Naruto: As a genin, I just want to live a normal life.

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"Bai Xing, you're not going to tell me that none of you can go back, are you? What am I going to do then?"

After the war ended, the various ninja villages began to clean up the mess. Shirahoshi, Karura, and others went to the Dragon Vein to activate it, but the Dragon Vein counterattacked, transforming into purple dragon light and fighting Shirahoshi for a round before being dispersed.

Then a huge beam of light appeared from the dragon vein, destroying the ruins of the dragon vein and shooting straight into the sky. Before anyone present could react, they were all hit head-on by the beam.

Although the purple beam of light did not cause any harm to any of them.

But Bai Xing discovered that all information about centipedes had disappeared from his body and from everyone else's.

This also explains...

They can no longer return to the past world in the same way they used to.

Hearing Sasuke's question, Shirahoshi fell silent.

But now, he must find a way to return to that world of the past.

No matter what.

That world was his second home.

"We might have messed up, but let's wait patiently."

Accompanied by the appearance of purple beams of light.

Slight tremors were felt throughout the entire ninja world, as if a huge disaster was about to occur.

The ground tremors caused Sasuke, who was controlling the Perfect Susanoo that had landed nearby, to look towards Shirahoshi.

His eyes seemed to be asking a question.

Are you sure you're not going to cause another apocalypse?

"Time is stabilizing."

Sudden.

After remaining silent, the chibi version of Kaguya Otsutsuki, perched on Shirahoshi's shoulder, finally spoke.

"White Star, the purple light is filled with time, it seems that the time power of the centipede cells in our bodies is being devoured and understood by it. In this way, perhaps we don't need to study it at all, it may form a complete and stable time tunnel on its own."

"Huh? There's such a thing?"

Bai Xing was slightly taken aback.

He had just thought he was going to mess things up and was about to go back to reality to feed the zombies, but it turned out that things had stabilized, which was really great!

He activated his Rinnegan and, as expected, saw that the time chakra Kaguya had mentioned was rapidly entering a stable state.

This stable state was the result of the centipede cells that devoured his body, and the trace of time contained within those cells.

In other words.

This sliver of time is the rule of time, a power that transcends the dragon vein itself; it is the power of the rule that the dragon vein unintentionally created.

"Could it be that it saw this power in us and subconsciously appeared to try to devour it?" Bai Xing didn't see the dragon vein possess its own consciousness in the original work.

But when I think about how the demons in the Land of Demons, who embody all the evil of humanity, have their own consciousness, perhaps the Dragon Vein also has consciousness. But its consciousness is like that of an infant who has not yet fully grown up. It can only have instincts and has not yet fully grown up. When it began to think independently, it was sealed away by others.

"No matter what."

"There's nothing we can do now but watch."

Although Shirahoshi brought all the people who were going back to the past world with her.

But right now, there is indeed a bit of an awkward situation.

For example, there's the sparkling girl and the mature Yugao next to them, as well as Sasuke and the infatuated Karin.

Of course, Naruto originally wanted to come too, but when he thought that time travel might cause too much of a time difference, and that he couldn't bear to leave Minato and Kushina after finally reuniting with his parents, he didn't come.

As for Sakura Haruno.

At this stage, Sakura Haruno's love for Sasuke was no longer as intense as it was in her youth, so she didn't come.

The beam of light kept shooting out without stopping, and it was unclear when it would finally stabilize. Bai Xing could only stay on the periphery and begin her daily desert barbecue.

Sasuke held a grilled shrimp that Shirahoshi had conjured from her own chakra, her expression twitching slightly: "Shirahoshi, are you sure you can eat this?"

Bai Xing, her mouth greasy from eating, looked up and said, "Of course! Didn't I eat it all?"

Spark and Karin: "..."

Is it really edible? And since you made this, of course you can eat it!

Seeing Karura, Uzuki Yugao, and even Kaguya enjoying their food so much, the two of them could only grit their teeth and eat the food and ingredients that were all created by Shirahoshi's chakra.

"Huh." Hyuga Hikaru, who had taken a bite with her eyes closed, suddenly opened them, her Byakugan eyes wide with delight. She took another bite of the cumin beef and said, "It tastes really good! The meat is so tender! With Shirahoshi-nii's power, wouldn't you be able to create an endless supply of food?"

“Right. Then there won’t be any people who don’t have enough to eat,” Karin chimed in.

Under the cover of darkness, Shirahoshi paused slightly in her eating, her face darkening as dark as the night sky. She looked up at the two women, her eyes flashing with a dangerous red light: "Then I'll teach you this technique. How about you two take charge of the food reserves? If we run out of chakra, you're both so cute, we can have a bite of you too."

"......" × 2

"Never mind." ×2

Sasuke forced himself to eat a skewer of grilled shrimp and commented on Shirahoshi's words to scare the two girls: "Childish."

