Naruto: Starting with the Two Kamui

The room was a mess, clearly not cleaned since Sasuke came back.

"..." Sasuke sat there awkwardly, his hands clasped on his knees.

After Xiaoxue withdrew her gaze, she sat upright on the futon opposite Sasuke: "Actually, you don't need to be afraid of me, Sasuke-nii..."

By the way, Sasuke is a year older than Yuki.

Sasuke's eyes flickered as he said, "I... I wasn't afraid at all. When we fought back then, I suffered from a lack of information. If we were to do it again, I... I wouldn't lose..."

But this statement didn't sound very confident.

Xiaoxue smiled faintly, not bothering to argue with Sasuke, and said seriously, "Brother Sasuke, actually your talent is not bad at all, it's just that you started too late. You only see Naruto's strength now, but you don't know that he received ninja training from a very young age..."

Yes, Sasuke was only forced into becoming a ninja half a year ago. Before that, he had always lived under Itachi's care and was a content young master.

Sasuke's eyes brightened slightly, then dimmed: "But I've also heard that you started not much earlier than me."

Xiaoxue smiled and said, "Sasuke-nii, don't compare yourself to me..."

Sasuke gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, and made a huge decision: "I... I want to become stronger. Can you help me?"

Xiaoxue said without any surprise, "Actually, the reason I came to see you this time is about this matter. I know you have a goal that you must achieve, which is why you have become so eager for quick success."

“Following my aunt, a woman of great strength but with an eccentric personality, to cultivate alone outside, you successfully made up for the lessons you had missed, but you became out of touch with the environment. I thought about it carefully later… and that’s probably one of the reasons why you don’t feel a sense of belonging to the village.”

Sasuke really wanted to say that this kind of thing was completely unimportant, as long as he could become stronger, but he didn't dare to say it... Even if he was young and naive, he could realize what the girl in front of him cared about: that the village founded by her father could develop peacefully and without any unstable factors emerging from within.

She only helps me because I am a ninja from this village. That's the premise. If I cause any more trouble, I won't become stronger. I'll probably be in deep trouble.

Sasuke said, "I admit that I was too extreme in some things in the past, which caused a lot of trouble for the village. I am willing to correct myself, but as you said, I have a goal, so I must become stronger. If you are willing to help me, I am willing to repay you!"

Hearing Sasuke say that, Xiaoxue smiled with relief: "There's no need for repayment. As long as you stop causing trouble for the village, I'm willing to help you become stronger."

"Really? You're really willing to help me!?"

"Well, starting tomorrow, I will take you and Hinata with me when I train. I hope you can take this opportunity to apologize to her properly."

"Furthermore, I will try to get along well with everyone in the future. Even if we can't be friends, we should still be polite. When I was a child, my mother often taught me that the reason why humans are superior to animals is because they have the ability to empathize."

"Sasuke, your empathy is a bit lacking; you need to improve it, otherwise a lot of people will dislike you..."

"I understand. Starting tomorrow, I will work hard to reform myself..."

If it were any other person of the same age trying to reason with Sasuke, he would probably become enraged and unleash Chidori. But only Yuki can make Sasuke obedient. This is probably a case of one thing subduing another.

"See you tomorrow, Sasuke-nii." Xiaoxue paused slightly after standing up. "And when you have some free time, tidy up your room. How did you always manage before..."

Sasuke said somewhat sadly, "Before, Izumi-neechan helped me tidy up, but now the Shadows won't let me live with her anymore, and my master never teaches me these things, so..."

"Phew." Xiaoxue sighed and said, "How about this, I'll tidy up for you. You watch carefully with your Sharingan, and from now on you'll tidy up your room yourself..."

Sasuke nodded: "Understood."

The sky was just beginning to brighten.

Naruto's thousands of shadow clones disappeared.

"Phew..." Naruto's clothes were dirty. He wiped away the sweat from his tired body and prepared to go back to his room to rest.

Whoosh! His steps suddenly stopped on the water's surface as he stared incredulously at the figure standing in the blue waves ahead, a figure he thought he would never see again.

