Naruto: Traveling Through Time Starting with Seizing the Dragon Vein

He slowly walked up to Sara, and his scarlet Sharingan with its three tomoe instantly emitted a dark light.

“Look into my eyes, Queen Sarah. Recall what you felt in your back in the last second before you fell.”

The moon's illusion was not used for attack, but rather, like a hypnotist's pocket watch, it instantly plunged Sarah into an extremely focused memory replay.

Guided by the Sharingan, the memory in Sara's mind that had become blurred due to extreme terror was slowly and clearly reproduced frame by frame.

She "saw" herself waving to the people below.

She "saw" the maid who was usually so respectful to her quietly walk up behind her.

She clearly felt the hands pushing against her back; they were not human hands at all!

It was a cold, hard, metallic mechanical feel!

"what!!"

The illusion dissipated, and Sarah woke up with a start, clutching her chest and gasping for breath, her forehead covered in cold sweat.

"Do you remember now?" Yue leaned against the railing unhurriedly, her knuckles lightly tapping the cold metal. "What pushed you wasn't a person, but a mechanical puppet in human skin. And in the entire Loulan, besides Minister An Lushan, who has been 'devoting himself' to assisting you, who else could control such a sophisticated puppet?"

"No...this is impossible! Lord An Lushan, he..."

Sarah's face was as pale as paper, but she was still making a last-ditch effort.

"Getting evidence is actually quite simple."

“Language can be fabricated, memories can be deceived, but facts cannot.” Uchiha Yue grabbed Sara’s wrist, giving her no chance to escape. “Since you think I’m lying to you, then as the Queen of Loulan, do you have the guts to come with me to see what’s hidden beneath your ‘prosperous’ world?”

"me…"

Yue didn't give Sarah any time to hesitate; he simply grabbed Sarah's hand and quickly left.

Making Sarah believe it is easy, isn't it?

Chapter 5 A Second Blossom

Unlike the original story, Naruto didn't spend a long time arguing with Sara or get chased around the streets by puppets.

Uchiha Yue's actions were textbook examples of ANBU infiltration.

He wrapped Sarah in a black cloak and, using the Sharingan's terrifying perception, precisely avoided the senses of all the patrolling puppets.

The Loulan underground passage, which was originally fraught with danger, became as easy as strolling through one's own backyard under Uchiha Yue's guidance.

Sarah didn't even touch a single puppet before being taken by the moon to the deepest underground space of Loulan.

"Shhh."

At the exit of a dark ventilation duct, Yue made a shushing gesture, indicating for Sarah to look down.

The moment Sarah peeked out and saw what was below, she was struck dumb and covered her mouth tightly.

In the enormous underground cavern, countless purple dragon vein chakra channels intertwine like a net.

Beneath these pipes lies an enormous arsenal, reeking of engine oil!

Thousands upon thousands of ferocious combat golems are being assembled on the assembly line.

What devastated Sarah the most was that the laborers who were responsible for carrying heavy parts, who were exhausted to the bone in the high temperature, and who were even whipped by the overseer puppets, were all citizens of Loulan!

Those husbands, fathers, and sons who were told on the list to "go to work in another place"!

"Hurry up and get to work! Hurry up and get to work!" a supervisory puppet uttered in a cold, mechanical voice.

"Please... let me rest for a while. I haven't slept for three days. I want to see my daughter..." A emaciated man collapsed on the ground, pleading desperately.

"boom!"

The puppet kicked the man away without hesitation: "Get to work, sizzle~ get to work, or I'll kill you!"

Upon hearing this, Sarah, who was lying by the ventilation vent, froze completely.

The fantasies she held in her mind about the "benevolent Lord An Lushan" and the "prosperous Loulan" shattered at that moment, like exquisite glassware!

There was no arguing, no explanation.

In less than twenty minutes, Uchiha Yue used the most brutal truth to tear off all of An Lushan's disguise, causing this naive queen to fully awaken.

"Did you see it clearly?"

In the darkness, Yue's voice rang in Sara's ears, "The prosperity you think you have is built on the blood of your people. That guy named An Lushan, whose real name is Baizu, is a rogue ninja from Sunagakure. He stole your mother's power, and now he plans to eliminate you, the only obstacle, and completely seize the Dragon Vein for himself."

Sarah was trembling all over.

After waiting for a while, Sarah came to her senses. Her eyes were no longer filled with confusion, but instead burned with an unprecedented anger.

"I... what should I do?" Sara turned her head and grabbed Uchiha Tsuki's clothes tightly, as if she had grasped a lifeline. "Since you brought me here, you must have a way, right?! Please, help me save my people!"

Looking at the tool in front of him who had finally "gotten the hang of it," Uchiha Yue's lips curled up in satisfaction beneath his mask.

That's what smart people do.

Don't try to be a pushover; instead, make the other person come to you.

In this way, you will always keep the initiative in your own hands.

“Of course, Your Majesty, we have a common enemy.”

