Escape From Konoha

The Kingdom of Ghosts is a fenced-in construction site.

"Vientiane Tianyin!"

Stone bricks flew in the air, and were neatly stacked on the four-wheeled vehicle under the control of magical gravity.

Such a magical scene attracted exclamations and applause from a large number of workers.

Facing the endless compliments from the people around him, Nagato felt slightly ashamed.

Because he used the important ninjutsu for fighting at the construction site, he always felt that the ninjutsu he had worked hard to practice was wasted.

Although the workers around him had kind eyes and did not think there was anything strange about ninjas using ninjutsu to help transport stone bricks, Nagato was not used to the rhythm here yet, so naturally he could not sympathize with it.

But when I picked up the flyer in my hand, I suppressed my shyness for the time being.

——Recruiting bricklayers with integrity, ninjas are preferred. Three meals are free during work, and the daily salary is 10,000 taels.

After several days of long journey, he and Konan came to Oni Country, a country far away from Rain Country, a special country that enjoys the status of a neutral country in the ninja world.

In this country, the culture of shrines and witches can be seen everywhere, and the strong atmosphere of mysticism allowed Nagato to enjoy an exotic scenery.

But this appreciation could not last long, because he and Xiaonan came to this country with extremely important tasks on their shoulders.

The largest chamber of commerce in the Kingdom of Ghosts is the Ziyuanhua Chamber of Commerce, named after the capital city of Ziyuan City. Their target this time, Ziyuanhua Pharmaceutical Technology Company, is also affiliated with this chamber of commerce.

It is a large-scale chamber of commerce group spanning many countries.

Internationally, they are all famous.

It is said that when Ziyuanhua Pharmaceutical Technology Company was initially established, the publicity and promotion of this chamber of commerce was indispensable.

All in all, in terms of the degree of money convergence, Akatsuki is someone who needs to look up to him.

Konan was responsible for the supply of medicine, while Nagato wandered alone in Shion City and found a temporary job by chance.

Unlike the people of the Kingdom of Rain, the people of the Kingdom of Ghosts have plump faces and optimistic attitudes towards life, which are incomparable to the poor and hardest-hit areas of the Kingdom of Rain.

This made Nagato envious.

But we also know that this is the special right of a neutral country and the various advantages and benefits it brings.

Judging from the geographical environment of the Rain Kingdom, it is impossible to become a neutral country.

Whenever a major country launches a war, the Country of Rain will be the first country to bear the brunt.

The economy collapsed, the people were displaced, hungry, and domestic politics were corrupt. It would be no exaggeration to say that the daimyo and many nobles had become puppets of the great powers.

Even so, the people of the Country of Rain have never been defeated. In times of crisis, there will always be people who stand up and set an example for the people who are suffering in the Country of Rain.

When he thought of this, Nagato's heart was filled with the power to fight.

As the output of chakra increased, more stone bricks flew towards the four-wheeled transport vehicle under the control of his ninjutsu 'Miraculous Tension', and were neatly placed for the workers in charge of transportation to push them away.

It wasn't until dusk in the afternoon, when the sun set, that the person in charge of the construction site asked everyone to stop working and start settling today's wages.

Nagato took the salary he received at the construction site in his hand and found that it was not the 10,000 taels written on the flyer, but a full salary of 50,000 taels.

"Well, it seems there are too many..."

Nagato was about to return the extra 40,000 taels when the person in charge of the construction site stopped him and said with a smile: "Take it, kid, you have done a workload that even dozens of people may not be able to finish by yourself, so the extra Forty thousand taels is an extra reward.”

If Nagato doesn't take the money, he will feel uneasy.

Thanks to Nagato, tomorrow's work is also completed ahead of schedule.

"……Thanks."

Nagato is not a talkative person, but is very sensitive to people's good intentions and malice.

He could feel the enthusiasm and sincerity of the people here, which was very different from the people of the Rain Kingdom who were in need of charity.

Holding fifty thousand taels, Nagato felt heavy with satisfaction in his hands.

In the memory of his life, he had never received such a large amount of money.

Thinking of Xiaonan's debt of 10 million taels from Ziyuanhua Pharmaceutical Company, which means that he only needs to work on the construction site for two hundred days to almost pay off that part of the debt for Xiaonan.

Is this the power of the samsara eye? Nagato looked at his hands and felt this way in his heart.

He had never discovered before that the power of the Samsara Eye could make money so easily.

It's just that the country of ghosts is also a strange country when it comes to recruiting ninjas to work on construction sites.

Nagato thinks so.

In his past consciousness, ninjas existed as tools for combat. Even Akatsuki mostly took jobs related to combat.

Eliminating the bandits within the Kingdom of Rain, as well as dealing with the wandering ninjas who are doing sabotage in the Kingdom of Rain, are Akatsuki's main cleanup goals.

