Naruto: I Survived Two Wars Without You, System!

The ancient city of Louran, built from thick stone blocks, was buffeted by relentless winds and swirling sandstorms.

At the city's heart stood the Queen's residence—a structure visibly taller and grander than any other building in Louran.

Clad in patchwork hemp robes, she bore a delicate beauty etched on her face. The current Queen of Louran carefully calculated Louran's expenditures and resource consumption on animal hide using a crude charcoal pencil.

Suddenly, a faint whisper, audible only to her, rose from the Dragon Vein.

Her heart tensed. A pale purple glow shimmered within her eyes. Then, the tension across her features melted away like ice, giving way to a gentle smile.

"Sandstorms Rise, Brilliance Dazzles the Sky... Petals Twirl and Fall... Golden Radiance Passes Through Time... Cleaves Through Darkness and Brings Forth Blooming Life..."

A soft, lullaby-like chant spread clearly across more than half of Louran.

Because of the unusually fierce sandstorm that day, many citizens—who rarely stayed indoors—listened quietly to their beloved Queen's melodic voice, smiles softly forming on their faces.

They did not know when the prophecy hidden within those lyrics would come true.

But they could feel it—the Queen was clearly in a good mood today.

Just as usual, the song was filled with her deep love and affection for this land… yet today, there was an unmistakable undercurrent of joy and hopeful anticipation.

May our tireless Queen always remain this happy!

Outside the ruins of Louran, in the vast desert,

Kei Yamanaka gazed toward the ancient city rising proudly amidst the dunes.

A slight grin tugged at his lips.

Without disturbing the beloved and revered Queen of Louran, he turned and vanished into the endless sea of shifting sands.

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"Kill them!"

"Cursed Upper Stream clan! Don't let their bugs get near us!"

"Ahh—help me...!"

"What?! What is this thing?! Retreat! Fall back now!"

"Save me! Help!"

War and bloodshed were the unchanging rhythm of the Warring States era in the ninja world.

Powerful ninjas, along with clans possessing inherited Ninjutsu techniques, had unwittingly become tools wielded by nobles and Daimyo.

Nobles treated ordinary people as assets capable of generating profit, viewing lands not as homes but as symbols of status and wealth.

Their endless greed drove clan after clan into one battle after another.

Protecting their own interests… seizing lands and riches from rival nobles…

"This strength..."

Soaring high above at thousands of meters altitude using Flight in Sage Mode, Kei Yamanaka hovered midair, silently observing the battlefield below.

He found himself lost in deep thought.

Perhaps because battles were so frequent in this era, with clan members fighting minor skirmishes every three days and deadly confrontations every five, adult ninja—even though limited by the times and somewhat rough in chakra application and development—were undeniably formidable fighters.

Watching the melee of dozens below him unfold,

he couldn't help but feel admiration.

Kei Yamanaka activated the Kagutsuchi seal on his left arm with chakra from within him and swiftly flew toward Hikaku Uchiha's location.

With the abundant Dragon Vein energy surrounding him, even though he didn't belong to this era and had moved far away from the actual Dragon Vein,

he calculated he could remain in this era for about a month.

And according to the settings of the time machine,

when he returned to his original timeline a month later, only a single minute would have elapsed there.

Gaining an extra month in the midst of chaos—like getting free time—why not use it to relax properly?

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Uchiha Clan prison cells.

Inside a dimly lit cell marked with various Sealing Formulas,

Hikaku Uchiha, who had originally been curled up hugging her knees in a corner, raised her head in confusion, looking in the direction where she just sensed something.

That sensation—it was definitely coming from her Kagutsuchi seal.

But why did it feel like a two-way connection?

They could both draw chakra remotely from each other's bodies, control each other's movements, sense each other's locations...

This Kagutsuchi seal that couldn't kill enemies—it seemed utterly useless—

Did she create it?

When?

Had she fallen into an enemy's illusion technique?

No, no one could cast genjutsu on her. Then… was it a new method devised by the enemy specifically to kill her?

"First meeting, how should I greet you?"

A strange voice echoed inside her mind.

A soul projection wearing bizarre clothing appeared in Hikaku's consciousness through the Kagutsuchi link—an extremely handsome figure wearing a radiant smile.

"!!"

A chill shot down her spine.

A sudden burst of killing intent erupted from Hikaku Uchiha.

It hit the two Uchiha guards patrolling the underground prison so hard they shivered involuntarily as cold sweat soaked their backs.

[SFX: Clang!]

"What the hell are you doing?! You trying to starve again today?!"

One of the Uchiha guards, clearly irritated at having been startled by what should've been nothing more than a weapon,

kicked the cell door in irritation.

Without hesitation, he lashed the whip in his hand at the small, curled-up figure crouching in the corner—Hikaku Uchiha.

[SFX: Crack!]

The previously curled-up Hikaku Uchiha abruptly lifted her head.

Her eyes burned with the blood-red glow of her Mangekyo Sharingan.

Her right hand shot up in lightning-fast motion, nullifying the whip's force midair before wrapping it tightly around her wrist.

The sealing cuffs suppressing her chakra began to crack and break apart beneath the torrent of chakra surging in from afar.

With a sudden surge of chakra from her wrist, Hikaku yanked the whip hard.

The Uchiha guard holding it was caught completely off guard and slammed violently against the iron cell door.

In the next instant,

a slender hand—covered in both old and fresh scars—slid through the bars of the cell door, fingers sharpened into blade-like points, concentrated chakra gathering at the tips.

And then, with terrifying precision, it pierced straight through the man's neck.

[SFX: Spurt!]

Blood splattered across the prison floor.

Hikaku's Mangekyo Sharingan eyes rotated slightly as she turned her gaze to the second Uchiha guard—who had frozen in place, utterly stunned.

Before the nearly instantaneous activation of her Sharingan genjutsu took hold.

The opponent's pupils widened as he tightly gripped his own neck.

Thud... Thud...

With the thud of two bodies collapsing, the dim prison cell returned to silence once more.

Hikaku Uchiha stood emotionlessly inside the prison.

She didn't spare so much as a glance at the two fallen members of the Uchiha Clan whose life force was rapidly fading away.

Within her consciousness, two spirit forms—one large, one small—faced each other.

Hikaku silently studied the unfamiliar man who had forcibly taken over her body.

A spiritual force too immense for her to resist.

A chakra more powerful and overwhelming than anything she'd ever encountered!

This guy...

She couldn't defeat him.

"How should I explain it?" Kei Yamanaka hesitated. "I came here to save you?"

He scratched his head, thinking whether he should show Hikaku a glimpse of her future memories through genjutsu.

As for those two guys he had just killed.

Since the future version of Hikaku had still appeared on time, history hadn't changed much.

So going with the flow was acceptable.

...

Hikaku's spirit form walked silently toward Kei's consciousness within her mind.

After staring at him for a moment, she reached out and grasped his hand.

Not a single word was spoken, yet her message was already clear.

Crack—

The heavy prison door creaked open.

The sunlight—slightly blinding after the darkness—poured into the gloomy cell.

Hikaku looked up toward the figure standing at the entrance—someone exactly the same as the figure in her mind.

She could feel the vibrant, warm chakra radiating from that person—a presence brimming with life.

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