Sixteen Years Old, The Fourth Generation of Mizukage

Loulan is a small desert country, sandwiched between the two behemoths of the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Fire. For a long time, it was an unknown and unnoticed little transparent country.

It wasn't until the puppet master with the pseudonym An Lushan came to this country and discovered and utilized the huge power it had always hidden that Loulan finally gained a reputation of his own in the ninja world——

City of Miracles.

That majestic city that is extremely beautiful and magnificent, as if it was built by the hands of gods and gods. Even today, and even decades later, it still has a magnificence that no one in the ninja world can match.

But now, this once miraculous city has only been left with ruins that are not even broken walls, and the people of Loulan who once lived in this miraculous city have also been reduced to ruins because of Loulan's fall. The lost remnants wandering in this homeland want to revive Loulan's former glory, but they can only live with the reality that there is no progress or even deterioration. They have hope, but they can only see disappointment.

After Sunagakure's intelligence system finally determined that it could no longer find information and clues about the "Root" organization, the joint investigation team finally came to the point of disbandment.

After leaving behind contact information that they could use to quickly reconnect with all parties if something happened in the future, Rasa and Jiraiya returned to their own ninja villages, while Nagato and Uchiha Shisui pretended to go back to their respective homes. After that, they reunited quietly and came to the first stop of their secret operation, the ruins of the former Loulan Kingdom.

"It's such a desolate and decadent scenery... The prosperity of the sunset and the desolation of the present must form a contrast that will deeply hurt your heart, right?"

Uchiha Shisui stood on the former land of Loulan Kingdom, looking at the Gobi beach under his feet that no longer had any human habitation or civilization, and said with emotion.

"Tsk, it stands to reason that the destruction of this place should have happened a little before the Third Ninja War. How come it was ruined like this in such a short period of time... It's unreasonable."

The white snake lying on Uchiha Shisui's shoulder spit out the letter, unable to understand the scene in front of him.

"Perhaps it's because the desert environment is too harsh, and those Loulan survivors who have survived already have to do their best just to survive."

Nagato fished out a fragment of a building that once seemed to be extremely colorful from the sand under his feet, shook his head and said:

"Let's go, first try to find the survivors of Loulan through nearby water sources. If they continue to live on this land, water sources will be a problem they cannot avoid anyway."

"Well, I really envy the ability of the Samsara Eye at this time, Nagato." Uchiha Shisui looked at Nagato who had floated up out of thin air with the power of heaven, and said with a little envy and helplessness: "I You still have to activate the second stage of the Heavenly Curse Seal to gain the ability to fly..."

"Okay, looking at the entire ninja world, ninjas with the ability to fly are also a minority among the few. Being able to fly is enough to make you surpass more than 90% of ninjas," Kaguya Rei flicked her tail angrily. Uchiha Shisui rubbed his neck, "Don't be too dissatisfied."

"Not necessarily, Yondaime?" Uchiha Shisui spread out his black wings, chasing Nagato's figure into the sky, and complained to the white snake lying on his shoulder: "I remember that in the clan According to historical records, there once existed a village called Kong Ninja Village in the ninja world, right? Although they said that all their members could fly, weren't they also destroyed by Konoha in the Second Ninja World War?"

"Then first think about what kind of lineup Konoha was during the Second Ninja War?" Rei Kaguya showed a look of disdain in return, "The Third Hokage, Danzo Shimura and two others in their heyday The Hokage advisor, the Sannin who have grown up, Konoha White Fang Hatake Sakumo, and even Uzumaki Mito who still retains his fighting power, what level does the Kong Ninja Village need to be able to defeat them?"

"...Yondaime, why do you seem to know Konoha at that time better than I do?"

"Reading more history will help you see reality clearly. Countries in the ninja world are too careless about the recording and inheritance of history, so they repeat the mistakes that their ancestors have made over and over again... Although it is important to pay attention to history. It may not necessarily prevent mistakes from being repeated, but it should still have the effect of making mistakes happen later and slower.”

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While chatting aimlessly, the two of them quickly found the water source near the Loulan ruins, and followed the water source to search around. The survivors of Loulan who still lived here also appeared in their sights. among.

However, the first contact between the two parties was not very pleasant.

"Want to visit Queen Sara? No, the Queen has been overworked recently and needs to take good care of her body. She can't let ninjas like you who only bring trouble and conflict affect her mood!"

The short, chubby little guard tightened his grip on the crude weapon in his hand, and looked warily at Uchiha Shisui, who was wearing the Kirigakure forehead protector.

"I'm sorry, the queen is indeed in poor health recently. After Loulan collapsed overnight, we haven't issued any mission requests for a long time. Please come back, please. I hope you won't embarrass us."

Although the tone of the other Queen's guard was more polite, the rejection and resistance in his words were equally undisguised.

"we are not……"

Uchiha Shisui opened his mouth, wanting to calmly explain to the two guards the purpose of his group's visit, but before he could finish speaking, the white snake lying on his shoulder said to the side in a tone of fear that the world would not be in chaos. Nagato said:

"Nagato, use the genjutsu of the Rinnegan, now, immediately, immediately!"

"Huh? Uh..." Nagato was first shocked by Kaguya Rei's speech, then shook his head helplessly, and said softly in an embarrassed tone to the two queen guards whose expressions suddenly changed: " Sorry, just dream a little bit, you two."

As soon as the words fell, before the two queen guards who had no chakra could shout loudly, their eyes and expressions had already become docile under the power of the Samsara Eye, and after diligently giving up a position, Among them, the short and fat one said to the two of them with a naive smile:

"Hug, I'm sorry, I thought you were the kind of annoying ninjas who only cause trouble... Please, please go in. The queen just drank the medicine and her condition should be stable now."

"We will try not to disturb the Queen."

Nagato nodded, pulled Uchiha Shisui who wanted to say something, and walked into Queen Sara's residence. Then he casually set up a soundproof barrier, and then turned his attention to Uchiha who looked puzzled. Stop water.

"Why use illusions on them? Aren't we here to negotiate with the Queen of Loulan?"

"Because our time is precious, there is no need to waste it on such troublesome things as meaningless pulling strings with them and gaining their trust," Kaguya Rei's voice sounded lazily, "And this simple thing The illusion won't even leave any sequelae, so why should we hesitate to use it?"

"This is...ahem...this is your attitude. Do you want to negotiate with me?"

A hoarse female voice that kept coughing sounded from the small house. Nagato and Uchiha Shisui looked at the place where the voice came from at the same time. A woman with long brown hair and a pretty and young face, But a woman who was too thin to look like a young girl was leaning on the bed, panting, looking at them with angry eyes.

"Because the business we are discussing is unlikely to leave a good first impression on you. In that case, why bother to build an initial reputation that may not last even a minute?"

The white snake on Uchiha Shisui's shoulder yawned and said in a very lazy tone.

I was beaten for almost an hour by the rotting tree spirits in the Underground Cemetery of Heroic Spirits.

This thing is so disgusting