Kairen was ultimately still a person who cared about his dignity, so it was impossible for him to be that rough with a girl.
Therefore, he could only obediently wait outside Sara's boudoir, waiting for her to change her clothes.
But there was no way Kairen would do nothing at all—his Tenseigan carefully observed Sara's body.
The Tenseigan was the upper limit of the Byakugan.
It possessed the Byakugan's insight, and even came with its own coloring effect.
Simply put, Kairen had bought himself a more advanced wallhack.
Before long, Sara emerged from the boudoir, dressed in full regalia.
She wore a white high hood and a red court guard uniform. She had lost her previous sexiness, but gained an air of queenly authority.
Seeing Kairen staring at her without blinking, Sara smiled lightly and instructed,
"Guard Kairen, escort me out."
"As you command, my Queen!"
Kairen escorted Sara outward. Before they had even left the palace, a group of people approached them head-on—it was the ministers of Rōran.
The man at the front had black hair, a full beard, and a gloomy expression. One look told you he was no good.
This man was Mukade, though he had changed his name—now he was called Anrokuzan.
When Anrokuzan saw Kairen beside Sara, he felt a bit puzzled.
"Your Majesty the Queen, who is he?"
Sara trusted Anrokuzan greatly, so she introduced him,
"Anrokuzan, he's a new guard I recruited!"
"Oh!"
Anrokuzan nodded. So he was just a bodyguard—a small fry who wouldn't interfere with his grand plan.
With a smile all over his face, Anrokuzan reached out, wanting to take Sara's hand and lead her out to meet the citizens.
Just as Sara was about to reach out her hand, Kairen grabbed it first.
"Kairen!"
Kairen held Sara's hand and walked straight toward the palace exit, not sparing Anrokuzan even a glance.
Sara lightly punched Kairen.
"Kairen, you can't be so rude to Anrokuzan. It's precisely because of him that Rōran has what it has today."
Kairen smiled faintly. "Just someone who's about to die. Not worth you worrying about."
"Someone who's about to die?"
The silly girl was confused.
Anrokuzan looked at the backs of Kairen and Sara, his expression uncertain.
He redefined Kairen's status again—at the very least, he wasn't a simple guard. Perhaps he was Sara's little boyfriend.
Hmph! Another outsider coveting the throne of Rōran.
Unfortunately, my plan has already succeeded. Sara has already lost her value.
Below, the noisy sounds were like a massive marketplace.
Kairen had underestimated Rōran. Judging from the density of the crowd, Rōran was already larger than a mere village.
But those people weren't people at all—they were puppets!
Behind Sara followed two puppets wearing court guard uniforms.
With a calm smile on her face, she waved to the people of Rōran below, showing her closeness to the populace.
Suddenly, a hand stretched out from behind, trying to shove Sara down in one push.
"Shinra Tensei!"
A massive repulsive force blasted Anrokuzan more than ten meters away, slamming him into a wall.
The commotion caught Sara's attention, and she quickly turned around.
She saw Kairen with his palm facing Anrokuzan, his eyes glowing with purple ripples, his face cold.
"Kairen?"
Anrokuzan climbed back to his feet. Purple chakra swirled around the damage on his body, and in the blink of an eye, everything was fully repaired.
He looked at Kairen with puzzled eyes.
"Who are you? And those eyes of yours?"
"Me?"
Kairen smiled, and a burst of smoke exploded around his entire body.
Immediately after, the sound of Peking Opera gongs and drums rang out—it was the entrance drumbeat of the protagonist.
As the smoke dispersed, Wolon and Fenchu appeared at his side, carrying two large banners.
Kairen folded his arms, and behind him, a fiery red giant appeared in the sky.
"I am Moku Kairen!"
"Dong dong dong dong qiang…"
The shadow clones beat the gongs and drums with all their might.
A spectacle like this would cost at least a thousand taels of silver per showing—definitely not special effects an ordinary person could afford.
Anrokuzan softly repeated, "Moku Kairen!"
In just an instant, he recalled the intelligence on the five great ninja countries of the outside world.
Then, with a probing gaze, he sized up Kairen.
"You're the one who single-handedly overturned the entire Land of Fire—the Fiery Cloud!"
Dead silence!
The shadow clones all froze at once, not daring to beat the gongs and drums anymore.
Who didn't know the boss hated that nickname the most? This Anrokuzan definitely wouldn't even have a corpse left.
"Hmph!"
Kairen snorted coldly, his body unmoving, while behind him the gigantic Majestic Attire Susanoo drew its samurai blade.
The forty-meter-long greatsword swung downward, like a divine judgment from the heavens.
"Rumble—"
With a single slash, Sara's royal palace collapsed with a thunderous crash.
Amid the billowing smoke, Kairen lifted Sara into a princess carry and stood within the ruins below.
