Arrival at Rōran

Ren was unconcerned about the dire situation Obito was facing.

After a long journey, Ren and his team had arrived at the Ancient Kingdom of Roran.

The meeting between Ren and Rasa, along with the team's trip to a nearby oasis to purchase necessities such as food, fresh water, and tents, took a whole day.

As Ren gazed at the ruins of the Ancient Kingdom of Roran ahead.

At the location of the Dragon Vein, a small snake crawled onto Orochimaru, who was breaking Minato Namikaze's seal.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss hiss!"

"They've already arrived. What a pity, the Fourth Hokage's Sealing Jutsu are indeed highly skilled. It seems it's too late!"

Orochimaru said it was a pity, but there was no trace of regret in his tone.

With lightning-fast movements, he completely restored the seal left by Minato Namikaze.

Orochimaru cleaned up all traces of his existence, then his body transformed, appearing as a small white snake in front of a naturally formed hole, and he slithered inside.

It left no trace, not even a cloud.

"Kabuto, you take the research team and begin. The rest of the Konoha Ninja, stay put and assist the research ninja in completing the preliminary preparations!"

After glancing briefly at the ruins, Ren gave the order.

"Yes, Lord Hokage!" ×N

After everyone agreed, Ren smiled and looked at the Sunagakure ninjas standing quietly to the side.

"Gentlemen of Hidden Sand Village, please do as you please. As long as it does not interfere with the actions of the Konoha Ninja, you may act as you see fit."

"Thank you, Hokage!"

The leading Hidden Sand Village bowed to Ren and then responded earnestly.

Ren shook his head, his smile unchanged.

"It's too early. You'll be even more grateful to Konoha later!"

The leader of Hidden Sand Village could not understand the meaning behind Ren's meaningful words.

Wanting to ask further questions, they discovered that Ren had already turned and left, and all that could be seen now was Ren's back.

Ren's smiling face was very deceptive, and his expression was also very sincere.

However, the reason this leader of Hidden Sand Village became a leader was because he possessed a beast-like intuition.

Thinking back to the constant warnings he received when facing Ren earlier, he suppressed the urge to approach and ask him questions.

That feeling was so unbearable, many times more unbearable than being in front of Rasa.

Turning his head, the team leader gestured to his subordinates to form a circle.

The gesture wasn't complicated: 'As previously assigned, keep a close eye on every Konoha Ninja and record all their actions!'

After repeating this three times, he finally straightened up and asked everyone.

"Do you understand?"

"Understood, sir!" ×N

The leader of the Hidden Sand Village didn't say anything more, as many things had already been explained in detail before the departure.

"Disperse!"

The Hidden Sand Village team, which was also quite large, disappeared in an instant, catching up with the Konoha team that had gradually dispersed ahead, and blending in with them.

About half an hour later, the teams from Konoha and Hidden Sand Village arrived at the location of the Dragon Vein.

Not everyone could come in, because there wasn't enough room.

Only a small number of people arrived at the location; the rest remained outside on guard.

Ren naturally saw the Dragon Vein and the seal on it.

Ignoring the researchers' actions, Ren wandered around aimlessly.

Furthermore, he devoted part of his mind to the cheat system, constantly sensing its changes.

As expected, Ren explored the Dragon Vein thoroughly, even touching the seals on it.

He then traveled throughout the entire Ancient Kingdom of Roran, but his cheat system remained completely unresponsive.

Having confirmed that the system's [Knapsack] module was no longer in the present moment, Ren lost all interest in the matter.

Even as a time traveler himself, Ren couldn't explain what time travel was.

We can only let Kabuto and the others figure out a way to investigate later. As for the fact that he possesses a system, no matter how confident Ren is, he won't tell anyone.

We'll have to wait and see how things go.

Ren wasn't worried or afraid about time travel; after all, he was tough and resilient enough to be among the best in any era.

Even if he were to travel back to the era of the Sage of Six Paths' great battle with Kaguya, Ren wouldn't be worried at all.

Putting aside his own formidable strength, the then-newcomer Sage of Six Paths, with his own connections, was able to handle things perfectly.

Ren's time travel wasn't for archaeology or to witness famous scenes; it was to complete his own system.

This made Ren extremely cautious.

The explanations in the original work are too vague and far-fetched. We need to study the mechanism and understand the reasons and principles behind time travel before taking any further action.

For now, let's get to the main plan: to get the ninjas to acquire real Chakra.

Thinking about this, Ren himself began to look forward to it. Chakra had a greater influence on emotions than he had imagined, Ren knew that he was being closely watched.

Despite the constant confrontation, and adhering to the principle of never letting emotions sway him if there's no benefit, Ren hasn't done anything fun since Shisui woke him up that time.

But this is really uncomfortable. Ren often misses the carefree days when he could do whatever he wanted, based entirely on his likes and dislikes.

Not only the researchers who understand the truth, but also Ren is looking forward to that day coming soon.