Chapter 98: Chapter – 96 The Birth of Artificial Tailed Beast
Kuroto looked at the gigantic form of the artificial tailed beast as it shrunk under the restraint of seals engraved on its body with an eager smirk.
But before he could be joyful for very long, his expression froze due to the unexpected change.
The form of the Purple Clay balloon gradually started changing as the chakra inside it condensed.
This was contrary to his expectations, as the form shrank, it took the appearance of a Western Dragon!
However, that wasn't all, because the core was initially shaped into a sphere by Kuroto, and the sentient shape of the Dragon Vein had the form of a dragon, so a conflict between the physical and metaphysical state began.
Under the pressure of the Dragon Vein Chakra, the original sphere was forced to change, but because the core was originally spherical, the final form that came out to be was that of a Chubby Baby of a Western Dragon, in short, it was fat and cute.
At first glance, it looked quite adorable.
Seeing such a cute appearance, Queen Sara gave a weird look to Kuroto. She had no idea that the big bad ninja who blackmailed and threatened her to such an extent had such an interest.
Under the strange glance of Sara, Kuroto couldn't bring himself to look at her and tried explaining with an indifferent voice, "T-this is actually an accident, it wasn't meant to look like this!"
Turning her head to the side she snorted quietly, "Yeah right! Sure, I believe you." Her tone clearly expressed that she didn't believe him at all.
"I told you this is unexpected… damn it!" – Kuroto stomped in frustration.
Seeing the frustrated look of the Big Bad Ninja, Sara chuckled silently.
Taking a deep breath while trying to ignore the girl, Kuroto hurriedly completed the next set of seals to seal the Artificial Tailed Beast inside him.
The cute and chubby body of the Ryuumyaku was probably of the same size as the Kyuubi after condensation now entered inside Kuroto's body without any resistance.
This was because the self-awareness of Ryuumyaku isn't that high. After all, it's only been born for a very short time, and Kuroto also applied pressure from the Tenseigan, so the sealing process went without a hitch.
This was just a temporary seal, as he is currently unable to borrow chakra from the artificial tailed beast. Only after completing the True Jinchuriki fusion seal will he be able to use the Chakra from the Ryuumyaku.
It's just that he can't stay here for much longer as the Sand ninja should soon be arriving, so the matter of the fusion seal can only be handled later.
Finally, after checking the surroundings with the Tenseigan to make sure no traces of his or Sara's presence were left, Kuroto left the Roran city.
A few hours later, by the time the morning light started to fall upon them, Kuroto had already returned to the Manto Oasis.
Sara noticed that they would soon be arriving back at the site where her people were staying and sternly asked, "You promised me that you will not harm my people if I go with you!"
Kuroto nodded, "Yeah I did! I am not going to kill your people because there is no need to!"
Sara's expression eased with Kuroto's assurance, then finally taking one look towards the site, she turned towards the masked person and said with all the courage she could muster, "Alright then, I am grateful that you are keeping your words… so there is no need to go any further… I have already seen them… s-so if you are going to kill me, then k-kill me now!"
Kuroto folded his hands and asked with doubt, "Why would I kill you? That wasn't part of the Deal!"
Sara asked with a hopeful expression, "You aren't going to kill me?"
"When did I say I would? You didn't trust my words at all, did you, Dragon Maiden?" Only now Kuroto understands that Sara never believed that he would in fact pay her once the ordeal was completed, but no matter, even if she was scared because of the incoming death, Kuroto's purpose was completed.
Realizing that the masked person really had no interest in killing her, Sara sighed in relief, but asked in doubt, "But I know you stole the Dragon Vein, aren't you afraid I will reveal your secret?"
"Do you know my name?"
"No!"
"Do you know what I actually look like?"
"No!"
"Do you know what are my abilities?"
"No!"
"Do you know anything from which you can identify me if I appear before you without this disguise?"
"No!"
"You don't know anything about me, so even if you reveal that a masked person threatened you and stole the Dragon vein, what good would that do? It's not like that's going to have any impact on me" After a pause, Kuroto said coldly, "Besides, I know you wouldn't reveal anything about me, because you are very clear of what might happen if you go out to blabber without any thinking, after all, your people would still be alive at the time wouldn't they? And you wouldn't want your daughter to accidentally die by being eaten by some wild animal, would you?"
Sara desperately shook her head while sweating. She couldn't even begin to imagine the last part of the threat. "I… I promise… I swear I wouldn't reveal anything even if my life depends on it!"
"Aren't you smart!" Kuroto said with a chuckle.
"But I am afraid I wouldn't leave you off so easily, at the very least, you can't stay in the Land of Wind anymore!" – said Kuroto after thinking a little.
