However, if Second Body were stabbed to death by the Third Hokage, perhaps Shisui would feel that this world is too fake and, wishing to escape, would awaken Tsukuyomi and Kamui.
However, Ame no Habakiri is no weaker than those two ocular techniques; in fact, it is even more monstrous. Once Shisui comes of age, and if we arrange for him to have a White Zetsu Mark, he could even serve as a main force in the Fourth Ninja War.
It is mainly because ocular techniques related to space-time are too monstrous, especially those related to time; they are inherently invincible.
"Since everyone has rested, let us head towards the central tower. The Dragon Vein should be beneath that tower, and that so-called An Lushan is likely there as well."
Second Body stood up, brushed the dust off, and pulled Shisui up from the ground. No one knew how much Second Body had said to Shisui just now after pulling him into the illusion space.
"Then let us set off. I seem to have just sensed a fluctuation in space-time; it seems this mission is not simple."
Second Body also sensed the space-time fluctuation that Minato Namikaze mentioned; sensing space-time fluctuations is a prerequisite for practicing the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Second Body had actually already guessed the cause of the space-time fluctuation. It was highly likely that the Yellow-Haired Brat had traveled through time. I wonder how long it will take for the older yellow-haired one to recognize the Yellow-Haired Brat.
Sneaking on the ground is still quite easy to avoid An Lushan's surveillance; the pipelines for the Dragon Vein energy are all built at the midsection of the high tower.
What is quite interesting is that near the center of the city, those residing in the high towers are actually puppets disguised as civilians.
Along the way, we really haven't met many living people; there are only some women and children living in secret rooms dug out of the sewers.
In other words, there really aren't many living people left in the city of Loulan. In just five or six years, it has become nearly deserted. An Lushan is truly guilty of heinous crimes.
Near dusk, An Lushan, who had spent a lot of time without finding Second Body and the others, intended to directly activate most of his puppet army to search for them.
These puppets were controlled by An Lushan, searching from the center outwards inch by inch. Had they not hidden in the sewers several times, they would have truly been discovered.
"This is not a solution; the puppet army is too numerous. We must destroy some of the puppets that have not yet been activated, otherwise, if a fight breaks out, facing the siege of the puppet army will be very dangerous."
Minato Namikaze's expression was extremely grave. Although An Lushan can only precisely control a few hundred puppets at a time, if they face the continuous attacks of the puppet army, they might not be able to hold out.
"Then let us slowly clear them out from the outskirts of the city. Everyone, team up and split up, and just use Exploding Tags to blow up the puppets."
Second Body discovered that compared to the original work, there were still many puppet armies in Loulan that had not been revealed. A rough estimate suggested there were no fewer than ten thousand puppets.
"Here are forty thousand Exploding Tags. Everyone take four thousand each. Be careful, stick them onto those unactivated puppets, and clear them out building by building."
Second Body took out some Exploding Tags from the sealing scroll and distributed them to everyone. After all, if they used Ninjutsu to attack the puppets, they would likely be exhausted before clearing out very many.
"Alright, let's do as Second Body says. Kakashi, you take Obito and act with Second Body. Shisui, you act with Kamikawa Shuji. The five of us will act separately."
No one asked Second Body where she got so many Exploding Tags. The fact that the Uchiha clan produced Exploding Tags could not be hidden from the Village, but since the Uchiha clan sold them to the Village at a price of 1,500 ryo per tag, no one cared.
It was impossible for An Lushan to monitor the entire city. He controlled a few hundred puppets to search from the inside out, which just happened to give Second Body and the others the opportunity to clear out these unactivated puppets from the outside in.
Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to send everyone to the edge of the city, while Second Body, bold due to her high skill, began clearing from an area closer to the center.
Arriving at a high tower above, Second Body did not use Exploding Tags. For these puppets that were not activated and lacked the protection of Dragon Vein Chakra, Second Body could easily cut them apart with just the sharpness of Ame no Habakiri.
There was no need to coat it with Wind Release Chakra; with just a casual slash, she could cut a puppet in two, clearing them from the bottom of the building all the way to the top.
However, this was not the biggest gain. Second Body discovered that some parts of these puppets were actually made of chakra metal. In this one building alone, she collected nearly ten-plus jin of chakra metal.
"What the hell, where did An Lushan get so much chakra metal? Is it produced locally around Loulan?"
Second Body stored these chakra metals in a sealing scroll and planned to speed up the clearing process; she might be able to collect several hundred jin of chakra metal.
Second Body knew that chakra metal could only be born in places extremely rich in Natural Energy, after being permeated by it over many years.
Loulan happened to be such a place, enriched with Natural Energy and even special Chakra. Coupled with some metal ore veins in the desert, after several hundred years, it was possible that an entire vein was made of chakra metal.
Just after Second Body had cleared the puppet army from a few buildings, she suddenly heard the sounds of battle outside. Second Body thought one of her teammates had been caught and immediately dashed out through the building's glass.
Then she saw dozens of puppets attacking a yellow-haired teenager of about fourteen or fifteen years old; needless to say, he must be Uzumaki Naruto.
Naruto just felt very unlucky. He had come to an abandoned city while pursuing a rogue ninja from the Hidden Sand Village, but he didn't expect to encounter An Lushan deep under the city center, trying to find a way to break the Fourth Hokage's seal.
So he and Captain Yamato immediately rushed up to stop him, but An Lushan actually absorbed the seal, causing the Dragon Vein to go berserk, and he was covered by the Dragon Vein energy.
When he woke up, he found a red-haired girl singing. Before he could ask where this place was, the girl escaped through a mechanical stone door.
When he chased after her, he found a few puppets attacking him at the mechanical stone door. Fortunately, the stone door had a strange seal; after these puppets passed through the seal, they turned into a pile of parts.
The stone door was also closed by the red-haired girl, so he had to leave through a light-admitting opening above the secret room. As a result, he saw a tall city that somewhat resembled that abandoned city.
Just as he was preparing to go find An Lushan, he unexpectedly encountered an attack from a group of puppets. Seeing hundreds of puppets appear, he started running without a second thought.
However, even though only a few dozen puppets were chasing him, facing these flying puppets, he could neither defeat them nor shake them off.
Fortunately, he remembered what Granny Tsunade said about using a Chakra short sword to cut the puppets' control threads, which allowed him to defeat a few puppets. However, facing the numerous puppets, he was immediately forced back into a position where he could only dodge.
Thus, Second Body saw the scene of the Yellow-Haired Brat being chased and jumping around by the puppets, wanting to fight back but being focused-fired by the puppet army.
Second Body remembered that the Naruto of this period was the Naruto just after Jiraiya had died, and before he had gone to Mount Myōboku to train. Don't ask why, after Jiraiya had died, they didn't immediately let the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki go to Mount Myōboku to hide.
Second Body also felt that the setting of this theatrical version was a bit absurd. If it were the Naruto who had just killed Kakuzu coming to complete this mission, it would have been possible.
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