After the Tenseigan's chakra was injected into it, the Dragon Vein's power completely ran rampant. Space and time were vaguely thrown into chaos, leading toward some distant, unknown destination.
Using the Tenseigan's power, Black Zetsu desperately simulated Kaguya's chakra, guiding the Dragon Vein's power in the direction he wanted.
"Almost there, just a little more!" Black Zetsu struggled to control the chakra while ensuring that the Dragon Vein's energy would not affect him. If he were swept in as well, all his efforts would be wasted.
Holding nothing back, he poured all of his chakra into the Dragon Vein. The reversed time gradually increased... ten years, a hundred years, several hundred years...
Naruto fell asleep. It was a slumber he had not experienced in who knew how long, and even his consciousness became completely hazy, just like when Uchiha Shin had sent him through time long ago.
Who knew how much time had passed? Perhaps ten thousand years, perhaps only an instant. His heart suddenly clenched, and he opened his eyes to see blue skies and white clouds.
"What happened?" Naruto wondered. He remembered that he and Kakashi-sensei had completed the Dragon Vein mission together. They had only just clashed with the rogue ninja named Mukade when the Dragon Vein went berserk. Even he had no idea what happened after that.
He checked himself and found no injuries, but something felt off. At the very least, this was not the ruins of Rōran.
Looking around, Naruto found himself in the wilderness. The sky was high and vast, and the surroundings were desolate. The trees gave him a bleak, ancient feeling. It seemed like the Land of Fire, yet also like somewhere else.
Kakashi, Hinata, and Ino Yamanaka were nowhere to be seen.
Naruto took a deep breath and calmed his