Naruto: Traveling Through Time Starting with Seizing the Dragon Vein

After being scolded by his younger brother, Hashirama quickly wiped away his tears and stood up again.

His gaze finally fell on Kushina, who was bare-backed, and Minato, whom Yue was carrying.

"That signature red hair... he really is a member of the Mito family!"

Hashirama's expression instantly turned serious. He strode forward and gently placed his large hand over Minato and Kushina.

In just a moment, Hashirama's expression changed.

"What a terrifying penetrating wound... The internal organs are almost completely destroyed, and the life force has long been exhausted."

Hashirama suddenly raised his head, looking at Uchiha Tsuki with surprise and uncertainty.

"However, within their bodies there was an extremely precise and profound Yin Release chakra, which, like chains, forcibly nailed their scattered souls and last vestiges of life to these dilapidated bodies!"

"Did you do this?" Hashirama looked at Tsuki.

“It’s me.” Yue nodded. “Hikaru and I are grand-disciples of Uchiha Chiri. We have been working hard to change our clan. We found these two while traveling, so we used Yin Release to hold their souls. But Yin Release can only ‘trick’ death, it can’t reshape the body. On this land, only the Senju clan’s Yang Release and you, the clan leader Hashirama, can save them.”

"Are you the grand-disciples of Uchiha Chiri?" Tobirama grasped the key point.

"Yes."

Hearing their answers and witnessing the incredible skill of Yin Release, Tobirama fell silent, then stopped speaking, seemingly lost in thought.

"This is a miraculous technique. If you hadn't locked their souls, even the Sage of Six Paths couldn't have saved them."

Hashirama spared no praise, then with a flourish of his sleeve, his tone extremely decisive:

"Someone! Prepare the highest-level intensive care unit immediately! Get these two injured people in there!"

Seeing that his elder brother was about to bring two Uchiha with him, Tobirama immediately spoke up to stop him:

"Brother! We don't know anything about these two Uchiha clan members. How can we let them into the Senju's core camp? Besides, to treat this kind of injury, you'll have to use our Senju clan's most core Yang Release technique yourself!"

The meaning of Tobirama is very clear.

Yang Release is the foundation of the Senju clan's existence. If it were used against the Uchiha clan, who possess the Sharingan, and its secrets were copied or discovered, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Hashirama stroked his chin. Although he was honest and simple, he was not entirely without sense of propriety when it came to the bottom line of his family's secret techniques.

"Tobirama is right."

Hashirama turned to look at the moon, giving it an apologetic smile.

"I'm sorry, Uchiha brothers, I believe in your sincere desire for peace, and healing the sick is also a principle of the Senju clan. However, the core treatment process involves clan secrets, so..."

"I understand."

Yue nodded very tactfully, and even voluntarily closed the three-tomoe of her right eye.

“We will wait outside the medical tent and will not peek in. As long as we can save their lives, we will never overstep the rules of the Thousand Hands Clan.”

He knew very well that one must eat one bite at a time.

Moreover, his goal is to ensure that Minato and Kushina survive, which does not conflict with the current situation.

"Good! What an understanding Uchiha!" Hashirama laughed heartily. "Tobirama, take them to be settled! Leave the treatment to me!"

Watching his elder brother excitedly lead the medical team and the wounded away, Tobirama stared coldly at Uchiha Tsuki.

"Don't think that just because my brother trusts you, I'll let my guard down."

Tobirama said coldly, "Until your identities and the origins of that Uzumaki clan member are clarified, you can only stay in the place I designate."

"Hikaru, put the knife away."

Yue patted Hikari on the shoulder, signaling her to relax, and then gestured to Tobirama, "Please, do as the host says. Please make the arrangements, Tobirama-sama."

……

Half an hour later, in a secluded corner on the east side of the Senju clan's camp.

"From now on, this will be your living quarters."

The Senchu ​​ninja in charge of guarding the area pointed to a spacious tent that was clearly isolated from the core area and read out Tobirama's order with a stern face.

"As instructed by the Second Clan Chief, during the period of recovery of the wounded and verification of their identities, you have been temporarily appointed as 'Special Guest Retainers' of the Senju Clan's Logistics Department. Simply put, your job is to help the Logistics Department inventory some obsolete ninja tools and unimportant old scrolls."

"Without permission, you are not allowed to approach the medical area, the barrier area, or the clan chief's main tent. There will be sentries around the area on 24-hour shifts. Understand?"

This Senju Chunin clearly didn't have a good impression of the Uchiha clan, and left in a hurry after speaking.

Guang entered the tent, looked around at the simple furnishings, and frowned: "Yue, are we... being held captive?"

“Sinecures, house arrest, marginalization.”

Yue stretched and lay down on the wooden bed very naturally. Instead of feeling angry about being imprisoned, she let out a long sigh of relief.