If he didn't want to go back in time to see his parents and brother who were still young, he wouldn't have thought of going back with Shirahoshi.

To this day, he still feels it's a great pity.

Why not let Shirahoshi revive her parents as well? Who knows, Obito might feel guilty and revive them all at the same time?

This way, we don't have to wait here for the dragon vein to recover and find a way back to the past world.

Chapter 211: Every one of those named "Light" is yin in nature.

The past world.

Loulan.

It was as if a purple galaxy had burst forth from the ground, illuminating the entire inner city area and even having some impact on the outer city, completely beyond the notice of all Loulan members.

But light cannot be touched; it can only be seen with the naked eye.

All the forces guarding Loulan inquired with the Loulan Queen, but she refused to see anyone except for Uchiha Hikaru and Nawaki.

Inside the opulent interior, the Queen, with her back to the two men, stood before the floor-to-ceiling windows, bathed in moonlight, and stated a fact.

"My power is unusable."

"!!!"

"Is...is this real?"

“Yes, Rope Tree.” Sally didn’t know why the ring Shirahoshi was researching was out of control now: “Now that I can’t use the power of Loulan, it means that we need to reconsider our declaration of war before we go into battle.”

Uchiha Hikaru and Nawaki exchanged a glance and nodded in agreement with Sally's words.

......

Shoji Otsuka, who had been so arrogant just moments before, fired a signal flare but received no response. He assumed his subordinates were just being slow-paced, but then he heard a series of explosions from the battle ahead, which stunned him. Only then did he realize that neither Tsunade nor Nono Yakushi had come.

Only two words came to his mind: 'It's over.'

Although that elite force numbered more than twenty, in terms of strength, they were almost no different from the eight people from before; they were all just special Jonin or Chunin.

"Speak, who is the mastermind behind this? According to Kakuzu, why are you here?" Although Loulan's economy has nothing to do with Mikoto, Loulan is related to Shirahoshi, so she has to take care of it.

Shoji Otsuka, who was under the influence of the Sharingan's genjutsu, said calmly, "It was that lord's order. He told me to find a way to kill Lord Kakuzu in the Land of Fire and start a war between the Roran forces and the ninjas of the Land of Fire."

"Who is that lord?"

"do not know."

Why did you help him?

"The adults promised to reward me with extended lifespan and restored youth..."

By this point, Mikoto Uchiha seemed to have guessed who it was, but she still couldn't be sure. After all, Shirahoshi had appeared with that person before. Was that person really Madara Uchiha? Or was it Shirahoshi herself in disguise?

But at this moment, she couldn't ask Bai Xing directly; she could only ask about everything based on what the other person had said.

Then, they used illusion techniques to interrogate the other survivors that Tsunade and Nono had brought back.

Ultimately, they discovered that the person was not Madara Uchiha.

Furthermore, the person instructed that after completing the mission, one should go to a tavern in the Land of Silence, sit down, order a local specialty called "Shadow Dance," and wait for someone to meet them before exchanging the corresponding code.

......

Three days later.

The Land of Silence.

This is a black market country known for its black market in the ninja world, specializing in illegal activities and selling various items that represent the honor of ninjas, such as headbands, vests, and other equipment. You can even pick out any notorious wanted criminals and rogue ninjas from the streets.

This is a city of sin.

Even a bounty hunter like Kakuzu didn't come to this place to capture people for money.

After all, this is the home of all wanted criminals and rogue ninjas. Destroying the peace here is tantamount to making enemies of all wanted criminals and rogue ninjas in the world. Unless Kakuzumi is Shirahoshi, he would not want to have to guard against assassination every time he goes out.

They landed at the designated tavern, ordered the specified drink—a grey cocktail—and a middle-aged man wearing a black hood took a small sip before quietly waiting.

Time passed second by second, and soon another man in black walked into the tavern.

He scanned the table with practiced ease and finally noticed that one of the glasses on the table contained Shadow Dance, and that the person was dressed in a black robe. Without hesitation, he stepped forward and sat down opposite the person, observed and examined him for a few moments, and after confirming that the aura was correct, he said, "At the End."

Upon hearing this, the man tensed up, gripped his wine glass, and said nervously, "The beginning of all things."

Once the first code was matched, the man became even calmer.

What is our mission?

"Let the curtain fall on Loulan, and welcome the arrival of miracles."

Having confirmed all the coded messages, the man finally relaxed, glanced around the tavern to make sure no one was there, and whispered to the other man:

"It was definitely you. How was it? I heard that Kakuzu was taken down by four of Konoha's most renowned female ninjas. You did a fantastic job!"

Now, not only is the Land of Fire in disarray, but even the ancient Loulan Kingdom, which currently considers itself the strongest nation, is in danger of being attacked from both sides.

Adding to what happened three days ago, the purple beam of light has not disappeared yet, and the Queen of the ancient Loulan Kingdom has not shown herself.