Naruto: I'm really not an evil scientist!

Hiruko's eyes darted around, and he blurted out, "We are Saito-nii's men."

Upon hearing the name Saito, the young apprentice quickly lowered his guard, but still didn't let the two of them in, continuing to ask, "What other business do you have with us now?"

Without flinching, Hiruko shoved the notebooks into the hands of his young apprentice, saying, "Same as always, a thousand copies. Come pick them up this afternoon."

Saito's name was highly respected in the town's underground printing circle, and Hiruko had inquired about him beforehand before daring to act in this way.

The young apprentice took the notebook, but he was also a little worried. A thousand copies was no small number.

But thinking of Saito's rules, he didn't think much of it and replied, "If it's a thousand copies, I'll pick it up this afternoon, but before that, it has to be the same as before."

Hiruko understood immediately that this meant he needed to pay a deposit in advance, so he said, "I understand."

The young apprentice carefully listed all the contents of the novel he had prepared.

Kakuzu, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but ask, "Do you know them?"

Hiruko shrugged, looking completely innocent: "You think I know them? I just randomly picked this town."

Kakuzu frowned: "Then how did you..."

Hiruko chuckled: "I just think that everyone should have a friend with the surname Saito."

Just like Saito in Naruto, which is a common surname in this world.

Kakuzu was about to refute, but then he thought about it and realized that it was indeed true, so he said no more.

So the two of them left first.

Around one o'clock in the afternoon, the two returned to the courtyard.

Sure enough, a large number of special novels have already been printed.

Overall, the quality of these printed materials is indeed not as good as Kakuzu's high-precision hand-drawn works.

Fortunately, there were enough items, and the buyers were mainly interested in the novel content, so the two of them didn't pay too much attention.

Taking advantage of their strength, they carried away the entire stack of notebooks.

However, Hiruko did not go very far.

He quickly found a stranger on the street, and after some haggling, they reached a deal.

Due to inconsistent printing quality, the final settlement amounted to approximately 255,000 taels.

The two parties settled the money and goods on the spot. After receiving the money, Beiliuhu took out one million taels and threw it into the small courtyard in a small package.

Kakuzu watched this scene, and was very dissatisfied with Hiruko's seemingly wasteful spending, but his tone was very gentle, without the slightest complaint, more like a casual greeting between friends: "Why are you still giving them money?"

Hiruko explained, "This is the rule; we'll still need them to print things in the future."

Kakuzu listened and thought it made sense, so he didn't say anything more.

"What should we do next? Continue writing novels, or continue using these resources?" Kakuzu then asked seriously.

Looking at the remaining money in his hand, Hiruko conceived a bold plan.

He began printing books like crazy, and thanks to the unique market demand, his wealth accumulated rapidly like a snowball in just a few days, and he soon amassed ten million taels of silver.

In addition, since both of them were ninjas, no one in the town dared to provoke them, otherwise someone would have come looking for trouble long ago.

It must be said that Hiruko's methods of making money were extremely easy.

Kakuzu, obsessed with the world of money, quickly became deeply entangled in this unconventional method of making money, unable to extricate himself.

Based on his observations of Kakuzu, he realized that Kakuzu's desire for new knowledge and new pursuits was trying to win him over.

However, since Kakuzu likes it, Hiruko doesn't care either.

In his view, minor flaws in the pursuit of results are not a big deal.

After settling things with Kakuzu, Hiruko returned to the Dragon Vein.

During this period, Beiliuhu would come to the dragon vein every now and then to make adjustments.

He stood inside the sun altar, his hands stroking an object on the altar that resembled hemispherical glasses.

Purple dragon vein chakra leaked out and coiled around Hiruko's body, forming an energy layer similar to the tailed beast's cloak.

His face shone brightly in the light of this energy.

The scorpion, unable to contain itself any longer, walked over on its own.

He couldn't wait to embark on this adventure.

To prevent Scorpion from triggering the dragon veins and going berserk, Hiruko only told him about the possibility of traveling through parallel universes half a month ago.

And only he himself can travel freely, because

Chapter 161 Peristalsis

Hiruko possessed certain key information that ensured he would not lose his way again.

Although Sasori felt that Hiruko might be hiding something crucial, Sasori was already eager to travel through time and space, and he couldn't be bothered to care anymore.

"No need to rush, Scorpion, have you packed your bags yet?"

“A puppeteer without puppets is utterly useless,” Hiruko quipped.

"I've been prepared for this for a long time."

"Then let's set off!" Hiruko's voice echoed in the empty space.

In an instant, the surging purple dragon vein chakra on Hiruko's body spread rapidly like a nimble snake along Sasori's hand resting on his shoulder.

In the blink of an eye, this mysterious and powerful chakra enveloped Sasori's entire body, with purple light flowing around him, as if he were wrapped in purple flames.

Immediately afterwards, Hiruko's eyes sharpened, and he reached out and firmly grasped the trident kunai on the altar that emitted a ghostly light.

