Dragon Vein

"Boom!"

As Shiro emerged from the billowing dust, it signified that yet another band of Shiro had been wiped out. If one ignored the mask on Shiro's face, the scene would be quite dashing. Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs".

A month has passed since the bandit annihilation. After dealing with the matter there, Shiro quickly left the area.

At the same time, having learned from his mistakes, Shiro continued to train with bandits, but he basically avoided the big ones and focused on taking down the smaller ones.

Last time I was lucky I didn't run into the people handing over the duties, otherwise Shiro's training would have ended prematurely.

Furthermore, after a month of practice, Shiro's Pressure Damage has improved significantly; his Hand Seals speed has increased considerably, and he can now form hand Hand Seals without looking at his hands.

While not an expert, he has become quite proficient, and his mastery of other Wind Release has also improved considerably, though he still falls short in the ability to effectively concentrate Wind Release.

Therefore, the Wind Release Ninjutsu Shiro is preparing to practice next is an advanced version of Vacuum Sphere, Vacuum Great Sphere.

Actually, regarding the training of Wind Release techniques, Shiro had an even better goal: the Sunagakure's A-rank Ninjutsu, Wind Blade, which has even stronger cohesive power.

Unfortunately, that's almost exclusively a Sunagakure Ninjutsu; Konoha doesn't have it. And right now, Shiro is under the surveillance of the Anbu and Root, so it's not convenient for him to learn Ninjutsu.

Therefore, they can only make do with the Vacuum Great Sphere. Anyway, there are only a few days left, and Shiro is quite good at mastering the Vacuum Sphere. Half a month should be enough for Shiro to become proficient.

From then on, Shiro once again became completely absorbed in his studies.

However, as Shiro became engrossed in his hobby, the surrounding bandits suffered greatly, almost all of them being wiped out by Shiro.

Meanwhile, because Shiro sometimes rescued other innocent victims, Shiro Daimyo began to spread among them— the Smiling Wind Demon!

The surrounding bandits were all living in fear, but just as they were about to pool their money to offer a reward for Shiro, they discovered that he had vanished without a trace.

After mastering the Vacuum Great Sphere, Shiro, seeing that it was almost time, boarded Flying Bird and left without giving the Anbu any hints. Shiro believed that the Third Hokage would understand.

After all, if Shiro had left because of a guilty conscience, he could have taken off immediately after leaving the village, instead of waiting until now. Therefore, after glancing in the direction Shiro had left, the Anbu and Root ninjas retreated back to the village.

They never even considered chasing after it, because it was impossible. This bird was invented by humans; how could you expect yours to be better than itss? Besides, it can't hide in the sky; it's not concealed at all, so it's pointless.

Therefore, they simply returned to the village and let the Third Hokage handle it.

After Shiro rode the Flying Bird into the sky, the first thing he did was Projection Invisible Cloak and then turn around and fly towards the Land of Wind.

Shiro had headed towards the Land of Grass. Although no one might be paying attention to his actions, Shiro still needed to be cautious and focus on developing his strength.

Now that he had shaken them off, Shiro naturally headed towards his own goal.

The direction is the Land of Wind, so the target is obvious: the Dragon Vein that Shiro was deeply impressed by through various fan fiction novels.

The fact that countless time-traveling predecessors turned that thing into a giant power bank suggests that it must have a lot of energy, and it might even be a very good Leyline.

Therefore, Shiro decided to go and see if he could build a Workshop there.

Meanwhile, in the Hokage's office, the Third Hokage smiled after listening to the Anbu's report.

"That kid, sigh, let him be. We don't need to follow him anymore. He should be fine on his end. Go and invite the elders over; we have something to discuss."

"Yes."

On the other side, Danzo also issued similar orders to the Third Hokage.

After all, the fact that Shiro chose to fly away now shows that he had no intention of defecting from the village; otherwise, he would have flown away long ago.

These past two months have been for show, because judging from how Shiro dealt with those bandits, he knew someone was watching him, yet he still had his Anbu monitor him for two months, which is enough to prove it.

Therefore, instead of worrying about Shiro, who is basically fine, we should investigate the matter of that band of mountain bandits more thoroughly.

However, none of this mattered to Shiro, Shiro was currently riding Flying Bird towards the Land of Wind.

A week later, Shiro sat on Flying Bird, looking out over the desert of the Land of Wind, searching for his target in the vast sea of sand.

Half a month later, Shiro was still searching on the Flying Bird.

A month later, Shiro was still searching on the Flying Bird.

As it turned out, Shiro underestimated Rōran's ability to conceal itself. The desert was vast, and with the endless yellow sand, it was incredibly easy to hide.

At the same time, Rōran, as a small country that has survived for many years, certainly has no shortage of corresponding hiding methods. Therefore, Shiro has been searching for more than a month and has not yet found it.

Shiro originally thought that Rōran, as a country, should be easy to find, since those time-traveling predecessors had found them very easily.

Therefore, he didn't do much intelligence gathering, but instead relied on his Clairvoyance to search directly over the desert. However, reality slapped Shiro in the face.

He didn't even consider that Rōran was just a small country, or even a country, because it had an independent government. In terms of area, it could only be considered a slightly larger city.

Therefore, it would be a miracle if we could find it just like that.

After thinking it through, Shiro found a village and settled down there to gather intelligence first.

Unfortunately, despite searching through several villages, Shiro found that few people knew the location of Rōran, let alone Rōran location, even when Shiro focused his search on towns.

With no other option, Shiro had to go find the village's intelligence outpost located there.

As it turns out, unity is strength. The information that Shiro had been searching for for a long time was easily obtained from the village's intelligence point.

However, the village only has general information at the moment, because it is not currently being taken very seriously. At the same time, Shiro has also been entrusted with the task of gathering intelligence.

After all, you can't just take; you should help if you can. This isn't a mission, and most of their intelligence is accumulated this way.

After obtaining information about Rōran, Shiro left immediately. This time, he was still searching from the air, but things were different now.

Previously, there was no specific target, so the search was quite difficult. Now that Shiro's target is clear, it is naturally much easier to find.

Before long, Shiro discovered signs of human activity. Shiro was overjoyed and quickly maneuvered the Flying Bird to descend.

Once the clues are found, things will be much easier; following the trail, Shiro can definitely manage it.

Therefore, not long after Shiro descended, Shiro found the Dragon Vein, or more accurately, the fulcrum of the Dragon Vein, because Shiro did not find Rōran.

However, this was no longer important to Shiro, as long as he could connect with the Dragon Vein. After watching for a while, Shiro squatted down and placed his hands on the ground.

"Tracing, begin!"