Chapter 143: Chapter 143: Lost Tower
Yeruashi learned about the specific situation at the front, visited some of the wounded and left the camp half a day later for Konoha.
Ten days later.
Not far from the main entrance of Konoha.
Looking at the familiar landscape before him, Yeruashi stretched his body and revealed a small smile.
Since leaving Konoha to participate in the Third Ninja World War and before the return, it took almost two years, and given the ability to speed up the flow of time from Yeruashi's point of view, more than five years had passed.
Upon leaving the village, Yeruashi was surely quite strong, but only the third gate was open at that time, and he could not be sure of defeating a Kage level opponent.
Hiruzen and Danzo were a great threat to him.
However.
After opening the fourth gate, his strength skyrocketed, reaching Kage level. He became an extremely difficult opponent, even compared to other ninja of the same level.
And after the opening of the fifth gate and the beginning of the practice of the Body Tempering Technique, combined with the improvement of the ability to speed up time.... He became invincible at the Kage level!
Only Minato, owner of Shiki Fujin and Hiraishin, will be a little more difficult to deal with.
A little more difficult, not more.
With Yeruashi's current speed, I was sure he could defeat Minato, but he can't stop him from escaping using Hiraishin.
Problems can only arise if Minato manages to put the Hiraishin seal on his body.
It is really troublesome.
Yeruashi's current means do not allow you to remove the Hiraishin seal, so due to the need to be prepared for a surprise attack from Minato at any time, even sleeping normally will not work.
But it won't be so easy to leave a seal on his body. As long as Yeruashi is alert and in a state of five times the acceleration of time, Minato will have virtually no chance.
"Elite Jounin Hatake Yeruashi."
The Konoha ninja guarding the entrance immediately noticed Yeruashi's approach, sensing the chakra and confirming the identity, he bowed respectfully.
There was genuine respect in his eyes and voice.
After killing Hanzo of the Salamander and the Third Raikage, Yeruashi became a true hero of Konoha, too young an age couldn't affect this in any way.
"Yes."
Yeruashi nodded to the ninja and proceeded to enter Konoha.
Being a Traveler , he didn't have too strong a sense of belonging to Konoha, but it was a place he had lived in for many years anyway, so Yeruashi never thought of leaving.
If, after the end of the war, Hiruzen and Danzo dare to make a move against him, Yeruashi would be only too happy to clear Konoha.
Of course.
If Orochimaru becomes the Fourth Hokage, the elders will be stripped of their influence in no time, even the teacher-pupil bond will not prevent Orochimaru from gradually suppressing Hiruzen's influence, leaving him to "Retire" in peace.
In general, a good development in any case.
Yeruashi is completely satisfied with any of the scenarios.
It's a sense of lightness brought by enough personal power.
"Ah, it's already open."
Yeruashi was strolling leisurely down the street and suddenly stopped, looking at a newly opened restaurant that had a sign for Ichiraku Ramen.
He smiled and walked over to the store and said, "Heh, the legendary ramen is worth a try."
Before Ichiraku Ramen.
There was a decent queue here, where Yeruashi could see some familiar faces, such as former classmates, Might Guy and Inuzuka Kiva.
"Ah... Big brother?"
Kakashi was also here, and seeing Yeruashi approaching, at first he thought he had seen wrong, but then he quickly responded.
Yeruashi nodded and asked, "When did you come back?"
"A few days ago."
Kakashi growled irritably.
A few months ago he was promoted to Tokubetsu Jounin.
This was the first promotion to Tokubetsu Jounin in the history of Konoha, along with Yeruashi, who advanced to this rank at the same age.
But almost immediately after the promotion, Kakashi learned that Yeruashi had single-handedly crushed Amegakure and killed Hanzo, which was a big blow to him.
What the hell?
Yeruashi was only a year older than him!
Imperceptibly, the gap between them became simply monstrous!
