State Intervention

Several hours later, the train arrived in Upper Capital.

Deep Mountain Base, Dragon City Incident General Command.

When the lieutenant colonel led Old Li and the other two inside, the command center was already operating at high speed.

More than a dozen personnel were busy at their respective terminals, calls rising and falling one after another.

At the center of the room, a stern-faced middle-aged man in military casual wear, his shoulder insignia marking him as a general officer, stood with his back to the entrance and rapidly issued orders to several screens before him:

"Has Professor Qin's team from Peking University's Institute for Extraterrestrial Civilization Studies arrived? Have their people connect directly to Analysis Station Three!

Communications technical support team, confirm all backup links again. I want to ensure the signal capture at exactly ten tonight is foolproof!

And Academician Chen from the Peking University Institute of Theoretical Physics... notify him that we need a briefing on the phenomenon of spatial matter transfer, as soon as possible!"

The speaker was Tian Weidong, the commander-in-chief of the Dragon City incident.

He turned around, swept his gaze over the lieutenant colonel, Old Li, and the others, and asked without any pleasantries, "The firsthand audio-visual recording?"

"Right here, Commander Tian." The lieutenant colonel raised a hand, and a technical officer immediately stepped forward to take the security case the lieutenant colonel had kept close to him.

"Connect it to the main screen. Synchronize and amplify the audio and video across all frequencies," Tian Weidong ordered.

The technical officer worked deftly. Moments later, the command center's main screen began playing the raw footage recorded in Fang Tianyi's room that night.

Though the angle was limited and the footage shaky, the enhanced audio rang clearly through the command center as it fell silent:

"Naruto! Mom, it's the world of Naruto!..."

Fang Tianyi's sobbing scream instantly pulled everyone back to the night before.

A pin could have been heard dropping in the command center. Only the sounds and images from the screen continued onward.

Then came the shocking scene. Within a patch of light, the space above the Book of Ten Thousand Worlds distorted slightly.

A strangely shaped kunai, stained with dark red blood, slowly materialized out of thin air in the form of particles.

Then, with a clang, it dropped onto the page!

"Stop! Go back to the frame where it was transmitted as particles. Magnify it! Enhance it from multiple angles!" Tian Weidong abruptly raised a hand and pointed at the screen.

A wave of suppressed gasps and sharp intakes of breath sounded through the command center.

Even though they had read the reports beforehand, witnessing the original recording of this supernatural transfer with their own eyes was still incomparably shocking.

Several senior researchers urgently transferred from Upper Capital could not help moving closer to the screen, the desire for scientific inquiry blazing across their faces.

"A particle-energy form? Spatial teleportation? Or some conversion mechanism entirely unknown to us?" a physicist muttered.

"Did we capture the spectral characteristics when that book glowed? Does the analysis section have corresponding data?" Tian Weidong immediately pressed.

"We captured fragments, but with only video, the spectral characteristics are incomplete.

The analysis section is conducting full-band baseline measurements on the book itself, but no energy emissions matching those spectral characteristics have been detected so far."

An officer responsible for liaising with the analysis section answered.

"Very good." Commander Tian nodded, then looked at the lieutenant colonel. "Where is the kunai?"

The lieutenant colonel stood at attention and replied, "The kunai has been taken over by Academician Chen's analysis team and is undergoing non-destructive testing.

The book is currently on the core monitoring platform in the analysis section. The testing will require..." He glanced at the atomic clock on the command screen. "Three hours."

After hearing this, Tian Weidong walked over to the massive central tactical table.

A simple timeline of the available information and a diagram of the incident's connections had already been spread across it.

There was not much time. He looked around at everyone in the command center. "We have two core tasks, of equal priority.

For tonight's second transfer, I need one hundred percent confirmation of the authenticity of the other world and the authenticity of this incident.

Once it is proven authentic, spare no expense. Do everything possible to ensure Comrade Fang Tianyi's survival and bring him back safely."

"Yes!"

Hidden Leaf Camp.

Hyuga Tianyi slowly opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was the familiar canvas ceiling of the medical tent.

The dim halo of an oil lamp swayed above his head.

Wounded ninja lay all around him.

Then Tianyi braced himself with his right hand and slowly sat up.

The movement pulled at his left shoulder, but the pain was entirely within his tolerance.

He lowered his head. Fresh white bandages were neatly wrapped around his shoulder and chest, and a faint itch came from beneath them.

How much time had passed? A penetrating wound had actually healed to this extent. Was this the power of Medical Ninjutsu in the Naruto World?

Just as he was feeling fortunate over his body's rapid recovery, his gaze shifted forward.

The Book of Ten Thousand Worlds was quietly floating in the air half a meter before him, its entire body radiating a faint glow!

It simply hovered there, defying gravity.

Tianyi's heart jolted! Why did it come out on its own? And why was it being so conspicuous?!

Almost on reflex, he reached out, intending to grab the book and hide it.

However, just as his fingertips were about to touch the book.

The tent flap was lifted, and a figure walked in.

It was a young woman wearing a Leaf Village Genin combat uniform beneath a slightly oversized white medical coat.

She carried a wooden tray holding medicine bottles and clean gauze.

She had come in too suddenly. Tianyi had no time to conceal anything!

The Book of Ten Thousand Worlds floated in the air between them, completely unobstructed, glowing brightly!

It's exposed!!!

Tianyi seemed to freeze instantly. He could practically imagine her shocked questioning in the next second, followed by an intense ANBU investigation!

Yet Mitarai Aoi's gaze... passed straight through the glowing, floating book.

As though there was nothing there but air.

Without slowing, she walked straight to the bedside and naturally extended her right hand toward Tianyi's forehead.

Her hand passed directly through the Book of Ten Thousand Worlds without the slightest obstruction!

Mitarai Aoi nodded slightly. "Mm, your temperature is normal. The lingering low fever has subsided.

The wound should still ache faintly and feel numb and itchy. That is a normal response from your tissues and chakra pathways healing.

You're recovering well, faster than expected. Rest peacefully for another night, and you should be able to do basic rehabilitative activity tomorrow."

She can't see it!

Thank goodness... thank all the gods in heaven and earth! Otherwise, forget someone like Orochimaru, a research fanatic.

Even Konoha's ordinary intelligence division or ANBU would never let a book like this go.

"Thank you, sis... I feel much better. May I ask... how long did I sleep? What time is it now?"

Mitarai Aoi pursed her lips in a smile.

She glanced at the simple hourglass in the corner of the tent:

"You were brought in at dawn today and remained unconscious ever since. It's around eight in the evening now. You've slept for an entire day."

Eight in the evening!

Tianyi immediately relaxed inside. Good, I didn't miss it! The contact window at ten every night is still two hours away.

There's enough time, but there are too many wounded people here.

I need to find somewhere quiet with no one around.

At that moment, the tent flap was lifted, and three figures walked in.

All three wore animal masks.

ANBU!

The moment they entered, their gazes locked onto Tianyi in the bed, carrying undisguised pressure.

One of them walked straight to the bedside, looking down at him with a cold tone.

"Hyuga Tianyi, assigned to the Border Regular Reconnaissance Seventh Squad.

Regarding the ambush by Hidden Rain Village elites suffered by your squad yesterday in Northwest Zone Seven, in which every member except you has been confirmed dead.

ANBU requires you to provide a complete and detailed report of the incident.

Furthermore, during the period from the attack site until you were ultimately discovered by a patrol team.

All of your movements, encounters, and any unusual chakra reactions or enemy activity you may have observed.

This concerns intelligence assessments and defensive deployment adjustments across the entire front line.

You must cooperate truthfully!"