Not to mention the ninja village organizations of the five major countries, they have formed a more complete mission system, which represents a country's military strength and thus determines its status in the ninja world.

While working on the previous construction site, Nagato discovered no less than a dozen people who were ninjas by profession. According to their conversations, they seemed to be special workers who were permanently stationed here, and their ninjutsu characteristics were also very suitable for various tasks on the construction site. For complex jobs, it is said that special workers are specially trained.

This made Nagato puzzled. It was not that ninjas could not do some ordinary people's work, but it was only a temporary job, and the main job was still focused on fighting.

This is the first time Nagato has seen a country like the Demon Country that specializes in cultivating this special type of ninja, so it is inevitable that he will have a novel experience.

"Nagato, where have you been? I've been waiting for you here for a long time."

We gathered in front of a hotel in Ziyuan City. Nagato arrived late, and Konan complained very much.

"Sorry, this city is so prosperous that I got a little carried away for a while."

Nagato scratched his head and apologized to Konan.

"Really, we're not here for tourism."

“How is the purchase of medication going?”

Nagato asked about the purchase of the medicine.

"I have purchased everything. Sure enough, the price of medicines in this country is much cheaper than other places. I have saved a lot of money than expected."

Xiaonan seemed very satisfied, with a smile on her face.

Although the long journey was a bit tiring, being able to purchase such a large amount of complete medicines and even having some funds left over meant that coming to the Ghost Country was indeed the right choice.

"That's great."

"We at Akatsuki have always had limited funds for our activities, and now we can finally save some of it for emergencies."

Seeing Konan's really happy look that day, Nagato was slightly touched in his heart.

——At any time, I only need to protect this smile and everyone’s dreams.

He swore silently in his heart.

The burden on his shoulders became heavier and heavier, and the more Nagato could feel the firmness of his desire for peace and the elimination of war.

"Xiaonan..."

"What's wrong, Nagato?"

Hearing Nagato call his name, Konan looked up at him in confusion.

"No, it's nothing. I was thinking that we have achieved fruitful results this time, and Yahiko and everyone will be very happy."

"Of course they are happy. After all, there is so much money left this time. However, Yahiko goes to negotiate with Sunagakure and Konoha's ninjas, so there should be nothing wrong..."

Having said this, Xiaonan showed a clear look of worry on her face.

Those are the ninjas of the five major countries, and they are fundamentally different from the ninjas of their small countries.

Neither Konoha nor Sunagakure were behemoths they could provoke.

"Even Lord Hanzo had to compromise with Konoha..."

Sansho Hanzo, the leader of Hidden Rain Village, is a legendary ninja famous in the Land of Rain.

Even he compromised on the war situation because of Konoha's strength, and the Akatsuki organization, which was insignificant in the Land of Rain, could not reverse the will of those powerful ninjas no matter how hard they thought.

Xiaonan suddenly felt that it was a very risky act for Yahiko to negotiate with Sayin and Konoha's ninjas.

"Yahiko will definitely succeed! Even if we fail this time, there will be another time. As long as we are still fighting, Akatsuki's will will be passed down from generation to generation. Sooner or later, true peace will be brought about."

Nagato's eyes were firm.

Xiao Nan also nodded, if they even admit defeat, they would be ashamed to see themselves in the past.

"Then let's go back to the Land of Rain. That's our home field."

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Loulan, in the quiet room where the dragon vein sealing device is stored.

From the closed eye device, purple light seeps out, which is the color of dragon chakra, which is different from the color of ordinary chakra.

Liuli appeared here alone, staring at the sealing device of the dragon vein, as if thinking about something.

"Don't you have any thoughts about the remaining half of the dragon vein power?"

Ayane appeared at the door of the quiet room, ate the freshly warmed pancakes in her hand, walked in and asked Liuli curiously.

"I just think things are a little weird."

"Strange? What's weird?"

Ayane wasn't quite sure what Liuli was implying.

Dealing with the time and space disruptors who arrived here from another time and space, secretly solved the crisis in Loulan, took away half of the core of the dragon vein, making the power of the dragon vein incomplete, and banned people from other time and space from using the power of the dragon vein to come here. This time and space is causing trouble.

As Baishi said, they can't control the affairs of other time and space, but the order of this time and space they live in cannot be disturbed.

"Dragon Vein is a naturally formed earth energy with the help of the power of the earth. Unless the natural energy of the earth is exhausted, theoretically even if half of the core is taken away now, it will only make the Dragon Vein weak for a while. Wait for more than ten years or dozens of years Years later, maybe it will recover again, and once again have the power to travel back to the future or the past."

Liuli's words made Ayane's movement of eating pancakes slow down, and she also showed a look of thinking.

After Liuli's reminder, the truth of the matter was indeed a bit strange.

"Maybe it happened suddenly and he didn't think it through well, so he was a little negligent, right?"

