At the same time, in the dark basement, a thick male voice echoed in the closed space.
"As expected of Naruto! He almost dispelled the darkness in Yu Liu's body so quickly."
The mysterious man felt the silk cocoons covering the walls below and sneered.
"But it's enough."
He seemed to be able to see Zero-Tails in the cocoon through the floor, then stood up and slowly walked towards the metal altar.
"As long as the world is plunged into war, the darkness in people's hearts will be inexhaustible."
He said, biting his fingertips, squatting down and starting to draw mysterious sky runes on the ground.
Every stroke is filled with ambition to conquer the world.
As the last stroke was completed, the altar suddenly shone with golden light.
The mysterious man stood up and looked at the activated altar, feeling extremely excited.
He opened his arms and shouted his declaration to the world.
"Start it, Ancor Vantian! Now is the time to declare war on Five Great Nations! Let Land of Sky completely realize its revival!"
As the words fell, the light of the altar became more dazzling until it enveloped the entire space.
At the same time.
The periphery of the ruins.
Ning Xue had already found the approximate location of the villagers, but was suddenly blocked by that old guy.
He looked at the densely packed weak Chakra below and the more active Chakra around him, and frowned.
When preparing to further explore the entry route.
"Boom--!!"
There was a loud bang on the ground.
Ning Xue's pupils shrank and he immediately jumped up from the rock.
Immediately afterwards, the entire ruins began to shake violently.
The stone pillars and walls that had stood for countless years began to crack, and rubble fell from overhead.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
A huge rock fell from above his head, and Ning Xue used his feet to quickly avoid it.
Another piece.
He continuously dodged and shuttled between the falling boulders, and the falling smoke and dust did not have any impact on him.
When he rushed out of the collapse range and landed on a relatively stable rock, he looked back.
He was stunned.
I saw that the ancient ruins that had been sleeping for countless years were slowly rising.
Huge boulders peeled off the surface, revealing the metallic shell underneath.
Those shells were engraved with densely packed runes, and they were glowing with golden light at the moment.
The ruins are rising.
No, it should be said that the ruins itself is a huge aircraft.
The moment Ning Xue and Byakugan were flush with the cell, they penetrated the metal shell and saw the scene inside.
I saw the villagers rising together with the ruins, screaming in terror, and hugging everything around them tightly.
Some people were shaken and staggered, while others were lying on the ground shivering.
A child rolled several times on the ground, hit the wall and cried loudly.
Ning Xue Seeing such a scene, his fists could not help but clenched.
Damn it.
Seeing that the ruins were still rising, he had no time to think, so he saw the opportunity and jumped, adhering to the metal wall.
The other side.
Naruto felt like I had had a long dream.
In the dream, he turned into a huge fox and ran wildly in the darkness.
He was surrounded by endless darkness, with hot lava beneath his feet, and something was chasing him behind him.
He ran and ran, ran and ran, until a light shone down from above his head.
He opened his eyes.
As far as the eye can see, there is half a gray sky.
and--
"Hina...Hinata?"
Naruto blinked his eyes and looked at Hinata who had wet eyes. It was obvious that his mind hadn't turned around yet.
The back of his head felt soft, warm, and had a faint fragrance.
He rubbed it instinctively.
"Naruto-kun!"
Hinata's voice suddenly rose in pitch, with a strange tremor.
Only then did Naruto realize that he was lying on Hinata's lap.
Knee pillow.
"Wow--!!"
Naruto jumped up suddenly, but because it was so violent, his vision went dark and he sat back down again.
"Naruto-kun! Are you okay?!"
Hinata quickly supported him, his voice full of anxiety.
"No... it's okay..." Naruto covered his head and rubbed his temples.
"Just a little dizzy..."
Dizzy and dizzy, his brain finally started to work.
Wait.
Was he just... lying on Hinata's lap?
He turned to look at Hinata.
Hinata's face has turned red to the roots of his ears.
She lowered her head, twisted her clothes with her hands, and moved her lips, but she couldn't say a word.
"That..."
Naruto scratched his head and said a little embarrassed.
"I just... have been lying here?"
Hinata nodded, his voice as low as a mosquito's moan.
"Well..."
"Oh..."
Naruto scratched his head again.
"Thank you."
Hinata's head is lower.
The atmosphere was a little tense for a while.
Just then.
"Teacher...!!"
A shrill cry suddenly came from the side.
Naruto and Hinata turn their heads at the same time.
I saw Yu Liu suddenly sitting up from the ground, with a look of horror on his face.
"Teacher! Teacher!!"
She waved her hands as if to grab something.
"Teacher, where are you?! Teacher--!"
"Yu Liu!"
Seeing this, Naruto quickly crawled over and held down her shoulders.
"Calm down! Uncle Shinnō..."
Halfway through his words, he stopped.
