Recently, Asuka had been like a hardworking little bee, immersing himself in the ocean of knowledge and becoming unable to extricate himself.
One day, while Asuka was joyfully absorbing knowledge as usual, he suddenly sensed that one of the feathers he had given out was summoning him.
With a slight sense, Asuka realized that Sara was asking him for help.
Without hesitation, he put down the Forbidden Jutsu Scroll in his hand and vanished with a Body Flicker.
At this time, Loulan still showed no signs of its former glory; the high-rise buildings on the streets were in ruins, some even broken in two.
After Asuka arrived, looking at the desolate scene before him, he activated his Byakugan to investigate.
A moment later, he knew who the culprit behind everything was.
Sunagakure!
That's right, it was Sunagakure.
This was not beyond Asuka's expectations. The Hidden Sand Village had just experienced an invasion by Kumogakure and then immediately turned around to go all out in a war against Konoha, which inevitably made the already impoverished Hidden Sand Village feel stretched thin.
Loulan, located in the Land of Wind and still relatively wealthy, was undoubtedly a piece of fat meat. It could be said that Sunagakure's attack on this defenseless small country was effortless.
At this time, after Sunagakure had been in a stalemate with Konoha on the Mount Kikyo battlefield for so long, they finally chose to strike this piece of fat meat.
Asuka had anticipated the current situation back then, which was why he had given the feather to Sara.
Following Sara's aura, Asuka vanished from the rooftop again.
Sara, who was currently in the royal palace holding the feather with her hands pressed together, kneeling on the ground, saw Asuka suddenly appear before her and rushed forward excitedly.
"Mr. Mu, you're here! Please save our Loulan."
Sara pleaded in an extremely sincere tone.
Asuka raised his hand and lightly patted Sara's shoulder, comforting her: "Don't worry, Sara. With me here, I won't let Sunagakure destroy things as they please."
Sara had always had an indescribable affection for this mysterious man; hearing Asuka's affirmative answer, she somehow relaxed a lot.
After comforting Sara, Asuka sensed the position of the Sunagakure forces and vanished from the spot again.
When he reappeared, Asuka had already arrived in front of the invading Sunagakure troops.
The Ninjas of Sunagakure were rampaging through Loulan as if it were uninhabited territory, sweeping through every part of Loulan like a swarm of locusts.
The leading Sunagakure Jonin was a burly man with a face full of rough flesh. He wore the Land of Wind's Ninja headband at his waist and was directing his subordinates to loot treasures. Suddenly seeing a figure blocking the way ahead, he subconsciously pressed his hand on his sword hilt, a flash of vigilance in his eyes. But when he looked at Asuka's unremarkable clothing, his vigilance turned into a look of disdainful mockery.
"Where did you come from? A rogue Ninja? Or a bounty hunter?" He grinned coldly, his voice coarse and piercing.
"You dare to interfere in Sunagakure's business? Kid, are you tired of living?"
Asuka was too lazy to pay attention to this noisy clamor. He slightly raised his eyelids, and the vision of the Byakugan expanded once more, clearly imprinting the positions of hundreds of Sunagakure Ninjas, their Chakra levels, and even the trajectories of the weapons in their hands into his mind.
The next second, his figure suddenly disappeared.
The Sunagakure leader was about to say a few more harsh words when screams suddenly erupted one after another in his ears.
He turned his head sharply, his pupils contracting suddenly. The Sunagakure Ninjas behind him were falling in swathes, like wheat being harvested by an invisible scythe.
Blood splattered on the yellow sand, a shocking sight.
Asuka's figure was like a ghost, weaving through the Sunagakure formation. His speed was at the extreme, so fast that he only left behind afterimages.
The short sword in his hand had been snatched from a Sunagakure Ninja who had just pounced on him, but at this moment, it was like the scythe of a Shinigami. Every swing brought a streak of miserable blood-light.
Wherever the blade light passed, no one could stop him. Those Sunagakure Ninjas didn't even see the enemy's appearance clearly before they fell in pools of blood.
This one-sided slaughter did not last long. When the last scream dissipated, Asuka's figure stood once again before the Sunagakure leader.
The intense smell of blood and the pressure of death made the leader's legs go soft, and he couldn't stop trembling; his pant legs were soaked with cold sweat.
The long sword in his hand clattered to the ground. Looking at the corpses everywhere, his teeth chattered, and he couldn't even utter a word of mercy.
Asuka had no intention of taking his life; he still needed someone to deliver a message.
Asuka spoke in a low voice:
"Go back and tell Rasa that Loulan is protected by Mu. If he dares to strike at Loulan again, tell him to stay awake at all times; it's best if he doesn't even close his eyes while sleeping, otherwise..."
Asuka didn't finish the rest of his words, and the only surviving Sunagakure Ninja also heard the threat in his tone, hurriedly saying:
"Rest assured! I will definitely convey your words to Rasa in full. May I leave now?"
Asuka said coldly, "Get lost!", and then his figure vanished from the spot along with red smoke.
...
Inside the main hall of the royal palace, Asuka's figure quietly emerged.
He looked at Sara, whose eyes were red, and briefly recounted the withdrawal of the Sunagakure troops.
"Saved... our Loulan is finally saved..."
Sara murmured softly, the fear and grievance accumulated over several days bursting out at this moment. Tears gushed out and slid down her cheeks.
No one knew how much pressure she, this young queen, had been under to hold herself together without collapsing when Sunagakure's iron hooves trampled through the city gates.
Looking at her sobbing uncontrollably, Asuka remained silent for a moment but finally spoke to remind her:
"The fact that Sunagakure retreated this time doesn't mean the crisis is over. Loulan is too weak, and being in the Land of Wind, as long as Sunagakure doesn't give up their thoughts of expansion, you will eventually fall into danger again. I suggest you take your people and find a stable place to take refuge."
Sara's sobbing stopped abruptly, and she raised her tearful eyes, her face full of confusion:
"But... but where can we go? Loulan is the ancestral home where we have lived for generations..."
"I can help you find a relatively safe place. As for whether to go or not, it's entirely up to your decision," Asuka said indifferently.
Sara hesitated, biting her lip with a conflicted expression:
"This... concerns the future of the entire Loulan. I need to discuss it with the ministers."
"No matter, you can contact me anytime using that feather," Asuka nodded.
After saying that, he turned around, preparing to leave.
"Mr. Mu!" Sara suddenly called out to him, her voice filled with deep gratitude.
"Thank you... thank you for saving Loulan, for saving all of us."
Asuka's footsteps paused slightly. With his back to her, he raised his hand and waved it casually.
The next moment, his figure dissolved into the golden sunlight penetrating the palace hall, as if he had never appeared at all.
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