Konoha: The thirty-year-old Uchiha is not motivated.

Chapter 928 I can kill you in one strike, do you believe it?

"you"

Through the gap between the long, slender fingers covering his face, An Lushan stared wide-eyed at Uchiha Gin, who was smiling enigmatically within the time-stopping field.

No, this isn't real; it's all just a hallucination caused by my excitement.

An Lushan, trying to escape reality, came up with a very flimsy excuse for himself.

He was very confident in his time-stopping technique; even a space-time genius like Minato Namikaze couldn't break through this time-stopping domain.

Click—!

However, the crisp sound of the visor shattering forcefully pulled him back to reality. Watching the cracks spread across his vision, he gritted his teeth.

"That's not allowed."

"Clap!"

Before he could continue his questioning, An Lushan felt a blinding light tear apart the sky above him, and the scorching sunlight shone directly on his large face exposed to the air.

"boom!"

But soon, everything went black before his eyes, his body flipped over, and his head was slammed into the ground by an unfamiliar, brutal force, causing blood to spurt from his mouth.

"puff!"

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This unbelievable scene instantly silenced the previously lively atmosphere. Minato, gripping the Flying Thunder God kunai, instinctively poked his thigh with the sharp tip of the blade.

"Ouch, that hurts!"

Only when the excruciating pain returned did he realize that what had just happened was not an illusion.

"Isn't this a bit exaggerated? How come he's acting like nothing happened?"

Naruto pinched his cheek hard. He had just experienced time stop himself and knew how terrifying this technique was.

"Cough cough cough, why are you alright?"

An Lushan, his head embedded in the ground, pulled the battle-damaged mask from his head. Looking at the scattered fragments of the mask, he didn't even have time to wipe the blood from his mouth; his reddened eyes were fixed on Uchiha Gin before him.

"Me? I can only say that my stats are above yours."

Uchiha Gin stroked his chin thoughtfully, then gave an answer that infuriated An Lushan.

"Tap~"

The time-stop effect ended, and Chiyo, who had been like a statue, returned to normal. She stumbled and steadied herself, her bright eyes filled with lingering fear.

Time around her was indeed frozen, but her consciousness continued to function normally.

Chiyo witnessed all of An Lushan's words and actions. If Uchiha Gin hadn't intervened, she might have ended up performing an 18+ scene right there on the spot.

"Do you believe me now?"

Uchiha Gin glanced at Chiyo, whose face was slightly flushed.

With this level of skill, she still dares to boast that it will only be 500 words. If this girl were really in charge, she would probably write more than 3,000 words just for the censored asterisks.

"If I had Shukaku and the Dragon Vein, this guy wouldn't be a match for me at all."

Even when faced with undeniable facts, Chiyo stubbornly continued to argue.

"But you don't have it now, do you?"

Gin Uchiha reached out and ruffled Chiyo's disgruntled head, then shoved her towards Queen Sana.

"Leave the rest to me."

"Bandai, who is that gentleman?"

Sana stepped forward to help Chiyo, who had fallen to the ground, and seeing the unusually girlish expression on Chiyo's face, she couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"He is an elder of mine."

Chiyo pursed her lips, explaining with a complicated expression.

"An elder? But he looks like you."

Sana's almond-shaped eyes widened upon hearing this. No matter how you looked at it, Uchiha Gin and Chiyo in the distance should be the same age.

"This is because..."

"Because Your Excellency the Prime Minister is not from our time, right?"

Just as Chiyo was about to explain her relationship with Uchiha Gin, Minato and the others approached. Minato, who was in the lead, looked at the hesitant Chiyo with certainty and confidently stated his guess.

All previous signs indicated that Chiyo was not simply a fan of older men, and the way she looked at Gin Uchiha was not just admiration; at least Chiyo knew Gin Uchiha on her own.

"what?"

Naruto was the first to exclaim in surprise. He blinked and looked Chiyo up and down, who had a strange expression on her face, frantically searching his memory for any information about her.

Even after racking my brains until my head was practically spinning, I still couldn't come up with a solution.

"Brother Golden Hair, you said this lady is also from another time like us, but I don't recognize her at all."

"The ninja world is so big, how can you guarantee you can know everyone?"

Minato shook his head, his gaze fixed firmly on Chiyo, whose forehead veins were bulging from Naruto's address of "Big Sister."

