Chapter 165: MSIN: Chapter 164
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For a country, what constitutes existence and what constitutes destruction?
The preservation of territory? The occupation of cities? The transmission of culture?
This is a rather complex question, and it's difficult to give a definitive answer.
But before anything else, a country must have citizens. Without citizens, where would the country be?
So, especially for a small country like Roran, when certain things happen, protecting its citizens becomes the most important thing.
The Queen of Roran ultimately didn't let Haori witness the beauty of the flowers – this was a very rational judgment, because she definitely couldn't beat Haori.
Haori first convinced Minato with his argument, and then he convinced Sara.
In reality, after discarding certain subjective emotions, Haori's words made sense. The facts he described weren't alarmist, but were things that would actually happen… because she had just personally experienced an incident caused by a ninja who coveted the power of the Dragon Vein.
If it hadn't been for the sudden appearance of the Konoha ninja, Roran would have been destroyed, right?
Sara couldn't find any reason to refute him.
Haori's guess was very reliable. At this time, Sara didn't know that Roran would indeed be destroyed in a war in the future, and in order to avoid casualties among the citizens, she would be the one to order the abandonment of the city.
Now, they were simply making this choice earlier. It wasn't incomprehensible.
Ultimately, Sara didn't have any queenly aspirations, ambitions, or desires for the throne. Leaving Roran, she would only lose those things. What she would gain would be the peace of everyone.
Because Minato promised that they could move to the Land of Fire… After all, it was just a town-sized population, and they were all ordinary people, not a single ninja. It wasn't hard to accept.
However, the process was still quite complicated. First, Minato had to report the matter to Konoha, explaining the threat and the rationality of the explosion… Not to mention the Hokage, the matter was directly approved by all the other high-ranking officials.
You could actually think of the Dragon Vein as a "Tailed Beast" that you couldn't bring home but could be used by others at any time. So, from the "despicable" point of view of a great power, the best way to deal with a weapon you can't get and that poses a threat to you is to destroy it.
After Konoha agreed, would the Daimyo of the Land of Fire have any objections?
On Roran's side, under Sara's persuasion, the citizens gradually agreed to leave.
First, because of the previous incident, Sara had become a queen with a lot of prestige, and everyone was willing to trust her.
Second, they were now going to move to the Land of Fire, a top-ranking country, which was safer than a lonely city like Roran.
Third, and most importantly, they had learned that there was a bomb in their country that could explode at any time. They would have to live in fear, and they might die in their sleep any day. Who could stand that?
Because the population was limited, the migration process was relatively simple. They just had to cross the Land of Rivers and go to the resettlement point in the Land of Fire.
The resettlement work was a bit more complicated, but this wasn't Konoha's responsibility. After all, Konoha wasn't responsible for the administrative work of the Land of Fire.
In this way, the "Roran Country Explosion Plan" began to be formally implemented.
That night, the weather was very gloomy.
After the rain during the day, Roran was very humid. The water droplets on the buildings hadn't dried, and the smell of the mud where the rainwater had flowed was very strong…
At the location of the Dragon Vein, Minato was drawing the sealing formula patterns on the outer wall of the shaft. They were complex and densely packed.
Haori's job was very simple. He was responsible for pasting the middle pillar with a certain kind of paper.
… It actually wasn't that simple. If he wasn't careful, he could easily blow himself up. That kind of paper was called an explosive tag.
"Haori, are you ready?"
Minato asked after a while. He had already finished drawing the formula.
"Just a little more… I'm done." Haori replied.
"Then let's begin."
Minato took a deep breath. He couldn't say what emotion he was feeling at this moment. But if it hadn't been for Haori's suggestion, he probably wouldn't have blown up someone's home in his entire life.
"Before that, Minato-sensei, have you confirmed all the Flying Thunder God formulas? If we don't get away, we'll definitely be blown up." Haori looked up at the formulas.
Minato was speechless. This kind of incident wouldn't happen to him.
Ignoring Haori, he quickly formed hand seals. Then, the sealing formula began to light up in sections. This was like a delayed fuse. Once the entire formula lit up, it would truly activate.
But the two of them obviously couldn't stay there. Minato pressed Haori's shoulder and began a series of consecutive jumps.
On a hillside 80 kilometers away from Roran, Kakashi, Aburame Shikamaru, Akimichi Chōji, and Sara, who wanted to witness the end of Roran, were all waiting there.
Almost at the same time that Minato and Haori disappeared from Roran, they appeared here.
This was actually already within the Land of Rivers.
"Sensei Minato, are you ready?" Kakashi asked.
"Yes, the formula has been activated." Minato said.
Then, everyone looked towards the direction of Roran. Sara was particularly nervous.
But a few minutes passed, and there was no reaction.
"Could it be…" Haori was about to say, "Could it be a dud?" Suddenly, a dazzling light appeared!
"Close your eyes!"
Minato could only shout this one sentence.
A ninja's reaction was naturally needless to say. Without Minato's reminder, they had already used various methods to block their vision.
While taking care of himself, Haori also helped the queen. He kicked her down, face down.
The intensity of this light could possibly blind you instantly.
In certain scenes of certain works, in order to increase the explosive power, there are often scenes of throwing wooden-handled grenades together.
But the explosion in the distance could be described as if seven or eight small DIs were tied together and detonated.
The continuous light illuminated the sky like daylight. The towering pillar of light was clearly visible at this distance, and the top couldn't be seen.
Then, a rumbling sound accompanied by the ground shaking came over. The dull sound was actually quite "grand," as if a giant hammer had slammed into the surface of the planet!
Then, there was a crisis. The scorching heat wave caused by the explosion, like a high-pressure air blade, cut towards them in a frontal attack.
The six people finally realized a serious problem. They were standing too close.
They underestimated the danger of the explosion!
"Haori!!" Minato shouted again. They weren't standing close together, so Minato couldn't teleport everyone at once.
Haori couldn't hear Minato's voice, but he understood from his mouth shape.
Defensive ultimate move, quickly.
Blood spurting, hand seals, summoning…
Ninjutsu: Summoning Jutsu: Gate of Hell!
The wind blades cut against the giant demon face gate that rose up in the nick of time, making a continuous, piercing, ear-splitting sound. But it ultimately separated a safe zone.
The group hid behind the Gate of Hell. No matter how strong the wind was, it wouldn't be able to cut it apart.
The hurricane lasted for several minutes and then stopped. The light in the sky began to fade, but the matter wasn't over yet.
The explosion and the storm it caused had sucked the center of Roran into a vacuum. Then, the huge pressure difference caused the atmosphere to flow back, and a wind blast slightly weaker than the previous one came from behind.
Caught off guard, almost simultaneously, the group was slammed against the back of the Gate of Hell by the wind.
In the midst of the chaos, Haori caught Sara. Otherwise, an ordinary person like her would have fallen and cracked her head open.
Although she had already fallen once.
Don't worry about how he was holding her. After all, in an emergency, there's a saying, "Princess, princess, hug the princess," which is quite apt.
When everything had calmed down, no one knew what to say for a while.
Soon, Minato jumped to the top of the Gate of Hell and looked out into the distance. His face was full of disbelief.
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