How did you bunch of silly group members also time travel?

They all knew what the Loulan Queen wanted to do, and they knew it was all in vain. In this Loulan Kingdom, apart from Her Majesty the Loulan Queen herself, there were probably very few truly living people left. The ninja from the future, Centipede, in pursuit of his goal of conquering the world, had likely already enslaved all the people of Loulan, using them as laborers and creating puppets for him.

But this is for the best; the Loulan Queen is far from the battlefield, which will make things easier for them.

By the time the Loulan Queen realized what was happening and decided to go find An Lushan, the famous Konoha Asura was already there, and the battle would have ended long ago. Completing the mission with almost no losses was the best thing that could have happened to their team.

"what!"

Suddenly, the Queen of Loulan was snatched away by a hand reaching out from behind a door! Because in Loulan, a place where chakra flows everywhere, the chakra of ordinary people in those people's bodies is barely perceptible. Even Choza Shimi didn't notice for a moment and fell into the trap of these people, allowing the Queen of Loulan to be abducted into an alley!

"Shimi!"

"Ok!"

Shimi swiftly formed hand seals, and swarms of black insects emerged from his hands, crashing open the closed door at incredible speed. Choza immediately dodged the swarm—

"Local multiplication technique!"

Ding Zuo waved his hand, and his rapidly expanding palm easily pressed the people who had abducted Sarah against the wall.

They were all ordinary people, incapable of resistance, and their weapons were just common farm tools. Moreover, they were all women, which did not seem like the enemy.

However, Ding Zuo remained wary: "Who are you people, and what do you want to do to the Queen of Loulan?"

Just then, Shimi entered, surrounded by a dark swarm of insects that blocked out the sunlight, and the dense flapping of their wings created a strong sense of oppression.

"No, no! Please don't kill me!!"

First, a sturdy girl burst into tears, and the others who were being forced onto Ding Zuo's back also adopted a tragic tone: "No matter what, if we don't get them back, even if it means death—"

Sarah was startled and quickly asked, "You're not here to kill me?"

For a moment everyone looked at each other.

Dingzuo and Zhimi exchanged glances, and some of the insect swarm quietly dispersed and secretly lurked into the people's clothes before Dingzuo finally let them all down.

Dingza didn't use much force just now. Even ordinary people in the Naruto world are somewhat unscientific, so he was fine.

"Excuse me, my name is Masako." The crowd that had abducted Queen Sara, led by the woman in charge, removed the headscarves covering their faces. The woman said, "We actually just came to ask Queen Sara for a favor."

"What exactly do you want me to return to you?" Sarah asked anxiously.

Considering what had happened before, Sarah already had a clear answer in her heart, but the kind face of Minister An Lushan in her memory still gave her a sliver of hope.

"what happened?"

"What they want Your Majesty to return to them are the men in their families, their sons, husbands, brothers, and younger brothers."

Upon seeing that the group of people who had removed their headscarves were all women of different ages, Ding Zuo immediately guessed the situation. He glanced at Sarah beside him and sighed, "But even if you come to Queen Loulan, you won't be able to get them back from her, because Her Majesty the Queen knows nothing about these things."

Sarah fell silent.

"As expected." The cold and sturdy girl seemed unimpressed by Ding's answer. A closer look at the faces of these spirits revealed only disappointment—the kind of disappointment one feels when something is confirmed, even though the outcome was already known: "The adults all say the queen of this country is a puppet queen; coming to find her is indeed useless!"

"..."

The words were a bit harsh, but the sturdy girl wasn't wrong.

Having searched numerous residences without finding a single citizen of Loulan, Sara was now unable to utter a rebuttal.

Dingza and Zhimi exchanged a few glances and shook their heads; neither of them was good at this.

However, the problem still needs to be solved. If Queen Sara were to have a change of heart and confront An Lushan, their mission might fail.

"Come with me. I might know where they are. When Her Majesty sees them with her own eyes, she will surely get the answer she wants."

Ding said.

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Chapter 251 is my signature move!

"Just keep doing this for half an hour."

A specially made Flying Thunder God kunai sank into the core of the dragon vein, and symbols of unknown meaning appeared around the "dragon eye" as Minato Namikaze injected chakra; "Queen Loulan is not here, I need to seal the connection between the dragon vein and the Centipede along with the dragon vein!"

It seems that the absence of a tsundere girl, a staple of theatrical releases, has quite an impact.

Although Miss Fox had long forgotten how long it would have taken for the Loulan Queen to sever the connection between the dragon vein and the centipede before sealing Minato Namikaze, her intuition told her that it would definitely not have taken as long as it did now, and might even have been just a moment.

After all, Minato Namikaze is a son-in-law of the Uzumaki clan. Besides his signature Flying Thunder God Technique and Rasengan, he is also a master of Uzumaki Sealing Techniques, and his skill level is definitely quite profound!

"Ah, speaking of which, I just remembered!"

Miss Fox thought of two questions!

"Grandpa Ban and that humming monster came to this era because of the dragon vein. Now that you've sealed the dragon vein, how are we supposed to get back?"

"this..."

Minato Namikaze was stunned. "Yeah, what should we do now?"

