Second Body quietly watched the conversation between the father and son, pondering whether the butterfly effect she had caused would still lead to the Nine-Tailed Night.
"Once all the missions are complete, perhaps I can tell you. Look, if you turn left from there, you can exit. Is that okay? Then it's a deal."
Minato stood up and pointed the way for Naruto, urging this Konoha Ninja, who made him feel close despite being from another timeline, to quickly leave the dangerous Rouran.
Subsequently, Minato Namikaze used Body Flicker Technique and disappeared in front of Naruto, and Second Body naturally followed Minato's steps, leaving Naruto bewildered in place.
"Second Body, let's continue clearing out the unactivated puppets, otherwise, it might be extremely disadvantageous during the final battle."
Minato Namikaze stood on the side of the high tower, not mentioning Naruto's matter from earlier, and Second Body naturally didn't bother to ask back; collecting chakra metal was more important.
"Mm, okay, let's split up!" Second Body nodded, watching Minato Namikaze disappear before her eyes using Flying Thunder God Technique. Second Body naturally also used Curse Power to conceal her Chakra, planning to head to the next high tower.
From the moment Second Body saw Naruto, she knew this Naruto wasn't from the future, but merely a Naruto from a parallel world—a world where her, Uchiha Ling, didn't exist.
Otherwise, at Naruto's age, she should have already become the Fifth Generation. If Second Body had dispatched Naruto to complete the Rouran mission, she would have certainly left some marks on Naruto that only she could understand.
Unfortunately, there was nothing, which meant that her, Uchiha Ling, did not exist in other parallel timelines, or rather, she hadn't been reflected yet.
However, this was also good. While a parallel universe self was still herself, it was too awkward. Now, her, Uchiha Ling, was still unique.
Losing track of Second Body and her group, and even failing to find Naruto, who had chased him into this timeline, greatly infuriated An Lushan.
However, a celebration was still to be held tomorrow. This celebration was merely a pretense for him to create an 'accident' and eliminate Sara. The cheering people below were all just puppets.
This celebration was not only to commemorate Sara's death but also to celebrate the formation of his puppet army, which no longer needed Rouran's help, nor Sara, who could control the activation of the Dragon Veins.
The Ninja World was about to be unified by him. The first to be conquered would be Hidden Sand Village. He was chased down and declared a rogue Ninja just for secretly learning the Hundred Puppets Performance.
And Konoha, who had been constantly pursuing him like a dog chasing a mouse, he would settle all scores and avenge all the humiliation he had suffered in the past.
An Lushan still didn't know that nearly half of his puppets had already been dismantled by Second Body and her group. He was still smugly pleased with himself. Perhaps when he discovers that most of the puppets he spent countless efforts and resources creating over six years have been destroyed, he won't be able to smile.
To speed things up, Second Body directly used Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu combined with Technique Reversal and the power of Escaping Rabbit to create a thousand Escaping Rabbit Shadow Clones, with two Escaping Rabbit Shadow Clones working together.
One was responsible for blasting the puppets with Exploding Tags, and the other Shadow Clone was responsible for collecting chakra metal, making the work efficiency incredibly high.
An Lushan's speed in manufacturing a puppet on an assembly line couldn't keep up with Second Body's destruction speed. Second Body's Escaping Rabbit Shadow Clones rapidly cleared the area, radiating outwards from the central region.
Without An Lushan's knowledge, the puppets he had poured his heart into were being cleared by Second Body at a speed faster than slaughtering pigs. She alone was much faster than the other nine people combined.
Meanwhile, An Lushan was still arranging the ordinary-looking puppets needed for his celebration tomorrow, creating a celebration that only he cared about.
Second Body somewhat felt that An Lushan had a serious illness, otherwise, ten years of cerebral thrombosis wouldn't lead to such behavior. However, becoming a rogue Ninja did imply some psychological issues.
In the Ninja World, probably no one is without psychological issues; it's just a matter of degree or severity. However, Second Body considered herself to be a positive and kind person.
Some might say Second Body's act of dismantling puppets was too wasteful, as puppets are much more expensive than the small amount of chakra metal they yield.
However, the reason these puppets are so powerful is because they are built upon the infinite energy source of the Dragon Veins; otherwise, these puppets are just mere figurines.
Ordinary Puppet Masters simply don't have enough Chakra to supply these mass-produced puppets that consume Chakra without restraint. Using such puppets is less efficient than using their own low-consumption puppets.
Otherwise, even if Sasori of the Red Sand used the Hundred Puppets Performance to control these mass-produced puppets, he wouldn't last more than a few minutes before collapsing.
Unless a Tailed Beast Jinchuriki skilled in puppetry were to control them, it would be almost useless. Moreover, puppetry is a niche system in the Ninja World.
Aside from Hidden Sand Village, there really aren't many people who play with puppets. So many puppets couldn't even be sold; they would just sit in inventory. It's better to just dismantle them and take the chakra metal.
However, Second Body still kept a few hundred of these puppets, intending to sell them to Hidden Sand Village if she got the chance to see if she could make money. It wasn't that she didn't want to keep more, but rather that Sealing Scrolls were limited.
Although Second Body could mass-produce Sealing Scrolls, the speed couldn't compare to Exploding Tag production, as Sealing Scrolls are too long and have too many Sealing Technique runes, making them prone to errors.
In one night, Second Body and the others dismantled all the outer puppets in Rouran City, and everyone gained a lot.
Second Body was not a selfish person; she naturally told them about chakra metal. With this haul alone, even the poorest, Obito and Rin, directly earned the equivalent of several Jonin's worth.
They were all grinning from ear to ear. chakra metal was a hard currency that held its value even better than gold. Although they could only sell this chakra metal to the Village, it was enough to significantly improve their lives.
With money, whether it was Obito and Rin Nohara or Kamikawa Shuji, they could extensively purchase expensive secret medicines to enhance their strength.
However, the prerequisite was that they had time to train and improve themselves, as the Third Shinobi World War had already begun, and they likely wouldn't have much free time.
Of course, Second Body and Minato would still try to arrange safe and free positions for them, such as assigning Rin to protect the field hospital.
However, this was only possible on the Hidden Sand Village battlefield. If an all-out war broke out, Second Body didn't know how many battlefields she would have to run to.
Naturally, she wouldn't have time to look after them, so whether they survived would depend entirely on themselves. She hoped they could improve themselves as much as possible during their time on the Land of Wind battlefield.
As the sun rose, Rouran began to bustle with activity. The seemingly joyous celebration and the bustling streets appeared harmonious.
Unfortunately, those with good eyesight could discern that these cheering people were merely puppets, though they were crafted to be incredibly lifelike, with their movements and cheers specifically programmed.
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