It's completely bright.
Konoha, Land of Snow Daimyō Kazahana Sōsetsu are already waiting under the guard of several Snow Ninja.
There was anticipation for the destination on his face, and he looked a little excited and a little nervous.
From a distance, he saw the figure of Yūto appearing, and immediately prepared to come forward to say hello, with a smile on his face, "Team Yūto..."
Before he finished speaking, the smile on his face froze, and his eyes fell on the unique woman next to Yūto.
She was tall and tall, with long brown hair tied into a neat ponytail, and a handsome face with a cold heroic spirit, as sharp as a hawk in the desert. When she glanced over calmly, Sōsetsu and Daimyō felt a trace of invisible pressure.
She wears skin-tight gear suitable for action and is clearly a powerful ninja.
"Is this...?" Sōsetsu blurted out the question in his mind, his eyes going back and forth between Yūto and the woman.
Yūto patted Pakura's shoulder naturally and introduced to Sōsetsu, "This is my girlfriend, Sunagakure... the former elite ninja of Sunagakure, Pakura."
He emphasized the word girlfriend.
He noticed that Pakura maintained a polite but distant expression on her face, and knew that she did not like unnecessary social pleasantries.
"Ah! It turns out to be captain Yūto's girlfriend!" Sōsetsu suddenly realized.
No wonder... with such a powerful and beautiful Kunoichi accompanying him, no wonder Captain Yūto was completely unpretentious towards that girl Koyuki.
He automatically attributed Yūto's reason for rejecting Koyuki to Pakura, and completely failed to understand Yūto's mini car theory.
Sōsetsu quickly straightened his expression, showed a standard polite smile, and bowed slightly to Pakura: "Pakura Jonin, I have long admired Daimyō! Kazahana Sōsetsu, Land of Snow Daimyō. Nice to meet you!"
His attitude was very polite. In his heart, this Kunoichi who could defeat Yūto should not be underestimated. He even subconsciously upgraded Yūto's sentence of Sunagakure, a former elite ninja, to the famous Sunagakure strongman.
After all, how can someone who can follow Yūto be an ordinary person?
Pakura nodded slightly and responded with a formulaic smile, "Kazahana Daimyō, nice to meet you. I am Pakura, and I will serve as the escort this time."
Her voice was cold and crisp, without unnecessary politeness.
Yūto looked at the atmosphere between the two of them and quickly brought the topic back. "Let's go as soon as everyone is here, Sōsetsu, Your Highness. Rōran The environment there is not easy to get around."
"Yes, yes, let's go, let's go!" Sōsetsu nodded repeatedly and directed his men to check their luggage.
Pakura's eyes swept in the direction of Land of Wind in the distance, and silently followed Yūto's footsteps.
After the three of them briefly confirmed the route and supplies, the team left Barrier at Konoha and embarked on a journey to Ancient Kingdom of Roran deep in Land of Wind.
A few days later.
The scorching sun burned the endless sea of golden sand, and the air was distorted by the high temperature.
Walking through the scorching heat and wind and sand for several consecutive days made the pampered Sōsetsu look extremely tired and haggard. His thick clothes were stained with sand and dust, and his lips were chapped.
However, when he saw the strange buildings on the horizon standing above the sea of sand from a distance, his fatigue seemed to be swept away!
"Rōran! That's Rōran!" Sōsetsu's voice was hoarse with excitement, but the enthusiasm in it was extremely clear.
Pakura looked at the Rōran City state in the distance. Although it was many years ago when he last carried out a mission, he still remembered that this Oasis Small Nations was built on Dragon Vein. Although it was small, it was full of vitality, and the voices of people could be faintly heard.
But now, the whole city is shrouded in a strange dead silence, so quiet.
The buildings in the sun shine with an unnatural sheen.
Yūto also stopped and frowned deeply.
He also saw the dead silence. Could it be that the plot of the original work started so quickly?
He calmly approached Pakura, lowered his voice and said, "There is a problem. Something is very wrong. Pakura, stay on the highest alert."
Pakura nodded slowly and quietly touched the ninja tool bag on his waist.
Under Sōsetsu's impatient urging, the group finally slowly entered the border of Rōran.
The scene in the city is even more bizarre.