Sara wrapped both arms around Kairen's neck.
"What's going on? Why did fighting suddenly break out? What exactly did Anrokuzan do?"
Kairen did not answer; only a sinister laugh came from within the smoke.
"Sara! Being a puppet for so many years must have been hard on you."
An ugly shadow emerged along with the thick smoke.
A human head with a spider's body—one couldn't help but question Anrokuzan's taste.
Sara stared at Anrokuzan, who was no longer human, and an overwhelmingly strong sense of betrayal surged in her heart.
"Anrokuzan, you!"
Anrokuzan explained lightly, "I am a person from the future. By chance, I obtained the secrets of Rōran. I wanted to seize the power of the dragon vein, but when I tried to remove the seal of the Fourth Hokage, something went wrong and I was brought to this era."
"I came to know you Rōran people, including your mother. Your royal bloodline possesses the ability to control the dragon vein, so I made use of you."
"I helped you build cities and industry, all for the sake of one day gaining control of the dragon vein."
Anrokuzan spoke slowly.
For so many years he had worked diligently, even remodeling himself into this ghostly form, all for the purpose of monopolizing the entire dragon vein.
Sara clenched Kairen's shoulder, anger hidden on her face. "My mother?"
She had clearly guessed the unusual circumstances of her mother's death.
"Hahaha…"
Anrokuzan laughed loudly.
"That's right—your mother was killed by me. She noticed my intentions and wanted to shut down the dragon vein."
"How could that be possible? I planned for so many years—how could I let that woman ruin everything?"
Sara gritted her teeth, her small face filled with fury.
"Despicable! How dare you toy with me like this."
Anrokuzan's voice was full of mockery.
"Sara, after all these years, you still don't understand? Everyone who catered to you was my puppet. The people of Rōran have long since become my labor force."
Sara carefully looked around.
What fell from the palace collapsing from the sky was not sprays of blood, but wooden, part-like components.
So she had been deceived by a group of puppets all along.
Anrokuzan let out a wicked grin.
"Sara, my current body can already withstand the power of the dragon vein, so I no longer need your special ability."
He then looked toward Kairen.
"Moku Kairen, rumor has it you possess power rivaling the Sage of Six Paths. Hmph! Let me test you!"
"To tell you the truth—so long as we're in Rōran, the dragon vein is mine to command. I have inexhaustible chakra. I am—god!"
As his words fell, a deafening clamor erupted all around.
A puppet army, vast enough to blot out the sky, surged forward like locusts, enveloping Kairen in the blink of an eye.
Faced with such a ferocious scene, Sara didn't dare look, fearfully nestling against Kairen's chest.
Kairen's calm voice sounded.
"Your Majesty the Queen—if I deal with Anrokuzan, how will you repay me?"
Sara remained silent, still keeping her eyes closed.
"Then I'll take you and your country as the reward! Be sure to wash up tonight."
The surrounding noise was too loud; Sara didn't hear what Kairen said.
"Silence means consent!"
Kairen roared, "Eight Gates · Daytime Tiger!"
Of the eight chakra gates within Kairen's body, seven were instantly opened. His vast chakra surged like a nuclear reaction.
He threw a single punch—instantly, heaven and earth shook, mountains and rivers shattered.
"Roar—"
The air generated a colossal shockwave, which took the form of a white, gaseous tiger king.
The tiger king roared, shaking the entire city of Rōran.
With just one strike, it was like a hurricane of dozens of levels sweeping through, tearing the sky-filling puppets into pieces.
Even the towering buildings around were all destroyed by Kairen's Daytime Tiger.
A Shadow Clone nearby, munching on snacks, commented,
"This is like using a Canon to shoot a mosquito. The mosquito's dead—but the house is gone too."
"Sigh… Rōran was fated to suffer this calamity."
"Relax—with the boss's skills, a city can be rebuilt within a few hours."
"Let's not just stand around. Go save the Rōran people in the factories! From what I see, this city is about to be wiped out!"
"Alright!"
Kairen's Daytime Tiger swept through, scraping the land bare.
When everything finally settled, Sara opened her eyes, her beautiful pupils widening more and more.
"Rō… Rōran?!"
Kairen sighed helplessly and apologized.
"I already tried my best to control my power, but this city was just too fragile. It's fine—I'll fix it afterward."
Still in shock, Sara kept staring at Kairen's profile.
"Now I understand—you really are a living god of calamity!"
Kairen smiled faintly, then his sharp gaze turned toward the distance.
A streak of purple chakra descended from the sky, landing amid the ruins.
Immediately after, a colossal figure heaved aside the surrounding earth and flipped out like a subterranean dragon.
Anrokuzan, having undergone ultimate evolution, was far stronger than before, his body even larger—at least a hundred times stronger now.
"Hahaha… Moku Kairen, as long as I possess the dragon vein, you cannot defeat me."