The hands are slowly pulled apart to the sides; the movement seems slow, but it contains boundless power.

With a deafening roar, the immense dragon vein chakra instantly transformed into a massive purple pillar of light that stretched straight into the sky, cascading down like a cascading galaxy.

Scorpion and Hiruko were instantly engulfed by the beam of light and disappeared in the dazzling light.

Thanks to the thorough preparations made in advance, the exterior of the Solar Furnace Tower remained calm and normal, with no abnormalities even when a gentle breeze blew by.

Inside the altar, the beam of light dissipated automatically within minutes, and the hemispherical protective shield closed tightly again, as if nothing had ever happened.

Meanwhile, the electronic program that Beiruhu remained in place was running wildly, with data jumping rapidly on the screen, tirelessly collecting and analyzing spatiotemporal fluctuation data.

Ultimately, the program indicated that communication with the original world's signals had failed.

However, Hiruko had already planned meticulously, intending to rebuild a signal base station in another world based on the dragon vein, so as to maintain contact with the original world.

With a loud "boom," the purple beam of light appeared again without warning, and then two exceptionally handsome men were violently thrown out by the beam.

The two tumbled on the ground like out-of-control tops, rolling dozens of times and kicking up clouds of dust before finally coming to a stop.

Fortunately, the two were quite skilled and quickly adjusted their posture while rolling around, regaining their senses after a few rolls.

"This is Loulan." Scorpion quickly stood up, looked around, frowned slightly at the desolate scene before him, and said with some confusion.

He could clearly sense the dragon vein chakra in the air that had not completely dissipated, so he was certain that this was Loulan.

But the Loulan before him was nothing but ruins, desolate and deserted, a far cry from the bustling and prosperous Loulan he remembered.

"It seems that Loulan, which has become exceptionally prosperous due to the transformation by Beiliuhu, is a completely different world from the place where we successfully crossed over."

Hiruko pondered the hemisphere on the altar, casually checked the unstable dragon vein chakra, and quickly formed hand seals to seal it again.

He then stood up, looked around the desolate land once more, and a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.

“Using the Dragon Vein Chakra as a medium for traversal seems to have opened up a parallel world of Loulan.” Hiruko suddenly grinned, his mood suddenly improving.

In that case, when traveling to parallel worlds of the Naruto series in the future, there will be no need to worry about falling into lava or being swallowed by some monster's stomach.

Such things can be avoided by being careful and cautious.

"See? I didn't lie to you!" Hiruko said with a chuckle.

Scorpion glanced at Hiruko expressionlessly and said coldly, "You're right."

Hiruko took a miniature scroll out of his pocket, walked to the open space, and flicked his wrist to throw it out.

The miniature scroll instantly transformed into a giant scroll. Hiruko slapped the ground, and with a "bang," the thick smoke dissipated.

A huge airship bearing the Konoha logo appeared before us, gleaming with a metallic sheen in the sunlight.

This is the technologically advanced chakra passenger plane developed by Hiruko; it's quite convenient indeed.

Scorpion looked at the airship, a hint of admiration in his eyes.

After special modifications, this scroll can completely replace the sealing technique scrolls in the Naruto world, and is even better than the ninja scrolls.

In the development blueprint, this scroll with unique functions has been included in the scope of in-depth research for key projects.

It's similar to a magic scroll in the Western magical world, capable of sealing various ninjutsu within it in advance, and also resembles a capsule in the Dragon Ball world.

Furthermore, the scroll can be compressed to a tiny size of a few millimeters and launched through a special device on the wrist.

However, this firing method is not as free as when the user directly releases ninjutsu.

When using it, it always feels a bit awkward, far less smooth than when releasing ninjutsu, and the release effect is often difficult to achieve the best state.

Furthermore, the process of making this scroll is extremely complicated, requiring careful preparation of materials in advance. There are many types of materials needed, roughly estimated to be as many as seven or eight.

Therefore, it is more suitable for players who are good at technological means and proficient in tactical strategies.

After careful calculation, Hiruko resolutely decided to invent this technology ahead of schedule.

In fact, he already had quite a few of these scrolls in his possession, but he did not stop there and delve deeper into their study.

Instead, they chose to hand it over to researchers in Konoha, allowing them to continue their in-depth research and development.

However, he himself was particularly fond of the scroll's function of sealing and storing items.

Although the process of creating spatial devices is fraught with difficulties, some special spatial devices today are so powerful that they can even seal living beings.

After all, spatial abilities are always spatial abilities, and they still hold a place among all the heavens.

Hiruko placed his palm firmly on the airship's hatch. As chakra was slowly injected, the airship quickly started the scanning program, accurately recording his fingerprints, followed by iris authentication.

The moment the authentication was successful, the hatch slammed open with a loud bang, crashing heavily to the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust.

“Let’s go, we need to get out of these ruins first.” Hiruko turned his head and quickly put away the scroll. After gesturing to Sasori, he was the first to stride into the airship cabin.