In Konoha, Naruto lies down

"Wait for someone."

After hearing what Naruto said, Sakura was too lazy to ask any more questions. She just said "oh" and hid herself. The waiting time was extremely boring. Occasionally, she would look up at Naruto.

Sometimes she would be in a daze, sometimes she would giggle for no reason. She thought to herself that even if she disappeared at some point, there would be nothing to regret.

But Naruto didn't think so. He squatted motionless in the shadow of the ruins, like a dormant wolf. Whatever he decided to do, he must have a result.

Sakura looked up at him again, and seeing the depth and complexity of his eyes, she couldn't help but pursed her lips. Being with someone like him really made her feel at ease.

The wait lasted for two whole days before the centipede finally arrived.

A lean figure, wearing a sand-proof robe, flanked by several mechanical puppets. He wore a tired smile, though it looked rather wretched.

Two pairs of eyes were staring at him in the dark. Sakura turned her head to look at Naruto, who was also looking at her.

No one spoke. They just looked at each other and held their breath in tacit understanding.

The centipede led the puppet through the ruins, gradually approaching the cave, and only when they stood at the edge of the cave entrance did they breathe a sigh of relief. Then they burst into laughter, and the fatigue of the past few days was swept away.

"Finally found you! Loulan Gu...!"

Before Baizu could finish his words, he heard two rustling sounds of wind breaking through. His heart suddenly tightened. As he turned around, he was kicked by someone who suddenly appeared and sent him flying. With a loud bang, he crashed into a stone pillar and cracked it.

With a puff, the centipede's eyeballs bulged and a blood mist spurted out of its mouth.

Naruto's kick was so powerful and powerful, coupled with the silent and invisible Flying Thunder God Kunai, that Baizu had no time to react. His chest caved in, breaking four or five ribs.

Fortunately, he was still a puppeteer, and just as he was about to use chakra lines to control the puppets, he heard a loud bang, and another figure followed closely behind, smashing all three puppets into pieces with one punch.

Especially when he saw that the person who smashed his puppet was just a little girl with pink hair, Baizu's eyes almost popped out and his face was full of disbelief.

Looking at Naruto who was slowly walking towards him with his sword drawn, Baizu had difficulty breathing and begged for mercy in panic.

"Do not kill me!!"

"I can tell you a huge secret!!"

"No, keep it for yourself." Naruto spat, landing right on the knife. "According to the friendly alliance between Konoha and Sunagakure, you are not important to me."

Wow!

The matter was resolved, and Naruto threw the bloody knife aside. Without saying anything, he threw a lava blast to clean up the scene and then broke a huge rock.

With a loud bang, the collapsed boulders buried everything.

The wind and sand roared, and the Loulan ruins returned to silence after a brief period of clamor. Naruto and Sakura stood on the edge of the dragon vein pit, and no one spoke.

As if blinded by the wind and sand, Sakura looked up, rubbed her eyes, and couldn't help but speak.

"You had planned to come here, right?"

"Yeah." He didn't deny it. Sakura was completely tied to him. "This is the dragon vein. It has the power to go back in time."

"You want to go back to the past?" Sakura was surprised and subconsciously grabbed him.

"What's wrong? You look surprised. It's not that I don't want to take you, it's mainly..." Naruto coughed and spoke carefully.

"Going back in time might not have much of an impact on the soul, but whether it will affect the personality... I can't guarantee it. What if I go back to the past and wake up with a different Sakura?"

"Well... then there's no point, understand?"

"Okay." Sakura compromised.

"But there are still risks, right?" She stared at Naruto and bit her lower lip. "Is it because of me that you want to use the dragon vein to go back in time?"

"Yeah." He nodded. There was no reason to hide it.

"I've looked for a solution before, but couldn't find one. But just because there's no solution now doesn't mean there wasn't one in the past," Naruto said with some conviction.

"Technology is constantly advancing, but ninjutsu is regressing. Konoha used to be even more backward, but its various civilizations were incredibly brilliant."

"Whether it was the ancient kingdom of Loulan or other civilizations, they must have had records of personality research. However, due to wars or migrations, all of these records have been lost in history."

"I want to go back and take a look. Maybe I can find a solution."

Hearing this, Sakura was silent for a while.

"Can I not go?"

"No." He refused without hesitation. There was no reason to go back on his word once it had been decided.

"Why? I'm fine now. I can eat and sleep. Even if I have to..." Sakura suddenly got a little excited.