The air froze for a moment, with only heavy breathing and a suffocating heartbeat!

"Mom...Mom?" Naruto asked, his voice trembling slightly, fearing that it was just a hallucination caused by exhaustion.

"Naruto, my good boy, it's so good to see you again..." Kushina said with tears in her eyes.

Naruto took a step forward, going from a brisk walk to a sprint in just three seconds. Finally, he leaped up and threw himself into that warm embrace, tears streaming down his face: "Mom, is that really you? You were bleeding so much, and you were completely cold!"

Kushina hugged Naruto: "It's me, your Shadow Uncle, who saved Mom and your dad..."

Lin Yu and Xi Yang stood behind, watching the mother and son embracing and weeping.

"That's wonderful..." Xi Yang said emotionally, wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

Lin Yu was relatively calm: "Now that I've put one thing on my mind, it's about time I can go to Mount Myōboku... However, it seems there's still something that needs to be retrieved!"

He already sensed it... The Sky Squad, who had been away for a month, had planted kunai imprinted with the Divine Might dynamic mark near their destination.

The Yang Dragon Vein... Lin Yu desperately needs this power right now. Unlike the Yin Dragon Vein, it seems particularly suitable for him to keep for his own use!

"Sunset, you've been very busy these past few days, go back and rest..."

"how about you?"

"I'll be right back..."

Whoosh! Lin Yu smiled and disappeared into the vortex of spacetime...

Chapter 317 Unpredictable Changes in the Weather! (3/4)

In the Land of Earth, nestled between two mountains, Lin Yu appeared.

"It's much more desolate than I imagined, but I can sense a fairly dense chakra reaction beneath this land. Ryuka and the others did a good job..."

Lin Yu bent down and reached for the kunai. The moment his hand touched the kunai...

call out!

On the mountain walls on both sides, spells appeared, followed by two semi-transparent cubes that extended and intersected at the spot where Lin Yu was standing!

Lin Yu, who reached out to touch the kunai, must have been in a physical form!

—Dust Release: Particle Style!

By combining Dust Escape with pre-set traps and mechanisms, they strive for a fatal blow!

call out!

After those two dust clouds passed, only dark, gaping holes remained on the ground; Lin Yu was nowhere to be seen.

A full thirty seconds passed.

Whoosh! A spacetime vortex appeared, and Lin Yu descended once more.

Unlike before, this time it wasn't a Wood Release clone, but the main body descending...

When the clone was killed, its personal experience was fed back to the main body: "A trap was set in advance. The moment I pulled out the kunai, the Dust Release would have been triggered. If I hadn't been careful beforehand, I would have been killed just now... So, did Ryuukaze and the other two meet with misfortune?"

At this moment, in a cave about five kilometers away from where Lin Yu was, both Mir and Mirozin were injured.

Mir nearly collapsed: "It was me! If it weren't for me, our mission wouldn't have been leaked, and Liu Feng wouldn't have..."

“Yumir, it’s not your fault. Who would have thought that the dwarf old man with the frail-looking face would be the Third Tsuchikage?” Mirojin sighed, trying to comfort her. “Speaking of which, I was also at fault. I should have stood up to stop Ryūka back then. We were just too young and impetuous…”

The story begins twenty days ago when the three-person team entered the Land of Earth. They were very well concealed and successfully approached the location of the Yang Dragon Vein, as recorded on the scroll, without being discovered by anyone.

Originally, all that was needed to do was put down the kunai, and the mission would be complete.

However, the perceptive Yamashiro Ryuuka noticed that despite possessing a considerable amount of Yin Dragon Vein Chakra, he showed no sensitivity to Yang Dragon Veins, which was highly unusual!

Ultimately, Liu Feng concluded that the location recorded on the scroll was not the true location of the Yang Dragon Vein at all!

Since the starting point of the mission was wrong, the mission itself is naturally invalid. At this point, Shancheng Liufeng could lead the Tian team back to Anyin Village and report the matter to Lin Yu truthfully.

