The Crimson Omen

-Chapter 184 – The Dragon Vein Decision

That's right.

You read it correctly.

The terrifying sandstorm—once a devastating natural disaster—vanished completely before everyone's eyes.

If not for the remnants of yellow sand still suspended in the air, and the fact that they had all witnessed it with their own eyes, perhaps the soldiers and ministers of the ancient Loulan Kingdom would have believed it was an illusion.

But… the reality was undeniable. No matter how impossible it seemed, they had to accept it.

Silence.

A deep, dead silence fell over everything.

Even Queen Sāra and Princess Sāra wore expressions of stunned disbelief, completely overwhelmed.

This was no ordinary sandstorm.

The very same natural force that had plagued Loulan for countless years had just… disappeared, as if effortlessly erased. The realization made everyone's scalp tingle with anxiety and awe.

"The sandstorm... is gone."

"Incredible... The Fifth Hokage—Uchiha Yuta—is terrifying."

"So this... is the power of the God of the Ninja World?"

A few moments passed.

Only then did the stunned officials of Loulan finally react. One after another, gasps and shouts of astonishment broke the silence. They stared up at Uchiha Yuta, their eyes filled with reverence and awe.

They didn't just hear of a legend—they were witnessing it.

This wasn't just a rumor. This was power incarnate.

"How boring,"

said Uchiha Yuta, lightly shrugging his shoulders with an unimpressed look.

"Such a tiny sandstorm, daring to act up in front of me. What a joke."

As he said this, he even scoffed slightly and shook his head, as if he were merely swatting away an annoying fly.

"...."

Hearing such arrogant words, Queen Sāra, Princess Sāra, and the gathered ministers couldn't help but twitch their lips and avert their gazes.

What could they say?

This was far beyond shameless. They'd never seen anyone this casually arrogant.

But given his strength—this man who had frozen a sandstorm mid-air with a single command—what choice did they have but to pretend they hadn't heard anything?

Among them, Princess Sāra blinked.

Her heart pounded uncontrollably.

The emotions blooming in her chest weren't fear—but something else. At that moment when Loulan seemed destined for doom, this man had descended like a god. Her emotions were stirred in a way she had never known.

"Fifth Hokage… what is your purpose in coming to Loulan?"

asked Queen Sāra, taking a deep breath to regain her composure.

"Without the Dragon Vein, Loulan holds no strategic value for the Hidden Leaf Village."

"You're mistaken,"

Uchiha Yuta replied calmly.

"Whether someone is useful or not is irrelevant to me. Even if Loulan still possessed the Dragon Vein, it wouldn't mean much to me."

"Because to someone like me, power like that is trivial."

Queen Sāra opened her mouth to respond, but quickly fell silent.

After all—she couldn't refute that. Compared to the strength of the man standing before them, even the legendary Dragon Vein was insignificant.

"Then… why are you here?"

Princess Sāra asked, eyes narrowing slightly.

"Surely, you didn't come just to mock our suffering?"

"Of course not,"

Uchiha Yuta replied indifferently.

"The Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, once sealed the Dragon Vein beneath Loulan. Today, I have come to undo that seal—

and claim the Dragon Vein as my own."

BOOM.

Those words fell like a thunderclap.

Queen Sāra, Princess Sāra, and the ministers were all stunned. Disbelief and horror colored their expressions.

Seriously?

The legendary Fifth Hokage—Uchiha Yuta—had come not to help them, but to unseal and take the Dragon Vein for himself?

Was he planning to completely destroy Loulan?

Their silence was absolute. Their fear—palpable.

What could they do? Stop him?

This was a man who could make a sandstorm vanish with a flick of his hand.

"Fifth Hokage,"

Queen Sāra finally shouted, her voice tinged with despair.

"If the Dragon Vein is taken, Loulan will collapse completely! We've only barely survived in the desert for all these years! Do you truly mean to destroy us?"

"How boring."

Uchiha Yuta's tone remained flat.

"You still have a choice.

Submit to me—submit to the Hidden Leaf Village."

"....!"

The words took everyone by surprise.

But as they processed them, Queen Sāra's expression changed.

She took a deep breath.

Then, she nodded.

If she had been despairing before—now she was hopeful again.

So this was his condition. Surrender.

If surrendering to the Fifth Hokage was what it took to protect Loulan… then so be it.

"We will submit,"

she said calmly, bowing her head in acknowledgment.

After all, to surrender to the God of the Ninja World—wasn't that a kind of salvation too?

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