I, who just wanted to be lazy, was forced to become the Hokage.

Chapter 450 Loulan Minister? A Mutant Puppet!

Sarah instinctively took a step back.

With her limited life experience, she could not accurately determine the reason why An Lushan suddenly said those words.

However, the young queen still sensed the ill-intentioned aura emanating from the other party.

An Lushan... did not seem to be as peace-loving, kind-hearted, and loyal as she had imagined.

"Thank you very much for your contributions to Loulan so far, Your Majesty Sarah."

An Lushan slowly raised his right hand, and a strand of pale purple chakra thread emerged from his fingertip and flew into the back of the palace.

"You took my place, my late mother, and did your best to accomplish my great goal."

"But now... you're useless!"

Just now, it was indeed An Lushan who personally pushed Sara off the stands of the palace building.

However, he then received a report from the puppet that there were no corpses or bloodstains below the palace building.

From that moment on, An Lushan knew that someone had rescued Sarah right under his nose.

An Lushan originally thought that Sara would take the opportunity to hide.

He never expected that the other party would appear in front of him so openly and generously.

This new queen of Loulan is a million times more foolish than he imagined!

Since that's the case, then let's waste a little more time and personally send the esteemed Queen Sarah on her way!

This time.

I demand to see his body!

An Lushan slightly beckoned with his right index finger, and two cold, metallic puppets flew out from behind the palace and slowly landed behind him, like two silent statues.

Sarah stared incredulously at An Lushan and the two puppets behind him, then took two steps back.

As she retreated, Sara recalled the Fourth Hokage's words of advice and warning.

Myself, who "accidentally" fell from the palace tower...

The kingdom's people, replaced by crude puppets...

A secret base hidden beneath Loulan...

A people enslaved and the dragon vein...

All the strange events that occurred in Loulan were transformed into a series of very clear doubts, which, like arrows, hit the target in Sarah's heart called "An Lushan".

An Lushan was indeed suspicious!

The thought had just crossed Sarah's mind.

With a cruel smile on his face, An Lushan flicked his fingers a few times, and the two puppets immediately flew out from behind him.

"Die like your mother, Your Highness Sarah!"

The metal golem suddenly opened its arms, revealing several forked, sharp blades that spun in mid-air like fans, emitting a whooshing sound.

Sarah knew that with her speed, there was no way she could escape An Lushan's puppet attack.

A few tears welled up in her eyes, and in the tear-filled light, the sharp blades that were constantly approaching were clearly reflected.

Goodbye, Loulan—

Sarah was about to close her eyes and accept her fate of death.

Just then, a dazzling golden light flashed in the corner of her eye, followed by a familiar scent that entered her nostrils.

"It's you—"

"Is the little mouse finally going to come out of the darkness?"

An Lushan was not at all surprised to see someone rescue the Queen from his puppets.

After successfully stealing the power of the dragon vein and beginning to forge a puppet army, An Lushan's control over Loulan gradually increased.

An Lushan was well aware that although he had enslaved many people in Loulan and made them forge puppet weapons for him day and night,

However, in the dark corners of Loulan Kingdom, there lived a small group of ordinary people, like rats hiding in the gutter.

Perhaps the group of people who saved Queen Sarah from falling to her death were the same ones.

however.

When An Lushan saw Minato Namikaze's attire clearly, his pupils contracted instantly.

"Ninjas?! You're actually... Konoha ninjas?! Is it because of that kid from before—"

"Hmm? I'm sorry, Minister An Lushan."

An unfamiliar voice rang in An Lushan's ears, as if someone had suddenly appeared behind him.

"Could you explain who 'that kid from before' is?"

When?

Who is it?!

Hearing the questioning voice coming from behind him, An Lushan felt a cold sweat immediately break out on his back, and his clothes were instantly soaked.

As a puppeteer, and a puppeteer who had defected many years ago.

An Lushan almost instinctively lunged forward, trying to create distance between himself and the mysterious enemy behind him.

Unfortunately, An Lushan's act of tackling was merely a thought in his mind.

His brain kept giving his body commands to fall forward.

However, his body was bound tightly by an inexplicable force, like a steel cable, from which he could not break free.

Shadow Hanging Technique!

Kaka-

Nara Rinka increased his chakra output slightly, and the shadow tentacles wrapped around An Lushan's body also gained power as his chakra was injected.

Those solid, pitch-black hands tightly wrapped around An Lushan's limbs and exerted force simultaneously.

Accompanied by a series of terrifying cracking sounds, An Lushan's hands and legs were twisted and broken almost simultaneously by the Shadow Hanging Technique, losing their original function.

"what!"

The intense pain stimulated An Lushan's nerves, causing him to involuntarily let out a roar of extreme agony.

Amidst this piercing roar, An Lushan's body underwent an unimaginable transformation.

The pampered, pot-bellied Loulan minister from before suddenly swelled up like a balloon, his limbs and torso seemingly being interfered with by some special force, forcibly stretched and elongated.

Under the watchful eyes of the Konoha ninjas and Queen Sara.

An Lushan had transformed into a gigantic creature that looked like an ant!

"How scary!"

Nara Rinkei stood behind An Lushan, who had transformed into an ant, and calmly expressed his opinion.

"It even has a second transformation stage."

As soon as Nara Rinka finished speaking, the shadow tentacles that were still wrapped around An Lushan's body began to transform in sync with his will.

The shadow tentacles, which were originally only the size of a normal human hand, expanded rapidly into huge, black hands as big as millstones.

It is not the "Shadow Hanging Technique".

It's actually the [Shadow Transformation Technique]!

Under Nara Rinka's control, the Black Warrior's hand still firmly gripped An Lushan in his second transformation, as if he were holding a weakling.

Kaka-

With a slight movement, the Black Warrior broke An Lushan's limbs again, as easily as snapping a reed.

Just in case, Nara Rinka simply pulled those thin limbs off An Lushan's body and threw them aside like trash.

The mutated ant lost its thin legs and looked like a giant brown worm.

To Nara Rinka's great surprise, An Lushan's vitality was far more tenacious than he had imagined.

"Damn Konoha ninja—"

An Lushan let out another deafening roar, and dense purple threads suddenly burst forth from his worm-like, ugly body—these were clearly visible chakra threads.

"In Loulan, my power is limitless!"

"Shall we go outside and fight?"

(End of this chapter)