Ayane tilted her head.

"Did you neglect it? I really can't imagine a man like him making such a low-level mistake."

There was a sneer on Liuli's face, and she did not agree with Ayane's point of view.

Ayane glared at Liuli with dissatisfaction, always feeling that this Sharingan woman seemed to have mastered a major hidden secret, but she was kept in the dark.

"What would you do if you knew there was a power that could travel through time and space?"

Liuli asked instead without answering.

"Hmm... I'll probably use this power when I encounter a certain setback that I can't get over. I'll go back to a time when things still have room to turn around. After all, it's such a convenient power. It would be a waste not to use it this way."

Ayane thought for a moment and answered Liuli's question.

Most people will think this way, or they may say that they have regretted something and want to go back to the past to change that period of history.

Ayane also regrets things that she wants to undo. Although she knows that it is history that has happened, if one day she cannot bear the pressure, she might use this power to go back to the past and change some things.

"Then what if we go back to the past and still fail?"

"Continue to return to the time and space where there is no failure. If you still fail, then continue to reverse time and space, and keep repeating this failure process. If you encounter obstacles from your past self, you may even kill her..."

Thinking along Liuli's train of thought, Ayane shuddered a little, and her movement of eating pancakes completely froze.

She hadn't considered the situation at all.

Only then did she realize how terrifying and intimidating the power of dragon veins to travel through time and space was.

Compared with this, things like the resurrection of the dead that go against the laws of nature are nothing more than that.

"Then Mr. Baishi is..."

Ayane's tone was trembling.

"I'm afraid that I was afraid that I would become such a person, so I sealed that memory on purpose."

Liuli thinks so.

Otherwise, Shiraishi would not ask the living dragon to come to the land of ghosts, write the past, and pass on the true history to the human collective.

"Whether it is the history that is scheduled to happen in the future or the history that has happened in the past, it is what has happened before and is the real history. If at that time, he uses the power of dragon veins to travel through time and space for his own benefit, he will become his own The person I once hated and despised the most.”

Ayane fell silent.

Thinking of Shiraishi's plan in the Kingdom of Ghosts, although he still couldn't see everything, he knew that it would definitely be a radical change that subverted past perceptions.

No one can guarantee the success of such a huge plan until it reaches the end.

In case of failure, one can't help but use the power of dragon veins to return to the time and space before the failure.

Then when he encounters himself whose past beliefs have not changed, a life-and-death fight is inevitable.

Maybe you will fall into a sad cycle of constant failure and repetition. Rather than becoming an image that makes you feel hateful, it would be better not to know anything at the beginning.

"To be honest, I kind of regret backing up that memory about the future."

Liuli sighed, this was probably a real feeling that ignorance is happiness.

"It's been done, it's been done, and I don't intend to erase that part of the memory."

Ayane was a little depressed.

"But this kind of thing might be something he expected."

Liuli said coldly.

"Eh? What do you mean?"

Ayane was stunned.

"Pretending to be real is his specialty."

Liuli didn't explain too much, but checked the seal of the dragon vein device, and the bright red three-magatama Sharingan appeared.

"untie!"

The sealing technique on the ground was immediately covered with new spells, covering the original sealing technique.

"The composition of this sealing technique is..."

After Liuli finished reading, he paused and continued:

"As expected of his handiwork, everything was done flawlessly."

Ayane also came over to look at the seal covering the top layer, showing a look of astonishment.

She didn't expect that Baishi's sealing technique to seal the dragon's veins would be this sealing technique.

This also means that all Liuli's guesses just now are probably correct.

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It was revealed that Loulan Minister An Lushan secretly kidnapped people in Loulan and built a puppet weapons factory underground in the city.

Although the Queen of Loulan did not want to believe the scene before her, the people who were kidnapped to the underground weapons factory in the city were the civilians who disappeared in Loulan a while ago.

Each of them was tortured to the point of being skinny and tattered. After An Lushan disappeared, the puppet soldiers lost their control and stopped function, so they could escape from the underground factory and report the crimes of Minister An Lushan.

After verification, Queen Loulan had to believe that An Lushan, the minister who was loyal to her, was a criminal with evil intentions against Loulan.

On that day, the Queen of Loulan ordered a search for An Lushan throughout Loulan. He must be caught and an explanation given to the people.

After leaving this task to the soldiers, Queen Loulan went to the quiet chamber where the dragon veins were sealed and carefully inspected the sealing situation here.

Those puppet soldiers, according to the statements of the kidnapped people, An Lushan took advantage of her trust and used the chakra of the dragon vein here to create a large number of puppet soldiers in an attempt to control Loulan, and may even launch a war with the outside world and plunge Loulan into A place of no return.

Just thinking of this made Queen Loulan tremble with fear.

After checking in the quiet room for a while, Queen Loulan found that the sealing device of the dragon vein was intact, so she planned to further check the situation of the dragon vein.

