hell!!! It shouldn't exist!!!

Seeing Obito's tense posture and the chilling killing intent emanating from him, Yue did not make any defensive moves, but simply watched him quietly.

"Why not return to Konoha?" Yue asked softly, her tone carrying a sigh of reunion with an old friend, as if she were talking to a child who had run away from home in a fit of pique.

Obito remained silent.

The night wind blew through the cemetery, stirring up the fallen leaves between the two people, creating a suffocatingly oppressive atmosphere.

Hikari stood behind Tsuki, her hand already quietly resting on the hilt of her sword. She could sense that the chakra within the masked man before her was twisted and insane.

For Uchiha Yue, this seemingly casual "chance encounter" was actually a long-planned gamble and experiment.

He was testing the boundaries of the "world's corrective force".

In this script called "Naruto," the Night of the Nine-Tails is an absolute main plot point, an ironclad rule that cannot be altered.

However, Obito's secret visit to Rin's grave on the eve of the Nine-Tails' death, a small act filled with personal emotion, is definitely not within the scope of the mandatory monitoring of the "core plot".

If he tries to change his mind with words here, the corrective force will most likely not immediately bring down divine punishment.

Yue had already developed a sense of tolerance for non-main storyline plots when she was in Loulan.

Even if I fail, I won't lose anything.

Of course, success would be best. He wanted to see how much the "corrective force" could tolerate the "deviation of the main plot," and how much deviation would the "corrective force" take "legitimate" action.

The moon is waiting.

He was trying to use past bonds to pry open this stubborn rock that had been completely brainwashed by Madara Uchiha and shattered by Rin's death.

After a long silence.

The Sharingan beneath Obito's mask finally stopped trembling.

The beautiful memories that had flashed through his mind just now were completely erased by him with extremely cruel rationality, like crushing withered leaves.

"I am not Obito."

The masked man's voice became hoarse and hollow, exuding a deathly stillness and coldness that kept people at a distance.

You've mistaken me for someone else.

As he uttered those emotionless words, Obito's Mangekyou Sharingan slowly began to rotate.

The air once again rippled with divine power.

His body seemed to be pulled away by an invisible vortex, twisting and disappearing into the void little by little.

From beginning to end, he never looked at the bouquet of flowers on the ground again, nor did he glance at Uchiha Yue once more.

Looking at the space that had completely returned to peace, Uchiha Tsuki raised his head slightly, a hint of helpless relief flashing in his eyes beneath the mask.

"Did I fail...? As expected, a few memories alone cannot bring back someone who has given up hope."

Yue didn't feel much frustration.

Obito Uchiha's mind had already been completely destroyed and reshaped during that bloody rainy night that Madara had meticulously planned.

It's a pipe dream to try and get him to give up his obsession with "creating a world with Lin" with just a few words.

He had no idea how Naruto, that silly goose, managed to persuade Obito.

Obito didn't even give him a second chance to speak, despite him being Obito's former mentor.

Of course, he's a rogue ninja now, so no one should judge him.

"Moon, he's clearly the Obito you mentioned, why won't he admit his identity?"

Uchiha Hikari walked to Yue's side, her clear eyes filled with confusion.

In her mind, yes is yes, and no is no; this self-denying behavior seems extremely contradictory.

"Because he's afraid to face it, light."

Yue turned around, looked at the lonely little white flower in front of the tombstone, and took out a flower from her bosom and placed it on top.

"There are always people who like to let go of their past, cowardly and pathetic selves, and the best way to let go of oneself is to put on a mask and play someone else."

Yue reached out and gently ruffled Guang's smooth black hair. Her gaze seemed to pierce through time and space, seeing the boy who had once wept bitterly in the rain.

"Our past selves are an indispensable part of our lives, and we shouldn't blame them..."

The moon's voice carries a compassionate and insightful understanding of the vicissitudes of life, as if it were speaking to the light, or perhaps to itself.

"Because he was also confused at the time. In that painful moment, he didn't know what to do to earn a good ending for himself and for everyone."

