When Chiya opened his eyes again, the glaring sunlight made him squint slightly.
He was standing in the central plaza of ancient Loran, with towering metal towers all around gleaming coldly in the sunlight.
A breeze swept by, stirring up fine sand and dust. In the distance came the faint sounds of mechanical puppets operating.
"This place is... Loran?"
Chiya quickly looked around.
Seeing the familiar scenery and confirming this was indeed ancient Loran, he couldn't help but feel somewhat emotional.
"Damn, I really came back!"
After complaining, Chiya immediately thought of Kaguya.
Having returned to his original place, did the things he experienced with Ōtsutsuki Kaguya still exist?
Thinking of this.
Chiya's heart also began to race.
"System, open my character panel!"
[Name: Uchiha Chiya]
[Age: 24]
[Chakra: 51 Cards]
[Special Skills: Senju Clan Constitution, Sharingan (Eternal Mangekyō), Ice Style, Lava Style]
[Skills: Divine Art: Kagatsuchi
Mangekyō Pupil Jutsu: The Far Shore of the Yellow Springs, Cycle of Cause and Effect, Tsukuyomi
Forbidden Jutsu: Izanagi, Izanami
Blade Mastery, Susano'o, Medical Ninjutsu Mastery, Fire Style Mastery, Genjutsu Mastery, Ninja Tools Mastery, High-Speed Body Flicker Technique (Body Flicker Technique), Shadow Clone Jutsu, Three Bodies Technique, etc.]
The divine art was still there!
His age was still there!
It seemed all of this was real!
"Chiya..."
A trembling voice came from behind.
Chiya turned around.
He saw Sara standing on the steps of the high platform, wearing gorgeous queen's robes, her golden crown gleaming brilliantly in the sunlight.
Her eyes were red-rimmed, her lips trembling slightly, as if she had seen something incredible.
"Sara?"
Hearing Chiya's voice, Sara's pupils contracted sharply, and tears instantly burst from her eyes.
She staggered forward a step, then stopped as if afraid of dispersing an illusion.
Her hands tightly gripped her skirt, her knuckles white from the force.
"You... is it really you?"
Her voice was so choked it was almost broken.
Chiya's brows furrowed slightly as he strode forward.
"What happened?"
Sara could no longer control herself and threw herself into his embrace.
Her hands desperately clutched his collar, tears instantly soaking his chest.
Her body trembled violently, like a drowning person finally grasping driftwood, afraid that if she let go for a moment, he would disappear again.
"Two years... a full two years..."
"I thought... you would never come back..."
She sobbed, her voice carrying long-suppressed collapse.
In Sara's heart.
Chiya had once helped and awakened her when she was at her lowest point, telling her what she should do.
And last time, because of the Dragon Vein incident.
Knowing the Dragon Vein was going berserk, Chiya had rushed into the Dragon Vein to save her, but was himself swallowed by the Dragon Vein...
From that moment, Sara's heart had belonged to Chiya.
In the blink of an eye, two years had passed.
With accumulated feelings, her emotions for Chiya had not decreased at all. Rather, they had become increasingly intense.
Today, seeing Chiya.
How could she maintain her usual dignity?
"Two years?"
Chiya's heart shook, and he instinctively held her shoulders.
Two years had passed there, and the same was true here?!
Sara raised her head, looking at him through tear-blurred eyes, her lips trembling.
"Ever since you were swallowed by the Dragon Vein... two years have passed... where did you go!"
Chiya reached out and patted her back.
"It's okay! Haven't I come back now?"
After soothing her emotions, only then did he inquire.
"What about Naruto and Sasuke?"
Sara took a deep breath, barely calming her emotions, but tears still wouldn't stop falling.
"They... they've been trapped here all along, wanting to leave Loran, but as soon as they left Loran, their bodies would become transparent...
Later, the two of them stopped going out.
I gave them both the position of Loran advisors, and they helped me handle Loran's affairs.
Until just now, the Dragon Vein suddenly trembled.
They... they disappeared right before my eyes..."
Chiya's eyes narrowed.
Naruto and Sasuke had originally been swept into this era by the spacetime power of the Dragon Vein.
Chiya had Kaguya absorb the Dragon Vein's energy, causing an accident.
They were naturally pulled back to their original time point by the power of spacetime correction.
As for himself...
He looked down at his own hands.
He originally belonged to this era, so he returned here.
"It's fine. Those two went back to their original place!"
"By the way, these two years... what happened in the ninja world?"
Sara shook her head.
"Loran is isolated from the outside world. I'm not clear about the situation outside."
Chiya's heart sank.
Two years was enough time to change too many things.
Mikoto, Kushina, Tsunade, Nono...
How were they now?
