Late April.

The desert is swept by strong winds, sand grains are flying, the sky is covered with a layer of clouds, and everywhere you look, there is a world of yellow sand.

At noon, the clouds in the sky had dispersed, the sun was in the sky, and the endless desert looked like a pale yellow sea, with ten thousand points of light shining before me.

The oncoming wind was mixed with fine sand and warm air.

There seems to be an invisible hand in the desert, which tirelessly pushes the fine dust forward, peeling off layer after layer of sand, and quickly covering the sand behind.

In the endless sea of sand, three people are slowly walking on the desert.

The trio wore pale yellow trench coats to protect against sand and dust, which were quite similar in the color of the desert, and could be used as good cover.

These three people are also the three of Shiraishi, Ruri and Ayane who came all the way from the country of ghosts.

After some investigation by a special person, the coordinates of Loulan have been determined, and some simple situations of Loulan have also been mastered by Baishi.

After getting this information, Shiraishi couldn't wait to bring Ruri and Ayane to ask for the power of Loulan's dragon veins.

"Shiraishi-kun, haven't you arrived yet?"

Ayane looked at the hot sun in the sky, and it was not summer, but the air was getting extremely hot.

"Follow the tips given in the roadmap and it will be there soon."

Shiraishi patiently replied.

Ayane let out a long sigh, it's not good for a girl's skin to go on a long trip in such a hot and humid weather.

"If you get bored, you can go back by yourself."

Ruri is not as good-tempered as Shiraishi, and said directly to Ayane.

"Just kidding, don't take it seriously. I just felt like the moisture in a certain part of my body was about to dry up on such a hot day. Isn't it, Shiraishi-kun? ”

Ayane asked with a grin.

Rumble!

There was a boom in the desert.

It was the result of the chakras colliding with each other.

Ruri's fist was blocked by Ayane's erected arm.

On the desert under the feet of the two of them, I don't know when there was a big crater because of the chakra outbreak just now.

"It seems that you haven't had enough of the lesson you learned a few days ago."

Ruri sneered.

"You can try again."

Ayane squinted and smiled.

"As a weak person, it's really pitiful to have to make excuses for your weakness."

Ruri's contemptuous attitude made Ayane's face twitch unnaturally, and she was obviously angry.

Shiraishi glanced at the two of them, shook his head helplessly, and continued to walk forward.

How many times had the two of them fought each other along the way before arriving here?

In short, Shiraishi can't count them anymore.

In this way, through the vast desert, the dusty scene gives people an extremely desolate feeling.

About two hours later, Shiraishi stopped in the desert.

He was standing on a relatively high position at the moment, and began to look into the distance.

"That's Loulan?"

Ruri and Ayane lifted their hats from their heads, and like Shiraishi, they saw the huge buildings standing in the desert in the distance.

The buildings are extremely densely distributed, 100 meters high, and the color is mainly white, and from this direction the complexes appear to be slender and long.

"Looks like so, right."

Shiraishi took out a photograph taken by investigators, and the building in front of him was exactly the same as the one taken in the photo.

"I've heard that Loulan is just a small country, living in poverty, and gradually declining to the point where no one pays attention, but from this complex, it doesn't look like it's in decline."

Ruri's tone was full of doubt.

Although it is not called prosperity, it has absolutely nothing to do with poverty.

"That's what I've seen before. But since two years ago, things seem to have changed. According to the information collected by the intelligence officers, Loulan came to a guy named An Lushan two years ago, won the trust of Queen Loulan, and became Loulan's minister. The reason why Loulan in front of him is so prosperous is because of the guy named An Lushan. ”

When Shiraishi mentioned the appearance of 'An Lushan', the expression on his face was a little subtle.

Forget it, the country of ghosts can even create a term like terracotta warriors, and An Lushan and the like in Loulan are not a name worth complaining about.

Although Shiraishi still wants to complain about the name.

"According to the information provided by the live slug, the dragon vein should be in the ground of Loulan. Ayane, use the whites of your eyes to see how things go. ”

Shiraishi turned his head to look at Ayane.

"Okay."