Naruto Uzumaki, his future son, is fine. He was sent here because the Cyclops swallowed the seal of the future into his body, triggering the power of the Dragon Vein. As long as he defeats the Cyclops, his son will be sent back to the future normally.

But what should we do with Senior Shura of Konoha and this fox lady?

"I'm sorry, I haven't thought about that either."

Scratching his head, Minato Namikaze had no choice but to stop sealing the dragon vein in this situation.

Miss Fox told me that the Leaf Village's Shura-senpai who came here was someone she had enlightened, who had helped him distinguish right from wrong, and who was now preparing to work with the First Hokage to build a better future for the Leaf Village's Shura-senpai.

If this senior from Konoha Shura can't go back, then that would be a huge problem. There's still a Black Zetsu issue over there that needs to be resolved by the senior.

"It seems the only thing we can do is try to sever the connection between the dragon vein and the centipede. Miss Fox, do you have any clues about the dragon vein's ability to travel through time and space?"

Miss Fox shook her head; she had absolutely no clue about this.

Just like the Humming Monster followed the ancestor of the Loulan Queen, or perhaps her grandmother, to find the dragon vein, and then that person started singing. The woman sang, and the elf and the man traveled through time and space.

To be honest, she didn't even know if the person from the Loulan Queen's grandmother's generation had come to this era with her.

"But never mind. If I can successfully comprehend the feeling that has been holding me back for so long through the Flying Thunder God Technique, then I might not need any dragon veins to help me travel through time and space."

Her intuition told her that this was possible.

Miss Fox didn't know where her confidence came from; her intuition told her that once she successfully mastered this ability, time travel would be as easy as running a 10-kilometer marathon for an ordinary person...

It should be... simple, right?

"Miss Fox, do you want to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique?"

Minato Namikaze was somewhat surprised. How could someone like Miss Fox, who knew things five hundred years into the past and even his future grandson, and who could manipulate the earth at will despite having no chakra, need to learn space-time ninjutsu?!

After Miss Fox explained to him the direction of using ninjutsu for production, Minato Namikaze felt that nothing could stump this Miss Fox. After all, even the renowned Lord Shura of Konoha could be persuaded back to the right path by her, and she knew about the future; she must be someone like the Sage of Six Paths. How could someone like that not know about space-time ninjutsu?

"What, you don't want to teach?"

Miss Fox raised an eyebrow and stared intently at Minato Namikaze.

The Yellow Flash of Konoha, the Fourth Hokage, the ultimate father figure, and the eternal sister. Miss Fox knew perfectly well that this airhead in front of her wasn't that kind of person. She had helped so much; asking for a Flying Thunder God Technique lesson was definitely something she could do.

However, Miss Fox also knew how effective Konoha's brainwashing of ninjas was. As someone who wasn't an outsider to Konoha, she would likely, no, definitely, cause Minato Namikaze some reservations. But there was nothing she could do about it; even if she claimed to join Konoha now, it wouldn't solve the problem.

As for using Madara to suppress Konoha?

Stop joking. The Uchiha clan was one of the ninja clans that co-founded Konoha, and they also had a number one contributor like Madara Uchiha. Konoha didn't choose to seek common ground while reserving differences and gradually integrate the Uchiha clan into a whole where they would share both prosperity and ruin. Instead, they chose to divide the Uchiha clan from Konoha and ultimately cut off their own arm by annihilating the clan and weakening their own strength. This shows that even Madara, the Uchiha clan was no match for Konoha!

Miss Fox was still quite worried that Minato Namikaze was too stubborn to teach.

But when he caught a glimpse of Naruto Uzumaki out of the corner of his eye, who couldn't understand the conversation at all, he suddenly had an idea.

Pointing to Naruto Uzumaki behind him, he said, "Well, if you can't teach me, your future son can, right? You know your son is really pitiful. Not many people are kind to him, and the team leader is biased. All he has to offer is the Shadow Clone Technique and the Rasengan. As his father, are you planning to enrich your son's fighting methods?"

Kakashi once said that Naruto's normal chakra level was equivalent to four Kakashi's, and if you include the chakra used to seal the Nine-Tails, it would be one hundred Kakashi's.

Furthermore, there is a unique setting where Naruto was never eaten from beginning to end. The Nine-Tails affects Naruto's use of chakra, weakening the Jinchuriki's control over chakra and making it difficult for them to use ninjutsu effectively. Therefore, Naruto struggled to learn many ninjutsu in the early stages, except for the Shadow Clone Technique, which he learned quickly and used exceptionally well.

The same applies when he met Kushina in the seal; he learned the Uzumaki clan's sealing techniques in a very short time to target the Nine-Tails.

If it weren't for the Nine-Tails' influence, or if a reconciliation had been reached with the Nine-Tails...

"Your son... might be a genius."

"What? I'm a genius?"

Naruto Uzumaki didn't understand a word of the series of riddles between Miss Fox and Minato Namikaze, except for this one sentence: "Yes! That's right, I really am a genius! Much more talented than that arrogant Sasuke, the number one genius of the Ninja Academy, no, the number one genius of Konoha!"

"Yes, Naruto is indeed very talented."

