After understanding this, Naruto explained, "My sealing technique is still at a beginner level, and the strength of my Adamantine Sealing Chains is also low. The reason they can move on their own without my control is because of the Six Paths Yang Power."
"And that powerful sealing chakra is also a suppression effect caused by the Six Paths Yang Power."
The Six Paths Yin Power can do the same thing.
"Six Paths Yang Power?" Water was shocked. "Could it be... the legendary power of the Sage of Six Paths?"
"Yes." Naruto nodded. After thinking for a moment, he continued, "The power of the Dragon Vein is actually the Sage of Six Paths’ power. After he released his chakra into the world, it formed the Dragon Vein. That’s why it has the ability to travel through time."
"Hiss—" Water, the queen, and Mukade all gasped.
Sasuke took over the explanation. "But you don’t have to worry. To travel through time, one must have control over the Dragon Vein’s power. Naruto and I can resonate with the Dragon Vein and move through time due to certain reasons. Mukade was pulled in because of fluctuations in the Dragon Vein itself, which is why he arrived here eight years earlier than us."
Hearing this, Water let out a sigh of relief. "So this power isn’t something just anyone can use?"
"That’s right." Sasuke nodded and looked at Mukade. "If Naruto and I weren’t here, and Mukade was the only one who activated the Dragon Vein, there’s a high chance that he would eventually be consumed by it and become a part of its chakra."
The power of the Six Paths isn’t something that can be mastered easily. If Naruto and Sasuke weren’t the reincarnations of Asura and Indra, carrying the chakra left behind by the Sage of Six Paths, even they wouldn’t be able to travel through time so easily.
Even if Mukade had controlled the Dragon Vein’s power like in the original story, it wouldn’t have taken long for him to be assimilated by it, eventually becoming part of the Dragon Vein itself.
At that point, Roran would still be destroyed, and the Dragon Vein would return to dormancy, waiting for the next person foolish enough to mess with it.
"Just a side note," Sasuke spoke again. "Besides the Dragon Vein’s power, one also needs space-time abilities to travel through time. The Flying Thunder God technique... can achieve that."
As he spoke, Sasuke kept his eyes on Water.
Water chuckled and replied, "I see. So in the future, I used the Flying Thunder God seal to suppress the Dragon Vein but left behind its space-time energy, allowing you two to return to this time."
"Not exactly." Sasuke shook his head.
The Flying Thunder God seal had already been used when he and Naruto traveled back to the era of the Sage of Six Paths.
The real reason they could return here was because the Sage of Six Paths used the Yomotsu Hirasaka.
But Minato’s explanation wasn’t entirely wrong—this was how time travel worked in the original story.
"Now that the explanation is clear, it’s my turn to speak." The queen, who had been silent, finally spoke.
"Go ahead," Sasuke nodded.
"Around a month ago, a strange person appeared near Roran," the queen recalled. "At first, we thought he was just a regular ninja, but we quickly realized something was off."
"That person had Byakugan in both eyes and was incredibly powerful. If it weren’t for Anrokuzan—Mukade—using the Dragon Vein to control puppet soldiers and drive him away, Roran might already be in ruins."
"And because of that battle, Anrokuzan’s body is now in terrible shape." The queen sighed. "After that, we immediately contacted the Hyuga Clan in Konohagakure, but they confirmed that no main branch members had left the village. That means this person is most likely someone from a lost branch of the Hyuga bloodline."
In the past, family lineage was highly valued, so it wasn’t uncommon for clan members to be scattered. However, after the ninja villages were established, most major clans recalled their lost members. There were very few Hyuga descendants still wandering outside the clan now.
Minato continued, "But the Hyuga Clan investigated thoroughly and found no records of an outsider with their bloodline. So we suspect that this person, like you two, is someone who came from the future."
"And their goal is most likely the Dragon Vein."
Sasuke and Naruto fell silent.
They exchanged a glance, as if they had just realized something at that very moment.
Sasuke looked serious as he asked Minato, "Uncle Minato, can you describe what that person looked like? What was he wearing?"
Minato was briefly stunned when he heard Sasuke call him that. He glanced at Naruto, hesitated for a moment, then slowly said, "He had white hair, a strange horn-like decoration on his head, and white eyes. He wore a long white robe similar to yours and carried a strange ninja tool... a fishing rod."
Naruto and Sasuke’s outfits were still from the Sage of Six Paths’ era, which had a style very similar to the Otsutsuki clan.
The two of them were shocked and took a sharp breath.
"Sasuke, I think I finally understand why the Sage of Six Paths sent us to this time period," Naruto said in disbelief.
"The Otsutsuki clan," Sasuke stated with certainty.
Minato frowned, while the man beside him, Baizu, immediately asked, "The Otsutsuki clan? Isn’t that guy a Hyuga ninja? Where did he get the Byakugan from?"
Naruto and Sasuke exchanged glances again, hesitating over whether they should explain.
Before they could answer, Minato spoke first. "No need for too many details. Just tell us about the enemy."
The two of them breathed a sigh of relief. Naruto thought for a moment and explained, "Their Byakugan isn’t the same as the Hyuga clan’s. It’s much more powerful. On top of that, they also possess the Rinnegan. Their goal is to steal a planet’s energy... in other words, chakra."
"They’re incredibly strong, and only Kage-level ninjas can stand a chance against them. Besides that, each of them has terrifying abilities."
"We don’t know exactly who that person is, but we can confirm his identity. They are enemies of the entire ninja world," Sasuke said seriously.
Mukade’s mouth hung open, completely dumbfounded.
The Queen had the same stunned expression.
This information was just too shocking. Forget about the idea of a Byakugan stronger than the Hyuga clan’s—the mention of the Rinnegan alone was enough to leave everyone speechless.
The ninja world had always recognized three powerful eye-based Kekkei Genkai. Legends said these three dojutsu were the strongest: the Uchiha clan’s Sharingan, the Hyuga clan’s Byakugan, and the legendary Rinnegan of the Sage of Six Paths.
Most ordinary people had never even heard of this legend, but the people here were far from ordinary.
Minato fell into deep thought. After a long pause, he finally asked, "How reliable is this information?"
"One hundred percent," Sasuke answered without hesitation. "Before coming here, we trained in the era of the Sage of Six Paths himself. He told us this information directly. You can ask Mukade to confirm."
When they returned from the Sage’s era, Baizu had been opening the Ryumyaku (Dragon Vein).
Minato and the Queen both looked at Mukade with questioning eyes. After a brief silence, he nodded. "When I was activating the Dragon Vein, these two appeared directly from its chakra. In other words, they really did experience time travel."
Inside his mind, Kurama was left completely speechless.
His face felt like it had been slapped.
Otsutsuki Urashiki, you damn alien bastard!
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