Starting with rogue ninjas, building the insect kingdom.

Chapter 295, First Cycle Begins

At the spatial-temporal node of the underground dragon vein, Minato Namikaze stood above the surging energy, his hands constantly forming hand seals. With the final strike, his five fingers fell, and the earth vein energy surging in the air began to shrink.

Just as the seal was about to be completed and the space was about to be sealed, two figures rushed to his side.

The young man, panting heavily, shouted, "Wait a minute, can you wait a bit? Let us go back first, then you can finish the seal."

"You're from the future?" Minato Namikaze looked at the two men's faces and instantly guessed that they were from Konoha.

One of them resembled an Uchiha, and the other looked like a member of the Senju clan, but the Uchiha kept his head down and refused to look up at him.

He didn't notice these details. "Alright, but I just suppressed the power of the earth's veins, and opening it this time will cause a rebound. It will take at least a day to stabilize, and it might even cause a series of problems. So I would like to ask the two of you to help me complete this seal."

The young man immediately said, "But if we don't go back right away, we might not be able to go back tomorrow, because..."

He was about to explain why when Minato Namikaze stopped him, saying, "But it's not a complete seal, but a partial seal, leaving enough space for you to return."

"I see." The young man smiled. He had no idea that the future Fourth Hokage would be an unreasonable person.

The three then began to reapply the seal. During this time, the man in black kept glancing at Minato Namikaze, who noticed his gaze and turned to ask, "Are you and I very familiar?"

"No," Uchiha said in a deliberately hoarse voice, but the warmth and longing in his voice were undeniable.

Minato Namikaze instantly understood the meaning in his voice and didn't press the matter further.

"It's over. You may leave now."

The two stood side by side on the gap, and one of them sacrificed his eyes to activate a time-space teleportation.

As their figures were about to fade, they stepped into the time-space tunnel.

One of the young men said, "By the way, Fourth Hokage, you must be careful of Shisei Aburame in the future..."

Before they could finish speaking, a voice interrupted them from behind, "Who are you warning about?"

With a smile on her face, Aburame Shisei slowly walked over. "I think with me around, you can't do without me."

In that instant, the three men's hearts sank to the bottom. Minato Namikaze turned around and saw that familiar face, "Strategist Shiraki!"

In an instant, he connected all the connections in his mind.

"So, you are the future Insect Demon!"

His eyes were resolute as he flashed to stand in front of Aburame Shisei and said, "I will not let you go past. People from the future should return to the future."

Aburame Zhicheng shook his head indifferently, his smile undiminished: "Some people in your lineage really are... incorrigible!"

He looked up at the sky, where a gigantic woman's face appeared, smiling slightly. "It seems everything was predestined; the timing is perfect!"

The time for the Loulan Queen's sacrifice arrived just in time, and the last half of the seal was sealed, leaving the two trapped in the time tunnel, neither able to ascend nor descend.

They exist between existence and non-existence, unable to interfere with reality, yet also unable to disappear completely. They become observers, forced to watch helplessly.

Minato Namikaze turned around, but it was to no avail. The multiple layers of seals and the changes in spacetime had left him helpless.

"Is this the price of manipulating time? But why didn't the so-called loop happen? Do I have to trigger it manually?"

As if struck by a thought, Aburame Shisei looked at the two people trapped in the time tunnel. Those two faces were so familiar.

Suddenly he burst into laughter, then turned to look at Minato Namikaze: "So the mystery is solved, the answer is, you should die."

And so, the scene that was projected outside earlier happened.

Minato Namikaze frowned, as if facing a formidable enemy. He groped his severed arm, still feeling lingering fear.

"Strategist Bai Mu, I used to respect you a lot. What exactly twisted your mind?"

Aburame Shisei didn't want to listen to his nonsense at all, "Sage Art: Wind Release: Rasenshuriken".

He immediately unleashed a powerful attack, using the Flying Thunder God Technique to quickly dodge and wield the Rasengan, attacking Shisei Aburame with the same move. However, due to the lack of a target, the target was too far away.

The same trick had no effect on Shisei Aburame until he unwrapped the bandages and removed the seal from his arm.

A grayish-white hand covered in snake-like scales instantly extended, its fangs snapping at Aburame Shisei.

This sudden attack, though it bit him, left a psychic spell mark on the corner of his clothes.

"Strategist Shiraki, I've won this time!"

Instantly, Flying Thunder God Technique is activated!

Minato Namikaze appeared behind him, activating his Rasengan and striking his back.

However, a transparent silver armor appeared, and Aburame Shisei turned his head with a smile, "Hehe, got you!"

Suddenly, a transparent barb appeared at the tail of his armor, piercing through Minato Namikaze's body and injecting venom.

Insect-mimicking Ninja Art: Human-Insect Fusion: Scorpion Armor!

In reality, it was all a disguise, the purpose of which was to catch him jumping around.

Otherwise, the Flying Thunder God Technique, unless the chakra is exhausted, could really hurt him, especially since this is a dragon vein with almost inexhaustible energy.

Wind Escape, Sky Split Claw!

With just this one claw, the body, which was originally paralyzed by the poison, was instantly torn in two.

At that moment, Flying Thunder God Technique was activated, and he disappeared along with his upper body.

Aburame Shisei stared at the lower half of the body, then turned to the other side and said, "Uchiha, see you next time. But I probably won't remember you."

The two people caught in the gap between time and space looked terrified.

The young man did not understand what Aburame Shisei was saying at all; he only knew that he was likely to be trapped in the space-time rift forever.

Uchiha raised his head, his eyes, one red and one white, staring at Aburame Shiki, and said, "What do you mean? What are you plotting?"

Aburame Shisei didn't answer him, but just smiled and said, "Time's almost up."

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On the other side of the Flying Thunder God Technique, a half-crippled corpse fell in front of Asuma and the other two; it was none other than the fleeing Minato Namikaze.

"Let's go, get out of here quickly!"

He had barely finished speaking when his pupils dilated, and he died.

"Master!"

Sarutobi Asuma shouted and lunged forward.

But after running halfway, he was covered by a swarm of insects emerging from the ground, and in the end, only a skeleton running forward was left.

"Ah!" Kurenai Yuhi screamed and fell to the ground.

Her eyes widened, and she kept shifting her buttocks backward, but she was soon covered by insects in fear.

Uchiha Mori watched as his closest person died before his eyes, clutching his head and screaming, "Ah..."