17 Domain Expansion

"Why is this happening?"

At the moment, Satoru and the Queen had returned to their current location.

Unexpectedly, Minato and two of his comrades were also there, as if waiting for their arrival.

Konan was negotiating with them about something, her expression serious, her words filled with doubt and confusion.

At this moment, the queen followed Satoru with empty eyes, like a puppet.

What she had just seen shattered her consciousness and had a great impact on her soul.

"Are you saying everything was done by Anrokuzan who came here six years ago?" Konan asked, with a hint of confusion in her tone.

"Anrokuzan?" Naruto scratched his head, "I followed a ninja named Mukade, but somehow, I fell into the Ryumyaku spring."

"I woke up and came to this place." He said, bewildered.

"From my conclusion." Minato looked at Naruto with a little tenderness in his eyes, "You should be from the future."

"There is space-time ninjutsu in Ryumyaku, so you traveled through space and time and came here." His tone was very confident, as if he had found the answer.

Satoru also speculated the same.

But these two...

His eyes flickered between Minato and Naruto.

"Time travel?" Naruto was stunned for a moment, then he looked at Satoru: "Right, Eyepatch-sensei..."

"Alright, let's stop here." Minato interjected gently, "For the topic of the future, let's not delve too deep into it, to avoid unnecessary chaos in space and time."

"We came here mainly to protect the queen and capture the fleeing ninja."

At this point, Minato took out a special kunai from his hand, carved with intricate patterns and seemed to contain some kind of power.

He handed the kunai to Naruto and said firmly, "As this is the issue, please take the important responsibility of protecting Her Majesty the Queen. We will start investigating the truth about Mukade."

Naruto took the kunai seriously and felt some strange power within it, as if there was an inexplicable gravity pulling at his heartstrings.

He nodded solemnly and replied, "Don't worry, I will do my best to protect Her Majesty the Queen."

At this moment, Satoru approached them and said, "As this is a matter for you Konoha ninja, we will leave."

"I initially thought I came here to form an alliance, but I didn't expect this place to be just an empty shell that only looks good." He expressed his view shamelessly.

The Queen stopped.

Naruto couldn't help but interject: "Hey, Eyepatch-sensei, don't be too harsh!"

Satoru glared at him, then turned to Konan: "It's time to go, Konan. Um... It's late, we should leave soon."

Konan hesitated. Seeing the queen's expression, she couldn't help but feel sympathy in her heart: "Shouldn't we really help?"

"Go and help yourself." Satoru walked out without caring.

"Sly Satoru!" Konan immediately followed.

Seeing the two of them walking away, Minato and the others exchanged glances: "Makes sense, it's not their business."

He suddenly stopped Naruto and told him, "Naruto, please protect Her Majesty the Queen."

Naruto pounded his chest and said earnestly, "Don't worry, leave it to me!"

Shortly after, Satoru and Konan arrived at the gate of the palace.

Throughout the journey, there were songs and laughter, but for Satoru, those sounds were just puppetry without self-awareness.

They stepped out of the gate of the Roran Kingdom, and the wind mixed with sand and dust hit their faces.

The sight in front of them made Satoru sigh. The Roran Kingdom's ability to stand firm in a harsh environment showed that it had a deep heritage.

But now, this country had been eroded by outsiders and become devoid of its appearance.

Satoru understood in his heart that the alliance plan between Amegakure and Amegakure had come to an end.

At that moment, they heard the sound of gravel being stepped on.

A figure slowly emerged from the wind and sand and appeared in front of them.

"Hey, you're blocking the way." Satoru said displeased.

Hearing this, the figure that came stopped.

Satoru was about to urge Konan to leave, but suddenly Konan's figure disappeared without a trace in front of him.

Konan, who had just stood beside him, disappeared at this moment. Satoru did not expect this situation at all and was stunned for a moment.

His pupils contracted, and he immediately turned to stare sharply at the figure shrouded in wind and sand in front of him.

"Is this your doing?" His tone became dangerous.

"You can't leave." Was all the visitor said.

Satoru shouted sharply, "Release Konan!"

"Protect the Kingdom of Roran." The visitor repeated this sentence again, but took no action.

"Huh?" Satoru was stunned to see the indifferent person in front of him, his anger finally began to blaze within him.

"I'm telling you to let her go!"

Suddenly, he seemed to turn into a bolt of lightning and disappeared in an instant!

He appeared and disappeared so quickly that it was dizzying to watch.

In an instant, he had appeared beside the figure, delivering an unconditional heavy blow directly to the opponent's vital part.

However, the reaction speed of the figure was extremely fast, as if it had been predicted, with a tap of his foot, he disappeared and reappeared in the distance.

His attack failed, Satoru narrowed his eyes and thought, "Spatial ninjutsu?"

He raised his eyebrows and disappeared again.

But what surprised him was that every time he appeared beside the figure, the figure seemed to have predicted his actions and disappeared a step ahead.

This duel seemed to be trapped in a strange cycle.

When his attack failed again, Satoru stopped.

He looked at the figure, and the wind and sand blurred the figure, making it difficult to see his face clearly.

But this time, unexpectedly, the corner of his mouth lifted slightly, revealing a smile.

He gently placed his right hand on his black eye patch, then slowly pulled it down.

At that moment, a pair of pale blue eyes appeared in the figure's sight, deep and mysterious, as if they could peek into one's heart.

"You run pretty fast, Masked Man."

Satoru lifted the corner of his mouth slightly and said softly. Then, he slowly extended his right hand and began to form seals. His middle finger was lightly bent and rested on his index finger.

"Let's try this."

He finally mastered the chakra release technique during his recent training. He was able to cover his surroundings with his chakra. That was called...

"Domain Expansion."

"Muryōkūsho (Unlimited Void)."

At that moment, endless white light intertwined with nothingness, covering the entire land, and the entire space fell into deep darkness.

And behind the man, a large and deep eye appeared like a black hole, sending shivers down one's spine.

"I will investigate your secrets one by one." Satoru slowly walked towards the figure, with a slightly playful.