He thought of the Ice Cone that penetrated Shinnō's chest, and of the bombs dropped by Sky Ninja, which blew his body to pieces.
He opened his mouth, but nothing came out.
Yu Liu stared at him blankly, the panic in his eyes gradually faded away, replaced by something deeper.
"Naruto..." Her voice was hoarse.
"Teacher, is he... really dead?"
Naruto was silent for a moment, then nodded.
Yu Liu's eyes turned red instantly.
"Why..."
She murmured softly.
"Why... that person wanted to kill the teacher..."
Her fists were clenched tightly, and her nails dug into her palms.
"He saved the village... he saved everyone... but why did he kill the teacher... why..."
Hinata squatted down and hugged her gently, a trace of complexity flashed in his eyes.
"Yu Liu..."
Her voice was very soft, with a cautious tenderness.
"That person... he may not have meant it. The situation was very confusing, and he may have just..."
"He didn't mean it?!"
Yu Liu raised his head suddenly, his eyes full of anger and hatred.
"He killed the teacher! He penetrated the teacher's chest with Ice Cone! The teacher's body was blown to pieces!! You tell me he didn't mean it?!"
Hinata is speechless.
Yu Liu bit her lip, tears falling silently.
"I don't care how many people he saved... I don't care..."
Her voice became lower and lower, more hoarse.
"He killed the teacher... He killed the teacher..."
Looking at Yu Liu who collapsed in front of him, Naruto was silent for a moment.
Immediately, he came to the other party, knelt down and comforted her softly.
"Yu Liu."
He reached out his hand and patted her head gently.
Feeling the warmth in the palm of his head, Yu Liu raised his head and looked at him with blurred eyes.
"Why that person killed Uncle Shinnō, I still don't know."
Naruto's voice was very calm, but there was a firmness in those blue eyes that was irrefutable.
"But I promise you, I will definitely take you to confront him face to face, and I will definitely find out what happened."
He gave a thumbs up and showed a bright smile.
"So before that, let's go rescue your villagers first, okay?"
Yu Liu stared at him blankly, at that smile, and at that thumbs up.
The hatred in my heart, for some reason, faded a little.
After a long time, she bit her lower lip, remembering that she had promised her aunt in the village to bring back Xiao Duo, and her eyes gradually became firm.
"Hmm."
Naruto stood up and looked at Hinata.
"Hinata, what happened just now? I seemed... to have been unconscious for a while."
Hinata nodded and told exactly what happened just now.
Zero-Tails's rampage, Ning Xue's battle with Naruto, Ning Xue avoids while attacking Zero-Tails, Zero-Tails escaped into the air, Naruto condensed Tailed Beast Ball, she shouted to wake up Naruto's reason, Ning Xue caught the falling Yu Liu...
Naruto Listening, the expression on his face kept changing.
He was so angry that he didn't realize it was Ice Release at first.
After hearing that his body was penetrated by ice, his expression was very wonderful.
When he heard that he almost hurt Yu Liu when he ran away, his face turned ugly again.
When he heard Ning Xue beating Zero-Tails while running away, the corner of his mouth twitched.
He was stunned when he heard that Ning Xue was now learning to fly.
"Study now?"
he repeated in disbelief.
"That guy... learned it on the spot?"
Hinata nodded.
"Yeah. It fell several times at first, but it quickly flew up."
Naruto was silent.
That guy in the mask... what kind of monster is he?
"Where is he now?" Naruto asked.
Hinata shook his head.
"I don't know. He left after giving Yu Liu to me."
Naruto What else wanted to say, suddenly.
"Boom--!!"
A dull loud noise came from a distance.
The three of them turned their heads at the same time.
Then, they were all stunned.
In the distance, the ruins they passed before were slowly rising.
Huge boulders peeled off the surface, revealing the metallic shell underneath.
Those shells were engraved with densely packed runes, and they were glowing with golden light at the moment.
The ruins rose higher and faster, and the air waves rolled up caused the surrounding trees to collapse.
"That... that's..." Naruto opened his mouth wide.
His poor knowledge left him at a loss for words.
Hinata opened Byakugan, and her face instantly turned pale, because she also saw densely packed weak Chakra inside.
"There are people inside! Many ordinary people! They are villagers who were taken away!"
Naruto clenched his fists when he heard that the captured villagers were inside.
"Where are those bastards... taking them?!"
No one could answer him because they didn't know.
The three of them could only stand among the ruins, looking up at the huge ruins rising higher and higher.
"Chase!" Naruto gritted his teeth, "We must rescue the villagers!"
He turned and looked at Yu Liu.
"Yu Liu, can you leave?"
Yu Liu nodded vigorously.
"Yes."
Naruto gave a thumbs up and showed a bright smile.
"Okay! Then let's go together! Beat those bad guys away and save everyone!"