Naruto: Traveling Through Time Starting with Seizing the Dragon Vein

As long as you're alive... there's still a chance.

"I understand."

Nonou slowly opened her eyes and, standing beside the wooden crate of the truck amidst the swirling yellow sand, bowed deeply to Uchiha Tsuki, displaying a posture of complete submission.

"'Walking Shrine Maiden' Yakushi Nonou, from this day forward, I am willing to serve you with utmost loyalty."

Chapter 88 Coming to Cause Trouble

Half a day later, at the border of the Land of Wind, Nonoyu examined the mission scroll repeatedly.

[Task Name: Hardware]

Task Details:

1. To exacerbate the conflict between the Uchiha clan and Konoha Village;

[2. He leaked information to the Konoha leadership that Fugaku Uchiha possessed the Mangekyou Sharingan and had successfully stopped the S-rank rogue ninja Uchiha Tsukuyomi within the village;]

3. Forced the Uchiha clan to go to Loulan to fight in order to clear their names;

[4. Prioritize achieving the objective: have Fugaku Uchiha personally lead the team there]

After making sure she had memorized it completely, she burned the scroll containing the mission.

In her arms were several genuine but not very valuable intelligence scrolls, as well as a storage scroll filled with heavy gold.

That was a "down payment" that Uchiha Tsukuyomi casually tossed to her, intended for Root intelligence exchange and rebuilding Konoha's intelligence network.

Nonou stopped and turned around, staring blankly at the silhouette of the steel tower deep in the desert.

She didn't understand why that man named Uchiha Tsuki would be so ruthless towards his own clan, practically driving the Uchiha clan to the brink of extinction.

But now, she touched the golden storage scroll in her hand, feeling the mental shackles deep in her soul that could sever her brainstem at any moment, and shook her head bitterly.

This information about Loulan is very important... as is the gold.

She really had no reason to refuse the task, nor did she have the right to refuse.

"Konoha... Loulan... Orochimaru, these are turbulent times."

Nonou sighed, then pulled down her hat brim and disappeared into the sandstorm without looking back.

……

On the way back to Konoha, Nonou was on her way.

The moon brought light to the Sand Village.

The yellow sand, whipped up by the fierce wind, lashed against the cloak, making a rustling sound.

"Hikaru, did you feel any mental burden when you placed that 'heart lock' on Nono?"

Yue walked ahead and turned around to ask with concern.

"I can feel it a little bit, but it's not a burden."

Hikaru closed his eyes, carefully sensing the mental network in his mind, and answered truthfully, "Her chakra is very quiet, and she hasn't shown any resistance yet. However... just like you deduced before, maintaining this 'trigger-type eye technique' channel does require some of my mental energy, but currently it's very little and can still be ignored."

Yue nodded.

When Minato Namikaze and Kushina applied their curse seals, Hikaru barely felt anything. However, after applying the seal to Nono, he felt a slight sensation, which was consistent with his deduction.

The principle behind this 'heart lock' that Yue designed is extremely ingenious.

Its daily operation is entirely powered by "parasitizing" and absorbing the chakra of the person being treated, without requiring any additional energy from light.

However, the problem lies in the "judgment mechanism".

The 'Heart Lock' itself is an automatic filter. If Nono has extremely clear malicious intent, such as 'I want to kill Yue' or 'I want to tell Danzo the coordinates of Loulan,' the filter will instantly recognize such absolute thoughts and automatically impose punishment.

However, the ambiguous, borderline ideas cannot be dealt with.

For example: I need a more reliable method for this task, that is, the method that takes the longest to prepare.

This idea will not be filtered out, but the "delaying" incident may harm Loulan's interests.

Just like a script, it can only handle specific, rigid tasks, and it will instantly become ineffective once the input changes.

Therefore, when faced with such ambiguous thoughts concerning Loulan and them, the 'Heart Lock' can only package them up and send them directly back to you, the 'main server,' through the mental network, so that the light or he can conduct 'human review and judgment.'

This transmission channel requires a certain amount of mental energy to maintain.

The mental energy required is not much, but enough to transmit the thoughts packaged in the 'heart lock' back.

In order to avoid countless "ambiguous thoughts" bombarding Guang's brain in an instant, just like setting up a local area network in the Warring States period, and also to avoid affecting Guang's daily life, Yue temporarily stipulated that the number of people in this curse seal be kept at around 10.