"Don't worry—I won't kill you. I'll preserve that perfect body of yours and turn it into a puppet for myself."
At this moment, Anrokuzan's confidence was overflowing as he began planning his spoils.
Sara felt worried and whispered into Kairen's ear,
"The dragon vein's chakra is extremely powerful—it's the source of Anrokuzan's strength. Let me shut it down. Then you can defeat him."
"No," Kairen replied lightly.
His purple Rinnegan slowly transformed into a sky-blue Tenseigan.
One arm held Sara, the other formed seals.
"I've never fully released my power before. Perfect—this is a desert. Let this guy taste my ninjutsu at full output!"
The dragon vein was not weak; its power to reverse time was proof that its chakra surpassed that of the tailed beasts.
But Kairen still had many trump cards—Nine-Tails chakra, the Ōtsutsuki Sage Body, Tenseigan Chakra Mode…
"Tenseigan Chakra Mode—activate!"
With a soft murmur, Kairen's entire body turned cyan-green, bathed in the chakra of the Tenseigan.
"Sage Mode—activate!"
Ever since his body had grown into the Ōtsutsuki Sage Body, Kairen's curse mark transformation had directly evolved into a Sage Mode unique to him.
Natural energy in the desert was thin—but not nonexistent.
The entire Land of Wind formed a massive funnel, all natural energy surging toward Rōran.
Such vast natural energy could easily explode a person—but not the ascended Kairen.
He fused 100% with nature's energy, adding it all to his body.
And that wasn't all.
Kairen decided to unleash a nuclear blast, continuously excavating his body's potential.
"Nine-Tails chakra!"
The cyan-green chakra was dyed with a layer of orange-gold flames—the power of the Nine-Tails.
"Mangekyō Sharingan—activate!"
"Six-Tomoe Rinnegan—activate!"
"Wood Release—activate!"
…
"Finally—Eight Gates… Gate of Death—open!"
Yes—the Gate of Death. With a body as explosively strong as Kairen's, even a light poke could break it.
After gathering all energies within his body, opening the Gate of Death produced an even greater qualitative change.
At this moment, he was like an immortal god. All the great figures of the ninja world turned their gaze this way.
The Great Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku, the Slug Sage of Shikkotsu Forest, the White Snake Sage of Ryūchi Cave.
The Senju brothers walking through the Land of Grass; Uchiha Madara dozing beneath the earth.
Or the brothers Hagoromo and Hamura, who were no longer within the cycle of reincarnation.
All of them looked toward the Land of Wind.
An incomparably vast chakra suddenly burst forth, making the entire ninja world tremble in fear.
As all the energy condensed to an extreme, it generated heat like that of the sun itself.
Kairen formed a protective barrier around Sara, shielding her from his scorching temperature.
Anrokuzan also sensed danger and continuously fused the dragon vein's chakra, firing energy spheres at Kairen.
When energy reached a certain extreme, it formed immensely heavy gravity.
Kairen was now like a black hole; Anrokuzan's energy spheres could only be devoured.
Kairen raised his palm toward Anrokuzan, all energy converging in his hand.
"Royal Flush!"
The so-called Royal Flush meant playing every last trump card.
"Boom—"
A black beam of light shot from Kairen's palm like lightning, and the surrounding space seemed to freeze.
The fluctuations of this energy even drew the attention of even deeper-level figures.
On the moon, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya opened her sleeping eyes and guessed,
"Has someone from the main family arrived?"
In a laboratory, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki abruptly stood up.
"This power—the main family has arrived!"
In terms of power scale, the Ōtsutsuki main family was planet-destroyer class.
...
Anrokuzan stared blankly at the black light—the energy condensed within it was enough to destroy the entire Land of Wind.
Was this really necessary?
Isn't this just playing dirty?
"Rumble rumble rumble…"
A blinding light rose from the south, turning the entire ninja world into broad daylight.
People in the northern hemisphere felt nothing, but those in the southern hemisphere could faintly sense the tremor.
Especially in the Land of Wind—the intense shaking made them think an earthquake had struck.
But an earthquake in the desert?
After everything returned to silence, only a small amount of ruins remained of Rōran City.
Fortunately, Kairen's Shadow Clones had evacuated the Rōran people; otherwise, Sara would have hated him for life.
Even more spectacular was the massive canyon split through the center of the Land of Wind.
Appearing out of thin air, roughly a hundred zhang deep, lightless at the bottom, unfathomable—like a scar on the earth.
Kairen turned into a wisp of cyan smoke and dispersed with the wind.
After unleashing such enormous power, even an immortal body couldn't endure it.
Of course, the most important factor was the qualitative transformation brought by the Gate of Death.
----------------
Fanfic is finished on Patreon (415 chapters in total.)
Patreon(.)com/Jixo (for only $4.50, read this entire fanfic)