Anrokuzan was scrambling around in terror.
He had felt his vision blur, and when he came to, he was already here.
A place he had never seen before, and he couldn't sense the Dragon Vein's power!
What on earth was going on?!
Just as Anrokuzan was completely clueless, Uchiha Yuzuru's figure appeared before him.
Seeing Anrokuzan, Uchiha Yuzuru chuckled softly. "Mukade, do you still... want to conquer the shinobi world now?"
Anrokuzan froze for a moment, then asked in horror, "H-How do you know my name?"
Mukade was his name when he was in Sunagakure. Back then, he was just an obscure nobody among the shinobi.
Since traveling through time using the Dragon Vein, he had changed his name to Anrokuzan.
There was no reason for Uchiha Yuzuru to know him!
But now wasn't the time to dwell on such things.
Seeing Uchiha Yuzuru approaching, Anrokuzan's voice trembled. "Lord Yuzuru, c-could you let me go?"
"You've seen my ability. I can create an immortal puppet army."
"When you unify the shinobi world in the future, I can definitely be of great help!"
Hearing Anrokuzan's plea for mercy, Uchiha Yuzuru shook his head with a smile. "I preferred your rebellious attitude from the beginning."
"But unfortunately, you won't have the chance to recover."
With that, Uchiha Yuzuru formed hand seals. "Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!"
A sea of fire raged, swallowing Anrokuzan's massive body in the blink of an eye.
"Hmph!"
Uchiha Yuzuru crushed Anrokuzan's head under his foot, his eyes filled with disdain.
With only this much ability and capacity, he really wondered where he got the courage to want to unify the shinobi world...
"Yuzuru, is Anrokuzan dealt with?"
As soon as Uchiha Yuzuru appeared, Sara asked impatiently.
Uchiha Yuzuru nodded with a smile. "Sara, Anrokuzan is dead."
Receiving the affirmative answer, Sara's eyes reddened.
The murderer who killed her mother and persecuted the people of Loulan had finally received his due punishment.
It was wonderful!
"Yuzuru, thank you. You are the benefactor of all Loulan."
"If not for you, my people and I might have already..."
Sara felt a lingering fear in her heart.
Without Uchiha Yuzuru's help, she might have been killed by Anrokuzan just like her mother.
The entire population of Loulan would have become enslaved under Anrokuzan's rule, wearing shackles forever.
"You don't have the ability to guard the Dragon Vein. If you continue to use its power, it will surely invite disaster."
Uchiha Yuzuru wasn't being an alarmist; this was simply the truth.
Once news of the Dragon Vein spread, Loulan would vanish silently from the world, just like the Land of Whirlpools.
No... perhaps their fate would be even more miserable than that of the Land of Whirlpools.
Hearing Uchiha Yuzuru's words, Sara nodded.
After the events with Anrokuzan, she had come to understand certain things.
Even if they possessed a treasure, without the power to protect it, it would only bring calamity.
Thinking of this, Sara asked Uchiha Yuzuru, "Yuzuru, what should I do now?"
Uchiha Yuzuru thought for a moment and said, "Take me to see the source of the Dragon Vein first."
"Okay."
Under Sara's guidance, Uchiha Yuzuru saw the Dragon Vein.
The dense energy flowed through the earth like a tangible substance.
Just by sensing it briefly, Uchiha Yuzuru frowned.
The power of the Dragon Vein was far too violent. Even the Chakra of a Tailed Beast couldn't compare.
As a power generated from the ley lines, the Dragon Vein was less like Chakra and more like natural energy.
No wonder Anrokuzan had modified his body into a puppet.
A human body could hardly withstand such power.
"Sara, can you try guiding a little bit of the Dragon Vein energy into my body?"
"Eh?"
Sara was surprised. "I can, but it's too dangerous."
"It's fine."
At Uchiha Yuzuru's insistence, Sara guided a wisp of the Dragon Vein's power into his body.
The next second, Uchiha Yuzuru couldn't help but frown.
He could feel the Dragon Vein's power continuously eroding his body.
"Okay, that's enough."
Hearing Uchiha Yuzuru's voice, Sara immediately extracted the Dragon Vein energy from his body.
"Yuzuru, what's wrong?"
Seeing Sara's worried expression, Uchiha Yuzuru shook his head.
It seemed that sealing the Dragon Vein directly into his body wouldn't work. Unless he possessed a Sage Body, he wouldn't be able to withstand the shock of this natural energy.
Otherwise, even with Sara's help, it would be difficult to use the Dragon Vein's power in actual combat.
Of course, Uchiha Yuzuru wasn't too disappointed.
This matter might be unsolvable for others, but for him, it wasn't an impossible problem.