Ayane opened her eyes and began to observe the underground of Loulan City.

"Did you find it?"

"There is indeed a powerful chakra energy force deep underground, and there are a large number of puppet soldiers guarding it."

Ayane told the truth what she saw.

"Puppet soldiers?"

"Maybe it's applied to war."

Bai Shi didn't know the whole situation of Loulan, so he could only make the following guesses.

After all, with such a convenient energy as the dragon vein, it is definitely impossible to leave it all the time.

"In that case, let's go check the situation first, and if we move quickly, we should be able to take away the power of the dragon vein before Loulan's guards react."

Ruri and Ayane have no objections.

So the three of them immediately went into action.

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The largest building in Loulan is upstairs.

In the palatial hall, Queen Loulan was sitting on the throne and summoned An Lushan, the minister of Loulan, to start the discussion.

"Your Majesty, what is the matter?"

The man named An Lushan was about thirty years old, with a beard on his face, and he looked like a shrewd and powerful person.

He also maintains a respectful attitude towards the queen on the throne.

"An Lushan, I recently heard that many residents in the city are missing, do you know what the situation is?"

The queen communicates her will.

As the queen of Loulan, she has the obligation to protect her subjects at home.

Among all the courtiers in Loulan, An Lushan was the most capable and trustworthy minister.

Respect for his own attitude, friendship with colleagues, and kindness to the people of Loulan, never feel superior to others.

As long as she talks about her troubles, she believes that An Lushan will soon investigate the matter, which is a kind of high trust.

"Your Majesty, I have heard a little about this matter, and I have already sent someone to investigate this matter before that. I believe that the results will be available soon. ”

"Then I'll leave this matter to you, An Lushan."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, it is incumbent upon An Lushan to live up to your trust in me."

An Lushan showed a gentle smile on his face, and in the eyes of the queen, he retreated respectfully.

Not long after An Lushan retreated, a red-haired girl ran out of the side door.

"Mother!"

The girl threw herself into the Queen's arms, smiling happily.

"What's up, Sara, is today's lesson over?"

"Well, I'm done."

"That's good, you will be the next queen of Loulan in the future, and you must strive to be a good queen for the sake of her subjects, Sara."

The queen lovingly stroked the head of her daughter, Princess Sarah, and smiled kindly.

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The oasis city near the desert is called Loulan.

At this moment, the sky has darkened, and under the dark night, the surroundings of the city are covered by the wild wind and dust, and from a distance, only the outline of the black shadow of the city can be seen, which is full of mystery.

Coming to the location of the manhole cover at the mouth of a sewer, according to what Ayane detected, entering through this sewer mouth can lead to the place where the huge chakra energy is reached.

Shiraishi looked at this oasis city in the desert with the help of moonlight, and the pipes in the sky that connected the towering buildings transmitted an extremely abnormal chakra, which was used as the operating energy of the entire city, forming a recyclable chakra supply system.

Although it is a relatively prosperous city, the defense strength is also so poor that Shiraishi does not want to evaluate.

I thought it would take a little time to sneak in, but in the end, there were no other means of fortification except for the guards composed of ordinary people, so it was easy for the three of them to sneak in here.

"What's next? Need to cause a riot? ”

"No, this level of defense doesn't need to be used at all. Settle things out early and leave before it's too late. ”

At the beginning, Shiraishi also thought about whether to cause a riot here before seeking the power of the dragon vein, but after thinking about it, the country's defense strength was the same, and there was no need to do that at all.

With that, Shiraishi opened the manhole cover, and the first one jumped down first, followed by Ruri and Ayane.

Below, the exhaust pipes are crisscrossed and the route is extremely complicated.

Fortunately, with Ayane's white eyes, there is no need to worry about these at all, and you can directly find a correct route to the underground dragon vein, and accurately find the power of the dragon vein.

As he traveled, Shiraishi also saw a large group of ragged, criminal-like people, jointly pushing strange devices that resembled giant millstones.

In the midst of that, there is a huge chakra reaction that emerges from the ground.

It was guarded by puppet soldiers with a metallic sheen, making Shiraishi a little confused.

Are these prisoners prisoners of Loulan?