Lin Yu would certainly not blame them; he would only seek revenge on the Yin Dragon Vein Spirit who provided him with false information.

But Liu Feng did not choose to do that. He did not want to cause trouble for Lord Shadow at this critical juncture. So, he proposed to infiltrate and investigate to find out if the Yang Dragon Vein was really in this country!

Because of the extreme danger involved, Yamashiro Ryufu consulted with Mir and Milozin beforehand.

Yumir was Liufeng's childhood sweetheart and lover. She had always been obedient to him since childhood, and Yumir always listened to whatever he said.

Milosin usually appears carefree, but he is actually quite shrewd. He vaguely felt that this was inappropriate, but being a young man, he was eager to make a name for himself and gain recognition, so he did not object.

The three analyzed that if the Yang Dragon Vein existed within the Earth Kingdom, there were only two possibilities.

First, the Hidden Rocks are completely unaware of this, and if they are kept in the dark, they will not only fail to find out anything, but may also attract the attention of the enemy and expose the existence of the Yang Dragon Vein.

Secondly, if the Hidden Stone Village knows this, it must be top secret. Asking about it rashly would alert them. On their territory, no matter how strong the three of them are, they would be sitting ducks. If they fall into enemy hands, they would be tortured and might even lose their lives. More importantly, it would cause a diplomatic crisis for the Hidden Stone Village!

From that moment on, the difficulty of the mission increased significantly compared to what Shadow had initially planned, reaching a level beyond S-rank!

To avoid being wiped out at once, the three split up to gather intelligence. They agreed to meet at the designated meeting place a few days later, each carrying their own intelligence.

But when the appointed time came, Ryuufeng and Mirojin returned, but Yumir did not!

Needless to say, she must have fallen into the hands of the enemy. Given the situation, her chances of survival are slim, and she will most likely take her own life!

At that moment, Liu Feng was filled with regret. He shouldn't have let the weakest of the three, Yumir, act alone. Liu Feng, who had already found out the true location of the Yang Dragon Vein, sent Mirojin to plant Kunu while he went to rescue Yumir.

Milozin was unwilling to go alone and insisted on rescuing Yumir with Liufeng, and then the three of them would go to the location of Yanglong Vein to complete the mission.

It's worth mentioning that Yumir was personally captured by the Tsuchikage, Onoki, the Two Scales. The difference in strength was too great, and Yumir didn't even have a chance to end his own life!

Instead of killing Yumir, Onoki had a genjutsu ninja extract information from him.

Lin Yu's mission was known to Onoki from that moment on, including the location where the three of them agreed to meet.

Upon learning that it was the renowned Dark Hidden Heaven Squad, Onokimoto wanted to personally capture Ryukaze and Mirojin.

But then came the news that his granddaughter Kurotsuchi and his beloved student Deidara had perished in the Forest of Death in Konoha, which made the elderly Onoki lose all interest in that matter...

Liu Feng and Mirojin escaped a calamity without even realizing it!

They secretly infiltrated Iwagakure and located the place where Yumir was being held, but they couldn't find an opportunity to rescue him.

The opportunity arose when the news of Konoha's Yellow Flash's martyrdom and the capture of the Nine-Tails reached Iwagakure!

The opportunity to fight is fleeting, and Onoki personally leads the Iwagakure air combat force to attack Konoha...

Liufeng and Mirozin successfully rescued Yumir!

But little did they know that the cunning Onoki had already seen through them!

The reason he didn't expose it was because Onoki had a deeper plan; he had already arranged everything before leaving.

When the three-person team arrived at the true location of the dragon vein, they encountered a rather brutal ambush!

A large number of rock-dwelling inhabitants lay in ambush there, but in the end, Yamashiro Ryuka stayed behind to cover the retreat of Mir and Milozin!

The kunai that Lin Yu gave to Liu Feng was also obtained by Yan Yin!

Iwagakure had set a deadly trap, waiting for Lin Yu to walk right into it!

That Dust Release technique was something Onoki had prepared beforehand... Even though Onoki is dead now, it will still be triggered!