Although in the past, Kakashi had never managed to defeat his older brother, he could still put up a fight and had some confidence to catch up in the future, but now that confidence had evaporated without a trace.
"What happened, why are you so depressed, little brother?"
Yeruashi smiled, "I heard that you recently advanced to Tokubetsu Jounin, now becoming a true Jounin shouldn't take long."
"Yeah..."
Kakashi was still very depressed.
At this point, Inuzuka Kiva and the others had calmed down, even the ever-young Might Guy was unknowingly feeling the pressure of being around Yeruashi.
On the one hand, Yeruashi looked sixteen and seemed much older than them. On the other hand, in Konoha, of course, everyone knew of his exploits.
The Silver Flash of Konoha surprised the entire ninja world!
Despite belonging to the same class as Yeruashi, they instinctively felt that a great barrier separated them.
When Yeruashi spoke quietly to his brother about his recent success in practice and gave him advice on controlling Lightning attribute chakra....
Whoosh!
Suddenly, an Anbu shinobi appeared nearby.
"Elite Jounin Hatake Yeruashi, Hokage-sama summons you."
In the past, when the ninja Anbu addressed him, they would just pass the order with indifference, but now the attitude was noticeably different, there was genuine respect and reverence in the voice.
"I understand."
Yeruashi nodded silently.
The Anbu bowed and disappeared, using Shunshin.
Yeruashi happily turned to Kakashi and continued to give instructions of the Lightning attribute chakra.
Seeing that Yeruashi continued calmly eating ramen and answering his questions, Kakashi hesitated, "Big brother.... Isn't Hokage-sama waiting for you, why don't you go directly?"
"Ah, nothing important, it's worth a good meal first."
Yeruashi smiled and continued eating ramen.
Might Guy and the others, who were eating ramen nearby, looked at each other and blinked. If any of them were summoned by the Hokage, they would drop everything, not daring to allow the slightest delay.
Oh, Yeruashi really is on a different level, it's impossible to compare him to normal people like them!
After a while.
Yeruashi finished his third big bowl of ramen, wiped his mouth with satisfaction and patted Kakashi's shoulder, "I don't have money, pay for it, little brother!"
Whoosh!
Yeruashi's figure disappeared instantly, leaving Kakashi with a dark face.
...
Hokage's office.
Yeruashi opened the door, walked in and addressed Hiruzen, who was sitting at the table, "Hokage-sama, did you want something?"
"Yes."
Hiruzen didn't mind that Yeruashi didn't come to him immediately after receiving the order, he took a document from the table and said, "Our scout noticed a small city: the kingdom of Rōran, located in the middle of the desert. His attention was attracted by the powerful chakra fluctuations and it was concluded that there may be a great threat..."
"After extensive research, he managed to discover that there is a great source of energy hidden beneath Rōran, called the Dragon vein. The energy from this source is massive and concentrated to such an extent that it is even rumored to bend space and time. Six years ago, a man appeared out of nowhere and began to take control of Rōran gradually, if nothing is done, he may become a great threat.... When you came back, I was thinking about who to entrust this to. If you do it by yourself, I can be completely at ease."
Hearing Hiruzen's word, Yeruashi tilted his head in puzzlement.
Isn't that the plot of The Lost Tower?
If he thinks about it, the timing actually coincides, in the anime, Minato dealt with this, but now the circumstances are such that Hiruzen's choice fell on him.
"The dragon vein... hmm..."
As he said these words, Yeruashi felt an inexplicable sensation, as if his intuition told him to go there.
The dragon vein has the power to affect space and time, and he has the power of time? Maybe the dragon vein can influence the illusory clock!
Upon reaching this conclusion, Yeruashi instantly made up his mind and thumped his chest, "After hearing Hokage-sama's description, I really felt that it could pose a great threat. This must be addressed as soon as possible, I will immediately go to Rōran!"
"I'll have to trouble you."
Hiruzen nodded and handed Yeruashi a document.
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