Naruto: Traveling Through Time Starting with Seizing the Dragon Vein

Luo Sha took a deep breath and carefully put the letter of intent away from his body. The frustration in his eyes was gradually replaced by a strange sense of reality.

"Anyway, we're going to earn money from the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth to support our Land of Wind..."

Faced with absolute profit and the deadly [Eight Thousand Spears] curse mark in his mind that could kill him at any moment, the Fourth Kazekage smoothly completed his self-conquest, and even began to plan which small country to visit next month to develop the "lower-tier market".

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One week later.

Inside the towering Raikage Building in Kumogakure, the Hidden Cloud Village of the Land of Lightning.

The Fourth Raikage, A, sat behind a large desk, his fingers gripping a top-secret combat assessment report from the front lines.

Before him lay several boxes of test weapons, "Loulan Special Supply," secretly transported from the border of the Wind Kingdom.

Ten sets of exoskeleton armor with a bluish glow, hundreds of neatly arranged modular explosive shurikens, and dozens of energy-storing arm guards.

"Lord Raikage, all the data from the practical test has been compiled."

Chief Secretary Mabuyi pushed up his glasses, and even his usually calm tone couldn't help but reveal a hint of shock.

"Based on the extreme tests conducted by the Dark Division on death row inmates on the border of the Land of Lightning... this batch of weapons, known as the 'Loulan Special Supply,' has a combat value that far exceeds our expectations."

Mabui opened the secondary scroll in his hand and reported in a deep voice: "That 'Chakra Storage Armguard' can give a samurai with no ninjutsu talent a chakra level slightly lower than that of a Chunin, and it can be quickly replenished after it is used up; a Genin wearing exoskeleton armor, when paired with the storage armguard, can reach the level of a Chunin in terms of explosive power and defense. Although it is not fast enough, it is surprisingly useful in offensive battles."

"Moreover, the cost of these equipment, according to the 'bulk purchase discount price' given by the Fourth Kazekage Rasa, is even 30% cheaper than the fine ninja swords forged by our village's own blacksmith shop!"

After hearing the report, the Fourth Raikage, A, slammed his hand on the desk.

"boom!"

The sturdy solid wood desk instantly developed several cracks.

"What a fine Fourth Kazekage! What a fine Sunagakure! What a fine Roran!"

Mabui's eyes flickered slightly, and she immediately understood Raikage's thoughts. She tentatively asked, "Lord Raikage, it's too dangerous for such a groundbreaking technology to fall into the hands of the Land of Wind. Should we immediately send the elite of the Night Moon Clan to infiltrate the desert and 'take over' all of Loulan's technical blueprints, production lines, and even its craftsmen?"

"No! Don't touch them yet."

The hot-tempered Fourth Raikage was surprisingly calm at this moment.

Although he looks simple and honest, he is by no means a creature without intelligence.

Setting up production lines, analyzing technologies, and training workers all take time.

They have already started a war, and they can't afford to wait.

"After the war with Konoha is over, we can have a proper 'communication' then. The Land of Wind and Loulan are nothing; they can't hold onto these technologies."

"Lord Raikage is wise." Mabui nodded and reminded him at the right time, "There are also unusual developments in the Land of Earth. According to our insider report in Iwagakure, that old fox Onoki secretly met with a caravan from the Land of Wind half a month ago. Given Onoki's profit-driven nature, he must have also taken the same batch of weapons."

"Hmph! That old geezer Ohnoki certainly has a keen nose!"

Ai snorted and suddenly stood up. Violent lightning chakra flickered across his body, crackling and emitting a harsh sound.

"Konoha lost the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki on the night of the Nine-Tails' death, so its internal strength must be extremely weak now! Originally, we were hesitant to start a full-scale war because we were concerned about Konoha's deep foundation."

Ai walked to the window and looked down at the Cloud Hidden Village shrouded in mist.

"But now, with this batch of equipment that can instantly boost the combat power of the lowest-ranking cannon fodder to the level of Chunin, the advantage in numbers and attrition warfare is completely on our side!"

"Relay my orders!"

Ai suddenly turned around: "Immediately place the pre-ordered purchase order with Luo Sha! The deposit will be settled directly from the gold mine in the Land of Thunder!"

"At the same time, order the vanguard troops assembled at the front to immediately cross the border of the Land of Hot Springs and launch a full-scale surprise attack on Konoha's defenses! This time, I will tear a piece of Konoha's flesh off!"

"Yes!"

Chapter 97 First Appearance

To this day, we still don't know how German soldiers felt when they first saw a tank.

But the Konoha ninja might experience a tiny bit of that during this war.

In the dense forest bordering the Land of Fire and the Land of Hot Water.

The air was thick with the grim tension and impending doom of a great battle.

This is a defensive line of defense for Konoha against Kumogakure. Although it is located in a remote area, it is like a nail firmly driven into the border.

If Kumogakure wants to advance safely into the heart of the Land of Fire, it must remove this thorn in its side; otherwise, it will face the danger of being cut off from its rear and attacked from both sides.

"team leader!"

