Konoha Notes

Chapter 245 Double Seal
The wind and shadow remained silent; the only response to Xiu Si was the surging tide of gold dust rising from beneath his feet.

He glanced at the other four people in the arena; their strength was negligible compared to that of the Loulan royal family. Although he didn't know why Xiu Si had brought both of them, it presented an opportunity to control or even kill them outright.

The remaining two ninjas, since they couldn't even handle the material of the puppets, wouldn't be particularly strong.

These four people are a burden to Xiu Si.

He quickly came to a conclusion.

The advantage is on his side.

"Lord Fengying, you have witnessed the birth of the Tree Realm, but you have not yet seen the other move that transcends the Tree Realm."

Shuji's body was overflowing with energy even more than when he was in Sage Mode, and every corner of his body was expressing satisfaction.

Luo Sha's pupils contracted slightly. The golden sand beneath his feet propelled him rapidly upwards, while he simultaneously issued attack commands to the surrounding dragon vein puppets. Dozens of puppets' eyes gleamed with purple light, their joints emitting a piercing hum, as they lunged at him from all directions.

Xiu Si clasped his hands together, his fingers interlocked.

The earth trembled, the ground of the entire Loulan ruins suddenly bulged up, and countless thick vines broke through the rocks and cracked the soil, spreading with unstoppable force.

"Wood Release: The Flower and Tree Realm is coming."

Wherever the vines passed, the remaining buildings collapsed like sandcastles, and the dragon vein puppets that relied on energy pipes were instantly crushed. The purple energy pipes were forcibly torn apart, bursting out with uncontrolled energy sparks, before being completely submerged by the surging green tide.

Apart from the small area where the Eye of the Dragon Vein is located, the entire Loulan Ruins were covered by an endless, surging forest of vines in just a few breaths.

The once barren Gobi Desert has been transformed into an eerie green kingdom.

Even thicker branches rise up, and huge flower buds condense, swell, and then bloom one by one.

Yellow pollen bursts forth like a thick fog, spreading rapidly.

Beneath Shuji's feet, a giant tree shot into the sky, lifting Yakushi Nono, Yakushi Kabuto, and Sara and her daughter, taking the five of them, including Shuji, off the ground and up into the pollen-filled area.

Luo Sha reacted swiftly. The instant the vines broke through the soil, he had already shielded himself with gold dust and attempted to ascend to a higher position. Upon seeing the yellow pollen, he immediately covered his mouth and nose, but still managed to inhale a small amount of pollen.

A sudden, intense wave of dizziness washed over me.

The Fourth Kazekage's mind became muddled, his chakra refining slowed down considerably, and the gold dust beneath his feet shook violently, almost collapsing.

"Ugh..." Luo Sha groaned, half-lying on the gold dust, barely maintaining his posture. He tried to manipulate the gold dust to carry him away from this deadly pollen field.

However, high in the sky, the airflow suddenly became extremely violent, and the chaotic wind pressure tore at Sand Gold and his body.

This is……

That technique.

Luo Sha's blurred vision searched for Shuji's location. He saw the towering tree and the person with the seal on it.

That wind style...

Finally, Feng Ying lost control of the gold dust, and the golden light scattered across the sky as his body fell from the air. Then he came to a stop.

A sharp vine pierced his chest.

"Ahem——"

A sharp pain shot through his body like an electric current, momentarily bringing him back to consciousness. Luo Sha lowered his head, looking at the sharp point protruding from his chest.

He was breathing heavily.

The coughed-up blood splattered onto the gold dust fragments.

My gaze fell upon the boundless green expanse beneath my feet.

This was a color rarely seen in the desert, a color longed for, yet it was on this land that his life ended.

"What will happen to Sunagakure...?"

Luo Sha's voice was extremely weak.

The vines pushed his body closer.

"It's precisely because I still have expectations for Sunagakure that I'm conflicted," Shuuji said.

He showed rare patience towards a dying man.

"I have no problem with you, even though you keep causing me trouble."

"If our positions were reversed, and we had the chance to obtain the power of the Dragon Vein and the techniques of Sky Ninja, I can't say whether I would try to take some risks." "But as things stand now, an ambitious Kazekage is not good for the situation in the ninja world, nor is it good for Sunagakure."

“I have cultivated a lot of plants over the years. Although the purpose was not to help Sunagakure, most of them are very resilient.”

"If the people of Sunagakure are willing, they may be able to create an oasis with their own hands."

Luo Sha smiled slightly.

"The people of this land of wind and sand will be willing."

“I will also not hesitate to share some of the byproducts of the experiments,” Shuuji said.

"Cough...cough cough...Ebizo...Maki...will cooperate..." Rasa's breath grew weaker and weaker.

"Then, a peace agreement should naturally be reached."

He made a promise.

Luo Sha closed his eyes.

After the Kazekage's death, the vines that had grown using chakra and dragon vein energy withdrew deep into the earth, turning the area into a desert once again.

Yakushi Nono and Yakushi Kabuto were momentarily dazed.

Kabuto Yakushi was already aware of Shuji's performance, after all, the battle between Konoha and Sunagakure was taking place in the Land of Rivers, but the fact that the Fourth Kazekage ended so easily still left him with a sense of unreality.

Not to mention Nono.

Wood Release: World of Flowers and Trees...

Sarah bent down and touched the ground. She had seen many people live and many people die.

The existence of a shadow is something that has no real feeling.

Only that patch of green, those plants.

"Plants from the Flower and Tree Realm are not suited to survive in this land. They rely on the chakra that drives their growth to be able to withstand the environment here."

Seeing her actions, Xiu Si offered an explanation before returning to the seal on the dragon vein.

The main focus is on observing the techniques of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, whose sealing techniques are intricately linked, along with the Flying Thunder God Technique, which serves as the core of the sealing.

It can be said that a closed loop has been formed.

It's not just about energy, but also about space and time.

Simple acts of destruction will only trigger its defensive mechanisms. This is similar to the scenario in the original story where the Sand Village rogue ninja, Centipede, was sent back to the past after absorbing the seal.

In retrospect, it's less that the dragon vein sent him back, and more that the seal of the dragon vein's energy sent him back.

They were sent to the past, where the sealing of the dragon vein was inevitable.

Orochimaru cleverly bypassed the defense mechanism by opening an energy outlet instead of touching the seal.

But right now...

The dragon vein hidden deep beneath the earth is difficult to disturb, and he had no other options at the moment, so he could only use a sealing technique to fill it in.

However, the surface energy that has been released can be collected first. It can be stored in the Wood Release clone using the Four Symbols Seal, which is the same method used to seal the tailed beast's chakra.

Ok……

The great Wood Release clones are so convenient because they can flexibly control the amount of chakra. Furthermore, there is no problem of depleting the main body's energy when the clones are put to sleep.

Returning to the Dragon Vein Seal itself, a hole was dug in Minato Namikaze's technique.

Having also learned the sealing techniques of the fourth generation, he could add another seal and then attach the Flying Thunder God Technique, achieving a double four-element sealing effect similar to the Bagua seal.

As long as he doesn't leave any more information about the seal, anyone who tries to break the seal later will face the blockade of two time-spaces.

After finishing these tasks, Shuji looked at Rasa's corpse on the ground.

It's time to go back and deal with the Sand Village.

　This is my current explanation for the dragon vein's time-travel aspect. I can't come up with anything more reasonable...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)