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

But when they thought that Lu Chen was the one who had just saved them, their momentum weakened.

After a while.

Lu Chen learned roughly what had happened in the past two years from Sarah.

Because Loulan is located in the desert and has a closed environment, it has had almost no contact with the ninja world and is not very clear about what is happening in the ninja world.

Chapter 255 Go and Talk to Feng Ying

The only thing known is that Kakashi left about three months after he disappeared, and the ninja world now seems to believe that he is dead.

"We should have left one of the Sand Ninja behind."

Lu Chen touched his chin.

Loulan is located at the border of the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire, so it is normal for it to be attacked by ninjas. Previously, it could rely on the power of the Dragon Vein to resist, but now that it has lost the power of the Dragon Vein, it is inevitable that it will not be able to withstand the attacks of those ninjas.

He wiped out all the Sand Ninja in one go. It's estimated that once the Sand Ninja discover that this advance team has lost contact, they will immediately send other teams over.

If we leave one of them behind, we can send the other person back to report.

After thinking it over, Lu Chen decided to stay in Loulan for a few more days. On the one hand, he wanted to continue to adapt to his new abilities, and on the other hand, he wanted to see this good deed through to the end and protect Loulan no matter what.

after all.

It was he who absorbed the dragon vein energy of Loulan, causing Loulan to lose its power to deal with external enemies. Otherwise, if Sara controlled the dragon vein, it would not be something that ordinary ninjas could handle.

In the original story, the destruction of Loulan was precisely because Minato Namikaze completely sealed the dragon vein, making Loulan unable to use the power of the dragon vein... It seemed like he did a good thing, but in reality, it led to the ultimate demise of the entire Loulan.

It's like sacrificing Loulan for the sake of the stability of the ninja world.

After making his decision, Lu Chen looked at Sara and said, "The Sand Ninja will probably come again, so I'll stay a little longer. Um... I'll also check on your ninjutsu training level. Kakashi's ninjutsu is pretty average; you probably won't be able to learn much from him."

"Are you leaving?"

Sarah hesitated before speaking.

Lu Chen nodded and said, "I'm a ninja, I won't stay in one place for long. You should think this through."

He could naturally sense Sarah's feelings, and he also learned from her that she had been waiting for him to return, so he had to respond. However, he couldn't stay in Loulan forever.

There are still many things he needs to do in the ninja world.

"..."

Sarah bit her lip, then took a breath, looked at Lu Chen again, smiled sweetly, and said, "I am the Queen of Loulan, you don't need to stay here forever."

Lu Chen tilted his head and glanced at Sarah. He suddenly became curious about who Sarah's father was, since Loulan had always had a queen system.

But forget it.

I'm not going to think about those things anymore.

Sarah's will is so firm, so as a man, he wouldn't do anything unmanly again.

……

Ten days later.

In the desert outside Loulan.

Lu Chen killed one of the Sand Ninja squad members with a single sword strike, leaving only one survivor. After giving the survivor a cold look, he did not pursue him further, allowing him to escape.

"Is this okay?"

Sarah walked over with some concern.

Lu Chen watched the ninja disappear into the desert, sheathed his Kusanagi sword, and said, "It's hard to say about those wandering ninjas, but the Sand Village shouldn't easily invade this place again in the short term."

Given his reputation in the ninja world, his reappearance would be enough to deter the Sand Village from attacking Loulan in the short term. However, Loulan is located at the border of two great nations, so it is inevitable that wandering ninjas will pass through.

Chunin and Genin are alright.

Sara now possesses the strength of an elite Chunin, and her guards are roughly the same. They can probably handle some wandering ninjas, but it's hard to say what will happen if they encounter a Jonin.

Moreover, if this goes on for too long, Loulan will inevitably be drawn into the war sooner or later, so further action is needed.

"That……"

Sarah looked at Lu Chen with some concern.

Lu Chen smiled slightly, reached out and patted her shoulder, saying, "Don't worry, I'll handle this. I'll go talk to Feng Ying about it."

"Ugh?"

Sarah was taken aback.

Want to talk to Feng Ying?

Although she didn't know much about the ninja world, she did know that there were five great nations and five great ninja villages, and the highest leader of the five great ninja villages was a ninja known as the Kage.

The Kazekage is the leader of the Sand Village, isn't he?

Sara hesitated for a moment and said, "Um, I remember you're a Konoha ninja, right? Kakashi said that Konoha is at war with Sunagakure, how come..."

"That's true."

Lu Chen smiled gently and said, "The war is probably not over yet, but just because the war isn't over doesn't mean we can't 'talk' about it. Don't worry, I'll handle it."

Sarah still couldn't quite understand, but Lu Chen's words made her instinctively trust him.

She looked at Lu Chen and said, "Are you leaving already?"

Lu Chen nodded, then smiled and said, "I'll come over often when I have time, but if you want to protect Loulan, you'll need to become a powerful ninja."

"Ok!"

Sarah nodded vigorously.

……

after one day.

Lu Chen left Loulan and traveled alone across the desert, heading westward.

the goal--

The Land of Wind, Sunagakure!

The land of wind.

Temporary camp.

This is a small, temporary camp with a total of over two hundred people stationed here. Their purpose is to harass the border of the Land of Fire and to gather intelligence on Konoha at any time.

Since the Silver Flash of Konoha disappeared and the Golden Flash took his place, becoming a formidable force in the ninja world, the attacks on Konoha by the major ninja villages have slowed down considerably, and they have hardly dared to launch large-scale wars.

The leaders of all the major ninja villages knew that a ninja like Minato Namikaze would unleash terrifying combat power once he was on a large-scale battlefield.

Small-scale battles can at least keep the opponent busy.

Inside a tent.

Yuki Kanzaburo, an elite Jonin from Sunagakure who is the leader of this camp, is currently troubled by his 663 level.

A 20-man detachment sent to the Land of Fire for reconnaissance lost contact a month ago and has not received any information since. It is speculated that they encountered Konoha ninjas and were defeated by them.

then.

Half a month ago, he sent out to occupy Loulan, intending to transform Loulan into another ten-man unit for the front-line camp, but they also disappeared.

This left him somewhat confused, even suspecting that Konoha had already occupied Loulan. After much hesitation, he finally sent a team of scout ninjas to Loulan to investigate.

"Why haven't they come back yet..."

Kanzaburo slammed his fist on the table in annoyance.

The scout ninja he sent out was only tasked with reconnaissance, not combat. Their mission was to investigate the situation in Loulan and the previous squad, and then return immediately. By all accounts, they should have been back long ago.

"hateful!"

After slamming his fist on the table, Kanzaburo couldn't help but curse again.

This wasn't a direct insult to the scout squad, but rather to Konoha. The Third Kazekage was the strongest Kazekage in their Sunagakure village, and with his leadership, they had no fear of any village.

However, the Third Kazekage mysteriously disappeared, suspected to be the work of Konoha. The subsequent war against Konoha also failed because a monster ninja, the Silver Flash, rose up in Konoha.

It was so hard.