A masked Konoha ANBU scout landed in the treetop and reported to the elite Jonin leading the team: "We have received definite intelligence from the front that the vanguard of the Land of Lightning's Cloud Village has crossed the last line of defense of the Land of Hot Springs and is advancing towards our position!"

The scout paused, a hint of doubt in his voice: "Furthermore, according to observations at the front, this group of Cloud Village ninjas does not seem to be carrying regular ninja swords, but rather equipped with some rather peculiar metal ninja tools. We have no information about these tools."

"Strange metal ninja tools?"

The Konoha Jonin frowned slightly, but he had no time to think about it anymore.

They would soon be engaged in close combat with Yunying. He had already grasped some patterns from Yunying's previous probing attacks.

Therefore, he planned to start setting up defenses right now.

"Attention all personnel! Deploy the defensive line according to the original tactical plan!"

The Jonin captain stood on a high place, shouting hoarsely as he directed the squad below.

"Earth Release Team! Immediately construct three 'Earth Flow Walls' in front of the position, and create 'Yellow Spring Swamp' in front of them! Although Lightning Release is effective against Earth Release, as long as the terrain is thick enough and the mud is sticky enough, it can perfectly neutralize the momentum of their proud Lightning Release armor charge!"

"The Water Release Team is responsible for assisting in softening the terrain in the swamp!"

"Wind Release and Fire Release teams, conceal yourselves at high ground and await orders! Once they get bogged down in the mud and their formation breaks down, immediately use composite ninjutsu to indiscriminately cover and cleanse the area!"

"Yes!"

As the order was given, the veterans of Konoha began to form hand seals in an orderly manner.

"Boom!"

As the earth trembled, three indestructible, thick stone walls rose from the ground.

In front of the stone wall, the originally hard ground was rapidly assimilated by chakra, turning into a bottomless, deadly quagmire capable of swallowing any charging warrior.

The moment the defensive ninjutsu was deployed.

"Boom...boom...boom..."

The Cloud Village's forces had already appeared on the horizon.

There were no familiar flashes of blue lightning, nor the roaring taijutsu charges unleashed by the Cloud Village ninjas in the past.

"Click!"

A series of synchronized mechanical shut-off sounds suddenly rang out in the silent forest.

The Cloud Village ninjas in the front row all raised their left arms in unison. With a slight tremor of the metal arm guards, hundreds of "modular shuriken" embedded with various ninja talismans rained down on Konoha's defenses!

"Defense!!"

The Konoha Jonin roared shrilly.

"Boom! Boom! Rumble—!"

A series of violent explosions resounded wildly along Konoha's defensive line.

The earth-style defensive line collapsed and disintegrated repeatedly in the explosions, only to be repaired again by the Konoha ninjas behind it, who desperately squeezed out chakra.

The situation seemed to have reached a stalemate, but both sides could see the difference in their positions.

The ninjas of Kumogakure don't even need to form hand seals; they only need to pull the levers on their arm guards.

Meanwhile, the Earth Release team from Konoha was constantly forming hand seals and releasing ninjutsu, their stamina and chakra being consumed at an alarming rate!

"Hold on! They can't possibly have that many explosive tags!" a Konoha Jonin roared, trying to bolster morale.

However, three minutes passed, and the enemy's barrage showed no signs of abating!

As the modular shuriken bombarded relentlessly, the chakra of some ninjas in the Konoha camp finally reached a breaking point.

"Uh!"

A Konoha Chunin's hand seals suddenly froze, and the weakness from depleted chakra caused his vision to go black.

In that brief, less than half-second gap in firepower, a modular shuriken with its attached ninjutsu precisely pierced through the gap in the earth wall and exploded beside him!

"Aaaaaahhhhhhh!!!"

The ninjutsu instantly pierced his arm and shoulder, causing blood to spurt out.

With the collapse of this point, the entire Earth Release team's defense line, which was already struggling to hold on, seemed to have its floodgates opened and began to collapse instantly!

An even more terrifying nightmare was yet to come.

"All troops, charge! Crush them!"

The commander of Kumogakure grinned maliciously and drew his ninja sword.

The Cloud Hidden soldiers, clad in their multi-functional exoskeleton armor, began their full-speed charge.

"laugh--!"

As the chakra conduction hub on his back shone brightly, the hydraulic power pipes emitted a frenzied roar.

With a sudden burst of strength from their legs, the terrifying mechanical power forcefully broke the suction of the swamp, allowing them to cross it in an extremely brutal manner and crash directly into the remaining formation of Konoha!

Although they weren't that fast, the Konoha ninjas had to go and defend against them.

In close combat, it instantly turned into a brutal meat grinder.

The Konoha Chunin responsible for defense were the first to recover and tried to use their exquisite taijutsu to deal with the enemy. However, they discovered that these Cloud Village ninjas with mechs were actually no less powerful than these Chunin who were skilled in taijutsu!

Even their ordinary attacks couldn't break through the defenses.

What on earth is this armor?!

On the left flank of the battlefield.

A seasoned three-man Konoha squad, relying on their coordinated movements, was tightly entangled with a Cloud Village ninja wearing an exoskeleton.

"Whoosh! Clang!"

Sparks flew as the kunai collided with the metal armor.