Aoba had guessed right. He really was here.
It looked like his luck had been terrible, though. He had nearly hit the ground and died, with half his body submerged in the energy pool.
Anyone else would have been torn to pieces by this terrifying energy long ago.
With Aoba's current medical expertise, he could tell at a glance that a force inside Yamato's body was resisting the Dragon Vein's erosion. That was also why Yamato had remained unconscious.
The miraculous Hashirama Cells!
They were practically a goddamn cheat.
That was why Yamato had only appeared at the end of the movie. Kakashi had probably been the one to save him originally, but now Aoba had taken his place.
However, he did not dare approach carelessly. The energy in the Dragon Vein's core region was too violent; even with his current physical strength, he might not come through unscathed.
With a thought, the gourd on his back once again spewed forth a stream of dark-red sand.
A thin sand rope shot toward Yamato like a spirit snake leaving its hole.
The sand rope gently wrapped around Yamato's body and slowly dragged him backward.
However, the moment the sand touched Yamato's body and inevitably picked up a trace of the energy glow spilling from the Dragon Vein's core, a sudden change occurred!
A strange fluctuation completely unlike chakra surged into his senses through his connection to the sand!
Bzz!
The Chip in Aoba's mind suddenly sounded a piercing alarm.
[Warning! High-frequency unknown signal detected!] [Analyzing signal source...] [Error! Non-chakra fluctuation!] [Data stream detected... attempting capture...] [Signal source analysis... identified as an encrypted electronic data stream!]
Aoba was startled.
What?! An electronic data stream?
He froze, his pupils shrinking behind his sunglasses in shock.
How could an electronic data stream