Simultaneous Time Travel: What Villain? I'm the Protagonist!

The murderous aura between Sheng Ren's brows grew even stronger. His tender hands clenched tightly. He asked himself if he had overstepped any boundaries in his arrangements for Shan An, yet he still suffered this undeserved disaster.

Indeed, in this ninja world, weakness is the original sin!

Whoever tries to kill me, I will kill them! Yamagishi, you just wait.

On the other side, the sudden explosion threw the quiet Hidden Mist Village into chaos. Civilians fled for their lives, ninjas were mobilized, and the higher-ups watched coldly.

The genin Tsuchida was on a mission when he glanced behind him and suddenly stopped.

"Shimoda, what are you doing? Aren't you coming with me?" his companion called out.

"Look over there, I feel something moving."

His companion looked back curiously, and the other two members of the team followed. Upon closer inspection, they indeed discovered something was wrong. The seemingly empty space was occasionally filled with whistling sounds, which seemed to be coming from afar as if someone was rushing towards them.

Moreover, the four of them had a strange feeling, as if something unseen was moving. Their hearts tightened, and they exchanged a wary glance.

"Do you see the mountainside?" A voice rang in their ears, startling them.

"What? It's Mikami! You look like a ghost!" Shimoda, seeing it was someone he knew, relaxed.

Mikami paused for a moment, then smiled slightly: "I was ordered by Lord Yamagishi to handle something, but when I returned, he was nowhere to be found. I was just wondering if you've seen him?"

"Isn't Lord Yamagishi always in the sealing class?" Shimoda subconsciously pointed in a direction.

"Really? Then I'll go look again," Mikami said, turning and leaving.

Seeing that Mikami had left, the four of them became wary again. However, after a long time, they found that the strange situation had disappeared. Although they were puzzled, they lowered their guard.

"But why is Mikami coming from behind? Logically, he should have come from in front of us when he came out of the Sealing Class," Shimoda muttered at that moment.

At that moment, the ninja leading the group suddenly opened his eyes. Something was wrong!

Unfortunately, by this time, Mikami, no, it should be said that Shengren had already gone far away. Relying on the mystery of the Nine Palaces Divine Speed ​​Technique, Shengren's speed was astonishing.

The strange phenomenon they discovered earlier was caused by Sheng Ren gliding through space. Another major feature of the Nine Palaces Divine Travel Technique is gliding. After forming the hand seals, when traveling, it's like being in ice and snow. You only need to keep an eye on the direction, and your body will glide on its own, thereby conserving energy.

Following the direction pointed out by Shimoda, Shengren quickly arrived at the location of the sealing team, a three-story stone house surrounded by dozens of ninjas. Judging from their vests, they were all top-tier Chunin.

He did not act rashly, but concealed his whereabouts under the cover of night.

With his hands forming hand seals rapidly, he uttered "Water Release: Formless Waters," a ninjutsu version of the Feathered Gate's Formless Waters Technique. This technique allows for absolute control over liquid substances, including rivers, lakes, and even the blood and bodily fluids of one's opponent.

Unfortunately, Shengren currently lacks sufficient chakra to master this technique; he can only use it to control the moisture in the air to probe the situation inside the stone house.

Moisture seeped silently into every corner of the stone house, and in Sheng Ren's perception, the scene inside the house gradually became clearer.

There were eight ninjas on the first floor. Their chakra fluctuations were much stronger than those of the Chunin outside, but they were still considered top-tier Chunin. The second floor was empty in his perception; it was probably a laboratory or a tool room.

And on the third floor,

Sheng Ren frowned. The chakra fluctuations on the third floor were unusually complex, indicating the presence of at least three Jonin. One of them, a cold and dark chakra, was the aura unique to Yamagishi.

However, the chakra of the three Jonin was constantly being depleted, but in his perception, there was no major change on the third floor.

"Sealing technique," a glint of light flashed in Sheng Ren's eyes, and he decided to see it for himself.

With his hands constantly moving, the steam inside the stone house surged and churned, turning the cool night air into a humid one. Sheng Ren closed his eyes, and his thoughts gradually emerged from his body, expanding his field of vision. As his thoughts slowly converged on the stone house, Sheng Ren seemed to have a pair of white eyes, and everything inside the stone house instantly came into view.

The stone house has three floors. Three Jonin, including Yamagishi, are forming hand seals around a circular stone disc, with Nohara Rin standing in the center of the disc.

Lin lay quietly in the center of the stone slab, her face deathly pale and her breathing weak; she was clearly unconscious.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Yamagishi's forehead as he maintained his hand seals. He said in a deep voice, "Remember this state. Once she arrives in Konoha, we'll form the seals together and release the Three-Tails."

"Yamagishi," the Jonin on the left couldn't help but speak up, "The Three-Tails' power is too great. Can this girl withstand it? What if she loses control halfway through?"

"The seal personally cast by the Mizukage is strong enough to hold until she reaches Konoha," Yamagishi replied coldly. "What we need to do now is master this sealing technique."

After a moment's hesitation, the Jonin on the right asked, "Will that Konoha ninja see through our disguise? We can't underestimate our opponent. What if he does?"

Upon hearing this, the two looked at Yamagishi. Yamagishi lowered his head slightly, pondered for a moment, and then spoke: "Then let's make sure he doesn't have time to think. We need to force him to flee quickly, so he doesn't have time to stop and think."

Unbeknownst to the three, Lin's eyelids twitched slightly during their conversation.

"What a show," Sheng Ren said with a slight smile. "The plot has progressed to this point."

Just as he was thinking about how to deal with it, several streams of chakra suddenly rushed into his sensory circle. One of them was very familiar to him; it was Bodo.

Sheng Ren felt a chill run down his spine. Bodo had returned with his men, which meant that Kakashi had taken the bait and was being lured here.

Sure enough, a moment later, the sounds of hurried footsteps and fighting came from afar.

Sheng Ren quickly withdrew his thoughts and silently disappeared into the deeper shadows.

"Lord Yamagishi!" Hata rushed into the stone house in a disheveled state. "Kakashi from Konoha has been lured here; he's right behind us!"

A glint of light flashed in Yamagishi's eyes: "Well done, according to the original plan. Everyone, get ready!"

The ninjas on the first floor and outside quickly adjusted their formation, assuming a ready-to-fight stance.

Meanwhile, Yamagishi on the third floor gave a wink to the other two Jonin. The three of them simultaneously formed hand seals, and the sealing technique on the circular stone disc lit up faintly before slowly dimming.

"Retreat!" Yamagishi shouted in a low voice, and the three of them, along with Rin, quickly jumped out of the back window on the third floor and disappeared into the night.

Sheng Ren saw it clearly from the shadows: Yamagishi was staging a hasty retreat, deliberately leaving a loophole so that Kakashi could easily rescue Rin, but in reality, he was sending the Three-Tails, a time bomb, to Konoha.

"What a clever scheme," Sheng Ren sneered.

Although Yamagishi ultimately died at Obito's hands, his ability to become a Jonin of Kirigakure demonstrates his exceptional talent.

However, this also gave Sheng Ren an opportunity.