"Not only did the Prime Minister arrive in Loulan suddenly, just like An Lushan, but the puppetry she used far surpassed the level expected of this era. If she isn't a time traveler, then who is?"

"You're quite clever, Konoha ninja. You guessed right, I'm indeed not from this time."

Seeing that her identity had been revealed, Chiyo simply stopped hiding it and nodded in acknowledgment that she was a transmigrator.

“Then everything makes sense. You do know Senior Yin, but he doesn’t know you, at least not the current you.”

The fact that Chiyo could call out "Uncle Gin" so affectionately upon seeing Uchiha Gin immediately shows that she not only knows him, but is also very familiar with him.

However, Uchiha Gin claimed that he had never met Chiyo, but that was not the case. The unfamiliarity was only temporary. In the near future, he would definitely meet the young Chiyo and thus begin a tragic relationship.

"Uh"

Watching Minato and the others wildly imagining things, Chiyo, who wanted to explain that her method of transmigration was different from Naruto's, couldn't help but roll her eyes and chose to remain silent.

So this blond kid thinks she's from the future.

"Bandai, are you really from another time?"

After realizing Chiyo's identity, Sana, who had been in a daze, looked at her best friend who had saved her from dire straits with a complicated expression.

"I'm sorry for keeping this from you for so long."

She reached out and gently rubbed Sarah's head, whose eyes were swollen from being bombarded with information, and Sarah nodded softly.

"Godmother, will you leave too?"

Feeling the warmth on her head, Sarah bit her lip.

She remembered Minato saying that as long as the seal on Centipede was removed, Naruto and the others who had traveled from another time would return to their own time.

"What, you can't bear to part with me?"

Chiyo raised an eyebrow upon hearing this. In her timeline, Sana was still a blabbering, luminous creature who spent all her time sharpening her middle finger; she probably wouldn't be able to conjure up a child as adorable as Sara anytime soon.

Sarah instinctively wanted to shake her head; she wished Chiyo would disappear sooner so that no one would limit her snack rations.

"How am I supposed to live without a godmother? Waaaaah!"

But just as the words were about to come out, she suddenly caught a glimpse of Chiyo's cunning smile. Immediately, she turned into a mournful ghost and grabbed Chiyo's leg, recounting all the sad things she had ever experienced in her life. Crocodile tears, forced out of her, streamed down her face as if they were free.

"I think you'd love for me to leave right now."

Seeing Sarah's utterly terrible acting, Chiyo couldn't help but chuckle and gently tapped her forehead.

"Don't worry, even if I leave, you won't be able to have unlimited snacks anymore, am I right, Sana?"

"what?"

Sarah stiffened upon hearing this, then turned to look at her mother with a pitiful expression.

"Sarah, for your health and growth, you can only have red bean pudding once a month." Sana covered her mouth, chuckled, and nodded. Her words instantly turned Sarah ashen.

"A tonic!"

An Lushan didn't even glance at Chiyo as she walked away. His questioning gaze lingered on Uchiha Gin's unfamiliar handsome face before he finally uttered the classic line, "He will die in the end."

"Who exactly are you?"

"I should ask you, what's the deal with this armor?"

Uchiha Gin didn't answer; he figured An Lushan wouldn't understand anyway. However, he was quite curious about where the oddly designed knight's armor the other man was wearing came from.

"Hmph! If you want me to answer, you'd better show some skill first."

With a disdainful snort, An Lushan kicked his legs back forcefully and simultaneously raised his hands, conjuring up a gigantic mirror out of thin air.

"Roar!"

Sensing its master's summons, the dragon-black creature, restored to its original state in the mirror world, roared, its massive head bursting out of the mirror's surface, looking down condescendingly at the tiny Uchiha Gin.

"Hey~ You think you can't take one punch from me, huh?"

Uchiha Gin raised an eyebrow and struck a very common punching motion.

"Roar!!!"

The black dragon, grinning arrogantly, was completely unaware of its impending doom, and continued to breathe wildly at Uchiha Gin.

It wasn't until a mountain-sized phantom of a fist's force rushed towards it that a human-like fear appeared in its eyes, but it was all too late.

"A normal punch."

"Oh no, that black dragon has come out again!"

In the distance, Ding Zuo clutched his aching lower abdomen, his face grave. If it weren't for his teammates' support, he would have almost become the black dragon's meal for the day.

"Prepare for support!"

