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

Kakashi immediately retorted in a deep voice, "My brother won't die. If it were really as you say, that he absorbed the energy of the dragon vein, he might have been sent to another time. With my brother's abilities, he'll come back sooner or later!"

Upon hearing Kakashi's words, Sara, who had already begun to cry with tears welling up, looked up at him again. Seeing Kakashi's incredibly firm and certain gaze, her sorrow was instantly suppressed. Recalling the powerful strength that Lu Chen had previously displayed, she couldn't help but believe Kakashi.

Kakashi stood beside the platform, glanced down a few times, and said in a deep voice, "Go and deal with the situation outside. I'll stay here and wait for my older brother to return."

"..."

Sarah paused for a moment, wanting to say that she would stay and wait as well, but thinking that she would still need to handle things outside after An Lushan's death, she gritted her teeth, nodded, and ran out quickly.

After rescuing the people underground and regaining the trust of the Loulan people, Sara returned to the high platform and saw Kakashi sitting alone on the edge, gazing at the abyss below.

She walked to the other side and sat down, also looking down.

……

time flies.

Kakashi did not wait for Lu Chen's return.

He waited for three months on the stone platform above the dragon vein, growing increasingly depressed, and finally one day, he quietly disappeared there.

After discovering Kakashi's disappearance, Sara couldn't help but bite her lip. She looked down into the abyss, but did not give up waiting. She continued to come here every day after finishing her business.

Three months...

Four months…

Half a year...

One year...

This wait lasted for nearly two years.

In the past two years, Lu Chen's disappearance has caused a huge uproar in the ninja world. Although the major ninja villages were worried that this was a scheme by Konoha and dared not act rashly, after half a year, they finally could not hold back and the originally stable situation in the ninja world once again became turbulent.

Lu Chen remained absent during the ongoing Third Shinobi World War.

someday.

A free ninja happened to enter Loulan and learned from Loulan that Lu Chen and Kakashi had been here more than a year ago, and that it was also a recorded place where Lu Chen last appeared.

After learning some information about Loulan, this information quickly spread throughout the ninja world, and the major ninja villages finally found the 'reason for Lu Chen's disappearance'.

over time.

Chapter 252 Two Years Later

Lu Chen's 'missing' status was gradually changed to 'dead' and then faded into obscurity. In its place replaced Lu Chen's former glory was the golden flash of Minato Namikaze.

In one battle, Minato Namikaze killed fifty Jonin from Iwagakure, shocking the Tsuchikage Onoki and causing the entire frontline battlefield to collapse completely!

This battle made Minato Namikaze famous throughout the ninja world!

All the major ninja villages began to fear Minato Namikaze's power, and the raging Third Shinobi World War finally began to subside once again.

Many people still remember the once-famous name that shook the ninja world, the Silver Flash, but this name has gradually faded into obscurity.

"I never thought that even a ninja like that could die."

Some people occasionally sigh when they think about it.

Although none of the major ninja villages, including Konoha, had received definitive news of Silver Flash's death, given that he had been missing for two years without reappearing, there was little chance that anything more would happen to him.

Gradually.

No one mentioned the name Silver Flash anymore.

Although they haven't been forgotten by the ninja world yet, as time relentlessly continues to pass, they will eventually become history and disappear from the ninja world's memory.

……

A dimly lit space.

It's not quite right to call it space 660, because it seems that there is no concept of space here, only the scale of time.

After absorbing the dragon vein energy... or rather, after jumping into the dragon vein energy, Lu Chen's consciousness appeared here.

The dragon vein energy that was devoured seemed to have flowed into his body, but in reality, it was squeezed and contracted wildly, turning into some kind of energy that distorted time.

Wow! !

This indescribable energy surged into the interior of the illusory clock in the world of consciousness, making the golden light on the illusory clock suddenly brighter.

Lu Chen's consciousness observed that the fog at the 'Mark III' position of the illusory clock was being rapidly dissipated. The fog, which might have taken several years or even more than ten years to dissipate, was fading rapidly in a short period of time until it disappeared completely!

hum!

As the mist around 'Scale III' completely disappeared and the light shone through, the power to distort spacetime drawn from the dragon vein seemed to have been exhausted as well.

This world, which seemed to lack any concept of space and was merely a dimly lit place, was like a dark curtain that had been torn to shreds, and images reappeared before my eyes.

……

Loulan two years later.

Somewhere below the Dragon Vein Stone Platform.

Countless points of light intertwined rapidly, eventually converging into Lu Chen's figure, and then he opened his eyes.

Realizing he was in mid-air and falling, Lu Chen immediately formed a hand seal and used a shadow clone to push his main body upwards.

Whoosh! !

Lu Chen landed on the stone platform above the dragon vein.

Noticing the signs around the stone platform and the tower, there were no signs of damage, nor did it seem to have been exposed to the elements for a long time. Lu Chen breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"It seems we weren't transported to the distant future..."

"However, it doesn't seem to be at the same point in time as before."

Lu Chen pondered for a moment, then his consciousness entered the illusory space and briefly merged with the illusory clock. He quickly learned about the specific changes in the situation from within the illusory clock.

There was no crossing of space.

This is still the same world as before.

Two years have passed, and it is now the 47th year of Konoha.

During the process of absorbing the dragon vein's energy, he disappeared from the time scale. Although he only disappeared for a moment, when he returned, two years had already passed in this world.

"It's like being sealed away for two years, and then the seal is broken again and they reappear..."

Lu Chen murmured, shook his head, and sighed, "Time is truly a terrifying thing."

Fortunately, it only skipped two years and didn't jump straight into the World War IV era.

The problem is not big.

However, this makes it seem like Kakashi is actually a year older than him.

Ok.

Just don't tell him. Anyway, even if two years have passed, Kakashi will still be the younger brother in terms of actual physical age. Kakashi is only twelve years old now.

"correct……"

"It seems that the corresponding ability of 'Scale III' has been unlocked."

From Naruto onwards, controlling time, Chapter 149: Scale III: The Realm of Time. Lu Chen slightly closed his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, a pale golden clock was reflected deep within his pupils. The clock's hands clicked twice from the 'mark I' position and landed at the 'mark III' position.

hum! !

The next moment.

A halo of light, visible only to Lu Chen, suddenly emanated from his body, spreading out over a radius of nearly ten meters before coming to a standstill.

"This is……"

Lu Chen gazed at the strange domain that rippled outwards from his own position. His eyes flickered, and he realized that the aura emanating from that domain was the power of time!

The Realm of Time!

This is the capability corresponding to 'Scale III'!

Lu Chen raised his hand and clenched his fist. In an instant, the flow of time within the entire domain, including his own, changed abruptly, creating a stark contrast with the world outside the domain.

"It's basically a time machine..."

Lu Chen murmured something, then brought his left index and middle fingers together, unleashing a burst of lightning. He swung the lightning towards the ground, splitting it open with a crack.

then.

He suddenly loosened his fist.

The light curtain of the Time Realm trembled slightly, but nothing changed.

"It's impossible to use time reversal across the entire Realm of Time... No, that's not right..."

Lu Chen's eyes flickered slightly, and he suddenly bent one finger. A strange energy gathered at the fingertip, forming a small ball that looked like a glass marble.

then.