There seemed to be some kind of grand celebration taking place on the streets. The streets were crowded and very lively.
However, as a group of people gradually approached...
Wrong!
Sōsetsu took a sharp breath, and the hairs all over his body stood on end!
That so-called crowd is not a living person at all!
Their movements are stiff, their steps are consistent, their faces are frozen with exaggerated smiles, and their bodies are made of wood connected by joints.
It's hard to tell from a distance, but when you get closer you realize it's actually a dense wood Puppet!
"What... what the hell is going on?!"
Sōsetsu pointed at the weird celebration ahead. This scene was completely beyond his understanding as a Daimyō.
Yūto glanced at the rooftops on both sides of the street, but only responded vaguely, "I'm afraid something big happened to Rōran."
He knew that these were Puppet soldiers created by Mukade using the power of Dragon Vein.
In this weird atmosphere, Yūto captured an inconspicuous low corner not far away, and there seemed to be a figure peeking out furtively!
The figure wore a strange orange and blue coat and had a golden hedgehog head.
Yūto recognized the other party at a glance, it was Naruto Uzumaki!
Pakura found that Yūto was strange, as if he had discovered something extremely unexpected.
"Yūto?" There was a trace of doubt in Pakura's voice. Her eyes glanced in the direction Yūto was staring at, but she didn't find anything special. "What did you see?"
Yūto looked away and shook his head. "It's no big deal, I just saw an acquaintance."
"Acquaintance? In a ghost place like this?" Pakura raised his eyebrows, his tone full of disbelief.
No matter how you look at this ancient desert city, there should be no acquaintances of Yūto.
"Well, if I read it correctly, he is indeed an acquaintance." Yūto's answer was still unclear. He once again cast his gaze in the direction of the low corner where the figure disappeared, "Let's go, catch up first and check the situation."
He concluded that the Blond Hair figure was Naruto Uzumaki, who was probably sent to the current timeline by Dragon Vein.
"Okay!" Pakura nodded immediately without any hesitation.
She has instinctive trust in Yūto's decision, especially in this weird environment.
The two of them took steps almost at the same time and were about to chase in the direction where Naruto was found.
Kazahana Sōsetsu, who was confused by this sudden turn of events, was completely confused and failed to follow the two people's thoughts. He didn't even see clearly where the acquaintance Yūto mentioned was.
He hurriedly said, "Wait! Captain Yūto, Pakura Jonin! What are you talking about? Who are you chasing?!"
Yūto explained succinctly, "Your Highness Sōsetsu, I saw a suspicious figure, which seems to be related to the strange changes here. I am going to investigate clearly."
Sōsetsu's heart was in his throat. He was just a technician who studied geothermal energy. He had never seen the current scene.
But on the other hand, the strong curiosity about Rōran Dragon Vein outweighed the fear.
"Can you let me follow you?" He swallowed, his voice small but pleading, "I really want to know how Dragon Vein land became like this?"
He could not imagine that the powerful Chakra source he was eager to study could lead to such a hellish scene on earth.
Yūto glanced at Sōsetsu's horrified and expectant expression, and thought for a moment.
With his Super Kage Level strength, it is not a big problem to protect an ordinary person.
Moreover, in his opinion, the troublemaker Mukade is really just a clown, little Mukade, which is not enough evidence.
He nodded. "Okay, follow us."
Then he picked up speed again, quickly crossed an empty square, bypassed the densely packed Puppet, and rushed towards the corner where Naruto disappeared.
As soon as I arrived at the open area below a towering tower, I happened to see a young woman with red hair and a shawl standing on the high terrace of the majestic building directly in front of me.
She was waving to the puppet-like citizens below.
Obviously, this is Sara, the queen of Rōran. She doesn't know yet that her people have been replaced by Puppet's army.
At this moment, a sudden change occurred!
On the terrace, behind Sara, a pair of black hands poked out from the shadows behind her!
Sara let out a cry of surprise, and suddenly fell from the terrace dozens of meters high!
"Oops!"
Pakura's eyes tightened, and she jumped up almost as a conditioned reflex. Sunagakure's instinct as an elite ninja made her immediately want to rescue him.
However, a faster golden figure was faster than her!