"Obito was like that, and so was the Uchiha clan in the past."

Yue withdrew her hand and pulled her black trench coat tighter.

"Let's go, Light, we've met an old friend."

"Since he has chosen to act as the 'masked man' to turn the gears of fate around, then we... should also prepare our own 'waiting in the wings' script."

Chapter 41 The Bloody Eve

September 10th, Konoha Calendar 51.

On this day, the sky above Konoha appeared exceptionally high and clear. The autumn sun shone through the sparse clouds onto the village, gilding the gradually yellowing leaves with a golden edge.

For the vast majority of villagers, it was just an ordinary day.

The streets were still bustling with people, a long queue had formed in front of Ichiraku Ramen, and the children from the Ninja Academy were chasing and playing on the playground, their laughter carried far by the autumn wind.

However, beneath this peaceful facade, an invisible undercurrent is surging wildly at the edge of the village's barrier.

……

Outside Konoha Village, there is an extremely hidden barrier cave.

This is the top-secret location where the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki gave birth throughout history.

To prevent the seal from loosening during the production process and causing the Nine-Tails' chakra to leak out, the Third Hokage's wife, Biwako Sarutobi, personally led an elite medical team and ANBU to completely surround the area.

"It hurts... Ugh! Minato, I feel like my stomach is going to explode!"

Inside the cave, Kushina Uzumaki lay on a specially made birthing bed, her brows covered in sweat, her hands gripping the sheets tightly, her knuckles white from the strain.

On her swollen belly, the complex Bagua sealing technique was violently twisting and deforming, as if something terrifying was trying to break free of its cage.

"Hang in there, Kushina! It'll be over soon!"

Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage, was completely devoid of his usual composure and calmness at this moment.

He knelt by the bed, his hands maintaining the chakra flow of the sealing technique, his forehead covered in fine beads of sweat.

Those deep blue eyes held both the joy and nervousness of becoming a father, as well as a deep worry about the instability of the seal.

"The Nine-Tails' chakra is launching a frenzied counterattack... We must suppress it!"

But deep in the dense forest outside the cave.

Two figures stood silently atop a towering tree, looking down at the cave enveloped by layers of barriers.

Is that the place?

Uchiha Hikari wore her signature red and white casual clothes, but for nighttime operations, she wore a black cloak over them to cover up the bright red.

Her sharp eyes peered through the gaps in the leaves at the masked, vigilant ANBU ninjas patrolling below.

"The barrier is very strong, with at least four layers. The outer layer is a perception barrier, and the inner layer is a physical defense and sealing technique."

Guang calmly analyzed, his tone carrying a touch of professional scrutiny, "However, there is an extremely slight stagnation in the chakra flow in that area... If it were me, I could break in, but it might take some effort."

"As expected of Hikaru, he has excellent taste."

Uchiha Tsukuyomi stood beside her, arms crossed, the mask with strange patterns already on her face, revealing a pair of deep eyes.

Yue looked up at the sky.

The sun had completely set, and a huge full moon was slowly climbing up to the treetops.

"It's almost time."

"Obito should have arrived by now."

……

Almost the instant Yue finished speaking.

Several ANBU ninjas at the cave entrance suddenly collapsed without warning.

There were no screams, no splattering blood, and not even a fluctuation of chakra.

They were like puppets whose souls had been suddenly ripped out, collapsing limply to the ground.

"Who goes there?!"

A sharp-witted captain of the Dark Guard suddenly turned around, about to throw the kunai in his hand.

"Divine Might".

A strange spiral ripple appeared in the air.

The man wearing a one-eyed vortex mask and a black robe appeared out of thin air behind the Dark Squad leader, like a ghost emerging from the void.

Before the Dark Squad leader could react, a hand wearing a black glove pierced through his chest, but strangely left no wound. Instead, it sucked his body directly into the distorted spatial vortex.

This scene happened too quickly and too quietly.

It was eerily quiet.

……

Inside the cave.

"Wow--!!"

A loud cry from a baby finally broke the suffocating tension.

"It's a boy! It's a healthy boy!"