"That device is connected to the machine factory that makes the puppet soldiers."

Ayane explained.

Her white eyes could see everything about the place, including where the factory that made the puppet soldiers was located.

"It seems that this country has a lot of ambitions. Are you planning to start a storm in the Windy Country? ”

Shiraishi smiled.

Although he could also sense part of the pulsation of the dragon vein with perceptual ninjutsu, the idea of wanting to shake the Wind Country, one of the five major powers, with this level of power alone, was still too simple.

In the end, if it is exposed, most of it will also fall into the hands of Sha Yin.

Rather than this, it is better to leave it to him for safekeeping.

Avoiding the puppet soldiers who relied on the power of the spiritual veins to patrol their activities, under the detection of Ayane's white eyes, they easily passed through all the defenses here and came to the last line of defense.

Blocking the front is a huge door five or six meters high, and the surrounding walls are carved with exquisite images, which should be a cultural symbol of Loulan.

Push open the giant door and continue through the hallway, starting to explore the depths.

The puppet soldiers here are getting denser and denser, but these puppet soldiers are more cumbersome and have a narrow range of exploration, and the three of them still didn't have much effort, and came to the location of the dragon vein.

It was a large ashram surrounded by four huge stone statues, and in the center of the four large stone statues, something like an eye closed, and from within it a purple chakra light seeped out.

Around the closed eyes, intricate and mysterious incantations are lined.

Shiraishi crouched down, glanced at the mysterious incantations, and then looked towards the closed eyes, through the gap, the purple chakra light reflected on his face, with a suffocating sense of splendor.

"Is this the power of the dragon vein? In the seal alone, there is such a powerful chakra, which is indeed amazing. ”

"How are you going to absorb such a strong seal?"

Ruri walked over and asked.

This asked Bai Shi, the power of the dragon vein, which was much stronger than he expected.

"In short, let's find the 'core' first, the living slug said that the dragon vein is an abnormal energy source formed by the natural energy of the earth, and there must be a certain 'core' in a thing like this."

Shiraishi stood up and said.

"It's hard to find a 'core' for such a huge chakra."

Ayane said.

Compared to Shiraishi's perceptual ninjutsu, her white eyes can intuitively feel the internal situation of the dragon vein.

"Can't you find it with a white eye?"

"No, the density of chakras down here is too concentrated, and with my current pupil power, I can't see what's inside."

Ayane looked down, and in the depths of the huge leyline, there was an extremely brilliant purple bright light, which was formed by the convergence of extremely terrifying chakras, hindering the exploration of the white eye.

"It seems that the external device can only be forcibly broken."

Shiraishi touched the closed eyes in the middle of the sealing spell, and the power of the dragon veins was hidden in them.

Ruri and Ayane also nodded, it was indeed the only way to expose the 'core' of the dragon vein.

Just as Shiraishi was about to unseal the exterior device, he suddenly heard the sound of metal stomping from outside the quiet room.

A large number of puppet soldiers poured in, and immediately glanced at the three intruders, and couldn't help but say, from the weapon device on the body, a large number of kunai with purple chakras were fired, and the speed pierced through the air at a rapid speed, intending to shoot the three of them into hedgehogs.

Shadow blades equal to the number of kunai immediately appeared in the shadow of the white stone, and with the sound of metal colliding, all of them flew apart.

Click!

Click!

The Shadow Blade strangely broke the joints of these puppet soldiers, turning them into a pile of broken copper and iron.

"It will take a little time for me to take the core here, just help me stop it outside for a while."

Ruri and Ayane nodded and went outside to help Shiraishi guard and stop the puppet soldiers who would come over to make trouble.

After Ruri and Ayane walked outside, Shiraishi also began to seal, condensing chakras in both hands, breaking the seal on the outside of the dragon vein, so that the power inside could emerge in large quantities, and in that way, the position of the 'core' would definitely be exposed.

When the time comes, you only need to take the core.

Pressing his hands on the external device that resembled closing his eyes, he saw the surrounding incantations immediately glow brightly, enveloping the entire ashram.

