Boom!
The entire underground temple shook violently. Cracks spread rapidly across the rock walls, and sand and stone rained down.
At the center of the dragon vein's spring, the chakra that had been flowing gently suddenly surged out like an uncontrollable torrent. Azure energy raged through the air, carrying powerful waves of spatial distortion.
"This chakra surge... it's several times stronger than before!" Tsunade steadied herself, her face turning slightly pale.
Sara stared at the scene in terror. She had never seen the dragon vein spiral so horribly out of control, and deep despair welled up in her heart.
"If we don't stop it, this power will tear all of Rōran apart!" Sara's voice trembled slightly.
But the instant she finished speaking—
Humm!
A deep blue pillar of light shot skyward, engulfing the entire temple in blue radiance!
Shinichi's pupils contracted sharply. His Mangekyō Sharingan clearly caught the changes occurring within the dragon vein's chakra—at the energy's core, spatial cracks were tearing reality apart. Twisted rifts in time and space appeared in the air, seemingly leading to an unknown past and future!
"...Is this a Time Gate?" Shinichi's pupils narrowed, and memories of Minato Namikaze traveling through the dragon vein flashed through his mind.
Tsunade noticed the change in his expression and frowned deeply. "Shinichi! What exactly did you discover?"
"The dragon vein's core is in an extremely unstable state where time and space intersect!" A gleam flashed in Shinichi's eyes, and his voice carried a note of resolve. "If I can control this chakra, we might be able to glimpse the truth of time and space!"
"Wait, you mean... we can use the dragon vein to travel through time and space?!" Tsunade's gaze jolted, and turmoil surged through her heart.
"Exactly!" Shinichi smiled faintly, his eyes brimming with the