"Haruno Sakura!" Naruto glanced at Sakura, "You forgot what happened last time so quickly? What did I tell you? Is your memory so bad?"

Sakura fell silent, lowering her head with a look of grievance. Hearing Naruto say that, she was indeed a little frightened, and began to cry, treating this as a farewell of life and death.

"Then what can I do?"

"There's so much I can do!" He breathed a sigh of relief. "Stay away for a while. Once I activate the dragon vein, bring me up here while I'm unconscious."

"It won't be long before I wake up, maybe one minute or two. Anyway, it won't be too long. Just stay here and watch over me until I wake up."

"Really?" She cried a little.

"Well, there's no need for me to lie to you." He nodded. "Going back in time won't take up any real time. Hurry and get me out. It might not even take a minute."

Hearing this, Sakura finally burst into laughter, wiped her tears and pretended to be angry.

"You can't lie to me."

"will not."

He had just coaxed Sakura into staying awake, and in order to prevent her from following him secretly, he deliberately let her walk a little further away. After the dragon vein was activated, Sakura came over and he was almost awake.

Time goes back, tsk.

It's impossible not to be nervous, but he really needs to do this. At the same time, see if there is a way to directly cut off this hole. Reversing time is really too buggy.

Anyway, Naruto used it himself and didn't want others to use it, so he was ready to burn the bridge after crossing it. He was on guard against someone planning to go back in time and kill him, which would be hilarious.

After confirming that Sakura had left the area, Naruto jumped directly into the cave entrance. A chakra knife was stuck in the dragon vein. It was a sealing technique left by the Fourth Hokage, and it was glowing a faint blue light in the darkness.

As it fell, Naruto walked straight towards the chakra blade. Without a second thought, he raised his hand and drew the blade. With a bang, the sealing technique was activated.

Before the blue seal could rebound, Naruto used the Four Symbols Seal to absorb the blue seal. There was a bang, similar to the sound of shattering glass.

The seal set by the Fourth Hokage vanished in an instant, and with a bang, the dragon vein awakened.

Chapter 345 What Uchiha Naruto! Encountering -year-old Tsunade

Purple chakra surged into the sky, and a huge column of light filled the entire cave.

Naruto's figure was instantly covered by white light. Sakura in the distance only heard a huge roar and saw a column of light rising into the sky, and the sky and the earth suddenly changed color.

It's only a minute or two, Xiaoying clenched her fists and silently thought to herself. She resisted the urge to rush forward, gritting her teeth and waiting stubbornly.

She hadn't thought about what to do if he was lying to her. But now that things had come to this, she had no choice. If something went wrong...

Elsewhere, Naruto opened his eyes and found himself in a river of light. A purple dragon vein swept him upward, back through time.

He looked at the vast river of light and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

People like me with strong souls are different. Others can travel through time and space in the blink of an eye, as if they were under general anesthesia.

I was different. I was completely awake the entire time. I watched the time travel process from a 360-degree angle. I had returned to Konoha twenty years ago. It should have been twenty years.

Well...actually he himself wasn't sure which year he returned to Konoha.

According to his own memory, the centipede was exposed to the light column earlier in the original story and traveled to an earlier timeline than the protagonist. Therefore, it can be inferred that the time should be related to the concentration of chakra in the dragon vein.

The principle was probably similar to a bursting pipe: initially the water flowed rapidly, but as the hole leaked out, the chakra concentration decreased. Naruto was right next to the seal from the beginning, the closest.

After a moment of confusion, he opened his eyes.

There are towering towers of a hundred meters everywhere, bridges spanning the sky, and towers scattered in an orderly manner like stars. The buildings are connected to each other in a crisscross manner, which is extremely spectacular.

"Is this the ancient kingdom of Loulan?" He murmured, looking up, suddenly feeling a little scared.

The sky is divided into small spaces by the towers. If people live here, they will not get much sunlight. So, how do these people dry their clothes?

Looking around, several people dressed as guards have quietly surrounded us.

Because he killed the centipede in advance, the centipede's plan to travel back six years to seize power and usurp the throne was aborted. The ancient kingdom of Loulan was still ruled by the old king, and nothing had changed.

"Who are you?" The guard looked young and looked at Naruto warily.

"Catch him quickly! Bring him to His Majesty for questioning!" another guard shouted impatiently, "He might be an intruder. Catch him!"

