Zongman: Capturing the goddess from Demon Slayer

"Waste."

"It's such a waste to let you use the Dragon Vein."

"Kneel!"

Bang!

The invisible pressure forced the forty-to-fifty-meter-tall puppet An Lushan to lie on the ground, unable to move an inch.

At the very center of the real Dragon Vein, at the Dragon Vein's eye.

Sara knelt on the ground, beginning to use the bloodline of the Queen of Loulan to close the Dragon Vein.

Cutting off the chakra supply to An Lushan.

Sara placed her hands on the Dragon Vein's eye, and the aura belonging to the Queen surged around her.

The eye recognized the bloodline of the Queen of Loulan and slowly began to close.

Xi — —

The Dragon Vein's eye closed, and An Lushan's chakra supply was cut off.

Arashi Meio came to the puppet An Lushan and began to devour the chakra within him.

"What are you doing?"

"Where's my chakra?"

"My Dragon Vein! My chakra!"

The Centipede An Lushan desperately wailed and struggled, trying to escape Arashi Meio's constraints, but it was all in vain.

An Lushan's chakra was completely devoured, leaving only a sliver of chakra to keep him alive.

At the same time, the puppet transformation was forcibly解除.

Revealing his true form—an old man with a long beard.

Arashi Meio generated chains in his hand, binding An Lushan tightly and dragging him to Sara and the others who were running towards him.

Seeing the unharmed Arashi Meio walking towards her, Sara finally let go of the worry in her heart.

She hurriedly stepped forward and excitedly hugged Arashi Meio.

"Meio!"

"That's great!"

"Nothing happened to you!" Sara said softly and gently.

Arashi Meio released the chains binding An Lushan, stretched out his arms, and also gave Sara a hug.

"Well done, beautiful Queen of Loulan—Sara!"

Sara smiled shyly.

"Meio, what are you saying? All of this is thanks to you. Otherwise, I would still be kept in the dark as a puppet, or I would have been killed by An Lushan..."

Sara really felt unworthy of this title of Queen.

After a brief comforting hug, Arashi Meio said:

"Sara, An Lushan is not dead yet. I left him with a breath of life."

"So you can avenge your mother."

Hearing this, Sara finally let go of Arashi Meio and looked to the side.

Noticing An Lushan, who was bound by chains on the ground.

The chains flew into Sara's hands, and Sara looked at the old wreck on the ground, who only had a breath left.

Of course, she wanted to kill An Lushan with her own hands to avenge her mother, but...

"It's not just me who hates An Lushan, but also the people of Loulan!"

"I want to hand An Lushan over to them to deal with!"

The strong laborers behind Sara, who had been used as cattle by An Lushan, heard Sara's words, and their eyes lit up.

Damn it, An Lushan, you finally fell into our hands!

We'll make sure to torture you to death, making you cry for your parents and die in the most painful way!

"Whatever you want, as long as you're happy."

Yako stepped forward and took the chains from Sara's hands, walking towards the distance amidst the cheers of the people.

Sara looked at the departing people, revealing a gratified smile.

She could be considered a competent queen.

She hadn't let down her mother's expectations.

Of course, there was also Meio...

"Sa..." "Mei..."

Arashi Meio and Sara called out each other's names at the same time.

Seeing that the other had something to say, they both stopped.

"Meio, you go first..."

"Sara, the Third Shinobi World War has begun! If Loulan remains here, it will eventually be destroyed. So have you considered leaving here? Taking your people with you."

Loulan was located in the desert, surrounded by yellow sand.

Moreover, it was within the borders of the Land of Wind.

What was the Land of Wind? It was one of the Five Great Nations, and besides the Land of Water's Bloody Mist, it was the most chaotic country.

Loulan was bound to be destroyed if it stayed here.

Joining another country was inevitable.

"The Third Shinobi World War?"

Sara didn't know what the Third Shinobi World War was, but she knew that Arashi Meio wasn't exaggerating.

It was just that which country should she take her people to?

"Meio, I can take my people away from here, but where should I take them?"

"Go to the Land of Fire, my home is there. It will also be easier for you to come and find me when you miss me."

Just now, Sara called Arashi Meio's name because she wanted to ask if Arashi Meio could stay, even if it was just to leave her with a seed.

Hearing that she could go to the country where Arashi Meio was, Sara was first excited, being able to be with Arashi Meio, but then she became worried.

"Meio, will the Land of Fire agree to our joining?"

"They will agree, I'll take care of everything. And you, my Sara—just need to be a beautiful queen!" Arashi Meio said, stroking Sara's strands of red hair.

Sara was instantly shy at Arashi Meio's loving gesture, looking into Arashi Meio's eyes, her heart beating faster.

Gradually, Sara closed her eyes, pouted slightly, and tilted her neck forward little by little.

She had already prepared to be kissed by Arashi Meio.

Arashi Meio didn't hesitate, wrapping one arm around Sara's waist and supporting the back of Sara's head with the other.

He kissed Sara's pink lips.

...

At Sara's mother's grave, Naruto and Yamato's bodies lit up, gradually becoming transparent.

"Naruto, wake up quickly, it's time to go back!"

"Ah? Who's calling me? Captain Yamato! What are you doing here? What happened?"

Before Yamato could answer, the two disappeared from the grave.

On the other side, Arashi Meio, Light, and Sara came to the Dragon Vein's eye.

"Meio, what are we doing here again?"

"Sealing, in order to form a closed loop in the timeline, I need to seal the Dragon Vein and only allow certain people to pass through the Dragon Vein."

Arashi Meio placed a seal on the Dragon Vein that would take even the Sage of Six Paths three days and three nights to break.

He added rules that prevented anyone or anything from traveling through time via the Dragon Vein except for Centipede, Naruto, Yamato, and himself.

After doing all this, the three returned outside.

A bit of blood color in the sky gradually grew larger.

"Meio-nii!"

Kushina's voice rang out.

Seeing that it was really Meio-nii, the one she had been thinking about day and night in her memories, Kushina excitedly hugged Arashi Meio.

Arashi Meio also hugged Kushina.

That little Kushina from back then had finally grown up and become a young woman.

Everything that should have developed had developed.

"Meio-nii, I missed you so much." Kushina hugged Arashi Meio tightly, choking with sobs.

Her words were full of longing and love.

Six years ago, after Kushina returned to the village from a mission, she heard from Tsunade-nee that Meio-nii had left Konoha and didn't know where he had gone.

She thought he would be back in a month or two at most, but she waited month after month, and Meio-nii was nowhere to be seen.

Year after year, there was still no news of Meio-nii.

Despite this, Kushina still hadn't given up looking for Arashi Meio.

She and Tsunade, Mikoto, Nonoyu, and Konan searched all over the shinobi world.

They had basically searched the entire shinobi world but hadn't seen Arashi Meio.

This morning, she went out as usual to look for Arashi Meio, but returned empty-handed at noon.

After eating lunch, she was preparing to continue searching, but at the gate of Konoha, she heard Minato Namikaze and the others discussing Arashi Meio's affairs.

After confirming with Minato Namikaze and the others that it really was Arashi Meio, Kushina instantly activated Nine-Tails Mode and rushed towards Loulan at full speed.

She happened to see Arashi Meio coming out of the Dragon Vein.

......