"W-what!? B-but you promised!" – Sara asked with a panicked expression, but when she thought of what the Sand Village might do because of the sudden disappearance of the Dragon Vein, she also realized that the people of Roran can no longer stay in the Land of Wind and asked with sadness, "But where else can we go? We are already living as nomads!"
Kuroto began to think of a suitable place.
In terms of safety Konoha and the territory of the Land of Fire is good, but their identity as the Roran survivors is too sensitive for Kuroto's comfort. So, once they hide in Konoha, Sandaime would immediately order an investigation.
After all, the Dragon Vein was personally sealed by Konoha's Yondaime Hokage, not only was someone able to successfully unseal it, but the Dragon Vein was stolen, it would be impossible for Sandaime-Sama to ignore this.
Not to mention the sand spies hidden in Konoha would send this information to Sand Village and that could lead to a potential conflict between Konoha and Sand Village.
So Konoha and the Land of Fire is a big NO-NO.
Excluding Konoha, Koroto can't think of any safe place for Roran's people, they could definitely go to other smaller countries too, but safety from Sand Shinobi would be the biggest issue.
Hmmm….
Hmmm…
Think… Think…
There's got to be someplace that would be safe for Roran's people.
And suddenly the perfect and safest place flashed in Kuroto's mind: "The Land of Rain!"
As the base of Akatsuki, the Land of Rain may as well be one of the most dangerous places in the world for a shinobi of any other village, but for ordinary people, it could even be considered the safest and most peaceful land.
There was a reason why Pain and Kanon were treated as God and Angel in the Land of Rain.
Because of Pain's strength, very few ninjas who dared to venture into the Land of Rain could escape alive.
Coupled with the closed policy under Pain's rule, it is closed to impossible for a ninja to sneak into the core towns of the Land of Rain. So, once Roran's survivor enters the Land of Rain, catching them would be a very difficult task for either Sand or Konoha.
And the most important point is that Nagato with the Rinnegan wouldn't care about something like Dragon Vein, as far as Kuroto knows, Nagato doesn't have that greedy nature within him, and continue to concentrate on the Tailed Beasts, although Kuroto can't be sure of Obito, meh… maybe his arrogance would make him ignore such a thing…
After thinking this Kuroto told Queen Sara his thoughts and said again that he would pay her a good sum of money as the agreement.
Now Sara also believed that the person in front of her really had the intention to pay, so she asked meekly after gulping in nervousness, "S-so, how much are you going to pay?"
After considering a little, Kuroto immediately stretched out five fingers.
Staring at the Five fingers stretch out by the masked person, Sara asked herself, "Five thousand Ryo? Well, it's quite a lot actually!"
Kuroto shook his head speechlessly.
Sara asked tentatively, "Not Five thousand? Then is it Five hundred thousand Ryo?"
Kuroto ridiculed, "It seems that you don't take Dragon Vein too seriously!"
Sara couldn't resist her excitement as she asked in surprise, "I-is it actually five million Ryo?"
Kuroto nodded casually, "Although five million isn't much, it is more than enough to improve the lives of your people, giving too much money will also attract trouble towards you, so you'll have to make do with this!"
In Kuroto's view, five million Ryo is actually not much, but it would really be enough for her and her people. With this amount, she would even be able to hire a good doctor to heal her illness. After all, her age is still too young, and as long as she receives proper treatment, then recovery is still a possibility…
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Chapter 99: Chapter – 97 The Theory of the Origin of the Dragon Vein
Now that everything was decided, Kuroto told that they can't delay any longer.
Otherwise, if Sand ninja intercepted the Convoy of Roran Survivors, and Queen Sara was threatened by them just like he threatened her, then it would be impossible for her to not reveal all the details.
Although she doesn't know his true identity, she has still witnessed the whole process of the birth of the artificial tailed beast, so Kuroto doesn't want to risk it for now.
After collecting his thoughts, Kuroto immediately said to Queen Sara, "Time is of the essence now, go to your camp and set off towards the Land of Rain, Sand Village will definitely send ninjas here after checking the ruins, I will eliminate them."
According to common sense, Sand Village should definitely send an elite team to investigate the situation at the Roran City first as soon as they notice the abnormality of the Dragon Vein.
This process could take as short as half a day to as long as 2 days, depending upon their reaction speed and how much importance they put on the Dragon Vein.
Once they discover that the Dragon Vein was stolen, the information will be sent back to the village, and the village will appoint ninjas to search for the Roran Survivors. These tasks could take up to 1 to 2 more days.
Therefore, the Roran survivors have up to 3 days for a safe breakthrough.
As long as this opportunity is grasped, The Roran survivors will most likely escape Sand's chase and smoothly enter into the territory of the Land of Rain.
