Naruto: Traveling Through Time Starting with Seizing the Dragon Vein

The basement door was pushed open, and Uchiha Inahisa and two other elites who had returned from Loulan entered silently.

Although they were still injured, their dark eyes burned with a religious fervor.

"Senior Daohuo?" The young man was taken aback. "Weren't you... in Loulan?"

"Captured? Humiliated?"

Dao Huo sneered, walked to the table and sat down. In the dim candlelight, his expression appeared somewhat solemn.

"No, you're wrong. Those weren't prisoners, they were... on a pilgrimage."

Have you ever heard of the Great Love Cult and the story of the Great Love Immortal?

The young man was somewhat puzzled.

"What story?"

Dao Huo didn't care whether they were listening or not, and just continued explaining to himself:

"Legend has it that long ago, the Great Love Immortal was just an ordinary person..."

Chapter 104 Overdue Payments

Land of Lightning, Hidden Cloud Village, Raikage Building.

"Hahaha! That's great! That's so great!"

The Fourth Raikage, A, sat behind his large desk, looking at the latest battle reports from the front lines, and excitedly slammed his fist on the table.

"In just one month, the vanguard, equipped with exoskeleton armor and modular shuriken, actually managed to tear open three of Konoha's positions in the Land of Hot Springs!"

Konoha was severely weakened by the Nine-Tails' attack, the Fourth Hokage died in battle, and now even the Uchiha clan, which was once known as the strongest, has had its leader removed and is now cowering in a corner like a turtle.

This is the perfect opportunity for the Hidden Cloud Village to plunder the Land of Fire's fertile lands!

"Lord Raikage..."

Chief Secretary Mabuyi pushed up his glasses and handed over a thick financial statement, his tone serious.

"The results on the front lines are indeed brilliant, but... this is also based on extremely terrifying arms consumption. The batteries for those modular detonating shurikens and energy storage arm guards are being consumed far faster than we expected."

Mabuyi flipped to the last page of the report, where a string of red numbers stood out alarmingly: "The envoy sent by the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, is already urging us. According to the long-term procurement contract we signed earlier, the final payment this month, plus the cost of the previously urgently added orders... we need to pay Loulan one hundred million taels!"

"One hundred million taels?"

Upon hearing this number, the joy on Lei Ying Ai's face instantly froze, replaced by rage.

"Why don't those desert rats go and steal it?"

"Lord Raikage, if we don't pay the remaining balance, the Land of Wind will definitely cut off our arms supply. Once Konoha recovers, our advantage on the front lines will be gone."

Mabuyi analyzed calmly.

"Cut off the supply?"

Ray Shadow clenched his fist, his knuckles cracking.

Although he had a fiery temper, as the village lord, he was by no means a brainless brute.

It is certainly not a wise move to wage war against Konoha while simultaneously offending the forces that supply the weapons.

"Pass on my orders! The final payment will be delayed for now. No, we can pay a small deposit first to appease them, saying that the front lines are tight and we are having cash flow problems. We'll consider the next step after we receive the next batch of goods."

……

Two days later.

Deep in the desert of the Land of Wind, at the core of Loulan.

"boom!"

Sarah pushed open the laboratory door with a grim face, clutching an urgent intelligence report tightly in her hand.

"Lord Yue, something has happened!"

"The group of ninjas from Kumogakure are delaying payment of 80 million ryo, citing financial difficulties, and plan to pay it all at once when the next batch of ninja tools arrives."

Furthermore, top-secret information from Nonou's side indicates that Kumogakure has dispatched elite ANBU to infiltrate the Land of Wind, with their target being our Loulan!

At the experimental table, Uchiha Yue was carefully using Yin Release chakra to separate a drop of a modified Hashirama cell.

Upon hearing Sarah's report, he paused slightly, sealing the drop of cell stock solution, which emitted a glowing green light, in a specially made culture dish.

"You owe me the final payment? I'll pay you all at once when the next batch of goods arrives?"

Isn't this a construction defaulter...?

The moon slowly turned around, its expression unreadable.

Uchiha Hikaru was sitting to the side wiping his short sword when he heard this, and immediately stood up.

"Moon, I'll go and cut off that Cloud Village ninja's head."

"Need not."

Yue took off her white lab coat and put on her signature black trench coat.

