Kuroto didn't deny Sara's guess and spoke in a cold voice, "Yes, the deal I am talking about has a lot to do with the Dragon Vein."

"No, Never!" Sara shook her head in refusal without even thinking. ​​

"Hahaha…" Kuroto chuckled at her response, he didn't ask any stupid questions like 'Why not?', but simply stated, "I am afraid you don't understand your position, you don't have any right to refuse the deal!"

Queen Sara understood the threat in those words, but she wasn't afraid, instead, she tried to persuade the person, "You don't understand how dangerous the power of Dragon vein is. It's not something that you or I can control, please give up the thoughts of obtaining the Dragon Vein!"

However, how can Kuroto be persuaded so easily?

He shook his head and said, "You still haven't understood your situation, as I have said, you-don't-have-any-right-to-refuse. Would you rather want me to slaughter everyone here and then take you forcibly? or how about killing you along with the rest of your tribe then raise your daughter as a puppet for the same purpose? Or I could just torture everyone here right before your very eyes unless you agree?

As I stated before, you don't have a choice Dragon maiden, it's either you agree or I make you agree!"

Sara was horrified at every word Kuroto said, she couldn't even look straight at him, turning her head to the side she still tried to come up with some method to persuade the person in front of her. Unknowingly she clutched the dagger in her hand more tightly as if it was her support.

She was about to say something, but Kuroto didn't give her the chance and interrupted midway, "When I listen to the voices of the people outside living in such difficult condition like nomads, just so that they can follow you, I feel real pity for them." With a short pause, Kuroto's voice became indifferent, "And here we have the Queen for whom they left their city, their houses, their livelihood, but you…, you have the heart to watch your people die one after another right in front of you?

Such a cruel person you are, aren't you?

Just to keep something to yourself that doesn't even have any value for you, you are willing to watch all your people be tortured to death right in front of you?

I have to say, I haven't seen anyone greedier than you!

And I can't believe you are willing to watch your daughter grow up to be nothing more than a puppet!

It really makes me so sad for the child to have such an emotionless and cruel mother!"

Kuroto was using the best method of emotional blackmailing, coupled with the black cloak that covered all his body, and a red demonic mask gave Kuroto's words more heaviness.

Sara looked really pale upon hearing the masked man's words, slight tears started to come out of her eyes, she tried to retort his words but nothing she could say would be convincing enough.

As she was thinking about what to do, a woman's voice came from outside the tent, "Sara-Sama, the soup is warm enough, do you want me to bring it in for you?"

That voice broke Sara out of her guilt trip, but before she could reply, her eyes fell upon the masked person, who has unknowingly taken out a Kunai and seem to be cleaning the slight dust on it with his finger and checking the fineness of the material it was made of.

Without any need for Kuroto to speak anything, Sara understood the silent warning from that action.

Gulping down, she quickly said, "No, I am not hungry!"

The woman still tried to say, "But, Sara-Sama your health will be-..."

"I SAID, I AM NOT HUNGRY RIGHT NOW!" Sara interrupted her midsentence in annoyance.

"Very well, please call me when you are hungry Sara-Sama!" with a courteous greeting the woman left.

Queen Sara let out a long sigh of relief as she heard the footsteps of the woman going away.

"Your people really care about you, don't they? I wonder what they will think when they come to know that you would rather watch them die than make some deal with a stranger!" Kuroto said wickedly.

Viciously glaring at the masked person, Sara finally sighed.

Seeing this action Kuroto asked quickly, "So, have you finally considered it?"

The Queen said after a little thinking, "The Dragon Vein has been sealed, and I can't crack it so there is no use forcing me to do it." This was her last hope, as long as the person realizes that she can't break the seal, hopefully, he will leave her, and her people.

Unfortunately for her, she has to be disappointed.

"You don't need to worry about the seal, all you have to do is to control the Dragon Vein Chakra as it rushes out of control." After a pause, Kuroto continued, "Don't worry, I'll be paying you with a large sum of money if the ordeal completes successfully. With that money, you and your people can live a better life, compared to the Dragon vein that's nothing more than a burden for your people, money is what's more important for you all!

After all, you can't feed Dragon vein to your growing daughter, can you?"

Listening to the masked person's words, Sara nodded, and after gently laying her sleeping daughter on the baby cradle, she put the dagger on the table at the side.

When she was done with all this, Sara finally stated, "I'll go with you, but you have to promise not to hurt my people!"

Sara of course didn't believe in the rhetorical words of the masked person, the promise of paying a huge sum of money?

That's just empty words.

The most likely thing to happen once this person gets his hand on the Dragon Vein would be to kill her, after all, that's what any ninja would do!

