Konoha: The Foundation's revelation at the outset shocks the world.

Upon closer reflection, the timing does seem to match up perfectly. However, I remember that Minato Namikaze should have been the one to handle this, but Hiruzen Sarutobi went to him instead.

"Dragon vein... um..."

While muttering to himself, Lu Chen felt a strange, inexplicable unease. His intuition told him that he should go.

The Loulan Dragon Vein involves the power to distort spacetime, and it controls the power of time, the Illusory Clock... The energy of the Loulan Dragon Vein might have an effect on the Illusory Clock!

Think of this.

Lu Chen made a decision and said, "Judging from the Hokage's description, it does seem to be somewhat dangerous and needs to be dealt with as soon as possible. I'll go then."

"Thanks for your hard work."

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded to Lu Chen and handed him a document.

Having accepted the task of handling the Loulan incident, Lu Chen quickly set off.

This mission wasn't a solo one. When Hiruzen Sarutobi asked Lu Chen if he needed a team, Lu Chen thought for a moment and decided to take Kakashi with him.

It's not that I need Kakashi's help, but rather that I can take this opportunity to teach Kakashi all the Lightning Release techniques I've learned during this time on the way.

After all, he is his own brother.

At the very least, he should be trained to become an excellent Sixth Hokage of Konoha.

"I left Father's ninja sword at the weapon shop. You can take it and retrieve it when you return from Loulan. I no longer need it."

Lu Chen tossed a 'number plate' to Kakashi.

Kakashi reached out and caught it, glanced at it, and then looked at Lu Chen, saying, "Why did you stay at the weapon shop... Did you break Father's ninja sword?"

Lu Chen smiled at Kakashi and said, "You don't need to know that much. Just go and get it when you get back."

"..."

Kakashi's expression froze, and he nodded weakly.

Lu Chen withdrew his gaze and said, "Then the next step is the training session. This is the Lightning Release technique of the Third Raikage of Kumogakure. I have basically completed it. Take a look at it first, and feel free to ask me if there is anything you don't understand."

As he spoke, Lu Chen took out a scroll and tossed it to Kakashi.

Snapped!

Kakashi reached out and caught it.

Looking at the scroll in his hand, Kakashi couldn't help but reveal a hint of caution in his eyes. Although he had never met the Third Raikage, he knew very well that someone who could be called 'Raikage' must have extremely high attainments in Lightning Release ninjutsu, which was certainly beyond what he could compare to at present.

"The Third Raikage's Lightning Release technique..."

"Thank you, brother."

Lu Chen patted Kakashi on the shoulder, then suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, I asked you to ask Jonin Minato to teach you the Flying Thunder God Technique. How's that going?"

Kakashi shrugged and said, "I've barely learned it, but I can't use it."

Chapter 247 Arrival at Loulan

"Ok?"

Lu Chen looked at Kakashi with some surprise.

After listening to Kakashi's explanation, he suddenly realized that his judgment of the Flying Thunder God Technique had been wrong all along.

The Flying Thunder God Technique was not the extremely difficult ninjutsu he had imagined. On the contrary, its essence was actually a self-use of the 'Reverse Summoning Technique'. Even special Jonin like Genma Shiranui, who once served as a bodyguard for Minato Namikaze, had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique.

The problem is that mastering something doesn't mean you can use it.

Genma Shiranui and the others didn't have enough chakra, so it required three people working together to activate it, and it could only teleport one person at a time, so it was basically useless.

Kakashi is in a similar situation, also limited by insufficient chakra, making it impossible for him to use it.

and.

The most crucial point is that the Flying Thunder God Technique doesn't mean that once you master the technique, you can immediately fly around like Tobirama Senju or Minato Namikaze.

The two biggest challenges in Flying Thunder God are sensing the specific location of the 'coordinates' and identifying the specific location of the 'coordinates'.

According to Kakashi, he had mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, but he could only clearly sense the marks he left within a few hundred meters; beyond that range, they would become extremely blurry.

Also.

If multiple marks are left at the same time, it will cause confusion and make it impossible to quickly and accurately determine which mark corresponds to which position of 653.

Therefore, with so many restrictions, he judged that even if his chakra level reached the point where he could use the Flying Thunder God Technique, he would not be as comfortable using it as he was with ordinary Earth Body Flicker Techniques or Water Body Flicker Techniques.