"The Raikage was already on the list of the 'Heaven's Will Project,' so this is a good opportunity to bring the Land of Lightning into our camp."

With the Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki combined, given their previous lack of coordination, it would be incredibly difficult to perfectly control them at the Cloud Village's headquarters.

But now it's different.

After he reached the threshold of "super-shadow level" in the connection, these two people no longer posed a threat to him.

Madara Uchiha had the leisure to play house with the Five Kage, but he didn't.

Especially for them, who have so many methods at their disposal.

His guiding principle is to operate efficiently and with overwhelming force.

Although his ability to sustain combat is not as good as those two freaks, Madara and Hashirama, as long as he doesn't encounter the Five Kage joining forces, his current strength is enough to crush anyone in the entire ninja world, including Pain.

However, he still had some concerns about Konoha.

Konoha is the central hub of the gears of destiny in this world.

If they descend upon Konoha with Kage-level power, and something unexpected happens, they will face fierce resistance...

What if I accidentally throw out a large-area AOE ninjutsu... and it kills that Chunin named Iruka by accident, or accidentally steps on and kills the owner of Ichiraku Ramen, Tezuka...

This could all trigger drastic fluctuations in the corrective force, and if he's not mistaken, given the level of the corrective force...

Even a super shadow is like an ant in front of him, a Six Paths level (Otsutsuki without a Devil Fruit) is also an ant in front of him, and even an Otsutsuki level (Otsutsuki with a Devil Fruit) is probably an ant in front of him. Only by reaching that level can one truly resist.

In the original work, only the Otsutsuki god in the background could have reached that level.

The corrective force might even be His will, or even just a correction of 'fate' that He casually flipped through.

Just like the "omnipotence" that is actively released in Boruto, the "corrective power" may just be an unconscious behavior of His.

And the hermit of Mount Myōboku, whose ability to observe 'predestined fate' in his dreams may also have come from this.

Of course, all of this is just speculation and needs to be verified.

Who knows, the corrective force might actually be something like the "Way of Heaven".

However, one thing is certain.

The Land of Lightning, being a region outside the current 'plot', is a perfect target for him to establish his authority.

Furthermore, by controlling the Land of Lightning, the intensity of the entire war can be reduced, preventing it from becoming the Fourth Shinobi World War and also preventing Konoha from deviating too much from the main storyline.

Yue grabbed Guang's hand.

"Let's go! Let's go to Kumogakure to collect our debts!"

In just half a day.

The open-air stone forest training ground behind the Raikage Building in Kumogakure.

Raikage A is cooperating with Killer Bee in their actions.

The next second, a ripple appeared in the space, and two figures wearing black trench coats appeared on the towering stone pillar without warning.

"Who goes there?!"

The surrounding Cloud Village ANBU members instantly drew their ninja swords, as if facing a formidable enemy.

The Raikage narrowed his eyes, and after confirming that everything was correct, he ordered the Anbu to put down their ninja swords.

"Black trench coats, masks, a girl in red... So, you are the ones controlling Loulan?"

"I've been sending someone to find you to discuss cooperation on those new ninja tools. I wonder if that's the reason you've come here?"

"Lord Raikage, let's skip the formalities."

The moon floated lightly down from the stone pillar: "I have come here for two things, and I am not here to discuss them with you, but to inform you."

He ignored the sudden darkening of Raikage Ai's expression.

Yue extended a finger and gently waved it in mid-air: "Your overdue payment is one thing, but the other thing is actually very simple: starting today, the highest level of birth subsidy policy will be implemented throughout the Land of Thunder! Everyone, have as many children as you want, and Loulan will provide subsidies for every child you have."

Upon hearing this, all the Cloud Village ninjas were stunned.

When was the illusion cast in Chapter 105?

Upon hearing this, even Kirabi, who was writing a rap, stopped writing, and his sunglasses slipped down to his nose.

Having a baby?!

Are these two crazy? They ran all the way to the center of Kumogakure to talk to the Raikage about having children?

What is this if not a joke?

"you wanna die!!!"

Raikage Ai's dark face instantly turned bright red with extreme rage.

"Since you refuse to listen to reason and are forced to drink the penalty cup, then I'll take you prisoner. Then I'll have your men obediently deliver the information to you!"

"Lightning Release Chakra Mode!"

"boom--!!!"