Yue slowly drew the short sword from her back, her Sharingan radiating a captivating red glow in the dark underground.

"You have the bloodline to control the dragon veins, while I have a blade that can cut through everything. Go, go and take back what rightfully belongs to you."

Once the secrets deep underground are fully revealed, the fragile balance that was maintained beneath the water will collapse instantly.

Just as Sara made up her mind to regain control of the country, the purple chakra light throughout the underground cavern suddenly flickered violently, and a piercing alarm sounded throughout the entire armory.

"Warning! Warning! Unauthorized intruder detected! Target: Sarah, daughter of the former queen! Eliminate on the spot!"

The cold, mechanical synthesized sound echoed in the empty underground space.

Immediately afterwards, the purple light in the eyes of the hundreds of combat puppets that were working on the assembly line instantly turned into a blood-red light filled with killing intent.

They all turned their heads in unison, locking their gazes onto Uchiha Yue and Sara at the ventilation duct opening high above.

"It's been discovered. That Centipede guy isn't slow to sense the dragon vein."

Uchiha Yue looked at the army of mechanical spiders surging down like a tide, frantically climbing the walls and pipes below. His expression remained calm, but the tomoe in his Sharingan had begun to spin faster.

“Moon… what should we do?” Sarah gripped Moon’s sleeve tightly. Faced with the dense array of steel monsters, her newly ignited courage began to waver.

"Don't panic, Your Majesty. Just stay close to me."

Yue grabbed Sarah's waist and leaped quickly through the intricate network of pipes.

However, there were simply too many puppets.

These monsters, which rely on the dragon vein for unlimited power, have no sense of fatigue. Hundreds of high-energy chakra lasers rained down like a storm, almost completely blocking the retreat route in front of the moon.

"This can't go on. I don't have that much chakra to waste on these pieces of junk."

As Yue swung her short sword, cutting down several approaching puppets, she quickly calculated in her mind.

At this critical juncture, he needs a "meat shield" that can restrain the enemy over a wide area.

Just as he was considering whether or not to use Susanoo—

"BOOM—!!"

The extremely thick metal ceiling above their heads suddenly collapsed with a loud bang!

Amidst the flying debris and twisted steel, several incredibly thick logs burst forth from the ground like raging dragons, smashing through Loulan's underground defenses!

"Wood Release: Advent of a World of Trees... No, it's not that small, this is Wood Release: Great Forest Technique!"

Watching those thick, life-giving wooden strips instantly shred dozens of pursuing puppets, Uchiha Yue's eyes darted around.

With the appearance of Wood Release, a ninja wearing a green vest from Konoha and a specially made masked helmet fell awkwardly from the collapsed gap and slid down a huge wooden plank to a platform not far in front of Yue and Sara.

"Ouch...where am I?"

The newcomer rubbed his head and stood up. It was none other than Yamato, the team leader who had been swept into the time vortex along with Naruto.

Before Yamato could even get a good look at his surroundings, he was greeted by an extremely dense sound of mechanical friction.

He looked up abruptly and was immediately terrified by the hundreds and thousands of puppets in front of him, their claws outstretched and menacing.

"What's going on?! Isn't this the ruins of Loulan? How come there are so many living puppets?!"

Yamato instinctively formed hand seals, preparing to defend himself.

"We actually managed to get reinforcements from Konoha!"

Suddenly, a dignified voice, tinged with a hint of appreciation, came from behind Yamato.

When Yamato turned around, the first thing he saw was a young man in black robes protecting the red-haired girl behind him.

What shocked and reassured Yamato the most was the bright Konoha headband on the young man's forehead.

"I am from Konoha's Anbu, codename Azure Dragon, and I am currently on a mission to protect the Queen of Loulan!"

Chapter 6 What exactly do you want?

Without batting an eye, Yue even mimicked the imposing tone of a dark squad captain as he pointed to the puppets surging towards him like a tide.

"The enemy numbers are too many and they have an unlimited supply of energy from the dragon vein. Handsome companion, could you help me hold them off for a while? I need to cover the Queen's retreat!"

Upon hearing about his handsome companion, Yamato didn't have time to think.

"Wood Release·Wooden Spindle Wall!"

Yamato clasped his hands together abruptly, and the chakra within his body erupted instantly.

Rows of sturdy, massive, semi-circular wooden pillars rose from the ground, forming a wall in front of Moon and Sarah.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Countless purple laser beams struck the wooden wall, creating a violent shockwave, but Yamato's powerful Wood Release technique withstood it.

Watching Yamato, who was putting in a lot of effort in front of him and single-handedly blocking half of the puppet army, Uchiha Yue's lips curled up wildly beneath his mask.

"It's really useful, Captain Yamato. Konoha ninjas can be so innocently cute sometimes."

With Yamato acting as a super tank, holding back the most troublesome puppet sea, Yue immediately led Sara towards the Dragon Vein Control Hub.