Chapter 63: Symphony of Time and Space 1
Kakashi Hatake, Konoha rogue ninja, Kirigakure wanted ninja, active Kumogakure Jonin.
While executing an A-rank mission, which was actually S-rank in difficulty, due to accidents and conspiracies, he was drawn into the battle for the Dragon Vein.
The one manipulating everything from the shadows had originally thought this lucky brat would be pushed to desperation by Sunagakure, but encountered an accident.
There were two reasons: the genius puppet master Sasori betrayed Sunagakure during this mission, "assassinating" the Third Kazekage.
Kakashi Hatake absorbed part of the Dragon Vein chakra, thereby causing the siege plan to fail.
Mei Terumi and the Queen of Rouran also escaped using an unknown space-time ninjutsu.
The mastermind whose plans were repeatedly thwarted did not feel discouraged by this. Who would pick on children? This could, at best, only be considered an appetizer before the main course.
Lu Xun said: "The brave are enraged and draw their blades against the stronger; the timid are enraged but draw their blades against the weaker."
Constantly advancing on the path of challenging the strong, Kakashi awoke from the pain of chakra replacement.
Chakra, an energy system he had cultivated for over a decade, the physical energy extracted cell by cell from the body's 130 trillion cells, was completely swept away.
In ancient Chinese terms, this was called "cleansing the muscles and purifying the marrow."
The pain was self-evident. Enveloped by the powerful Dragon Vein, the youth was continuously assimilated, separated, assimilated, separated. The process lasted for an hour, losing consciousness countless times, until the weak but stubborn chakra in his body was completely replaced by Dragon Vein chakra, or rather, Dragon Vein energy.
「Energy system replacement complete. Current chakra (Dragon Vein) is 18 Kcal.」
Still a meager amount of chakra, but compared to the single-digit chakra amount at the beginning, this was a qualitative leap. At this moment, the energy contained within the youth's body already exceeded that of Naruto suppressing the Nine-Tails by more than four times, approaching one-fifth of Naruto's chakra amount without suppressing the Nine-Tails...
Now Kakashi could proudly announce to others that he was no longer a mere unit of chakra; his chakra reserves had surpassed ninety percent of the ninja in the ninja world!
Channeling power into his right hand, he used Raikiri, his most practical and most practiced ninjutsu. Raikiri, which should have emitted a blue light, now radiated a faint purple Dragon Vein energy light. Fortunately, this Dragon Vein energy was very close to his original chakra; nature transformation didn't need to be relearned, and there was no obstruction when using ninjutsu, like a freshly lubricated gear.
It would take some time for his body to adapt to this power. Kakashi wasn't sure if genjutsu would still work on him in the future. Since the basic principle of genjutsu was to interfere with the opponent's chakra, a different energy system should grant immunity to most genjutsu.
Then, would his own genjutsu still be effective against enemies?
This could only be determined through testing.
The silver-haired youth shifted his body; the feeling of stones and rubble pressing on him was unpleasant.
「Those two should have escaped, right?」
Kakashi pushed aside the rubble and stood up, opening his eyes.
If not for the iconic sealing platform still intact beside him, the youth would absolutely not recognize this place as the Dragon Vein entrance.
「What happened?」
The battle scars were different from before, as if a long time had passed. The entire building had been sliced in half, turning into open-air ruins. The sun blazed overhead, and Kakashi could still feel sand being blown by the dry wind.
Looking down, the ground was already submerged in sand. The place where he stood was the highest point, the only surviving spot not buried.
Beneath the ruins lay silence and desolation.
In this building, where the end was visible at a glance, the youth didn't immediately go out. Instead, he expanded his senses to determine if it was safe outside.
His sensory abilities had also been upgraded. Although he didn't know how strong sensory abilities were in Sage Mode, he imagined his own wouldn't be too inferior now.
The expanding sensory energy spread from the air to every corner. A 3D terrain map, as if surveyed, appeared in Kakashi's mind, from dust particles to entire buildings, everything was clear. In the future, as long as no one capable of shielding his senses or other sensory ninja appeared, the rhythm of battle and the timing of engagement would be on his side.
「To think there are still so many people in a place like this.」
The reaction indicated complex, interconnected tunnels underground, winding like the tunnels of a tunnel warfare, reaching everywhere. The place with the most people was the strategic supply reserve basement Kakashi had visited before, nearly five hundred people, with varying chakra reactions, mostly ordinary people.
Further down, the Dragon Vein's presence was faint, only one-tenth of what it was before, no longer able to interfere with his senses.
Truly bad news.
Mei Terumi's chakra wasn't among the senses, only the reaction of Queen Sara of Rouran. This reaction was a bit strange; it was actually at the level of an ordinary Jonin. Keep in mind, she was previously a defenseless girl with no ability to resist...
Kakashi leaned towards Mei Terumi having already left this place rather than being captured by Sunagakure. But why wasn't Sara with her, instead staying with that large group of people?
What happened while he was unconscious? Kakashi had many questions in his mind.
He had considered that the Dragon Vein could cause time-space distortions. If, like in the original story, he had returned to the past, then this place shouldn't be ruins, but new buildings, undamaged houses, and the Dragon Vein's reaction shouldn't be so weak.
"I'll go to the gathering area first," the youth decided.
Using Earth Release, he entered a tunnel leading directly to the gathering area. Only after entering did Kakashi realize this tunnel was also quite old and had seen battles; only two entrances from the surface to underground remained.
He really didn't know how they managed water and food in this environment.
Hiding the sound of his footsteps, after a few hundred meters, the youth leaned against a wall, carefully listening to people's conversations.
As expected, most people were complaining, a small portion were discussing battles, the enemy was still Sunagakure, and among them, Kakashi also heard the word "reinforcements."
"Kirigakure's next batch of supplies will arrive soon."
"This time it's three months late. If they didn't come, we'd all starve to death."
"Sunagakure's squads are constantly harassing us, and Iwagakure sometimes meddles too. Today is the anniversary of the Prince's death; Lord Mizukage should be here in person."
"This batch of supplies will be much larger than before, right?"
"It should be. The next time they come will be half a year later."
Kirigakure helping Rouran? What a mess. Kakashi was completely bewildered. And who was this "Prince" fellow? He'd never heard of him.
"Her Majesty the Queen is here."
In his senses, Sara finally walked out of a small house. Kakashi, still concealed, froze the moment he emerged from the tunnel.
Not just him, Sara also froze. A look of astonishment flashed across her much more mature face, then anger washed away her reason.
"How dare you---how dare you appear in his likeness today!! Seize him!!!"
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