In another space-time.
Rengoku was like a nimble bird, shooting straight out through the huge hole in the rooftop.
At this moment, the vast plaza outside was already packed with people, voices clamoring, lively beyond measure.
A grand celebration was in full swing, the atmosphere blazing hot, already having reached its absolute peak.
Sara stood gracefully on the rooftop balcony, a smile on her face as she continuously waved to the surging crowd below.
"Lady Sara!"
"Lady Sara!"
"Lady Sara!"
Cheers rose one after another, each wave louder than the last. The people of Roran used their most sincere emotions and their loudest voices
to express their love and reverence for the esteemed Lady Sara.
Looking at the sea of passionate faces before her, a warm current welled up in Sara's heart, and a genuine, radiant smile bloomed on her face.
Just as she was about to speak and say something to these lovely people, she suddenly felt a powerful force strike her from behind.
Caught completely off guard, Sara staggered forward several steps.
But something even worse happened. The balcony beneath her feet began to collapse without any warning at all.
Accompanied by a terrifying roar, the entire balcony instantly shattered apart.
Losing all support, Sara only felt her body turn light all at once, and then she uncontrollably plunged straight forward.
"Ah!"
Extreme terror made Sara cry out with a shrill scream.
At this critical moment, a black shadow flashed past her like lightning.
Immediately after, a pair of powerful arms wrapped tightly around Sara's body, carrying her at astonishing speed toward the back of a building on the side of the plaza.
Because of the intense fright just now, Sara remained in a dazed, unfocused state for quite some time after being rescued.
When she gradually regained awareness, the first thing that came into view was the face of an unfamiliar man.
Having never had such close contact with any man before, Sara instantly panicked.
She instinctively let out a piercing scream and quickly raised her hand, fiercely slapping toward the other man's face.
Faced with Sara's sudden attack, Rengoku frowned slightly.
But his reaction was extremely fast. Almost at the same moment, he moved, accurately gripping the wrist she had swung at him.
"Let go of me! You rude brute!"
Sara screamed in terror.
She struggled with all her strength, trying to break free from Rengoku's iron-clamp-like grip on her arm.
However, with a casual swing of his arm, Rengoku showed no mercy at all and tossed Sara to the ground as if throwing away an object.
With a loud "bang," Sara slammed heavily onto the ground, the earth seeming to tremble slightly.
The fall was extremely hard. She immediately felt the world spin around her, her head swimming, golden stars bursting before her eyes.
It took quite a while before she barely recovered.
"Something wrong with your head," Rengoku curled his lip expressionlessly and muttered flatly.
"Is that how you treat your lifesaver?"
Only then did Sara suddenly realize, as if waking from a dream, that not long ago she had fallen from a high building.
If not for the man in front of her, who seemed rough and ill-mannered, stepping in to save her, she would probably already be dead.
Thinking of this, a surge of gratitude rose in her heart.
"Uh…", Sara's face instantly flushed bright red.
She stammered as she spoke, "You're right. I'm sorry. Then… thank you."
Although she was the Queen of Roran, she was actually only sixteen years old.
In the end, she was nothing more than an inexperienced young girl.
Faced with such rough treatment, it was inevitable that she would feel indignant inside.
After all, the man opposite her had been far too rude to her.
"You're the Queen of Roran, Sara, right?", Rengoku completely ignored the dissatisfaction and complaints in Sara's heart and asked directly.
Sara puffed out her cheeks and shot Rengoku an angry glare.
Clearly, she was still holding a grudge over what had just happened.
But since he had already asked her name, and as the ruler of a nation, how could she refuse to answer?
So she forcefully suppressed the anger in her heart and tried to make her tone sound as calm as possible, "I am Queen Sara of Roran. And who are you?"
"I am Uchiha Rengoku, clan head of the Uchiha."
Toward the Sara before him, Rengoku did not bother to explain much.
After all, with her limited breadth of knowledge, a bit of casual explanation would be enough to deal with her.
So Rengoku went straight to the point and asked, "Do you know who tried to assassinate you?"
This kind of guiding question was meant to provoke Sara into thinking.
After all, this girl was far too innocent. If she did not personally witness certain truths, she would probably find it hard to believe the facts.
Sara hesitated, then slowly replied, "How… how could that be? There shouldn't be anyone who wants to harm me, right?"
In truth, even she herself was unsure. Thinking back to when she had been on the balcony, she had clearly felt someone shove her hard from behind.
But immediately after, she shook her head vigorously, as if forcing herself to believe that absolutely no one harbored ill intent toward her.
"You saw it too, didn't you? Those people who welcome me so passionately."
Sara had inherited Roran from her mother.
But to be honest, in terms of personal ability and wisdom, she truly fell short.
After her mother's death, her heart was filled with fear and unease, and she placed all her hopes on the regent minister known as "Anrokuzan."
Tragically, she did not yet know that the entire nation of Roran had already fallen into the hands of the centipede known as Anrokuzan.
She was still immersed in the false image of Anrokuzan being an excellent regent, unable to see the truth of the matter.
Rengoku gently shook his head. In his heart, he understood that this was nothing more than an elaborately woven lie.
However, faced with the innocent and naive Sara, he chose to remain silent and did not rush to explain the reasons to her.
After all, Sara was simply too pure and kind. Even after experiencing something as sinister as an assassination attempt, she still stubbornly fed herself false beliefs, trying to convince herself of Anrokuzan's loyalty and integrity.
If not for the fact that Sara possessed the ability to control the Dragon Vein, Anrokuzan would likely have killed her long ago.
And now, as the development and enhancement of the puppets through the Dragon Vein was nearing its end, Sara's value was also gradually diminishing, eventually becoming dispensable.
At that moment, with a light sound, Minato and the others appeared beside Rengoku like ghosts in an instant.
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