"Naruto! And Captain Yamato! ”

"Sakai, go down!"

Sakura was overjoyed to see that Naruto and Yamato seemed to be safe and sound.

But for Sakura's shout, Sakai behind him didn't react at all, and the big bird hanging in the air was still in its original position.

"Sakai!"

Sakura looked back a little impatiently, only to find that Sakai's expression was very abnormal.

Unlike his usual expressionless face, Sakai has an expression at this time, and the interpretation on his expression at the moment can be called "wonderful".

It was an expression of horror at something, and there was a slight element of surprise in it, and this emotion made Sakai's body tremble slightly.

If it was a tangible thing that could be clearly seen, Sakai might not have been so frightened and frightened.

But that's special because what Sakai saw just now was an indescribable shadow.

The hazy and huge shadow in the purple pillar of light, anyone who saw that scene would have countless uneasy thoughts.

"Sakai!"

"Sakai!"

"What's wrong with you?"

After a few calls from Sakura, Sakai finally came back to his senses, and turned his head from the place where he had just seen the shadow to Sakura in front of him.

"Captain Yamato and Naruto are down there, land down below!"

Following the train of thought generated by Sakura's words, Sakai subconsciously glanced down.

Below the big bird is an abyss that can be seen as far as the eye can see, which is called the dragon vein, but it is actually a huge abyss.

No one knows what the darkness in the abyss below is, but the words dark and abyss are definitely associated with some bad reverie.

Sai immediately retracted his thoughts and controlled the big bird to hover and fly to the dragon vein altar below.

...

On the altar, Sakura jumped down and ran to Naruto's side before Big Bird could put his feet on the ground.

Even though Naruto and Yamato had only disappeared from Sakura's sight for less than ten seconds, it felt like a lifetime away.

Whether it's from Naruto's point of view or Sakura's point of view, it's "like a world away".

"Are you alright? Naruto. ”

Placing her hand on Naruto's body, Sakura immediately sensed that Naruto's body was fine, so she gently pushed Naruto's body in an attempt to wake him up.

Suddenly, Naruto opened his eyes, his body suddenly sat up and shouted, "Dad! ”

"Daddy?"

Sakura was a little puzzled by what Naruto was saying, but Naruto didn't pay attention to Sakura's gaze, just gasping for breath as he stared around.

It wasn't until he confirmed that the scene around him had indeed changed that Naruto gradually calmed his breathing, his expression a little lost.

"What's going on? Naruto? ”

"What did you mean by dad just now?"

"And where is the hundred feet?"

Sakura continued to ask questions, but Naruto remained unusually silent, not saying anything for a long time, just silently bowing his head in thought.

Was that all true?

Is that man really my father?

The man's face under the mask seemed to have been seen somewhere.

And also... Those flying hydras...

Naruto's mind was in turmoil, and so was Yamato.

Seeing that this was the case for both of them, coupled with Sakai, who had a somewhat strange expression, Sakura stopped asking.

...

Class 7 walked out of the dragon vein amid silence, strange expressions, and frowning thoughts.

When they came, all four of them were alive and kicking, but when the four of them came out of the dragon vein again, only Sakura was left in good spirits among the four.

Just as the four of them came out of the dragon veins with their own thoughts, a girl with pink hair tied in a bun next to her temples came over.

"Sure enough..."

"I've met you here."

The girl walked unhurriedly towards the four people with a bewildered face, and a touching smile appeared on her face.

Naruto's eyes widened at the sight of the girl, and he wanted to say something but didn't say anything.

Given that the other three were now unable to understand what to say, Sakura took the initiative to step forward and communicate with the girl.

"May I ask who you are?"

The girl smiled slightly, her eyes peeked at Naruto behind her at an imperceptible speed, and said, "My name doesn't matter to you. ”

"But my mother is the former queen of Loulan, Sarah."

The girl's wording was a little weird, but it didn't affect Naruto in the back at all, his eyes suddenly dilated, and he shouted, "Sarah! ”

"Your mother is Sarah?"

"Hmm." The girl tapped her chin lightly, "Yes, Sarah is my mother. ”

For some reason, the girl repeated what Naruto had already said in her own mouth.

"And where is your mother, Sarah, now? I have an urgent need to see her! ”

Naruto suddenly came to his senses, because the person who was making Naruto confused right now was none other than Sarah.

If Sarah hadn't said that the yellow-haired Konoha ninja was Naruto's father, Naruto wouldn't have been entangled in whether all this was true or not.

So Naruto was now desperate to meet Sarah and ask for the answer to all of this in person.

However, when Naruto made his request, a trace of sadness flashed in the girl's eyes, and she shook her head and said, "My mother has passed away. ”

"Because of being involved in the war, the country of Loulan was destroyed."

"It was my mother who foresaw the coming of the crisis and left Loulan with the people of Loulan ahead of schedule."

"With the treasures that my mother brought out of the palace, my mother took the people to many places, and the people of Loulan have also become a nomadic tribe with no fixed residence."

"It was only a few years before my mother's death that my mother suddenly became 'abnormal'."

"Abnormal?" Naruto repeated.

"Yes." The girl's expression changed very slightly, and the look of fear was very obvious.

"One morning, my mother suddenly said she had come back and was surprised by the tribe and my presence."

"She seems to have suddenly lost her memories over the years, and she doesn't even know the fact that the Loulan Kingdom has perished."

"But when she dreams every night, she occasionally looks at what she's been going through over the years and remembers something."

"She dreamed of libraries, countless books, retro courtyards in the sky, and some giant iridescent cylinder creatures."

"The creatures were about three meters tall and three meters in diameter at the bottom, and they were covered in uneven, somewhat elastic scales."

"They have four thin, grayish-white stems on the top of their heads, each with a flower-like structure at the top, eight tiny green tentacles hanging from the bottom of their heads, and some trumpet-like structures and claws on their bodies."

The girl's statements were confusing, but this proved that she had heard these confused descriptions from her mother's mouth, and not her own.

"Mother calls these dream creatures the Is."

"Over the years, my mother's mind has been imprisoned by these Isis."