Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha is not motivated.

Chapter 930 Foot, you can't let this name down, can you?

"Ok?"

As a long ripple spread across the calm water, the dark space began to flicker with light. An old man, sitting cross-legged in mid-air, slowly opened his eyes, his purple-rimmed eyes filled with confusion.

"This aura... Impossible! Who took my Heavenly Swamp Spear?"

He remembered very clearly that the Heavenly Swamp Spear he had used was still stuck in the seal of the Earth Moon Gate. Could it be that Hamura had another episode of his addiction to peeing?

Frowning, Hagoromo Otsutsuki searched for a moment, his all-seeing eyes finally locking onto Loulan in the heart of the Land of Wind. His purple Rinnegan narrowed slightly.

What a chaotic atmosphere.

Under the influence of the spacetime turbulence caused by the power of the dragon vein, he was unable to accurately lock onto the aura of the Heavenly Swamp Spear for a moment.

"Uh, it disappeared again?"

In the brief moment of his hesitation, the terrifying aura of the Heavenly Swamp Spear receded like a tide, as if it had never been there at all.

Hagoromo Otsutsuki pondered for a moment, then shook his head almost imperceptibly. With a flicker, he vanished into the darkness once more.

Compared to the crisis of his mother breaking free of her seal, a discarded antique was not worth his intervention in worldly affairs.

Loulan

"W-Wait, Ding-za, am I not hallucinating?"

Yu Nuzhi tilted her head back slightly, her mouth wide open to an exaggerated degree, her bulging little eyes almost bursting through her sunglasses.

"Snapped!"

However, he was met with a crisp slap from Akimichi Choza. Turning to look at his teammate whose face was half swollen like a pig's head, Aburame Shii then turned her gaze to Minato, who was trembling all over.

"Watergate?"

"Wow, that's so cool!"

Minato looked at Uchiha Gin standing under the sky with eyes full of adoration, almost bowing down in worship.

Silver's attack was not only powerfully chanted, but its strength was also unparalleled. Even Tailed Beast Balls paled in comparison to this heaven-piercing strike.

The red beam of light not only annihilated An Lushan along with the black energy dragon, but also conveniently dispelled the thick, dark clouds that had shrouded Loulan for many years.

Bathed in the golden sunlight, the coldness in Uchiha Gin's eyes gradually faded, and he returned to his usual lazy, slacker-like demeanor.

"Ha~ Basically done."

Gin Uchiha yawned widely, glanced at the Genesis Sword in his hand with its grass-like design, and seemed quite satisfied with his cosplay.

"Clang!"

Just before it was sheathed, the cylindrical longsword transformed back into the unremarkable, cheap black wooden knife it had been before.

"Hey! Why are you all staring at me like that?"

After landing unsteadily, Uchiha Gin looked at the stunned crowd, his long, sword-like eyebrows slightly raised.

"Senior, are you...are you still human?"

Minato, rubbing his hands together, approached, his handsome face displaying an obsequiousness that Choza and the others had never seen before.

"Ok?"

"No, no, no, what I mean is, you're so strong you're practically inhuman."

Seeing that Uchiha Gin's face was turning dark, Minato quickly tried to salvage the situation.

"It's alright. In my time, this kind of attack would only be considered a basic attack."

Uchiha Gin shook his head nonchalantly, as if he had just done something insignificant.

A flat A?

Upon hearing this description, everyone present, except for Chiyo, showed expressions of shock.

"So, the legend of the Valley of the End is true?"

Kakashi, standing to the side, seemed to remember something; his small eyes filled with immense shock.

"What legend?"

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Gin looked at the white-haired little boy with curiosity, his expression questioning.

"The Valley of the End used to be a towering peak, which was transformed into a canyon by the aftershocks of the battle between the First Hokage and the traitor Madara Uchiha."

"You mean this? It's not actually that exaggerated."

"I knew it! How could a human possibly do that?"

Hearing Uchiha Gin's answer, Kakashi and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"The two of them fought for days and nights before they leveled that mountain."

Recalling the details of his younger cousin's friendly sparring session with Hashirama in prison, Uchiha Gin nodded solemnly.

"what?"

Isn't this just an official advertisement used to promote the power of the first God?

"Well"

At this moment, Naruto, who had been knocked unconscious by the sign, slowly woke up. Clutching his head, he looked left and right and noticed everyone's faces wore a strange expression of relief mixed with surprise. He scratched his head in confusion.

Where is An Lushan?

"Old An has been blasted to smithereens by this uncle."

With her hands on her hips, Sara looked down at Naruto, who was sitting on the ground looking dumbfounded, and recounted in detail Uchiha Gin's feat of instantly killing An Lushan.

"Ah! I actually missed such an important part of the plot. It's all your fault, Captain Yamato!"