"I see……"

"It seems that Minato's strength lies in his ability to leave behind a huge number of Flying Thunder God coordinates at once, and at the same time, he can accurately sense any of the coordinates in an instant, even if the distance is so far that it spans the entire ninja world."

Lu Chen pondered for a moment and murmured something.

This must be the so-called talent for space-time ninjutsu.

As the developer, Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage, also admitted that he was not as good as Minato Namikaze in terms of the Flying Thunder God Technique. Obviously, Tobirama Senju could not achieve the same precision and speed as Minato.

With his ability to sense spatial coordinates, the speed of his nerve reflexes, and his precise grasp of combat, Minato Namikaze pushed all of these to near-human limits, resulting in near-bug-level combat power, allowing him to kill Jonin as easily as cutting vegetables.

……

Loulan is located at the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind.

It is located in a desert.

Lu Chen led Kakashi on a journey that lasted day and night, heading towards Loulan. He would only answer Kakashi's questions when they stopped to rest and eat.

of course.

Due to the difference in their levels, Kakashi needed to travel at full speed to keep up with his pace, leaving him no time to train while traveling, whereas he was able to train even while traveling.

Although Lu Chen learned about the many limitations of the Flying Thunder God Technique from Kakashi, he still learned the specific training methods from Kakashi and tried them out.

After all, it would be quite suitable to learn about space-time ninjutsu.

However, he also encountered great difficulties in his training, almost the same as Kakashi. Both of them inherited their physiques from Sakumo Hatake, and there was not much difference between them. Kakashi did not have spatial talent, and his talent in the spatial realm was not very strong either.

After determining that it might take several months to master the Flying Thunder God Technique, Lu Chen temporarily gave up on its cultivation.

In these few months, he could have opened the sixth gate of the Eight Gates Lightning Release.

I'll practice when I'm bored and have nothing else to do. In fact, at close range, his speed is almost the same as the Flying Thunder God's teleportation.

He trained in the Flying Thunder God Technique simply because he wanted a suitable ability for 'long-distance travel' so that he could leave coordinates in many places in the ninja world and not have to travel so quickly.

As for its practical use, it's basically meaningless.

half a month later.

Lu Chen and Kakashi arrived in Loulan.

Upon seeing this town built in the middle of the desert, composed of countless towering structures, Kakashi's eyes flickered, and he immediately judged that this was not a town that an ordinary person could build.

"There really is a very strange chakra..."

Upon entering the town and approaching its center, Kakashi became wary.

Lu Chen nodded and said, "It's the chakra of the dragon vein. Come on, follow me."

Kakashi might be in danger if he encounters the Centipede who has mastered the power of the Dragon Vein. The Centipede is currently in a state similar to an immortal puppet resurrected by Edo Tensei, capable of infinite resurrection and possessing almost unlimited chakra.

Whoosh! Whoosh! !

The two headed towards the center of the town and soon arrived there.

This was a wide open square, where a large number of people were making a ruckus, seemingly holding a bonfire party. There were festive sounds everywhere, but Kakashi quickly noticed that all the people in the square were actually puppets controlled by chakra threads!

"What a strange place..."

Lu Chen didn't respond to Kakashi. Instead, he looked up at the top of the tall building in the center and saw a red-haired girl, protected by several guards, walk to the outer corridor and wave slightly to the 'puppets' below.

And just then.

The girl seemed to have been pushed by someone, and she stumbled forward. Then, the corridor in front of her collapsed and crumbled as if it were a shoddy construction project, and she fell from the top of the tower, which was dozens of stories high, to the ground.

"not good!"

Kakashi's expression changed, and he immediately rushed out.

At the same time, from another direction, a golden-haired figure rushed out and joined Kakashi in meeting the Loulan princess Sara, who was falling from the tower.

Ninja?!

Kakashi noticed the figure rushing towards him and instinctively assumed that the person was there to take the life of the fallen Queen Sara. He immediately threw the kunai in his hand and tried to force the person back.

The figure also threw out a chakra blade.

Wow!

Both of them stopped mid-air, flipped over, and avoided each other's attacks.

"Oops!"

After making this move, the two of them almost simultaneously cried out in alarm, because in order to avoid the other's attack, neither of them managed to catch Sarah as she fell from the tower.

Just as Sarah was about to fall to the ground, a figure so fast it was almost invisible, like a blur, flashed past in an instant.

Whoosh! !