Possessing a system, evolving his body into a Sage Body was well within his reach.
With this in mind, Uchiha Yuzuru began to form hand seals continuously.
Over the years, his mastery of sealing jutsu had reached a high level, no worse than Namikaze Minato in the original story.
Four Symbols Seal, Eight Trigrams Sealing Style...
Various sealing formulas were layered and arranged, quickly sealing the entire Dragon Vein completely.
Finally, Uchiha Yuzuru plunged a Kunai into the center of the seal.
The power of the Dragon Vein was completely isolated.
"That should do it."
Uchiha Yuzuru stood up and said to Sara, "Now that the Dragon Vein's power is gone, Loulan is no longer suitable for you and your people to live in."
"Why don't you return to Kumogakure with me?"
Although judging by the Anrokuzan incident, he should be the first to discover the Dragon Vein's location in this timeline, necessary precautions still had to be taken.
If so many people from Loulan continued to live here, Uchiha Yuzuru couldn't guarantee that no accidents would occur along the way.
It was better to proactively arrange a place for them—it saved worry and effort.
Loulan was surrounded by desert with almost nothing there. They had wanted to migrate long ago, but no place was willing to accept them.
Now, hearing Uchiha Yuzuru say they could move to the Land of Lightning, Sara excitedly hugged him.
"I'll go tell my people the good news right now. They'll definitely be even more excited than me."
After speaking, Sara ran directly outside.
Uchiha Yuzuru savored the feeling from a moment ago, a hint of a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
This trip wasn't in vain.
Like Sara, upon hearing they could settle in the Land of Lightning, the citizens of Loulan were all ecstatic.
Even with the power of the Dragon Vein, Loulan, located in the desert, still lacked various resources, and daily life was inconvenient.
Now that they could leave together, naturally no one objected.
Sarai and Masako even specifically sought out Uchiha Yuzuru to express their sincere gratitude.
Uchiha Yuzuru saw the good deed through to the end, personally escorting the Loulan citizens toward the Land of Lightning.
It wasn't that he had much affection for these Loulan citizens, but rather that Sara's lineage possessed the power to control the Dragon Vein. He didn't mind doing a little more to increase Sara's favorability toward him.
The mighty migration of the Loulan people naturally could not be hidden from Sunagakure. However, once the frontline spies reported to the Third Kazekage that the one responsible for escorting the Loulan citizens was Uchiha Yuzuru, the Kazekage ceased his fretting.
He even secretly dispatched quite a few Sunagakure shinobi to escort them part of the way. Regardless of the circumstances, he absolutely could not allow any mishaps to befall these people while they were within the borders of the Land of Wind.
Hearing their conversation, Sara's face flushed red, and she lowered her head, fidgeting incessantly with the hem of her skirt.
Yuzuru had already informed Sara of his situation in advance. Although Sara had explicitly stated she didn't mind, this sort of thing still needed to be reported to Uchiha Mikoto and Uzumaki Kushina first.
It was also worth mentioning that while passing through the Land of Grass, Uchiha Yuzuru made a special trip to Kusagakure to look around, but he found no news regarding any members of the Uzumaki clan. It seemed it was still too early; Karin's mother had likely not yet settled in Kusagakure.
From the Land of Wind all the way to the Land of Lightning, the group passed through the Land of Birds, the Land of Rain, the Land of Grass, the Land of Waterfalls, the Land of Frost, and the Land of Rice Fields...
It took a total of three months for the group to finally arrive in the Land of Lightning.
As soon as they reached the border, the ANBU arranged by the Third Raikage appeared on their own initiative. "Lord Yuzuru, the Third Raikage has already arranged a place for the people of Loulan. I will take them there from here."
Uchiha Yuzuru nodded and turned to Sara. "Sara, do you want to come with me to Kumogakure first, or go with your people to your future settlement?"
"That's alright. Let's part ways here."
Uchiha Yuzuru did not insist. As the Queen of Loulan, it wouldn't be right for Sara to simply abandon her subjects to return to Kumogakure with him.
After instructing the ANBU to ensure Sara's safety, Uchiha Yuzuru took Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Shisui, and Uchiha Obito, and the four of them hurried toward Kumogakure.
On the road, Uchiha Shisui meticulously updated the mission log, while Hatake Kakashi kept his head down, reading his book.
Only Uchiha Obito couldn't stay quiet for a single moment. He looked at Uchiha Yuzuru with curiosity. "Big Brother Yuzuru, do you need me to help hide your affair with Queen Sara from Sister Kushina and Sister Mikoto?"
Hearing this, Uchiha Yuzuru gave him a thumbs-up.
As expected of Big Brother Yuzuru, Obito thought. It seems I still have a lot to learn!
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