Stunned, Naruto glanced incredulously at Uchiha Gin, who was surrounded by the crowd, then turned his furious gaze to Yamato beside him, who was also clutching his head.

"Hiss, you can blame me for this too?"

That signboard was clearly quite heavy. Touching the exaggeratedly large bump on the back of his head, Yamato couldn't help but gasp.

He glared at the carefree Naruto with annoyance, but as his thoughts gradually cleared, his brows furrowed sharply, his eyes filled with doubt.

"Wait, now that An Lushan is dead, shouldn't the time-travel spell be dispelled?"

According to normal procedure, he and Naruto should already be on their way home.

"Even a centipede that has a hundred legs does not fall down when dead."

While being interrogated by Minato and Kakashi, Gin Uchiha suddenly turned around and said something that left everyone puzzled.

"Senior Yin, what do you mean by that?"

Minato had now become Gin Uchiha's number one fanboy, and he asked for an explanation with great respect.

"It means exactly what it says."

Uchiha Gin nodded, his lifeless, dead fish eyes slightly lifting to fall on the somewhat dilapidated Dragon Vein Tower in the distance.

"Click-clack."

Before the gate, An Lushan, with only half a body and one hand remaining, crawled laboriously, his cracked puppet eyes filled with resentment.

"I haven't lost yet!"

That attack not only annihilated the energy dragon he had condensed using the power of the dragon vein, but also shattered his body into pieces.

Without the blessing of the dragon vein's power, his once-high-speed regeneration is now a pipe dream. He can only try to turn the tide with this crippled body.

The dragon vein beneath Loulan has not completely dried up. As long as he can get close to the eye of the dragon vein at the bottom, he can regain control of the dragon vein's power.

"That's... Old An!"

Following the direction of Uchiha Gin's gaze, Sara immediately spotted the half of An Lushan crawling forward.

"He's still alive."

Seeing An Lushan's tenacious vitality, everyone's faces showed surprise.

"I'll go and arrest him."

Minato and the others exchanged a glance, then flashed to the side of the dying An Lushan. Ignoring his vicious curses, they grabbed the remaining half of his body, which only had one arm.

"Traitorous Centipede, do you confess your crimes and submit to the law?"

With a serious expression, Minato stared at the clenched teeth of An Lushan, pondering how to deal with this transmigrated ninja. His eyes, slightly darting out of the corner of his eye, glanced at Naruto and Yamato in the distance, his gaze thoughtful.

If this guy isn't dealt with properly, their spacetime could suffer irreversible distortions.

"Damn Konoha ninja! If it weren't for that curly-haired guy, the whole world would be mine!"

An Lushan, held in Ding Zuo's hand, let out a helpless bark. His face full of resentment, he looked at the gate of the Dragon Vein Tower that was so close at hand, and a crazy plan surfaced in his mind. "Brother Golden Hair, can you hand him over to us?"

Naruto and Yamato landed in front of Minato and the others, looking expectantly at An Lushan's mangled body. This was the key to their return home.

"This matter still needs Her Majesty's decision, after all, she is the one who hired us."

Although Minato intended to hand over the centipede to Hao Da'er, at least some basic procedures had to be followed; otherwise, the four of them would have made a wasted trip.

“I’ll leave An Lushan to you to deal with; I have more important things to do.”

All eyes turned to Sana, whose face was grave. The Loulan Queen, looking at the surrounding ruins, had long since lost any desire to hold anyone accountable for the culprits.

Her most important task right now should be to lead the residents of Loulan in rebuilding their homes.

"Sarah, stay with Godmother Bandai and don't wander off."

After temporarily entrusting her daughter to Bandai, Sana led her personal guards to search for possible survivors in the ruins.

After watching the Queen's resolute figure depart, and having received his employer's permission, Minato finally had the authority to hand over the Centipede to Naruto and the others, who also came from the future.

"In that case, he'll hand it over."

However, just before the two sides were about to make a friendly handover, Centipede suddenly raised its remaining arm and conjured a broken mirror in the air.

"His!"

Sensing something was wrong, Minato immediately drew his kunai and severed the opponent's last limb. His face grave, he questioned the crazed Centipede.

"What are you trying to do?"

"Hehehe, this lord is immortal!"

The centipede, now only a head and half a body, let out its classic sinister laugh once more, sending chills down the spines of everyone around.

"Minato, watch out!"

Suddenly, the parasitic worm inside Aburame Shiki issued a warning. Sensing something, he looked down at the inconspicuous broken mirror that Centipede had just summoned, and his pupils behind his sunglasses contracted sharply.

"Roar!"

The next second, a huge dragon head squeezed out from the palm-sized mirror. Everyone present immediately retreated warily, fearing that the dark dragon that had caused them so much trouble earlier might use some forbidden technique to kill each other.