Naruto was also impressed by the fight and killing over a disagreement. Didn't these soldiers know what was going on when they saw his strange clothes? This is obviously a windbreaker from 20 years later, damn it!

After hesitating for a moment, Naruto shouted decisively.

"stop!"

The guards were indeed shocked and looked at him warily.

"Who are you?"

"I am a Konoha ninja!" Naruto introduced himself, and it was indeed the truth that he was from Konoha.

However, it was hard to say whether the Yondaime was married or not. I guess I hadn't traveled through time during this period. As an experienced time traveler, the main problem now was to figure out what year Konoha was in.

"Why are Konoha's ninjas here? Intruder, tell me your name!"

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke."

"Uchiha?" The guards were suddenly panicked, and they looked at each other, and the momentum they had just had disappeared in an instant.

The ancient kingdom of Loulan was not isolated from news. During the wars that raged in the ninja world, the Uchiha clan of Konoha became famous. They were simply killing machines on the battlefield, with a notorious reputation.

"You are Uchiha, why is your hair golden?" a guard asked boldly.

"I dyed it, what's wrong?" Naruto was not afraid at all. He told a lot of lies and never showed his fear in front of others. "Ninjas can't dye their hair? Uchiha can only have black hair! I'm so angry!"

"Uchiha has never been defined by others. No one cherishes the glory of Uchiha more than me!"

The guards didn't understand what was going on, but were dumbfounded. They were actually frightened by Naruto's crazy move. Perhaps in their eyes, Uchiha was supposed to be a neurotic lunatic.

In short, the guards didn't understand the value of Uchiha. But they knew that madmen and invaders were not the same creatures, so they didn't embarrass him, nor did they want to embarrass themselves.

Under the escort of the guards, Naruto successfully met the queen of the ancient city of Loulan and also met Princess Sarah.

The queen had a gentle and peaceful expression, radiating a graceful and elegant aura. Her complexion was rosy, and her blood and qi were vigorous. It was obvious that she was well-nourished, and even though she had been eroded by time, she still looked like a middle-aged woman.

He only glanced at the Queen without lingering for too long. In the end, his gaze still stopped on Princess Sarah, trying to estimate her age.

The Queen and Princess Sarah were actually a little confused when they first heard the news reported by the guards. After all, Loulan was a small country and could not be compared with the neighboring superpower, the Kingdom of Wind.

Not to mention being compared with the distant Land of Fire, it was heard that a ninja who called himself Konoha Uchiha appeared in Loulan City, and both the Queen and Princess Sarah took it very seriously.

To be precise, I was a little overwhelmed.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Naruto finished sizing up Sarah. Princess Sarah looked like an adult, her face brimming with confidence and curiosity.

But this is normal, after all, the prepared time traveler Baizu has been killed by him.

The Queen of Loulan, who should have been killed by the centipede in the original plot, is still alive and well, and Princess Sarah is growing up carefree under her mother's care.

There is no sadness on his face all year round, only cuteness and confusion.

"Mother, so this is what Uchiha ninjas look like?" She leaned close to the queen's ear and whispered.

"Don't talk nonsense." The queen glanced at her daughter, turned her head and looked at His Highness Naruto with a smile, and spoke in a gentle and gentle manner.

"How to call it?"

"Uchiha Sasuke." Naruto gave the name without hesitation.

"Lord Sasuke, is the Third Hokage in good health?" the queen asked with a smile in a gentle voice.

"That's fine." He added silently in his heart that he could live for another twenty years or so.

After confirming the time, Naruto felt relieved. After all, he was not very interested in the ancient kingdom of Loulan, and wanted to leave here and go to Konoha as soon as possible.

During this time, Orochimaru would have defected and Tsunade would have left the village. Konoha is now ruled by the old Sandaime and the new Minato.

The Queen continued to ask questions, her attitude very polite, and her questions were not particularly sharp. She remained gentle and gentle, as if she was just asking ordinary questions.

"So, why are you here?" The Queen finally asked the final question. "The ancient kingdom of Loulan never participated in conflicts between major powers. The Third Hokage should know this."

"Well, I do have another purpose, but it's not for war." Naruto half-seriously said, "In fact, I came here for a special mission, seeking the Queen's help."

"Help? How can I help?" The queen was a little surprised. Princess Sarah remained silent, her eyes rolling around, her gaze never leaving Naruto.

"Mother, he is lying." Sarah whispered in the queen's ear.