Later, when the complete version of the Ming seal is released, or when he creates a ninja world version of artificial intelligence to act as a transit and verification agent, the number of people could potentially increase indefinitely.

Currently, three people have already occupied the positions: Minato Namikaze, Kushina, and Nono Yakushi.

Each of them is of considerable value, but all three belong to Konoha.

He hoped that each of the five great ninja villages would have at least one.

For example, his target for this trip is the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, and hopefully his value is not low either.

At the very least, it's worth having a place there.

"Let's go and meet that self-righteous Fourth Kazekage. If you dare to play the trick of using someone else to do your dirty work, you should be prepared to be bitten by the blade."

……

Sunagakure Village, Kazekage Building, the Kazekage's office on the top floor.

Outside the window, the wind howled, but inside the room, the atmosphere felt somewhat oppressive.

The Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, sat behind a large desk piled high with protest letters about the recent cuts to military spending by the daimyo of the Land of Wind, as well as reports of damage to border trade routes.

Loulan...

Luo Sha pinched the bridge of his nose, a sinister glint in his eyes.

In the past few days, reports of attacks on the Loulan caravan have been coming in one after another, and the scene has been handled extremely cleanly.

Rasa knew that it was Konoha's doing.

"Let them fight. As long as Konoha's Anbu and that mysterious Uchiha from Roran are locked in combat, no matter who wins or loses, my Sand Village will be able to..."

"Everyone can reap the benefits, right, Lord Fengying?"

A voice rang out in Luo Sha's office without warning!

"you are?"

Luo Sha's pupils constricted sharply, and the hairs on his body stood on end!

As the village's leader, he was completely unaware that someone had broken into his office!

Almost instinctively, Luo Sha slammed his hands on the table.

"Magnetic Escape..."

The massive amount of gold dust, originally hidden beneath the office floor for absolute defense, suddenly burst forth from the ground!

however--

"Buzz!"

An absolute gravitational force, utterly irrational, suddenly descended upon the entire Fengying office!

The gold dust that had just emerged from the floor trembled violently in mid-air, unable to rise even an inch further!

"How is this possible?! My Magnet Release was..."

Luo Sha looked up in shock.

In front of Fengying's desk, a ripple-like movement appeared in the previously empty air.

[Mirror Flower Water Moon] is lifted.

Wearing a black trench coat, Uchiha Yue strolled out of the distorted space with an air of leisure.

In the shadows beside him, Uchiha Hikaru's bright red cotton-padded jacket stood out starkly in the dim room, and his scarlet Mangekyou Sharingan coldly stared at him as if he were looking at a dead man.

"We meet again, Fourth Kazekage."

Yue pulled over a chair and sat down opposite Luo Sha with complete ease.

"Is the game of using someone else to do your dirty work fun, Luo Sha? I remember we signed an agreement before."

Chapter 89 Notice to Give Birth

Hearing what the other person said, cold sweat kept sliding down Luo Sha's forehead.

He desperately mobilized the chakra within his body, trying to break free from the restraints imposed on the gold dust, but that power was unfathomable and unshakeable!

"How...how did you sneak into the Wind Shadow's office?" Luo Sha gritted his teeth, trying to remain calm.

This is the heart of Sunagakure!

Not to mention the layers of darkness outside, the barrier surrounding the Wind Shadow Building alone is so strong that even a fly flying in would trigger an alarm.

Yue leaned back slightly in her chair, not intending to explain to Luo Sha.

"Luo Sha, do you know why I haven't killed you outright?"

Rasa's pupils constricted sharply: "Because I am the Kazekage? No matter how strong you are, you cannot withstand a full-scale counterattack from one of the Five Great Ninja Villages!"

"A full-scale counterattack? Ha..."

Yue chuckled.

Compared to the clever Yakushi Nono, who could instantly recognize the situation and make the most self-interested judgment at the critical moment of life and death, the Fourth Kazekage in front of him was simply incredibly stupid.

This guy, who can't even grasp the current situation, is arrogant yet narrow-minded...

To be honest, if it weren't for his identity and the extremely special bloodline limit flowing through his body, he wouldn't have wanted to waste a single mark of light.

Luo Sha's identity does indeed have irreplaceable strategic significance.

He is the Kazekage, the supreme dictator of Sunagakure, who controls the strongest military machine in the Land of Wind.

If a living, obedient Wind Shadow could be turned into a puppet, then the entire vast Wind Kingdom would immediately become a strategic buffer zone surrounding Loulan!