Minato Namikaze said with certainty, but his eyes were fixed on Naruto Uzumaki's stomach.

Miss Fox didn't tell him what kind of environment Naruto lived in, and Naruto himself deliberately didn't mention it either. But he was a ninja, and the one who had the most contact with the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. He saw through Naruto's situation at a glance and guessed Naruto's predicament to some extent.

I have mixed feelings.

"Miss Fox, you don't need to be like that. Naruto, would you like to learn a new ninjutsu from Dad? This is my signature technique!"

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Chapter 252 Title

"Naruto, the key to the Flying Thunder God Technique is judging space and distance, creating your own mark in a special way, and thinking back carefully, it's not the Body Flicker Technique but the feeling of jumping directly from one location to another, and then trying to catch it!"

In the Dragon Vein room, Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Technique class is in session.

What should I do if my child can't learn the flying thunder technique?

That's mostly silly; just let the child experience using the Flying Thunder God a few more times—

"Emmmm...I still don't understand!"

Naruto Uzumaki had tried his best, but no matter how well he cooperated with his father, he couldn't even get a vague sense of what was happening while being carried by the Flying Thunder God Technique. Unlike Miss Fox, who had some sense of it after being carried once, and now seemed completely lost in thought after several times. Looking at Miss Fox, Naruto was quite anxious. She had just called him a genius, and now he felt completely out of it, which made him feel guilty for betraying her trust.

This was the first time someone had placed such trust in him, and although the person was rather annoying, Naruto Uzumaki didn't want to betray that trust.

“The training of space-time ninjutsu is like this: at the beginning, the most difficult thing is to grasp that feeling.”

Minato Namikaze looked at the fox-girl who was still in a daze and said, "As for the fox-girl, she should have had experience. She was just one step away from success from the very beginning."

Minato Namikaze sensed it from the very beginning of the lesson.

Miss Fox didn't ask him to teach her because she wanted to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique. Rather, she was close to mastering a certain spacetime ability. Although her perception of space was hazy, she already had some clues. Just like when he almost succeeded, as long as there was an opportunity to fully grasp the feeling of traversing regardless of spatial distance, she could succeed. Her son and Miss Fox were not on the same starting line.

Moreover, learning space-time ninjutsu is not an easy task at first. Even with a predecessor like him to guide him, grasping the feeling is still the most difficult thing. Naruto Uzumaki not having any feeling at all was completely within Minato Namikaze's expectations.

"Don't give up so easily, Naruto. You don't want to disappoint Miss Fox, do you?"

"Oh hiss!"

Naruto Uzumaki nodded: "Then let's try again. This time I'll definitely get that feeling right!!"

"Haha, take it slow, take it slow, you need to calm down."

Minato Namikaze laughed, quite satisfied with his son Naruto Uzumaki from the future. As a father, he didn't expect his child to be exceptionally talented or genius; he was content as long as his child lived a happy life.

Although he didn't know what Naruto had been through and there seemed to be a distance between them, Naruto's smile and optimism were genuine.

"Let's continue, Naruto."

"Wait a moment."

Suddenly interrupting the father and son, Miss Fox exhaled a breath of stale air: "Given Naruto's current condition, it will take him at least several months to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique, not to mention the Uzumaki clan's ancestral sealing techniques that need to be taught."

"Several months!?"

Naruto exclaimed in surprise, recalling his meeting with Sasuke at Orochimaru's base not long ago. This time-traveling experience had taught him about his origins, allowed him to meet the father he had always dreamed of having as a child, and even had his father personally teach him ninjutsu... He gritted his teeth: "Sorry, Dad, I probably can't learn the Flying Thunder God Technique!"

He drew the chakra blade assigned to him for this mission and turned to run, but Miss Fox quickly reached out and grabbed him, saying, "Don't rush. No matter how long you've been here, when you return, it will be at the same time you came." Miss Fox had long forgotten the specifics of the movie, but Lost Tower was an early Naruto movie. Movies from this period were very conservative in their plots, minimizing information related to the main storyline and inserting the timeline into blank periods within the main story.

Therefore, based on the above conditions, it is not difficult to deduce what kind of patch will be added to the ending of this theatrical version with time travel elements in order not to affect the main plot.

"Even so, it's not suitable for you to stay here for too long, so you need to speed up your studies."

"accelerate?"

Naruto Uzumaki looked at Miss Fox with confusion: "Is it some kind of special training?"

"No, no special training is needed. All you need to do is make a friend."

Miss Fox shook her head, her gaze shifting downwards to look at Naruto Uzumaki's crotch.

Whether Naruto Uzumaki is a genius or not was actually a highly controversial topic on online forums during Miss Fox's previous life.

But Miss Fox believes that Naruto Uzumaki is indeed a genius.

In the story, Naruto is a bottom-of-the-class student at the Ninja Academy, with a discontinued setting where he even failed to graduate for three years. But don't forget that although Naruto is the crown prince, he only truly learned about chakra refining techniques when he was in the Ninja Academy, and even then, it wasn't necessarily something he could learn right away. Compared to children from large clans, he was inevitably much later on.

Then there's the issue of the Nine-Tails.