"It seems the location of Mukade and the Dragon Vein… can only be obtained from Sāra…"
Kaoru's scarlet eyes flickered slightly. Once he had made up his mind, he immediately flew back towards the ground.
"So, did she reveal the whereabouts of Mukade and the Dragon Vein?"
Atop the sole remaining tall tower in the Rōran city ruins, Kaoru leaned against the railing, gazing at the vast blue sky, a stark contrast to the surrounding devastation. He asked softly.
"Her personality is very stubborn…"
Behind Kaoru, Wan'er walked to his side and leaned against the railing, shaking her head gently. "It seems she truly trusts that guy Mukade…"
"If she knew she was deceived and used by the person she trusted most… that feeling must be terrible…" Wan'er said with a sigh, a sense of disgust towards the person named Mukade arising in her heart.
"You seem to sympathize with her quite a bit…" Seeing Wan'er's contemplative expression, Kaoru chuckled softly.
"Sympathize…" Wan'er murmured softly, a peculiar light flashing in her beautiful eyes. "Perhaps. But I think no one likes the feeling of being deceived by someone they trust…"
"Brother…" After a moment, Wan'er looked up and spoke again.
"What is it?" Kaoru asked.
"It's so good to have you by my side…" Wan'er said softly, hugging Kaoru.
"Alright, don't overthink things…" Kaoru said, stroking Wan'er's head. "However, if that Sāra still refuses to reveal the whereabouts of Mukade and the Dragon Vein, we'll have no choice but to use genjutsu…"
A short while later, Wan'er brought Sāra out of the room.
"So, have you thought about it?"
Kaoru asked in a deep voice.
"That…"
The red-haired girl, Sāra, appeared hesitant, as if her heart was still struggling. But finally, her gaze turned firm. "I'll take you to the Dragon Vein's location… I want to prove to you that Anrokuzan is not there… and he's not the Mukade you speak of…"
"Still not giving up… As you wish…" Seeing that Queen Sāra still trusted that guy Mukade, Kaoru shrugged indifferently. As long as Sāra agreed to lead him and Wan'er to the Dragon Vein's location, that was enough.
"In that case, lead the way." Kaoru glanced at Sāra beside Wan'er and said calmly.
...
Following Sāra's lead, Kaoru and Wan'er traversed the city of Rōran and finally arrived beneath a massive cylindrical building with an entrance resembling an underground passage.
"The Dragon Vein is down here…" the young girl Sāra said plainly. Without waiting for Kaoru and Wan'er to respond, she walked down alone, seemingly confident there was no danger.
"I see… that Mukade fellow is quite cautious…"
Kaoru silently scanned the underground passage and then entered with Wan'er.
Following Sāra ahead, Kaoru and Wan'er entered Rōran's underground tunnels.
Along the way, countless wisps of smoke billowed towards them, like wisps of steam.
"You two, come down…"
Kaoru lightly kicked off the square cover beneath his feet. After descending, he looked up and said to Wan'er and Sāra above.
"As expected… Mukade actually set up a barrier…"
Scanning the surrounding barrier and a large area of steaming pipes, Kaoru saw a massive industrial facility continuously producing puppet soldiers. It was clearly an underground arms factory.
"This is…" Sāra, upon descending, stared at the scene around her, completely stunned.
Beneath the massive machinery, under the supervision of several puppet soldiers, hundreds of Rōran city residents, their bodies emaciated and clad in ragged clothes, were shackered with iron chains and were laboriously pushing a giant circular turntable.
"It seems the true residents of Rōran have been found…" Kaoru's lips curled slightly, and he looked at Sāra beside him with a hint of sorrow in his eyes.
"To create puppet weapons… Mukade has been enslaving your people right under your nose, while you remain lost in the supposed prosperity of Rōran…"
"Anrokuzan, he actually…" Sāra's eyes widened in disbelief as she looked at everything before her. Anger and unwillingness surged from the depths of her heart, stemming from her own ignorance. "He actually detained so many residents of Rōran…"
"I will absolutely stop him from doing this!"
Finally reacting, Sāra's beautiful eyes frantically scanned the surroundings, finally finding the semi-circular, protruding Dragon Vein eye on the altar in the distance.
"Please take me there. I need to cut off the Dragon Vein's energy!" Sāra said, looking at Kaoru beside her as if seeking help, her eyes filled with anticipation.
"Brother, please help her…" Wan'er beside him quickly chimed in.
In Konoha Village, Naruto, dressed in a red cloak and standing on Gamabunta, appeared before the Edo Tensei Itachi. Beside him, Jiraiya also appeared, but he was missing an arm, greatly affecting his combat strength.
"This is… Sage Mode? Naruto, your growth potential is truly astonishing…" Itachi, standing within the red Susanoo, praised the dashing Naruto before him.
"Uchiha Itachi… What exactly is going on?" Jiraiya asked, glaring at Itachi with angry eyes.
"It's too complicated to explain now. In short, you just need to know that this is not my intention," Itachi said with a frown. "Also, Naruto, I have something to ask you…"
"I never imagined this Nine-Tails Jinchūriki would appear directly before Uchiha Itachi. Let's put aside the mission to find Uchiha Kaoru for now and capture the Nine-Tails first," Kabuto sneered from the shadows, forming hand seals.
Before Itachi could finish speaking, his body immediately moved. The right hand of the red Susanoo, holding a giant sword, slashed towards Naruto.
"Naruto, dodge quickly! That's the Totsuka Blade! If you get hit by this sword, you're finished!!" Itachi shouted anxiously.
"Understood!!!" Naruto raised his hands. "Tailed Beast Ball Rasengan!!!"
"Boom!!!" The azure Tailed Beast Ball Rasengan directly collided with Itachi's Totsuka Blade. But in the next moment, the Rasengan strangely disintegrated and, flowing along the blade of the Totsuka Blade, entered the gourd held by Susanoo.
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