Shiraishi noticed that the eye device, which had been closed, had been completely opened, and it was a strange space wrapped in purple.

Bai Shi's face showed fine sweat, this powerful force, is it the power of the dragon vein?

Even when the first tail went berserk, there was no such terrible chakra.

Moreover, Shiraishi can also carefully observe that the surrounding space is rapidly distorting, and the strong light makes it impossible for Shiraishi to see clearly what has happened to the chakra of the dragon vein.

Immediately after this bright light, it turned to white purple, and a large amount of purple chakras erupted from the open eyes like a torrent.

Shiraishi saw that the situation was not good, and was about to retreat, when suddenly in his perceptual ninjutsu, several unfamiliar chakra reactions appeared.

This is the sudden chakra reaction, this sudden situation reminds Shiraishi of the scene when he confronted the water gate, space-time ninjutsu?

Rumble!

The violent explosion caused the purple chakra that erupted from the eye device to become distorted, as if affected by some unknown factor, and the wavelength became unstable.

Shiraishi was bounced off by the sudden explosion and hit the wall, immediately blasting out a large crater and spitting blood out of his mouth.

Shiraishi's eyes stared at the dragon vein power device that had been swept by the billowing smoke, and slowly stood up, and in the perception, in the rolling dust, there were four more unfamiliar chakra reactions.

The sealing of the dragon vein also stabilized, and it was obvious that Shiraishi's unsealing ninjutsu just now had failed because of the abnormal distorted space-time power.

The sudden occurrence of such a sudden event left Shiraishi confused, trying to figure out what was going on.

The dust slowly cleared, and the four unfamiliar chakras also revealed their figures.

Like Shiraishi, because of the explosion, he lay on the ground and slowly stood up from the ground.

Three men and one woman.

"Konoha Ninja!?"

Shiraishi clearly saw the Konoha ninja forehead guards of the four of them, revealing a look of consternation.

What are you kidding, from the dragon vein, it was four Konoha ninjas who exploded?

This is the land of wind, not the land of fire.

Moreover, the strange reaction of these four people appearing here was obviously caused by some kind of space-time ninjutsu.

What's going on here?

"Huh? Where is this? ”

One of the blond-haired teenagers stared blankly, and like Shiraishi, he didn't know what was going on.

"Wait!" As if he suddenly remembered something, he ran to the side to look at his companions: "Sakura, Sakai, Captain Yamato, how are you doing?" ”

"Ahem!" The female Konoha ninja named 'Sakura' seems to have just recovered her breath.

After that, she started a fire on the blonde-haired Konoha boy: "Naruto, next time if you are so reckless, I will blow your head off!" ”

"Yes...... Be! ”

Seeing Sakura clench his fist full of angry flames, Naruto nodded in fear.

"What's going on? What I just felt was the chakra power of the dragon vein......"

Another Konoha boy named Sakai patted the dust off his body, looked around with a wary gaze, and finally locked his eyes on Shiraishi.

On Shiraishi's body, he felt an extremely dangerous aura.

This aura was much more dangerous than when facing their root leader, Shimura Danzo.

"Whatever happens, figure out where this is first."

The last one is an adult male, wearing Konoha's joshinobi uniform, which is supposed to be Konoha's joshinobi.

"Captain Yamato, are you alright?"

Naruto asked.

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Konoha Kami, named Yamato, smiled and said he was fine.

After standing up, he, like Sai, locked his gaze on Shiraishi, the only outsider here, revealing a vigilant look.

Shiraishi's face was flat, and he wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth with his fingers.

"You ......"

Naruto blinked and looked at Shiraishi with a puzzled expression.

Shiraishi ignored it and began to seal on his own.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

When Naruto saw the Shiraishi seal, he seemed to think that he was going to use some dangerous ninjutsu to attack them, and was about to step forward to stop it.

Sakura stopped him and said, "Don't be impulsive, Naruto. That's just the Indian form of medical ninjutsu, and judging by the way he looks, he should have been injured just now. ”

Sure enough, as Sakura said, after Shiraishi used ninjutsu in the seal, the injuries on his body began to recover quickly, and his face returned to ruddy.

