He circled around the Dragon Vein's sealing device, with a look of intoxication, feeling the perfect power hidden within the earth.
"Heh heh heh, it's really a delightful perfect power..."
The more deeply he felt the power of the Dragon Vein, the more An Lushan couldn't help but leak laughter from the corner of his mouth, and his opened eyes were full of joyous light.
"Just a little bit more, that useless queen can die, and my plan can truly begin. Such perfect power — with this power, ruling the world is as easy as pie."
Intoxicated by the powerful Dragon Vein Chakra, An Lushan's eyes were occupied by greedy desire.
After years of planning, he was about to reap the fruits of victory.
First, to remove that obstructive Queen Roran, conquer Roran, then the Land of Wind... followed by the surrounding small countries, and ultimately launch a war against the strongest, the Land of Fire.
"According to history, there's still some time before the war ends. Fight on, fight fiercely, ninjas of the Five Great Nations; when you are exhausted, everything you have will be under my control!"
"It's better to talk after waking from your dreams."
The voice came from behind, startling An Lushan, who turned and saw Hakushi, who had silently infiltrated.
"You are..."
He seemed to recognize Hakushi's identity, showing a look of disbelief.
"No…it's impossible, you shouldn't be…"
He remembered the original history, where the other party shouldn't be here for several more years, so why was the other party here now?
Could it be that the turmoil last night was caused by this person?
An Lushan felt an infinite chill press toward him.
"Foolish, when you view past events with predetermined history, the timeline of this world has already undergone some shifts, and is no longer the part of history you are familiar with."
Hearing Hakushi say this, An Lushan was shocked and speechless.
He hurriedly retreated trying to do something, but a multitude of Shadow Blades was already prepared, aiming to cut his limbs.
"Ah!"
An Lushan let out a painful howl, falling to the ground unable to move.
Inside his body, the purple Dragon Vein Chakra began to leak out.
Hakushi used Instantaneous Body Jutsu to come to his side, pressing the pre-prepared sealing style onto An Lushan's body.
The purple Chakra lost its reaction, making despair appear in An Lushan's eyes.
His connection to the Dragon Vein was severed.
Curse it! Just one last step, if only more time were given... An Lushan was filled with unwillingness and rage.
"Seems I guessed correctly. Inside your body, I felt the Dragon Vein Chakra and a Chakra similar to mine... That should be the Sealing Technique I set in another era, but it was stolen by you, scoundrel. Hmph, seems my other temporal self abandoned absorbing Dragon Vein Chakra, allowing the Dragon Vein's power of your era to distort time-space, converting time to this era."
Hakushi's words left An Lushan feeling incredibly terrified.
It was as though everything he did, all his hidden secrets, were known by the other clearly.
"Not only that, but I also found this interesting item in your room."
Hakushi smiled, taking something out from the Ninja Tool Bag.
It was a medicine bottle, marked with the Shion Flower Company's logo.
Pain relief medicine. (Used for symptoms of excessive Chakra pain reaction)
The production date was twenty years later.
Seeing this bottle, An Lushan's pupils shrank.
"You absorbed the Dragon Vein Chakra, but because the power is too strong and difficult to control, you always needed this medicine for relief. Initially, it was only suspicion, since in Roran, only you, this minister, appeared too suddenly — two years ago, there was no record of you at all. And the Dragon Vein Chakra in your body was like a beacon in darkness to me. Until I found this bottle of medicine, then I finally determined your 'medium' role for disturbing time-space."
Hakushi's eyes displayed coldness, gazing at An Lushan as if looking at a dead man.
"An Lushan…no, Mukade the renegade ninja of Hidden Sand from the future era, only by resolving you, this medium, can the original order of time-space be restored."
"No... don't... don't kill me… I can tell you the history of the future, I can tell you all the history, allowing you more convenience in this era—"
An Lushan attempted a final struggle, wanting to use future history to exchange for the right to live with Hakushi.
Pfft.
The sound abruptly stopped.
The Shadow Blade cut through An Lushan's throat, letting blood spray out.
"I've already told you, when you try to influence this world with a predetermined future history, the world's history, and the historical information in your mind, has already diverged. Fool."
Hakushi did not look at An Lushan's corpse, instead coming to the sealing place of the Dragon Vein, pondering for a moment.
"Looks like leaving this thing here might invite more people from other time-spaces in the future... No choice, I'll reluctantly keep guard over it. To prevent others from treating this world as a tourist site, occasionally coming over for a visit."
Saying this, Hakushi began to sign seals, performing Jutsu to release the Dragon Vein's power.
The closed-eye device opened, and as yesterday, a torrent of purple Chakra spewed out, forming a dazzling purple aurora pillar.
Hakushi stood before the purple light column, taking a Kunai with a curse mark from the Ninja Tool Bag, slashing through the purple aurora column, then returning it to the Ninja Tool Bag.