Naruto: As a genin, I just want to live a normal life.

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Naruto walked halfway and saw quite a few Loulan residents performing performance art, and he clapped slightly:

"sharp."

Naruto felt a slight push on his shoulder and turned his head to see a prison guard with a cold gaze.

"Hurry up. You're prisoners, not tourists!"

"oh oh."

Seeing this, Naruto quickly walked forward and caught up with Minato and the others.

After walking about three kilometers in a straight line, the group finally saw a brand-new, magnificent, and tall city gate.

Then, the city guards pushed it away again.

Minato Namikaze inwardly marveled at how much stronger Loulan's defenses had become compared to a year ago, at least ten times stronger, and their formidable defenses were comparable to those of the Daimyo's mansion in the Land of Fire or the village of Konoha.

Furthermore, once you enter the inner city's central or outer areas, you will be located simply by using chakra. When he infiltrated, he was immediately discovered.

Then, the barrier here actually interfered with spatial properties, causing his Flying Thunder God Transfer to fail...

Outside the city, the environment was far worse than inside. Only now did Naruto feel like a person from the future who had traveled back in time.

"so big."

The outer city of Loulan, also known as the Loulan-governed four major districts, is divided into four directions: east, south, west, and north.

The city walls are tall and magnificent, but the buildings in the outer city are only much better decorated and furnished near the inner city.

At this moment, the exit where Naruto and the others were located was the western exit of the inner city, and in front of them was the western district of the outer city of Loulan.

Along the way, Naruto saw many vendors selling their wares around him, townspeople discussing everyday matters, and many travelers and merchants leading horses drinking by the roadside, all heading towards the exit.

But when they saw the numbered uniforms worn by Naruto and his group, their expressions changed, and they all took a step or two back, as if Naruto and the others were vicious and wicked people.

"Am I that scary?" Naruto asked, looking aggrieved, as he passed a street corner. A little girl with a lollipop was crying from fright. Her parents rushed over, hugged her, and pulled her away.

"Of course."

"You have no idea how much happened in the first month after the outer city of Loulan was established."

Minato sighed softly and recounted some facts about the outer city area, which had only been under construction shortly before the Iwagakure declaration of war:

"Robbery, murder, arson..."

"Various incidents keep happening one after another, as if all the powerful ronin have their eyes on this place."

"and then?"

“Then…” Minato Namikaze recalled the scene of the All-Powerful Minister disregarding everything and publicly executing all criminals, including regular ninjas from other countries, “killing them all.”

Aburame Shii continued, picking up where Minato left off:

"Moreover, I heard that before the killing, they paraded him through the streets to convince the people of Loulan's power."

"There seemed to be quite a few riots along the way, but they were all resolved by the Almighty Minister."

At this point, Aburame Shiki couldn't help but exclaim in admiration:

"This is the all-powerful minister of Loulan."

"Not only was he extremely powerful, but because of this incident and the subsequent war with the Iwa ninja, which resulted in their complete annihilation, the local people gave the Minister of All Power the title of 'Almighty God'."

"hiss--"

"Impressive." Although Naruto didn't like resolving things with violence, the fact that the All-Powerful Minister could transform a city from ruins into what it is today over time was truly remarkable.

quickly,

Naruto walked for about five kilometers and arrived at the city gate. The equipment of the guards here was obviously inferior to that of the inner city. After saluting the prison guards, he pressed the modified goggles. The green lenses scanned Naruto and the others. After confirming that they were in the right place, they finally arrived outside Loulan.

From here, you can see in the distance the border line of the River Kingdom, a stone layer higher than the sand beneath your feet. Then, a short man with roller skates on his feet walked from the inner city to the front of this city gate, looked at the fifty-odd people in front of him, and said:

"Everyone, today's work is simple: come with us to the Land of Rivers to move stones, mud, and other supplies. Once everyone completes their assigned share, they can come back early to rest."

"Yes!"xN

The crowd's voices rang out, startling Naruto, who quickly replied, "Yes."

Not a moment later.

A young man with a brown ponytail, wearing a cow horn mask and specifically responsible for transporting this group of people, walked over. When his eyes fell on Minato and his group, he couldn't help but lower them slightly, but then he raised them again, cleared his throat, and said, "Everyone, come with me."

"Don't even think about running away from me; there's no point in running away."

This person is none other than Rope Tree, who has now completely transformed into the shape of a white star.

Inside her neck was a perfect-grade immortal curse mark developed by Shirahoshi.

And this is thanks to the development of the Immortal Mode.

Shirahoshi had to thank Orochimaru-sensei and Nawaki for bringing her that...

Thanks to Nawaki, who later brought in Konoha's rogue ninja, Morino Yuzuki.

In the East District, Sakura Haruno never imagined she would become a labor camp inmate. Although she desperately wanted to resist, it was obvious that another woman had just resisted and been dragged away...

"Your task today is to do volunteer work in the East District and some areas of the inner city."

A young woman with light blonde hair, dressed in a saintly uniform and with her face veiled, stood before fifteen or sixteen female labor camp inmates, holding a report in her hand, and said:

"Go to the Adventurers' Guild, the business building, and some streets in the North City... and then clean up the underground park and the city center... and remember to throw the trash in the street bins..."

If Sakura Haruno still doesn't understand what their job is after hearing this, then she's an idiot.

They're being treated like free labor!