However, what happened next was completely unexpected.

The black dragon did not attack the moment it appeared. Instead, it fixed its bloodthirsty gaze on the laughing centipede.

"Haha, come on!"

As if it had been prepared, the centipede struggled to raise its head and roared at the black dragon with a maniacal laugh.

"Roar!"

"Crack!"

"Crunch! Squeak~ Squeak~"

With a roar filled with greed, the centipede was swallowed whole by the black dragon. The crunching sound as it chewed sent chills down everyone's spines.

"Oh, this."

Naruto, his face blank, was momentarily speechless.

What kind of outrageous plot is this? The centipede was eaten by the black dragon it created?

The owner's fragrant and soft filling melts in your mouth?

"Roar!"

After the black dragon had completely swallowed the centipede, a hint of humanity suddenly shone in its bloodthirsty eyes.

"Oh!"

Without any warning, while everyone was still reeling from the shock of the centipede melting in their mouths, it turned and rammed headfirst into the tightly closed gate of the Dragon Vein Tower.

"boom!"

By the time everyone came to their senses, it had already disappeared into the dark cave entrance.

After a brief moment of surprise, Minato's azure eyes lit up with realization. He immediately got up without looking back and chased after her inside.

Ding and the other two exchanged glances and followed.

What's going on with this dragon?

Still not understanding the situation, Naruto scratched his head in confusion. Unable to bear it any longer, Uchiha Gin stepped forward and gave the idiot a sharp rap on the head.

"You idiot, if you were half as smart as your dad, you wouldn't be unable to get the girls you're chasing."

"Huh? Curly-haired uncle, how do you know I can't get a girlfriend?"

Naruto, with tears in his eyes, looked at the speechless Uchiha Gin and subconsciously asked,

"Alright, the centipede has already merged with that dragon, why aren't you chasing after it?"

"What?!"

After being reminded by Uchiha Gin, a half-conscious Naruto was dragged by Yamato into the Dragon Vein Tower, following in the footsteps of Minato and the others.

"Wait! Don't leave this princess behind!"

Annoyed, Sarah stomped her foot and took small steps into the tower.

"Uncle Yin, aren't you worried they'll mess things up?"

After all the bystanders had left, Chiyo approached Uchiha Gin and, seeing his calm demeanor, asked curiously,

"If they can't even handle this small matter, then the power of the protagonist's halo is nothing special."

Uchiha Gin shook his head, and Chiyo, filled with questions, slowly stepped into the Dragon Vein Tower.

On the other side, Minato, who was chasing the black dragon, tried his best to explain his guess to the others who came later.

"The centipede has most likely merged with that dragon."

"Huh? Golden-haired brother, how come you said the same thing as that curly-haired uncle?"

"Senior Yin? Then it seems my guess was right."

Having received the standard answer from Uchiha Gin, Minato nodded slightly, his face showing no pride, only a visible seriousness.

"It must have had a purpose in coming to this tower."

"It's the eye of the dragon vein!"

Panting heavily, Sarah leaned against the wall a short distance away and shouted.

"Old An's goal must be the Eye of the Dragon Vein; he wants to completely merge with the Dragon Vein."

The black dragon, which was moving rapidly ahead, suddenly stopped and turned to look at Sarah. A hundred-legged roar came from its mouth, which was full of sharp teeth.

"I never thought my silly princess could be so clever."

He had previously intended to conquer the world in a human body, so he only absorbed the power of the dragon vein into his body for use.

Now, facing a dead end, he is prepared to abandon his human identity and become one with the dragon vein.

"Damn it, you won't get away with it!"

Sarah was furious upon hearing this; she could not stand by and watch the dragon vein belonging to Loulan be defiled by Centipede.

"Calm down, leave it to me."

Naruto grabbed Sara, who was about to fight Centipede to the death, and made a firm promise to her.

"Naruto-kun, please."

Seeing the determination in Naruto's azure eyes, Sara slowly lowered her clenched fist, pursed her lips, and nodded gently.

"You? Roar!"

Centipede was almost amused by Naruto's words, and opened his mouth to fire a scorching fireball at the boastful brat.

"Tu Dun·Tu Liubi!"

Upon seeing this, Yamato immediately slapped the ground with both hands, and a bare earthen wall rose up from the ground.

"No dog head emoji, bad review."

Kakashi, hiding behind the wall, peeked out and commented with disdain, only to be met with Yamato's long-awaited iron fist.

"Boom!"

"Ouch! What are you doing?"

"Kakashi-senpai, I've put up with you for far too long!"

With teary eyes, Kakashi covered his head, glaring fiercely at the smug Yamato, as if trying to imprint his image in his mind.

"You wait, I will repay this grudge tenfold in the future!" (End of Chapter)