"We are safe here. You can come down now, right?"
After arriving at a remote place.
Seiryū looked at Sara, who had her eyes tightly shut and was hugging him very tightly because the speed had been too fast.
He could not help but say, "You are taking advantage of me like this. My fees are very expensive. One hug costs one thousand ryō."
Only then did Sara open her eyes. Seeing that she was holding him tightly.
Her pretty face immediately turned red.
She had never been so close to a man before.
Although the other party looked a few years younger than her, like a little brother.
She still felt embarrassed.
She quickly came down from Seiryū's arms.
Sara took a deep breath, suppressing the embarrassment in her heart, and straightened her formal clothes.
Then she said with dissatisfaction, "You were the one who suddenly carried me away without my permission. How rude!!"
Seiryū waved his hand. "Alright, alright. Let us call it even. I will not charge you this time."
Sara placed her hands on her hips slightly and said unhappily, "What do you mean this time? Do you still want there to be a next time?"
Seiryū did not continue arguing with her. He said calmly, "We received information that someone in Rōran is using the Dragon Vein to create some kind of weapon, intending to rule the shinobi world. This person is your Rōran minister, Anrokuzan."
Hearing this, Sara froze for a moment, then said with slight anger, "Impossible. Anrokuzan is an outstanding person. As the minister of Rōran, he inherited my mother's will. Rōran has developed to its current state thanks greatly to him!"
"He is someone who loves peace. How could he develop some kind of weapon and try to rule the shinobi world?"
In her impression.
Anrokuzan was a minister who worked wholeheartedly for the development of Rōran.
How could he possibly do such a thing?
Saying that he wanted to rule the shinobi world.
That was simply ridiculous.
Seiryū spread his hands. "What other reason could there be? You were deceived. Shinobi are very good at deception and disguise."
As he spoke, Seiryū changed his tone and became somewhat angry. "Even I only wanted to trick half of Rōran's inheritance. Yet he wants all of it. That is really too excessive. People this greedy deserve to be hung on a street lamp!"
Sara: "..."
What exactly was wrong with this little guy?
You just said it out loud, did you not?
You said you wanted to trick half of Rōran's inheritance, did you not?
Suppressing her strange thoughts, Sara argued, "Anrokuzan is Rōran's minister. He is one of the people I trust the most. How could he possibly deceive me..."
At this point, her voice suddenly stopped.
She thought about what had just happened.
The reason she fell from the platform earlier was because someone pushed her from behind...
Seiryū looked at her and slowly said, "Only the royal line of Rōran's queens can control the Dragon Vein, right? Before his goal is completed, he naturally needs you to help control it. As for those who cannot be controlled..."
At this point, Seiryū stopped and did not continue.
Hearing this, Sara pursed her lips.
It was clear she had thought of something from those words.
Those who could not be controlled?
Was he referring to her mother...
"Although this is cruel, he may have already completed the final preparations. You are no longer useful to him. Instead, because you can shut down the Dragon Vein, you have become an obstacle to him."
Seiryū looked at her. His tone was calm, but the words were very cruel. "So he can only eliminate you, this obstacle..."
Sara's face turned pale.
It seemed she could not accept such a thing. She collapsed onto the ground, the light in her eyes disappearing as she murmured, "How could something like this... happen..."
Naruto, who had arrived a little later, also reached the place at this time. Seeing Sara sitting on the ground with a pale face and lifeless eyes, he looked confused. "What happened to her?"
"Nothing much. She just received some shock. She will recover. After all, this country still needs her as its queen."
Seiryū said this.
He was also reminding Sara that she was the queen of this country, and the country still needed her.
After hearing Seiryū's words, Sara's body trembled.
The lifeless look in her eyes gradually regained a trace of brightness.
She stood up from the ground. Her beautiful eyes looked at Seiryū, and her tone became firm. "I cannot completely believe your words yet. I need to confirm it myself. You said you would protect me, right?"
Seeing Sara regain her resolve, Seiryū smiled and nodded. "Of course. That is my mission."
Sara pursed her lips. "What price do I have to pay? Half of Rōran is impossible, but I..."
"Do not misunderstand."
Seiryū waved his hand and interrupted her. He said righteously, "I already said before that I was only joking. I am not so despicable that I would take advantage of someone in danger. Being able to help a beautiful girl who was deceived is the duty of a shinobi like me!"
Sara stared at Seiryū for a moment, then pursed her lips and said, "I hope you are not deceiving me, little brother..."
Seiryū: "..."
What is going on?
Now she has started acknowledging relatives?
He has not even agreed yet!
Wait... if they acknowledge relatives, could he inherit half of Rōran?
Whoosh!
At this moment, a figure suddenly jumped over. It was Tsunade.
She glanced at everyone present. Finally, she looked at Seiryū and asked, "Where did you run off to just now? I heard some commotion. When I rushed over, you were already gone..."
Just as Seiryū was about to say something.
"Eh, eh eh eh?"
Naruto's voice full of shock and surprise suddenly rang out. He pointed at Tsunade with one hand, his expression extremely dramatic. "Tsunade grandma, why are you here too!?"
Because the Yin Seal had the effect of preserving youth, Tsunade in her thirties and fifties looked almost the same.
Naruto naturally recognized her at first glance.
Seiryū: "..."
"?"
A question mark appeared on Tsunade's forehead.
Then veins bulged on her forehead. Her narrowed eyes stared dangerously at Naruto.
She smiled without smiling and said, "Grandma? Hey, brat, what exactly are you talking about? Who are you calling grandma?"
Grandma?
She was only "eighteen years old"!
Yet someone around sixteen or seventeen was calling her grandma?
When did she get married?
When did she have a son and grandson?
"And who are you? A Konoha shinobi? Why have I never seen you before? Why are you here?"
Tsunade sharply noticed the Konoha forehead protector on Naruto's head.
This was a Konoha shinobi.
But she had absolutely no impression of him.
There were no other Konoha shinobi involved in this mission either.
"I am Naruto. I came here because of the mission you issued, right? Tsunade grandma, why are you acting so strange..."
As expected of Naruto, whose brain was not the sharpest. He had already forgotten what Seiryū said earlier about different space-times.
After all, Tsunade looked exactly the same as in his memory, so he did not react immediately.
Tsunade still had question marks over her head.
She had never issued any mission.
She was not even the Hokage!
Unable to figure it out, but since Seiryū was here, Tsunade looked at him and pointed at Naruto as she asked, "Who is this brat? Why is he acting together with you?"
(To be continued.)