Konoha: My peaceful life was betrayed by the system.

Just as Qu Feng was about to go forward to check, the corpse suddenly started to burn!

One of the medical ninjas failed to dodge in time, and his arm was instantly engulfed in flames!

Fortunately, the wind-escape artist reacted quickly and extinguished the flames on his hand with a water-style technique.

The flames on the corpse grew larger and larger! Finally, in full view of everyone, it turned into a pile of ashes.

"This! What's going on!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but exclaim in surprise! He recognized one of the five people as the ninja he had captured yesterday!

How could someone be interrogated to death out of the blue? What kind of torture was used?!

The flames were completely extinguished, and the ceiling inside the house was blackened by smoke.

"Where's Morino Ilando?! What happened?!"

Although the scene had startled the medical ninjas, they quickly recovered.

"Lord Ilando was injured this morning and is still unconscious."

The medical ninja's words left Hiruzen somewhat bewildered: the person being tortured suddenly died and then spontaneously combusted.

The minister was tortured and is now injured and unconscious! What happened?

Hiruzen wanted to ask more questions, but Torifu stopped him: "Don't rush, let him speak slowly. Doing so will only confuse him further."

After calming himself down, the medical ninja said with effort, "Lord Ilando began interrogating these guys last night when he received them, but they didn't say anything until this morning, when the first one started showing strange symptoms."

"Lord Ilando didn't take it seriously and was about to interrogate him again when he was struck by flames that burst from the ninja's body. Although he wasn't burned, he remained unconscious."

Listening to the wind felt like listening to a story; it was so magical.

They've all been sealed away, how could they possibly burst forth with flames?

The current situation is a complete mess; none of the dead were leaders.

They were just some small fry, but they still had Kage-level strength.

The remaining people were still hanging, their faces turning ashen.

Only the ninja leader remained unchanged; he simply kept his eyes tightly shut, refusing to look or speak.

Qu Feng glanced at him, then said to the medical ninja, "Take me to see the Minister of Torture."

"Lord Hokage, this way please."

Some people stayed behind to watch over the prisoners in case anything went wrong, while Tsunade, Jiraiya, and the others followed Torifu to the place where Ilando was resting.

As soon as the door was opened, a smell of burnt coal filled the room.

Only one medical ninja was treating Ilando's injuries.

How is he doing?

Upon seeing that the wind had arrived, the man immediately bowed and said, "Lord Hokage, I am powerless to help Lord Ilando with his injuries. An inexplicable energy is corroding his internal organs."

Qu Feng waved his hand, signaling him to move aside, then walked to Ilando's side, a cloud of energy surged from his hand, and then directly slapped it into Ilando's body!

With a hiss, a scorching smell of burnt earth wafted from Ilando's mouth!

Upon seeing this, Qu Feng immediately cast several healing spells on him, which restored his rosy complexion.

The medical ninja wiped away a bead of sweat upon seeing this. "The Hokage can even cure this? He's truly amazing."

A short while later, Ilando, who had recovered, slowly woke up and opened his eyes to see the Hokage looking at him.

He immediately jumped out of bed!

"Lord Hokage, please forgive me! I have failed your trust!"

Qu Feng waved his hand: "I've already heard the general outline from the medical ninja. This isn't your fault. It must be that the leader behind these people used some means to prevent us from obtaining information."

That being said, this method is still a bit too insidious. If it weren't for the Cloud Escape technique that takes the wind to neutralize the burning sensation in Ilando's body...

Before long, Ilando will turn into ashes, just like those corpses.

"Lord Hokage, apart from the leader, none of these people can speak. Their throats have been burned dry, so even if they were alive, they would be of no use."

Qu Feng frowned upon hearing this. If that's the case, then they are all suicide squads?

Who exactly could use Kage-level ninjas as assassins? Could it be that, as he suspected, these people were forcibly promoted to Kage level?

"You should rest and recover first. Since the leader is still alright, we can start with him."

Ilando nodded: "Of course, I will definitely get useful information."

He then bowed to the Hokage and said, "I haven't thanked you yet for saving my life, Hokage! If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would be dead."

Qu Feng patted him on the shoulder: "This is what I should do. We are all doing this for Konoha Village."

Chapter 355 Cliff Top

He then bowed to the Hokage and said, "I haven't thanked you yet for saving my life, Hokage! If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would be dead."