"!?"

A look of surprise appeared on the Queen's face.

The deeper dragon vein core cannot be contacted.

You must know that every generation of queens in Loulan has the special power to contact the dragon veins and can touch the core of the dragon veins, which is the most important source of power to form the dragon veins.

Suddenly, the sealing spell on the ground lit up, and Queen Loulan took a step back in fright.

On top of the original sealing spell, the new sealing spell was immediately covered, and it was also connected with the dragon vein.

"This is...that guy An Lushan!"

Queen Loulan first thought of An Lushan who had not yet been captured. The other party must have wanted to take the power of the dragon vein for himself, so he set up a new sealing technique here, making her connection with the dragon vein worse than before.

Although he could still control the dragon vein chakra and let the dragon vein chakra provide Loulan with a large amount of energy, the connection with the dragon vein core was covered by the new sealing technique and thus cut off.

And she can feel that the power of the dragon veins is only half of the original power, which is still less.

Apart from An Lushan, Queen Loulan couldn't think of anyone else who could easily approach this place, tamper with the spells here at will, and steal the power of the dragon vein.

"Her Majesty the Queen."

Back at the palace, the guards came in to report.

"How's it going? Did An Lushan catch him?"

There is still half of the dragon vein power that has been taken away from An Lushan, which deserves Queen Loulan's attention.

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. An Lushan is now missing, and I have searched every corner of Loulan, but there is no trace of him."

the guard replied.

Queen Loulan sighed.

Such a long time has passed, and An Lushan has not been captured yet. He must have escaped from Loulan and hid somewhere else.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but have a headache.

I really want to recover half of the dragon vein power, but Loulan can only be self-sufficient and has no international influence.

It is obviously impossible to use the power of those big countries to hunt down An Lushan.

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A few days later.

Baishi, who returned to the Kingdom of Ghosts from Loulan, discussed the treatment of dragon veins with the clone of the living dragon in a laboratory.

"Lord Baishi, this doesn't seem to be a complete dragon vein."

Huo Li took a closer look at the dragon vein core that Bai Shi took out, and saw at a glance that this core was not the essence of the complete dragon vein power.

"Yes, this is half of the dragon vein core. Because the city of Loulan is built on dragon veins, half of the core must be left behind to prevent the city's underground from collapsing."

"Is that so? Since Loulan and Dragon Vein are connected as one, we really can't act rashly."

Based on this consideration, Shiraishi made this decision. Huo Li was not surprised, but took it for granted.

"How's it going, lively, do you have any suggestions?"

Shiraishi asked the live dragon for advice.

Huo Li thought for a moment and answered Shiraishi's question:

"Although it is a core, this core itself is just a container that can hold chakra. Master Shiraishi, please allow me to take this half of the dragon vein core back to the Shiggy Bone Forest and cultivate it for a while to store enough chakra."

The live snake gave a sharp evaluation.

The chakra loss in this half of the core has been quite serious, and the chakra that can be utilized is not enough to meet the expectations it and Shiraishi expected.

If you want the container to exert its proper capabilities and effects, you must refill it with chakra to bring out the original power of the dragon vein.

Judging from the upper limit of the reserve of half a dragon vein core, it is enough to rival the tailed beast level chakra.

"However, I didn't expect that the power of the dragon veins would be so much weaker than when I saw it before. The dragon veins under Loulan may be deserted in another hundred years."

Bai Shi couldn't understand how powerful the dragon veins were in the past, but the power of the current dragon veins was enough for him to squander freely.

"That's it for dealing with the Dragon Vein. I'm not in a hurry to use it yet. Next, it's time to deal with the internal affairs of the Kingdom of Ghosts. By the way, how's the historical record work going?"

Shiraishi asked with interest.

This time he went to Loulan to ask for the power of the dragon vein, while the clone of the living dragon stayed in the Kingdom of Ghosts, recording its past history into a book, writing it down word by word.

Those responsible for recording are naturally Shiraishi's trusted historians, who are responsible for historical research.

"Well... because the amount of information is too large, I can't remember all the things. However, I asked the historians to record the major events and some important secrets. There are some incredible things involved. I think Mr. Shiraishi, you should be mentally prepared before watching."

Huo Li kindly reminded Shiraishi that when watching this part of history, you must be mentally prepared.

It knows how shocking and shocking the past world history is to the people of this era.

"Don't worry, I have experienced the storms and waves. No matter what the history is, I will not complain or be shocked."

Shiraishi replied to the beast with a serious expression, indicating that he was mentally prepared.

When the living beetle heard what Bai Shi said, he led the way, took him to the next room, and began to read the historical epic that had lasted for thousands of years and had been forgotten by people of this era.

(PS: If you have any doubts, they will be explained in the plot later. Don’t ask. Asking is just a foreshadowing.)