"But this is also what we need most right now—absolute safety and free premium wards."

Is there any place in the entire ninja world safer than the Senju clan's territory?

Chapter 49 The Awakening of the Minato Couple

A few days later.

Outside the Senju clan's intensive care tent, a gentle breeze carried a distinctive, slightly bitter herbal scent.

Uchiha Yue sat cross-legged on his bed, the dark purple diamond-shaped mark between his eyebrows flickering slightly at an extremely slow but steady frequency.

After several days of complete relaxation and recuperation, his almost depleted mental energy finally received some relief. Although his blind left eye was still unable to see, the tearing pain had completely disappeared.

"Splash."

The tent flap was lifted, and Uchiha Hikaru strode in.

Today she wore a gray coarse cloth robe uniformly issued by the Thousand Hands Logistics Department, but it still couldn't hide her girlish beauty.

"Moonlight," Guang lowered his voice, a hint of excitement flashing in his eyes, "that white-haired adjutant who had been keeping a dark expression just now sent someone to say that the two people in the main tent... are about to wake up."

Yue suddenly opened her right eye, a glint of light flashing in her dark pupils.

"Hashirama Senju's Yang Release is indeed well-deserved of its reputation. He was pulled back from the brink of death in just a few days after the Nine-Tails pierced his heart and even his soul was corrupted by the Shinigami."

"Let's go, Guang, let's go see him."

……

At this moment, inside the main tent of the Thousand Hands Medical Center.

The air was filled with an extremely rich, even slightly intoxicating, vitality.

Minato Namikaze suddenly opened his eyes from the endless darkness, panting heavily.

His memory was still stuck on the moment when Death swung his dagger and the Nine-Tailed Fox's claws pierced through his and his wife's chests.

"Kushina! Naruto!"

Minato instinctively tried to form hand seals, but found that his body was completely empty, and his chakra channels were as dry as a cracked riverbed.

Moreover, instead of the excruciating pain in my chest, I felt waves of tingling warmth.

"Oh! You're finally awake! Your vitality is truly amazing!"

A loud, clear male voice, tinged with a mix of honesty and surprise, boomed in Minato's ears.

Minato suddenly turned his head, his gaze gradually focusing.

What came into view was a smiling face with rugged features, long black hair, and a strip of cloth tied around its forehead.

The man wore deep red layered armor, and his large hands hovered above Minato's chest, radiating a faint green light of life.

This face...

Minato's brain seemed to have been struck by lightning in that instant.

As the newly appointed Fourth Hokage of Konoha, how could he not recognize this face engraved at the very top of the Hokage Rock, a face revered by all?!

"The... the First Generation Lord?!" Minato's voice was dry and hoarse, his eyes filled with disbelief and shock.

"The First Generation? What First Generation?"

Hashirama Senju scratched the back of his head and burst into laughter. "My name is Hashirama Senju! Are you still a little confused because of your injuries?"

"Brother, don't waste your breath on him. This man and woman have such severe penetrating wounds, their souls seem to have been torn apart by some evil thing. These are not marks left by an ordinary battle."

A cold, rational, and deeply wary voice came from the shadows of the tent.

Minato struggled to turn his eyes and saw a cool young man with a silver-white spiky hairstyle and red marks on his cheeks, leaning against a pillar with his arms crossed, his azure eyes fixed on him.

The Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju!

"Watergate..."

Just as Minato was in a state of utter confusion, a very faint murmur came from beside him.

Minato turned his head and saw that on the adjacent hospital bed, Kushina Uzumaki, with her long, bright red hair, was struggling to open her eyes.

Beside Kushina's bed sat a beautiful young woman with a dignified demeanor and equally striking red hair.

The young woman was gently wiping the cold sweat from Kushina's forehead with a warm towel, her eyes filled with tenderness and affection.

"Don't be afraid, child. As a member of the same Uzumaki clan, it's heartbreaking to see you so badly injured."

The young woman smiled and reassured her, "My name is Mito Uzumaki. This is the Senju clan's territory. You are safe now."

Mito Uzumaki! The wife of the First Hokage, and the first Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!

Minato was completely dumbfounded.

While the First Hokage could be considered an illusion, the presence of the Second Hokage and Lady Mito, along with the primal, wild chakra fluctuations and the rough tent furnishings, were something that Konoha Hospital could never fake.

Is it a Pure Land?

"It seems you've recovered quite well, Minato and Kushina."

Just then, a familiar voice came from the tent entrance.

Shuimen looked up.

"It's you... Uchiha Tsuki." Minato gritted his teeth, trying to sit up.

"Halt! Uchiha, didn't I tell you to wait outside? Who gave you permission to come in?"

Tobirama's eyes turned cold as he instantly stood in front of the moon, his water-attribute chakra subtly surging.