Were the Uchiha and Konoha still safe and sound?
He had to return immediately!
"Sara."
Chiya took a deep breath, pressing his hands on her shoulders.
"I need to return to Konoha immediately."
Sara's body trembled slightly, but soon she bit her lip and nodded firmly.
"I'll go with you."
Chiya was stunned.
"You?"
"I've already handed Loran's affairs to the Council of Elders."
Sara looked directly into his eyes, her voice soft yet firm.
"These two years... I've been waiting for you to come back."
Her gaze was too intense. For a moment, Chiya didn't know how to respond.
Sara's face turned slightly red.
Looking at Chiya, she suddenly thought of the "future" she had extracted from that Naruto's mouth...
In the future, she really was together with Chiya.
Thinking of this, Sara's heart felt like it was smeared with honey.
She took a deep breath, as if making some kind of decision.
Standing on tiptoe, she forcefully kissed Chiya's cheek.
"Chiya-kun, I want..."
Before she could finish speaking.
"Boom!"
A deafening explosion suddenly came from the distance, and the entire ground of Loran shook violently.
Chiya looked up sharply and saw a tower at the city's edge collapse with a thunderous crash!
"What happened?"
Sara looked completely confused.
Chiya's gaze was thoughtful.
"Come on, let's go take a look!"
He stared at the thick smoke rising in the distance, his Sharingan quietly activating.
The metal towers of ancient Loran emitted harsh twisting sounds. Cracks spread from the center of the Dragon Vein seal like spiderwebs, covering the entire city.
Once glorious buildings began to tilt and collapse. Rubble and metal debris fell like rain, and the rising dust obscured the sky.
Sara stood beside Chiya, her face turning deathly pale at the sight.
Her fingers tightly gripped the clothes at her chest, her knuckles white from the force.
"What's happening..."
Her voice trembled, her eyes reflecting the gradually collapsing homeland.
Chiya's crimson Sharingan swept across.
The building that had just collapsed, fortunately no one was inside.
"The Dragon Vein's power is gone. The entire city has lost its support."
Loran's people fled in panic. Children's cries, women's screams, and old people's desperate wails intertwined.
They had lived on this land for generations, relying on the Dragon Vein's power to maintain the city's operation.
With the disappearance of the Dragon Vein's power, ancient Loran's "technological achievements" would naturally also "fade away."
"Queen! Save us!"
An elder knelt on the ground, tears streaming down.
Sara opened her mouth but couldn't make a sound.
What could she do?
Without the Dragon Vein, Loran was destined for destruction.
Just as despair was about to swallow everyone.
"Boom!!!"
A brilliant dark red light suddenly erupted, enveloping the entire collapsing city like a descending deity.
Sara looked up sharply, her pupils contracting violently.
She saw dark red pupil power shooting skyward from Chiya beside her, the Mangekyō Sharingan in his eyes spinning madly.
Massive chakra materialized.
"Susano'o!!!"
"Rumble!"
A huge dark red half-bodied giant rose from the ground, skeleton, muscles, and armor layering over each other.
Finally transforming into a complete Susano'o clad in battle armor!
Its hands spread open, like a deity supporting the collapsing Loran. Rubble and metal debris crashed against Susano'o's armor with deafening roars, but couldn't shake it even slightly.
"This... this is..."
Sara stared blankly at the scene before her, tears falling uncontrollably.
Chiya...
He had saved her people once again!
Chiya stood at Susano'o's brow, his gaze sharp as a torch, his voice echoing throughout Loran.
"Everyone! Immediately enter Susano'o's protective range!"
Loran's people awakened as if from a dream, frantically fleeing toward Susano'o's direction.
Susano'o's giant hands slowly opened, like a moving fortress, guiding the fleeing people one by one.
Sara still stood in place, looking up at Chiya above, her heart pounding wildly.
He...
Was still so reliable, so reassuring!
"Sara!"
Chiya's voice came.
"Get up here!"
Susano'o's other hand extended before her. Sara leaped up without hesitation.
The next second.
"Boom!!!"
The entire ancient Loran began to collapse completely. The ground caved in, towers toppled, and the once glorious city turned to ruins amid smoke and dust.
But all of Loran's people were firmly protected beneath Susano'o.
Chiya took a deep breath, controlling Susano'o to walk outside.
Leading several hundred Loran people, he broke through the smoke and dust and left this place.
Sara stood at Susano'o's head, watching the homeland below gradually disappear, tears blurring her vision.
"Chiya-kun..."
She murmured softly.
Chiya looked back at her.
"Loran is gone, but your future remains."
Sara silently closed her eyes, letting the wind scatter her tears.
She knew that from this moment on.
Her only belonging was him.
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