Seeing Uchiha Gin floating like a leaf in the rain before the Black Dragon, Minato gripped his kunai tightly, raising his other hand to strike, when a deafening thud resounded.

"Oh!"

The sound of breaking glass followed.

"Clap!"

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"Anything that breathes out is Dass."

Uchiha Gin slowly withdrew his fist, which was enveloped in a blue glow, and glanced down at the scattered, crystalline fragments on the ground.

On the various mirrors of different shapes and sizes, a black dragon with a crooked nose appeared, whimpering and whimpering in grievance.

"You...you bastard, are you even human?"

An Lushan, whose jaw had dropped to the ground, shakily lifted him up, his eyes, as big as copper bells, filled with disbelief.

One punch,

One punch and he turned his proud Dragon Black Warrior into a pig-headed dragon. Where did this taijutsu master come from? Isn't this curly-haired guy an Uchiha?

"I've also been looking for the answer to this question."

Uchiha Gin gently shook his head, as if he had just done something insignificant.

"Nonsense. So what if you're good at physical combat? I'd like to see how you deal with this move."

Feeling underestimated, An Lushan raised his cleaver with a grim expression. A massive amount of dragon vein chakra surged into the blade, and the gleaming edge immediately emitted a sinister black light.

When the cleaver in his hand could no longer bear the chakra, An Lushan immediately switched to a two-handed grip, raised the dark, gleaming blade, and slammed it into the ground.

"Soar! Dragon! Slash!"

"Roar!"

As dense black chakra surged into the ground beneath their feet, a chilling roar echoed from beneath the earth.

"Boom!"

Immediately following was a violent earthquake, and the Loulan guards in the distance turned ashen-faced with fright.

"Earthquake! Earthquake!"

They were just ordinary people with slightly stronger bodies; in the face of such a catastrophic attack, they were as insignificant as ants.

"Wow, that's interesting."

Watching the churning earth before him, Uchiha Gin raised an eyebrow with interest, slowly drawing the unassuming black wooden sword from his waist.

"Old buddy, it's been a while since we warmed up, hasn't it?"

Anyway, nobody in this time and space knows him, so stretching his muscles a little shouldn't be a problem.

"Roar!"

The next moment, a giant dragon formed from black and purple chakra burst out of the ground. Its size far exceeded that of the previous dragon, and the terrifying aura it exuded was awe-inspiring.

The mere shockwave from breaking ground sent the people in the distance swaying from side to side.

"what!"

A stampede broke out in the large guard force due to fear, causing Queen Sana's face to turn ashen.

Is her proud army so vulnerable to the power of ninjas?

"Wood Release·Tree Boundary Wall!"

Fortunately, Yamato acted in time, slamming his hands on the ground to summon a large wooden shield, successfully blocking the shockwave from the dragon.

"Well done, Captain Yamato!"

Seeing this, Naruto stepped forward and patted Yamato hard on the back, but the slap knocked the already exhausted Yamato to the ground.

"Naruto, I've always treated you well."

With Kakashi's help, Yamato straightened up and reached out his trembling hand, pointing at Naruto, whose eyes were darting away.

He's been lying to me for a long time now; this kid is clearly messing with him on purpose. We haven't even settled the score for him using the Rasengan when he was sleepwalking, and now there's another one.

"Here, drink this."

Seeing Yamato's pale face and kidney deficiency, Minato stepped forward, took out a mysterious little bottle of potion, and carefully poured one-fifth of it into Yamato's parched mouth.

"Well!"

Trusting the Fourth Hokage, Yamato didn't hesitate and swallowed the cloyingly sweet liquid in his mouth.

A few seconds later, the terrifying life energy surging from his body nearly made his jaw drop. His face flushed, Daiichi landed on the ground with a somersault, giving Minato a thumbs-up, just like the one given to the young man.

"Where did you buy this medicine? It makes you so strong."

"This is a healing potion specially formulated by Senior Yin; its effects are undeniable."

Minato carefully put the remaining potion, enough for only three people, into his bag. For some reason, he felt that he might need it someday.

"Really? Let me try some!"

Naruto approached like a curious child, only to be pushed back by Minato with a single finger.

"Children should not take this medicine."

"Ha, I'm already sixteen!"

Seeing Naruto's pouting lips, the eighteen-year-old Minato displayed a rare air of authority.

"Even if you're sixty years old, you're still just a child in my eyes." (End of Chapter)