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.

In the center of the room, a resolute-looking middle-aged man in military casual uniform, his epaulets bearing a general officer's rank, 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 Research arrived? Have their people connect directly to Analysis Station Three!

Communications Technical Support Team, reconfirm all backup links. I need to ensure that 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 transmission, 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 audiovisual recording?"

"Here, Commander Tian." The lieutenant colonel raised a hand in indication. A technical officer immediately stepped forward and took the security case the lieutenant colonel had kept close at all times.

"Connect it to the main screen. Amplify the audio and video across the full frequency range in sync," Tian Weidong ordered.

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

Although the angle was limited and the footage shaky, the enhanced audio echoed clearly through the command center, which had fallen silent:

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

Fang Tianyi's tearful scream instantly pulled everyone back to the previous night.

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. Amid a burst 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 particle form.

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

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

A wave of suppressed exclamations and sharp inhales sounded through the command center.

Even though they had read the reports beforehand, witnessing this raw record of supernatural transmission with their own eyes was still incomparably shocking.

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

"Particle energy form? Spatial transmission? Or some conversion mechanism completely unknown to us?" a physicist muttered.

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

"We captured fragments, but video alone does not provide complete spectral characteristics.

The analysis section is currently conducting full-band baseline measurements on the book itself, but no energy emissions with 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 answered, "The Kunai has been taken over by Academician Chen's analysis team and is undergoing nondestructive 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 to the enormous central tactical table.

A simple timeline of the available information and a chart of event 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, with equal priority.

For tonight's second transmission, I need one hundred percent certainty regarding the reality of the other world and the reality of this incident.

Once its authenticity is proven, spare no cost. Give Comrade Fang Tianyi every possible support for survival and strive to bring him back safely."

"Yes!"

Hidden Leaf Camp.

Hinata 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.

Injured ninjas were all around him.

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

The movement tugged at his left shoulder, but the pain was entirely bearable.

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 recovered this much already. Was this the power of medical ninjutsu in the Naruto World?

Just as he was feeling fortunate about 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, emitting a faint glow from its entire surface!

It simply hovered there, defying gravity.

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

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

However, just as his fingertips were about to touch it.

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

It was a young woman dressed in Konoha Genin combat gear, with a somewhat oversized white medical coat over it.

She held a wooden tray carrying medicine bottles and clean gauze.

She had entered too suddenly, leaving Tianyi no time to hide anything!

The Book of Ten Thousand Worlds was floating unobstructed between them, glowing in the air!

It was exposed!!!

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

However, Mitarai Aoi's gaze... passed straight through the glowing book floating in the air.

As if there was nothing there but air.

She did not stop walking. She went directly 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 any obstruction!

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

Your wound should still ache faintly and feel numb and itchy. Those are normal reactions as the tissue and chakra pathways heal.

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

She couldn't see it!

That was great... thank the gods of all heavens! Otherwise, forget research maniacs like Orochimaru.

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

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

Mitarai Aoi smiled with pursed lips.

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

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

Eight at night!

Tianyi immediately felt relieved. Good, I hadn't missed it! There were still two hours until the ten o'clock contact window every night.

There were still two hours. That was enough time, but there were too many injured people here.

I need to find a quiet place with no one around.

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

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 directly to the bedside, looked down at him, and spoke coldly:

"Hinata Tianyi, attached to the Border Regular Reconnaissance Seventh Squad.

Regarding the fact that your squad encountered an ambush by Hidden Rain Village elites in Northwest Zone Seven yesterday, and that everyone except you has been confirmed dead.

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

Furthermore, concerning the period from the attack site until you were finally discovered by a patrol.

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

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

You must cooperate truthfully!"