Queen Sara also realized the preciousness of time, so she hurriedly nodded and asked, "You will be escorting us out of the Land of Wind, right?"
After thinking a little, Kuroto said lightly, "I can't guarantee that I will be there all the way!"
If anything, Kuroto wants to personally escort them out of the Land of Rain in secret, but if the Yondaime Kazekage personally leads a team to chase after the Roran survivors, then Kuroto can only opt to protect himself.
Queen Sara nodded silently. Although a little disappointed she was still relieved that the masked person at least doesn't have any intentions to deceive her.
Queen Sara no longer hesitated and after giving a final look to the masked person, she ran towards the Oasis in the distance.
While running she stopped midway and shouted after turning around, "I am no longer Queen of Roran, you must call me Sara from this moment on!"
And without waiting for his reply, she rushed towards the caravans.
Kuroto silently stood at his pace, watching her go away.
Neither did he agree nor disagreed.
Not long after, the Caravans of the Roran survivors that were camping at the Manto Oasis set off.
Kuroto didn't immediately follow them but turned his gaze towards the sand dunes.
Sand Village has arranged 2 ninjas to always monitor and keep track of the Roran Survivors. Kuroto discovered this when he was searching for the whereabouts of the Roran Survivors along with the Grass Shinobi team.
So, to ensure that the Sand Village doesn't immediately discover the whereabouts of Roran Survivors, he must first eliminate these two Sand ninjas responsible for monitoring work.
… Byakugan…
Activating the Byakugan, Kuroto glanced at the distant sand dune and confirmed the presence of two very weak Chakra reactions from one spot.
Judging from their Chakra levels, the two ninjas are Genin Class, since the enemy strength isn't very high, Kuroto didn't bother to personally go after them, rather he summoned the Kazekage puppet and used it to kill them.
It didn't take long for the Kazekage puppet to easily get rid of the two Sand ninjas in the distance.
After dealing with this issue, Kuroto resealed the Kazekage puppet and chased after the Caravans from a distance.
While there wasn't much to do, Kuroto's mind wandered to the possible cause of the origin of the Dragon Vein.
Although he doesn't know the possible cause of the origin of the Dragon, this doesn't stop him from theorizing his guesses.
As far as he thinks, the Dragon Vein is not a natural occurrence, or to be more precise, the Dragon Vein isn't completely a natural product.
The best possible explanation states that the core of the Dragon Vein, or better yet its 'Origin' should be a foreign existence just like Otsutsuki Kaguya, i.e., it came from outside the Shinobi world.
However, unlike the Otsutsuki Kaguya who came to plunder the energy of the planet, the arrival of the origin of Dragon Vein might actually be accidental, and at the same time the existence 'who or which,' arrived in the Shinobi World accidentally; might actually be injured at the time, because of this it had no choice than to form a contractual relationship with the Royal family of the Ancient Kingdom Roran.
This might explain the contractual relationship between the two.
After the contract, the existence sneaked into the depths of Earth to recover itself by steadily absorbing energy from the Ley Lines.
However, that didn't go as smoothly as one might expect, and for a certain reason that is difficult to explain, the injured existence was possibly attacked by something that resulted in its disintegration, but just before fading away, it managed to leave behind a sentience metaphysical trace, and that Very trace grew over the course of the next millennia by steadily absorbing the natural energy, giving birth to the ignorant Dragon Vein.
The Dragon Vein might have actually forgotten everything related to its past but because of the Contractual relationship with the Royal family of Roran, it was instinctively loyal to them.
This also explains why the Queen of Roran can maintain an unequal contractual relationship with the Dragon Vein.
Otherwise, it should be practically impossible for the Royal Family of Roran to control the majestic Chakra of the Dragon Vein that is no inferior to a high-tier Tailed beast.
And as just mentioned before, a normal human without any strength; like Sara isn't qualified to have such an unequal relationship without the necessary strength.
As for the origin of the original core Kuroto does have some guesses but let's take that for some other time.
While Kuroto focused on the protection of Roran Survivors, Yondaime Kazekage of the Sand Village received the news that the Dragon Vein of the ancient city of Roran was stolen.
Staring at the information in his hands, Yondaime Kazekage Rasa asked the two advisor elders around him with a thoughtful look, "Could it be Konoha's handiwork?"
Chiyo, one of the elders of the Sand Village snorted coldly, "Who else can steal the Dragon Vein so quickly besides Konoha? The Dragon Vein was personally sealed by Konoha's Yellow Flash and it's not so easy to break that seal."
Listening to Chiyo's analysis, Kazekage crushed the intelligence report in his hands with a cold look…
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