[Naruto: Superpower Roulette] Chapter 346 (Patreon)

"Awake? Looks like you're recovering well."

As Temari opened her eyes, she heard this voice and turned her head to see two Sand ninja standing by her bedside. Their familiar headbands made her sigh in relief, grateful to have survived the attack of that monstrous creature.

"How long was I unconscious? Where's Gaara?"

The squad leader frowned at her question and scolded, "The Kazekage isn't someone you can just meet as you wish. First, explain yourself—what destroyed the lightning train tracks? What happened last night? And who are you?"

"What? What are you talking about? I'm Temari, Gaara's sister!"

Hearing his stern tone, Temari was stunned. How could these Sand ninja not recognize her? The squad leader, clearly a veteran of the Fourth Great Ninja War, should have known who she was.

"Temari? The Kazekage's sister? What nonsense are you spouting? The Kazekage only has one brother, not a sister!"

The squad leader's cold response made it clear he suspected her of hiding information. Believing she might be connected to the destruction of the train, his expression hardened as he declared, "Since you refuse to cooperate, we'll leave it to the ANBU to handle your interrogation."

Ignoring her protests, the two Sand ninja left, leaving Temari bound to the bed.

"Idiots! How could they not know me? Has no one in the village mentioned me since I married into Konoha?"

Despite her frustration, Temari chose not to struggle. She believed her identity as Gaara's sister was undeniable. Once someone else arrived, they would surely recognize her.

However, her thoughts returned to the strange creature that attacked her. It resembled a whale, but it floated in the sky. Could it be one of the disasters Shikamaru had mentioned? Temari recalled injuring the beast, though she wasn't certain if it was truly a whale.

As she pondered, two masked ANBU entered the room, positioning themselves on either side of her bed. Their behavior seemed to imply they were preventing her from escaping.

"What are you doing? I'm Temari! Gaara and Kankuro's sister! Have you not told Kankuro about this?"

One ANBU responded coldly, "Kankuro and the Kazekage have no sister. Kankuro is the Kazekage's only sibling, and this is common knowledge in the village."

The other added harshly, "If you plan to lie, at least make it believable. Now, will you cooperate and explain what happened last night, or shall we extract the truth ourselves?"

Temari froze, realizing the ANBU weren't joking. Such behavior wasn't typical of Sand ninja, especially regarding something as serious as this.

Land of Fire

Yoichi's Tenseigan clone was traveling with a merchant caravan when an eerie cry echoed in the distance. It came without warning, as though it had materialized from nowhere.

"On guard!" the caravan's guards shouted, quickly surrounding the convoy. The cry's sheer volume suggested the presence of a massive beast.

"Should we turn back or take a detour?" one guard asked the caravan leader.

"No need. Let's wait and see. It might pass quickly," the Tenseigan clone said calmly.

Leaving a shadow clone behind, Yoichi's Tenseigan clone moved ahead, activating his Byakugan to scout the source of the sound.

Through his enhanced vision, he spotted a dense white fog floating several kilometers away, rapidly approaching.

"What kind of mist is this? Even the Byakugan can't penetrate it."

Though he couldn't see through the fog, he sensed a dangerous presence within.

"Could this be one of those otherworldly creatures? What bad luck to encounter it here..."

Sighing, he activated the Tenseigan Chakra Mode, his body enveloped in green chakra. The iconic sage cloak formed around him, and nine black truth-seeking orbs floated behind him.

Gathering three orbs in his hand, he transformed them into a radiant golden blade of energy.

"Golden Wheel Reincarnation Explosion!"

With a swift motion, he thrust the golden blade into the fog, aiming for its center, where the beast likely resided.

A mournful whale-like cry reverberated as his attack struck the target. Swinging the blade horizontally, he cleaved through the creature, scattering a crimson rain of blood from the fog.

Moments later, a massive white whale, nearly 30 meters in length, emerged from the mist and crashed to the ground, splitting a large swath of forest.

With the whale's demise, the fog began to dissipate, revealing the creature's full form.

"A flying whale? What kind of otherworldly monster is this, and what are its abilities?"

The battle had ended too swiftly for the Tenseigan clone to observe its powers. Flying over to the whale's corpse, he used his Byakugan to examine its interior, finding numerous treasures, including over a dozen treasure chests.

"These must be the rewards brought by the otherworldly beast," he surmised.

After cleansing the area with a water jutsu, he retrieved the most valuable items: books radiating an unknown energy and multicolored minerals resembling natural stones.

The remaining items consisted of corroded jewelry and damaged chests, which, while valuable, didn't interest Yoichi much. Nonetheless, he stored everything in one of his spatial rings obtained through [Interdimensional Trade].

Returning to the caravan, he instructed the guards to scout the area, using the whale's corpse as a pretext to report the incident to Konoha. Even if they investigated, they would find no connection to him.

(End of Chapter)

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