But it's not like she has any other choice.

To protect her daughter and the people of Roran, even if she has to sacrifice herself, then that's what she would do. Besides, she is already ill and doesn't have much time to live anyway.

As long as her death is meaningful for her people, then death is what she would choose.

Kuroto neither nodded nor denied, directly left the convoy while carrying her, and disappeared in the night.

None of the people even noticed that their Queen was already missing.

The Manto Oasis was not very far from the city of Roran, so after several hours of traveling, Kuroto brought Queen Sara to the ancient city.

Sara who returned to the Roran city again, silently shed tears remembering her past and the time she spent here. This is the place where she grew up and also the home she and her people abandoned.

Kuroto didn't disturb her and quietly stood on the side watching her.

At this point, he can also somewhat understand her, even he would feel similar if he suddenly travels back to his previous world.

After Sara managed to recover, the two of them came to the place where Yondaime-Sama sealed the Dragon Vein.

Pointing at the seal on the ground, Sara stated, "The seal here was personally applied by the Yondaime Hokage of Konoha Village, if you can't unlock the seal, I can't do anything about it."

Kuroto ignored her words and walked silently to the center of the Dragon vein Seal, where the Flying Thunder Kunai was embedded.

After printing several hand signs, he shouted, "Kai!"

With Kuroto's shout, the sealing technique imposed on the Dragon Vein started disappearing.

Sara muttered in shock, "I… I can feel the Dragon vein!"

"What are you so surprised about? Of course, you can feel it, I have lifted off the Contract Seal applied by Yellow Flash, so the connection between you and the Dragon Vein has been restored." Kuroto explained with an indifferent expression.

"Tell me the situation of the Dragon Vein?"

Sara replied after sensing for a while, "I-it seems it be very irritated."

Kuroto glanced at Sara thoughtfully, "Irritated state is it?"

At this point, Sara hurriedly spoke, "Please, there is still time to turn back, the power of Dragon Vein is not something that humans can use, if the seal is lifted completely, I am afraid something bad might happen."

Kuroto smiled playfully at her words, "We have already reached this point, do you think I will stop?"

Sara shook her head while exclaiming, "You don't understand how terrifying the power of Dragon Vein is, it will corrupt you!"

"Hahaha… you're a real jokester, your highness, aren't you? … Indeed, the power of the Dragon Vein might corrupt me, but so be it… Kai!" – with an indifferent expression, Kuroto unsealed the next seal.

This time he unsealed the Four-Symbols Seal, as the core seal was lifted off the entire Dragon Vein Chakra rushed out of the earth.

Whiiiish… Whiiiish…

The intense chakra pressure caused a storm in the area as the howling wind blew everything around.

Looking at the Purple tower of the Dragon Vein Chakra, Kuroto laughed maniacally.

The reason why he was so sure to unlock the seal applied by the Yondaime-Sama because he didn't need to break the entire seal, just make a small hole and the rush of Chakra will automatically corrode the entire seal.

Stopping his laughter, Kuroto immediately brought out the core of the artificial tailed beast that he prepared and placed it at the center of the rushing chakra.

As the initial eruption disappeared, the inflating Purple Clay appeared in Kuroto and Sara's view.

Queen Sara looked at the inflating object on the ground and asked, "What is this?"

Kuroto activated his Tenseigan and said calmly, "You don't need to bother what that is, all you need to do is to make sure that the dragon vein Chakra doesn't get out of control, and help me transferring it in that Purple Core."

By now Sara has realized that the person she is dealing with is no ordinary ninja, the fact that he was able to break through the seal applied by Yondaime Hokage of Konoha Village itself proves that, because even the entire Sand Village couldn't accomplish such a thing.

Since she realized this, she also understood that no matter what she said, it wouldn't make any difference, so she nodded, at least she can make sure that no tragedy happens.

Kuroto analyzed the Dragon Vein Chakra with his Tenseigan and noticed that it was gradually getting out of control.

To be honest, Kuroto isn't very sure as to how did the Dragon Vein come into existence in the first place, because it is sort of impossible for the birth of such a high Volume of Chakra source without any good reason.

The Dragon Vein Chakra could even rival some of the higher tiers Tailed Beast.

In Kuroto's View, such existences can only be created either by the ancestor of Chakra; Otsutsuki Kaguya, who has been sealed for millennia already, or probably her two sons, Hagoromo and Hamura. Else maybe, by some unknown evil god that unknowingly appeared in the Shinobi World.

In short, Dragon vein is by no means a natural product of the Shinobi World, and as a researcher, Kuroto has a deep interest in trying to figure out the possible cause for the birth of such dense chakra that can even distort Time and Space!

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