Roran Dragon Vein

Land of Wind

High above the Land of Wind, the Konoha Sky Carrier flew slowly. Looking down from the windows of the Konoha Airspace Carrier, all that could be seen was yellow sand, a desolate wasteland.

Naraku in the driver's seat, a little sweat on his forehead.

After searching for the Ancient Kingdom of Roran high in the skies Land of Wind for many days, even with Naraku vast Chakra, Naraku was beginning to feel slightly fatigued. He reached out and gently wiped the sweat from his forehead, then spoke in a deep voice to his guard Si Nong, behind him:

"Have the Sky Ninja forces you've sent out still not found Rōran?"

As soon as Naraku finished speaking, a member of the Sky Ninja Squad hurriedly entered the cockpit, standing at attention behind Naraku, Tsunade, and Si Nong, and shouted:

"Reporting to Lord Hokage! The Third Sky Ninja Squad has located a suspicious ancient town. Judging from the architecture, it is very likely the Ancient Kingdom of Roran! The target town is currently located fifty kilometers to the southwest!"

"Great! If it's the ancient town of Rōran, the reward will be substantial!"

"Hi!"

Upon hearing these words, Sky Ninja Ren respectfully agreed and turned to leave.

In the Chunin Ninja Exams between Hidden Sand and Konoha's Genin teams passed the first two rounds Sunagakure the exams. The third round of the exams will begin in half a month.

Naraku couldn't wait any longer and set off early, intending to visit the ancient town of Rōran in the Land of Wind. However, the marked location turned out to be a desolate desert, and the ancient town of Rōran had vanished without a trace.

The Sky Ninja force searched and scouted from high altitudes for two days before finally finding a place that resembled Rōran.

"Rōran Ancient Town, I've heard it's a kingdom with a long history. Apparently, Jonin from Sunagakure who tried to use the power of the Roran Dragon Vein to satisfy his own ambitions."

Tsunade didn't quite understand Naraku searching for Rōran, and she strongly objected to Naraku leaving Konoha and skipping work.

"I remember that mission. It was about ten years ago. The missing-nin from Hidden Sand occupied the Roran Dragon Vein and mass-produced puppets, but my teacher and I stopped and quelled it."

Dressed in the uniform of the Anbu and wearing a mask, Kakashi softly recounted the deeds of Rōran.

"Ah, I've looked up that mission log. The magical power of the Roran Dragon Vein, although sealed, still attracts many ambitious individuals who might covet it. Since we've come to the Land of Wind, we might as well take a look around."

Naraku piloted the space carrier, heading towards Rōran, the direction reported by the Sky Ninja.

The Land of Wind is mostly desert, but it also has some ancient oasis kingdoms and towns. These oasis towns and kingdoms are nominally countries, but they are under the jurisdiction of the Land of Wind.

The Land of Fire Land of Wind are allies, and there's a certain elder brother/younger brother dynamic between them. As an ally and elder brother, the Land of Fire can, to some extent, intervene in matters concerning the Land of Wind.

"Rōran? Towering buildings everywhere, it's truly a miracle."

Uchiha Tekka, who was looking out the window, exclaimed in surprise when he saw the building below.

Naraku noticed the outline of what appeared to be a town on the electronic map next to the cockpit, so he steered the space carrier to descend slowly.

A massive aerial castle slowly descended, Naraku, along with Tsunade, Si Nong, Hatake Kakashi (who was disguised as Anbu), and Uchiha Tekka, emerged from the space carrier.

"From the sky, they appear as towering buildings; from the ground, they are nothing but ruins..."

The ancient town of Rōran that Uchiha Tekka saw was quite different from how it appeared from high above; most of the tall buildings had collapsed.

"The ancient town of Rōran looks much like the one the mission team described, except the Country of Roran here have probably migrated somewhere. Let's go in and take a look."

Naraku recognized these buildings; in Konoha 48, Minato Namikaze's squad had carried out a mission here to guard the Queen of Loulan.

The mission was successful, and the Queen of Roran was unharmed. However, they forgot the details of the mission and returned to Konoha in a daze, carrying the corpses of the Hidden Sand missing-nin.

After walking for a short while in the Rōran Ruins, Naraku and his group arrived at a building that resembled a huge ancient well.

The ancient well was enormous, but there was no water inside. In the center of the well was a stone platform with an eye-shaped stone pattern in the middle. On the pattern was a kunai, a special ninja tool made by Namikaze Minato of Endurance and Kunai.

"Is this the source of the Dragon Vein...? You all wait here, I'll go take a look."

Naraku gestured for the four people behind him to stay where they were, and then walked slowly across the bridge connecting the central stone platform to the middle stone platform of the ancient well, examining the eye-shaped pattern and the Namikaze Minato Flying Thunder God Kunai stuck on it.

Sharingan!

Naraku his Chakra into his eyes, activating his Sharingan to examine the pattern and the Kunai.

"As expected, the faint, yet immense, amount of Chakra I sensed was sealed by Namikaze Minato."

From the Sharingan's perspective, the Flying Thunder God Kunai is the core element of a certain Fuinjutsu. As long as this Kunai can be removed, the Dragon Vein can reappear in the world.

Without further hesitation, Naraku crouched down, gripped the handle of the Flying Thunder God Flying Thunder God Kunai with his right hand, and slowly pulled it out.

As the Flying Thunder God Kunai was pulled out, a terrifying pressure emerged from the previously empty well—the power created by a massive amount of Chakra.

"Rise!"

Naraku used his right hand to forcefully pull the Kunai off the pattern on the stone eye. The pattern on the stone eye changed color, from its original simple and unadorned stone appearance to an eerie purple. At the same time, countless black runes emerged from the purple eye.

"Namikaze Minato's Fuinjutsu? This Fuinjutsu, which seals such a massive amount of Chakra, actually caused spacetime distortion?"

After Naraku removed the kunai that sealed the node left by Namikaze Minato Kunai, countless purple Chakra surged and rose from the ancient well surrounding the stone platform, along with faint fluctuations in spacetime energy.

"Fourth Hokage! That's Fuinjutsu left by our master; it cannot be removed!"

The group outside the well were taken aback by Naraku's audacity in breaking the seal. Hatake Kakashi's warning came too late; Naraku had already removed the sealing Kunai by the time Kakashi spoke.

"Chieftain!"

A massive amount of purple dragon Dragon Vein Chakra surged, emitting a dazzling purple light that illuminated the entire Ishii. Uchiha Tekka sensed the threat and loudly warned Naraku.

"Naraku!"

Tsunade also sensed the threat and called out Naraku's name, trying to run forward to get closer to Naraku, but was pulled back by Kakashi.

The once-dry ancient well was suddenly filled with purple liquid, which gushed out from the bottom and quickly filled the entire well. It also emitted a strong purple light that shot straight into the sky.

"Dark Release: Absorption Hole!"

Naraku stood on the stone platform, immersed in the baptism of purple Chakra light, runes appearing on his palms, while his mouth opened wide, absorbing the power of the Dragon Vein.

The Flying Thunder God Kunai had been pulled out earlier emitted black runes and was forcefully devoured and absorbed by Naraku.

"Space-time? The power of time? Hahahaha! Excellent! I never expected that Namikaze Minato's seal would unintentionally distort time!"