In the original work, Minato's sealing of the Dragon Vein probably only sealed the special Chakra that overflowed from it. The branches of the Dragon Vein underground were still transporting Natural Energy and Chakra, participating in the cycle of Natural Energy.
As Rin-sama approached the city of thousands of high towers from the air, she could sense that the city was filled with that special Chakra.
Rin-sama was somewhat amazed by the city's magnificence and towering grandeur. Compared to Konoha, which resembled a small county town with mostly two or three-story single-family homes, this city was more like a modern metropolis.
However, Rin-sama noticed that everyone else, except her, seemed to be unfazed, which made her a little puzzled.
"Miss Ye Cang, aren't you surprised and amazed by this city?"
Rin-sama looked at Pakura, who was calmly observing, and directly asked the doubt in her heart. Logically, the buildings in Hidden Sand Village should be even worse, right?
"What's so surprising? Any Ninja who knows a bit of Earth Release can build these. But such buildings are not suitable for Ninja. They are too tall and too slender. If they collapse during a battle, it's hard for civilians to survive."
Pakura felt that this city was flashy but impractical. An Earth Release: Core of the Earth could wipe out the entire city. Even Ninja, facing such widespread building collapses, could easily be crushed to death.
"Alright, you're right." Rin-sama had been a bit naive. Those Ninja Villages naturally knew that such buildings could house more people, so why didn't they build them?
It was naturally for safety considerations. Ninja are pragmatists, and such a city's disadvantages outweighed its advantages, which is why no Ninja Village would build one.
As they got closer to the city, Rin-sama also got a clear view of its appearance. It was completely isolated in the desert, with no Oasis surrounding the city's exterior.
The desert and the city met without a gradient; outside the city's flagstone path was yellow sand, which looked quite strange.
"Everyone, pay attention! We are about to enter Roran, and we might encounter attacks from puppets. Just remember to cut off their Chakra threads."
Rin-sama recalled the puppets from the original work and immediately reminded Kakashi and Shisui. These puppets were quite sturdy.
They were not easy to break without Ninjutsu, and directly cutting off the Chakra threads was the most convenient method. An Lushan's strength was not strong.
Even with the Dragon Vein's enhancement, he gained an infinite energy source and a super-regenerative puppet body, but he did not exceed the limit of an ordinary Kage-level Ninja.
However, Rin-sama was very interested in the puppet's automatic assembly, deformation, and recovery, similar to nanotechnology. This technology would be very interesting if used to create battle armor.
Rin-sama also wanted to replicate Stark's nano-armor to bring some technological shock to the Ninja World.
If she had such a suit of armor, Rin-sama could wear it to increase her height, so no one would think that Rin-sama was a shorty.
If she remembered correctly, An Lushan's puppet also had the ability to absorb Chakra. Or was this the effect of the God Tree's Chakra, or something he researched himself?
So, to figure these things out, she had to capture An Lushan and then directly interrogate him with Genjutsu. If given the chance, Rin-sama wanted to learn the Mind Reading Technique from the interrogation squad. There was no reason why a weakling like Ibiki Morino could do it, but she couldn't.
Entering Roran, the group flew through the high towers. Rin-sama looked at these magnificent towers and found that no humans lived in them.
This meant that these buildings only looked good. However, they contained many puppet legions, each appearing to be cast from the same mold.
They were yellowish-brown and somewhat round, but the various Ninja tools, hidden weapons, and poisoned needles concealed beneath their armor were not to be underestimated.
Moreover, these puppets seemed to have too much Dragon Vein Chakra and could even use laser attacks similar to Chakra cannons, which had decent power.
They could even injure Naruto in Shippuden. Speaking of Naruto, Rin-sama wondered what it would be like for Minato to meet his son. She also wondered if he had traveled through time to this era yet.
Due to Rin-sama being a variable, she would definitely arrive in Roran earlier than in the original work. If she soloed An Lushan in advance, would Minato still recognize Naruto?
At this moment, in the central tower, a middle-aged man originally named An Lushan, now called An Lushan, was conversing with a red-haired girl. However, the next moment, his Chakra threads sensed someone passing through.
"Your Majesty Sara, I shall take my leave now. Tomorrow is the festival, please be prepared."
An Lushan turned and left directly, leaving Sara alone in the empty hall. Speaking of the festival, Sara recalled her mother, who had died young.
After An Lushan walked out of the hall, his expression instantly darkened. Through the Chakra conduits, a puppet he controlled noticed the ten people sitting on the ink-wash style flying birds.
He also saw the Konoha headbands on their foreheads and some wearing Anbu masks, so he immediately recognized that several of them were Konoha Anbu, although a Sunagakure Ninja was mixed in.
The number of people was somewhat large, so An Lushan prepared to control two hundred puppet soldiers to slaughter these Konoha Ninja. He would not allow any variables in his plan.
Just as Rin-sama was still looking around, she noticed a group of Chakra fluctuations, and then saw many flying puppets rushing out from some surrounding high towers.
"Everyone, be careful to dodge. These puppets are not simple."
Not long after Rin-sama finished speaking, she found that she and the others were surrounded by puppets appearing from all directions, and their number was definitely no less than two hundred.
"Oh my, I remember the difficulty of this Roran dungeon wasn't that high? Is there a setting where the difficulty increases with the strength of the people who enter?"
Rin-sama looked at these flying puppets with spinning blades on their hands and jet ports behind them, immediately realizing their intention. She quickly controlled the Super Beast Imitating Drawing flying birds to scatter and flee.
However, these puppets immediately shot out thousands of sharp Ninja tools connected by purple Chakra threads from their waists, leaving no place to hide.
"Wind Release: Vacuum Consecutive Wave!" Rin-sama's cherry lips parted slightly, not puckering like Tuanzang Old Thief, although doing so could make the Vacuum Consecutive Wave's power more concentrated.
However, what Rin-sama needed at the moment was not penetration, but attack area. As the thick Vacuum Consecutive Wave swept across, it directly shattered the puppets in a fan-shaped area in front of her.
However, it still couldn't prevent the ink flying birds from being dispersed by the puppets' high-speed Ninja tools. Fortunately, everyone was a Ninja with some strength, and they easily jumped onto the nearby high towers, using the terrain to dodge.
As for Rin-sama, she chose to confront them head-on and attract attention. Rin-sama unleashed dozens of wind blades with Ame no Habakiri, each sword capable of cutting off one puppet and several Chakra threads.
In one round, Rin-sama directly dealt with over fifty puppets, while the other nine also used Ninjutsu or Exploding Tags.
"Damn it, why are these Konoha Anbu so strong?"
An Lushan felt that a good portion of the puppets he controlled were quickly being cleared, and he immediately became furious, instantly increasing the output of Dragon Vein Chakra.
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