Chapter 222: Puppet Factory under Loulan
"It's getting late, we should leave."
Minato placed a hand on Obito's head and spoke to Haneda.
He could see that Haneda was not in a hurry to go back, but instead wanted to stay here longer.
"Let's have dinner before leaving. It's still early and the dragon vein is in a very stable state now." Haneda said.
"Yes, Minato-sensei, I want to talk more with future Haneda."
Obito echoed, a light bulb went off in his head, and he chuckled.
"How about you take Kakashi with you on the mission, Minato-sensei? I'll go with Haneda and the others."
"What do you think, Xiaodi?"
"Sure! I also want to see the senior's fire-breathing art, huh!"
"Baka! That's the fire jutsu unique to the Uchiha, not fire breathing!"
"There's really nothing we can do about him..." Kakashi grabbed Obito's hand and dragged him towards the door.
He turned back to Haneda and said:
"Although I would also like to have dinner with you and chat."
"But the longer you stay here, the greater the fluctuations in time and space will be, and perhaps something unexpected will happen."
"Let's go, Haneda."
"Okay." Haneda nodded slightly and followed.
Minato looked at Haneda's back thoughtfully. He guessed some future changes through Haneda's performance.
But when it comes to the mysteries of time and space, the more he changes, the harder it will be for Haneda to go back.
This is also the reason why he plans to seal his memory after this incident.
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According to the intelligence gathered by the Watergate team, An Lushan, also known as Baizu, built a large factory underground.
The people of Loulan were enslaved here, especially those with working ability.
They were forced to work and "dedicated" themselves to An Lushan's puppet cause like machines.
Haneda and his group arrived at the factory, and Sarah was shocked to see the people numbly pushing the large machinery to work.
The people here were wearing thin, torn, gray clothes stained with motor oil, and everyone's eyes were so empty.
Under the supervision of mechanical puppets, puppet parts are produced and large puppets are assembled.
And these puppets have become their slaves.
All along, Sarah always felt that Loulan under her rule was full of beauty.
In the desert, we can afford food and water.
However, reality dealt her a heavy blow.
"An Lushan, how could he do this?!"
Sarah fell to her knees, unable to accept it.
Haneda said calmly:
"In order to satisfy the desire for rule, these jobs can be replaced by puppets."
"But for his own selfish desires, he forced them to work and enjoyed the pleasure of them being enslaved by him."
"Huh?" Obito said jokingly when he heard Haneda's serious words, "Why have you become so serious, Haneda?"
"Brother Haneda has always been like this and has never changed, okay? Senior!" Deidara said.
Suddenly, he sensed the puppet's attack and threw out a ball of clay.
With a bang, the sneak attacking puppet was blown into pieces.
But under everyone's surprised gaze, the puppets merged!
"what is this?"
Obito pointed at the puppet that was gradually being sewn together by purple chakra and asked loudly.
"What you should be concerned about is that we've been discovered, the last one." Kakashi mocked mercilessly.
"An indestructible guy?"
Deidara was amazed and thought it was fun, so he asked Haneda again,
"Brother Haneda, we can finally show some art here, right? Yeah! Let these guys see the art of explosion!"
Before Haneda could say anything, Deidara stepped on the clay bird and threw several C1s at the puppet.
At this moment, Sarah realized something and spoke up to remind:
"The power to repair the puppet comes from the dragon vein. You must escort me to the center of the factory first and cut off the connection between the dragon vein and the puppet!"
"Where? I'll protect you."
Minato said, turning back to smile at Haneda.
"I'll leave Obito and Kakashi to you. Please help me hold back An Lushan."
"Okay." Haneda nodded and looked up at the balcony high above the factory.
At this time, An Lushan came out and looked at the place quietly.
"Minato-sensei, are you really going to let us deal with this guy?"
Obito said excitedly.
He couldn't wait to beat the guy in front of him to the ground.
"Let's go, tailgater."
Kakashi drew out his silver-white short sword, and after speaking to Obito, he asked Haneda,
"Are you going to do it?"
"No, I'll just watch you guys." Haneda shook his head.
If he was willing to do it, the centipede would have died long ago.
Now, Haneda just wants to look at Obito one more time.
"OK! Leave it to me and idiot Kakashi! How can I let you do something like this?"
Obito also took out a kunai at this time, turned around and said to Kakashi who was still standing on the right side of Haneda,
"One cough, Kakashi!"
Baizu looked at Haneda with fear and clapped his hands. A large army of puppets walked out of the factory.
He extended his hand to Haneda and suggested:
"Uchiha Haneda, I know your current strength."
"I am a ninja from Sunagakure, and you are the Hokage of Konoha. We Sunagakure and Konoha are allies."
"Did you see the army of puppets in the factory?"
"I have already made tens of thousands of puppets of this number."
"With such power, I, together with you, the strongest in the ninja world, will not be able to defeat any ninja village."
"You deal with those Kages, and I will lead the puppet army to deal with the ninjas from other ninja villages."
"Our combined strength is enough to unify the world!"
Obito said loudly:
"Haneda, don't cooperate with this guy!"
Suddenly, Obito remembered something and shouted:
"By the way, didn't you say that even dogs are not fit for the position of Hokage?"
"Why are you competing with me for the title of Hokage? Damn it!"
Haneda automatically ignored the second half of Obito's words. He glanced at the puppets in the factory and said calmly:
"Your puppet is not as good as that guy in the slightest."
"What I expect is not a unified world."
“It’s a means, not an end.”
"Then come and see for yourself."
An Lushan stretched out a purple chakra line to control the puppet to attack Obito and Kakashi.
The puppet is equipped with a steam device that consumes chakra. It can accelerate rapidly and fly in the air, making it extremely flexible.
Combined with sharp weapons and chakra cannon attacks, Obito and Kakashi were completely suppressed for a while.
An Lushan said proudly:
"The guy you're talking about is Scorpion, the rare genius from Sand Village, right?"
"How about it? The puppet I made is not weaker than him."
An Lushan saw that Haneda's expression remained unchanged, which made him, who was in a high position of power, angry and embarrassed:
"If you don't agree, I'll kill them!"
"I don't know about the one with black hair, but the one with white hair is your best friend!"
"Shut up! You can't do it!" Obito formed hand seals and used the Great Fire Dragon Technique to attack An Lushan.
A puppet stood in front of An Lushan, and the shield it held up offset most of the fire dragon's power.
An Lushan faced the remaining flames and laughed:
"My puppet army is already surrounding this place!"
"No one can leave here, not even someone as strong as you, Uchiha Haneda!!"