"Naruto, Sai, Captain Yamato, waaaaah—" Sakura Haruno changed into a sanitation worker's uniform and began her miserable day.

The young woman in charge of supervising this group of people was none other than Ms. Karura, who had been the subject of much misinformation. At this moment, she had also changed from having short hair to having long hair, and she was wearing a simple patterned mask on her face, except that it was shaped like cat ears.

"There's no going back."

"Sunagakure..."

Karura sighed slightly as she recalled the series of events that had happened to her over the past six months.

Furthermore, she also has a fairy curse mark with a circular and triangular pattern on her body.

This Sage Seal allows Karura, who was originally only at the Jonin level, to transform into a Kage or even a Super Kage. Nawaki can even use Wood Release while in Sage Mode.

The only drawback,

The Immortal's Curse Seal is similar to a power bank that can automatically recharge.

It mainly relies on daily physical relaxation and natural absorption of external natural energy, allowing these drops of energy to accumulate until they reach the activation level, at which point they will automatically flow through the meridians and form the Immortal Mode!

In other words.

Shirahoshi's newly developed Perfect Sage Seal has three stages: Stage 1, which can be used instantly, consumes about half of the body's absorption capacity, and can be used for about two ninjutsu. It is generally used when the 'power bank' is not fully charged.

In the second stage, when the 'reserved energy' reaches about 90%, it is necessary to stabilize the mind and enhance the condensation of natural energy, allowing the body to connect with the natural environment more quickly and accelerate the efficiency of natural reserves. Generally, when it reaches about 95%, the second stage of immortal mode can be activated.

The available Sage Chakra is about half of that in the third stage.

Stage 3, full capacity. It can be opened instantly, and the smoothness of using Sage Mode is higher than Stage 1 and Stage 2, comparable to Naruto's Perfect Sage Mode, and the opening speed is no less than that of the First Hokage.

However, all of the above have one fatal flaw.

All of these processes involve a one-time reset of natural energy, which is then transformed into Sage Chakra and cannot be reversed back into natural energy.

Karura Sage Mode has a higher storage capacity than Nawaki.

This is something that Shirahoshi only discovered when she injected the curse mark into this woman.

Preliminary speculation suggests that Karura's connection to the natural power of the sand reached the level of a superhuman, meaning he was already very close to nature. Therefore, his body's adaptability, tolerance, and usage limits to natural energy were all stronger than Nawaki's.

Karura, who was steadfastly guarding his post in the East District, narrowed his eyes slightly and raised his mask slightly, revealing a pair of indigo eyes that reflected a group of Sunagakure soldiers slowly walking in from the city gate:

"Elder Chiyo?"

......

Chiyo, now inside the ancient kingdom of Loulan, was filled with unease. She worried that her demands wouldn't bring back the missing Galura, or that Galura might already be...

Having passed through the area of ​​Loulan that was supposedly used for public welfare activities for reformatory prisoners, Chiyo ignored the prison guards and the woman dressed like a saint and headed towards the inner city.

After about half an hour of screening, the gates of the inner city slowly opened. Mako, who had been waiting at the gate, calmly looked at Chiyo and the two Sand Village ninjas, and turned to say, "Come with me."

As they entered the bustling area along the way into the inner city of Loulan, Chiyo and the two Sunagakure ninjas took in the sights, their eyes flashing with a hint of jealousy and envy.

It should be noted that their Sunagakure village has been developing for decades, but it is still not as developed as the inner city of the ancient Loulan Kingdom.

Just before reaching the city center, Mako paused and reminded everyone at the exit, "No matter what you do."

"The use of chakra is strictly prohibited in the inner city."

“Once we find out, we won’t care whether you’re an elder of Sunagakure or not.”

"Even if it's the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, we will arrest him without hesitation."

"Yes, yes." Chiyo nodded. The two Sand Village ninjas beside her were about to lose their composure, but Chiyo's gaze firmly stopped them from doing anything further, and she whispered, "Don't forget."

"This happened three months ago."

Upon hearing this, the two Sand Village ninjas looked displeased and could only nod slightly to indicate that they understood.

Mako ignored the subtle movements of the group behind her. After all, this was the inner city of Loulan. People who entered from the outer city gate and the inner city gate had a certain amount of chakra absorbed from the beginning and had their identities registered.

Here, Shirahoshi thought of a certain function of chakra paper, and based on this condition, he created a registration device that allowed ninjas to actively output chakra.

The instrument contains chakra paper. The machine can directly scan the paper to determine the chakra attribute of the person, thereby collecting intelligence and locating their position.

Therefore, even in the outer city, as long as the corresponding chakra is used, the monitoring area of ​​a tower in the inner city can perfectly observe and analyze who the specific user is and where they are located.

The only downside is that the signal is not very good in the outer urban areas, and it may not be able to be detected.

Moreover, the defensive forces are mainly located in the inner city, so Shirahoshi simply changed the rules.

The outer city allows the use of a limited amount of ninjutsu, but actions that cause damage to buildings, injuries to people, or malicious riots are not permitted.

Once it occurs, the people in the inner city and the outer city will take immediate action.

Another theory suggests that ordinary people nowadays wear chakra armor, which was modified by Shirahoshi based on the energy of the Dragon Vein and modeled after the chakra armor of the Land of Snow.

Compared to the Snow Country's chakra armor, which is determined by its material and functions such as defense and special abilities, this one is different.

The armor worn by Loulan was made using the principle of a chakra battery.