After recovering from his injuries, Shiraishi began to look at the four Konoha ninjas who had given him a strange feeling.

Naruto, Sakura, Sakai, Yamato...... Shiraishi can be sure that when he was in Konoha, he definitely didn't have the existence of these four people in his impression.

But looking at the age of these four people, even the eldest Shinobi Yamato is only a few years older, and he is not so ignorant of such Konoha Shinobi.

"Well, where is this place?"

Eventually, Kaminin Yamato took the initiative to stand up and ask Shiraishi for information about this place.

"Don't you know what this place is?"

Shiraishi didn't answer the rhetorical question.

"Of course, we came to chase down a sand rebel ninja called Hyakzu, and we ended up here for some reason. Then again, who are you? ”

Naruto couldn't help but jump out and shout there.

Is it an idiot who is easy to get hot? Shiraishi had such a definition in mind.

Kamishinobu Yamato and the Konoha female ninja named Sakura both patted their heads in annoyance.

It's so simple to leak the information.,Should it be said that it's worthy of being the first ninja in accidentality?

When they can't even tell the difference between friend and foe, this will undoubtedly put them in an embarrassing situation.

"Chasing the sand and rebel and forbearing?"

When Shiraishi heard such an answer, his mind was full of all kinds of question marks.

Konoha ninjas are chasing the sand hidden rebel ninja? Is this a new popular joke?

When did Konoha's business expand to the point of cleaning up the traitorous forbearance for other villages.

Moreover, it is now during the Third Shinobi War, and Sunakurin is in a fierce battle with Konoha.

If these people don't go to war and pursue Sha Yin Renin, are they treating him as a fool?

This kind of lie that a three-year-old child can see through at a glance is actually used to deceive him.

is different from the idiot on the outside, but the inside is actually very sinister. Shiraishi redefined the Konoha ninja named Naruto.

"Ah, yes." Shangnin Yamato sighed helplessly, since the topic was here, there was no need to hide it any longer, so he said: "We were entrusted by Hokage-sama to come to Loulan to pursue a sand hidden rebel ninja named Hundred Feet. But somehow, suddenly an anomalous chakra appeared from the ground and swallowed us up. By the time the reaction comes, that's it. May I ask the ...... Can you explain the situation for us? And your identity? ”

"It's weird."

Shiraishi smiled.

"Strange?"

Yamato and the others looked at Shiraishi and always felt that there was something special hidden in each other's smiles.

"Isn't it strange that you, who are Konoha ninjas, don't even know what I look like? You're not Konoha ninjas, who are you? Pretending to be a Konoha ninja to come here to go around the game, what is the purpose? ”

With a terrifying oppressive force on his body, Shiraishi pressed towards the four of them.

Seeing Shiraishi's unkind appearance, Yamato and the others knew that the person in front of them was a friend or foe.

Wait, where do I look like this person...... At this time, a flash of light suddenly appeared in Konoha Shinobu Yamato's mind, as if he remembered something.

"Are you...... Chiba Shiraishi? ”

Yamato's face was sweating nervously.

Although I'm getting younger, I still remember some of my general appearance.

It's a defector ninja who left Konoha twenty years ago.

In recent years, the country of ghosts has been the main field.,A super S-class dangerous person who disturbs the peace of the ninja world.。

"You don't need to talk to me in such a questioning tone, I left Konoha only two months ago. Thinking about it this way, you really aren't Konoha ninjas. Forget it, it doesn't matter, drag your soul out of your body, and you will know who you are. ”

A cold light appeared in Bai Shi's eyes.

"You three, hurry back! This is not a ninja you can deal with! ”

Yamato anxiously shouted at the three Naruto, and he immediately sealed.

"Wood Escape: The Art of the Great Forest!"

A large number of trees poured out of his arms, surrounding Shiraishi in all directions.

Mu Dun!? Who is this guy? Shiraishi's eyes widened in surprise, and his heart suddenly became turbulent.

I can't believe that the guy in front of me who is disguised as a Konoha ninja has actually used the long-lost Wood Escape Ninjutsu.

Could it be those accomplices of the White Jedi?