Chapter 48: Rōran
In the desert of the Land of Wind, outside the city of Rōran.
No matter how detailed the intelligence description is, it is not as shocking as seeing it with your own eyes.
In an age when a mansion can be built using the Wood Style: Four Pillar House Jutsu, Rōran, a city consisting of countless prismatic towers standing in the sea of sand, is really too advanced…
Minato Namikaze suppressed his surprise and led his team members to sneak into Rōran carefully. Of course, no matter how cautious they were, it would be useless in Shiratori's eyes.
Mukade, who was absorbing the Source of the Ryūmyaku underground, had probably already noticed these uninvited guests through the puppet troops spread throughout the city from the moment they entered Rōran.
The Team Minato climbed up a nearby tall tower and quickly ran towards the city center through the corridors connecting the towers. Along the way, the expressions of several people became more serious because they found that this entire Rōran seemed to be… A dead city!
"Something is wrong. It's too quiet here." Choza Akimichi, who was at the end of the team, frowned deeply.
"How is it possible that there is no one here? There is almost no trace of living people here."
Shibi Aburame released the Parasitic Insects to investigate but found nothing.
"Stop moving forward!"
Minato decisively gave up on going deeper and instead turned his gaze towards the tall tower below him: "Let's go in and take a look."
Everyone climbed down from the roof, gathered Chakra with their feet, and ran to the outer wall of the tower. Under Minato's command, they found a window and broke in.
Boom!
In a simple restaurant, three figures were sitting at the dining table, apparently having a meal.
What's strange is that the three figures remained indifferent to the Team Minato's burglary-like behavior.
"I'm sorry; we mean no harm; we just want to know something-what?"
Choza was startled.
Because just as he stepped forward to restrain the other party and prevent him from shouting, the other party collapsed and fell to the ground as his palm touched the other party.
"This is… A puppet."
Seeing the puppet's lifeless and even weird face, Minato's bad premonition became stronger.
"Are all the residents in this city puppets?" Shibi felt his throat a little dry.
What kind of Ninjutsu is this? It's so perverted!
"These puppets… May not be completely inanimate." Shiratori, knowing that it was his turn to make his debut, spoke at the right time; his Sharingan had already been activated: "From my observation, there are traces of a small amount of Chakra left inside these puppets…"
As soon as Shiratori finished speaking, a series of clicking sounds of mechanisms turning suddenly rang out in this slightly dim room.
With their backs to the sunlight outside, these puppets, including the one lying on the ground, all turned their neck joints in unison and directed their lifeless eyes at the people in the room.
Faced with such a strange scene, Minato and the other three suddenly felt a chill running from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads!
Shiratori: "…"
Mukade, you are a real pervert. You have already discovered us. Do you think it is fun to play this trick?!
Just as he was silently complaining about Mukade's bad taste in his heart, Minato, next to him, suddenly had a drastic change of expression.
"Shiratori, be careful!"
Minato reached out and pulled Shiratori to the side, and then a laser shot past Shiratori's head the next second!
"Fuck!" Touching his slightly dry and burned hair, Shiratori was so scared that he spoke out in his hometown dialect.
"Quick, let's get out!"
The four of them jumped out of the window they came in through, and when they saw the scene in front of them clearly, they suddenly felt their scalps tingling.
Standing on the ground, flying in the sky, climbing on the wall, squatting on the roof…
They were surrounded by an overwhelming number of puppets!
"The operation is terminated. We will temporarily withdraw from Rōran."
Minato gave the order calmly.
Although he did not think these puppets could pose any threat to him, for the sake of safety, he decided to wait until they evacuated before they would discuss the current situation and then formulate an action plan.
Boom!!
Seeing that it was impossible to capture the invaders, Rōran's puppet army directly used laser cannons to bombard the ground, causing Team Minato, which was fighting and retreating, to jump up and down. They walked through the gunfire and rubble, looking extremely embarrassed.
At the underground of Rōran at this time.
Mukade is observing Team Minato through the eyes of countless puppets.
"A ninja from Konoha? Why, at this moment…"
"It seems that I have to find a way to keep them here forever…"
… … … …
"You got the wrong person, Auntie!"
In the square in front of the Rōran palace, Konoha's team 7, who came from afar, was personally welcomed by Queen Sāra.
As a result, in front of everyone's stunned eyes, Queen Sāra, who was still charming in her thirties, rushed over and hugged Naruto in her arms, saying something like; long time no see, Naruto…
"Auntie…" Naruto was a little breathless.
"Don't call me auntie, call me Sāra!"
"Aunt Sāra…"
Kakashi and the other two were stunned. They had never expected such a scene…
Naruto and the Queen of Rōran… When did they meet?
"… I'm sorry, I lost my composure a little bit."
Queen Sāra let go of Naruto and gave everyone a polite smile: "Friends from Konoha who have come from afar, please follow me. I have prepared a banquet for you in the palace."
"Your majesty, may I ask you and Naruto…" Kakashi narrowed his eyes.
"This… Maybe I recognized the wrong person."
At the top of a tall tower, looking at the somewhat chaotic scene below, a hunched figure shrouded in a black robe shook his head slightly.
"It's just a weak bug playing with a cheap toy. It can be easily crushed to death, but it requires us to ask Konoha for help, and we have to design some coincidences to let the two sides meet by chance at the Source of the Ryūmyaku… What exactly does Shiratori want to do? I can't figure it out."
"Maybe Mr. Shiratori has his own considerations. This is not what we should care about." A burly man with a shark face stood behind the hunched figure and answered with a smile.
"Tsk tsk, it's no wonder that Shiratori trusts you so much. You have now completely taken on the role of a loyal subordinate, Kisame."
Kisame Hoshigaki still had that terrifying smile on his face. He didn't say anything but just stood silently behind the hunched figure as if he was preventing the other party from doing something to ruin the plan.
"Don't worry, I'm too lazy to do anything… Oh, keep an eye on Orochimaru, and don't let him show up in front of the Konoha ninjas. I don't want the news of Rōran harboring Konoha rebel ninjas to spread throughout the Shinobi World in a few days… Even though we are also rebel ninjas, hehe."
"I understand."
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