Qu Feng patted him on the shoulder: "This is what I should do. We are all doing this for Konoha Village."

Now that things have come to this, the Minister of Torture needs time to recover from his injury before he can continue working.

This will undoubtedly delay the time for intelligence gathering, even though the mountain clan's secret techniques can be used to obtain intelligence.

But this leader is a Kage-level ninja, while the head of the Yamanaka clan is only an elite Jonin.

If the Mind Transfer Technique is forcibly used, it may backfire. Not only will the information not be obtained, but the mountain chieftain may also suffer serious injury or even death.

This is an outcome that Qu Feng absolutely does not want to see, so he can only wait a day or two to let the Minister of Torture recover his health before making any further decisions.

After leaving the house, the medical ninja took Morino Irando to the hospital.

Jiraiya and his group followed Toki back to the torture chamber.

As soon as they entered, a thick plume of black smoke billowed out, and of the ninjas who had been hanging on the wall awaiting interrogation, only one remained.

The rest turned into charcoal.

The clan leaders present were all extremely frustrated; the ninja they had finally managed to capture had been reduced to ashes.

We didn't get any useful intelligence.

Upon seeing Toru return, Hiruzen immediately stepped forward and asked, "Hokage-sama, where is the interrogation chief? Why didn't he come?"

“His injuries were very serious, he almost died, but I managed to save him. However, I can't interrogate him for the next two days.”

Hiruzen was also somewhat surprised upon hearing this. Morino Irando was, after all, a Jonin-level ninja, yet these sealed ninjas had managed to injure him so severely.

Fortunately, he survived.

"Lord Hokage, all of these ninjas, except for their leader, have spontaneously combusted."

Qu Feng looked at the blackened walls and ashes on the ground, then shook his head: "Let's clean it up. Ilando said that these ninjas' throats have been burned and they can't speak. It's good for them to die."

He then turned and left the torture room. Just as he was about to leave the torture department and return to the Hokage Building, he stopped.

He said to the guards at the door, "Tell your deputy minister that the man in the torture chamber must be kept alive no matter what."

"Yes!"

After confirming that the ninjas had received their orders, Torifu led the group back to the Hokage's office.

Everyone sat down on the small stools again.

Hiruzen slapped his thigh and said helplessly, "Sigh, what a mess this is. I was busy all night, and in less than a day, there's only one person left."

Danzo shook his head as well: "This enemy is not easy to deal with. They are attacking all over the ninja world, and we don't know what their purpose is."

Before we even met, they gave us a taste of their own medicine.

Qu Feng smiled wryly and said, "Everyone, I originally wanted to invite you all to listen to the intelligence today so that we could decide on our next move, but obviously that's not going to happen now. Let's wait until Ilando recovers and we get accurate information before you all come back."

The group naturally had no complaints, but they felt that the enemy was really cunning. They thought that the enemy had calculated the strength of Konoha Village in advance and deliberately used these people as bait.

But why leave a leader behind? Wouldn't it have been better to turn everyone into a time bomb?

Could it be that the person behind them has other methods, or that they believe this person will never expose their secret?

However, we can only analyze these things after Ilando recovers from his injury.

After Qu Feng said this, the clan leaders all nodded, chatted briefly, and then left.

Only Zhili remained inside.

"Let's go for a walk to clear our heads?"

Zhili noticed that Qufeng's expression was not good, so he made the invitation.

Qu Feng naturally couldn't refuse, and smiled slightly, saying, "Alright, let's go."

The two arrived above the Hokage Rock. When they were children, there was only one portrait here, and that was their master's.

Standing atop their master's portrait and looking down over the entire Hidden Leaf Village is something they do every day.

Now they have three profile pictures, but they rarely have time to do so.

"Do you remember the last time we came here to enjoy the breeze?"

After listening to the wind, he thought about it seriously: "Two months ago?"

After hearing this, Zhili nodded: "You brought me here that day because I was in a bad mood. Today it's your turn."

After listening, Qu Feng couldn't help but smile: "Am I in a bad mood? Not really, I'm just a little annoyed."

Zhili walked over to Qufeng and took his hand: "Isn't there one left? Let's start with him. We're sure to get some clues. If all else fails, we can kill him and have the mountain chief perform the Mind Transformation. That way we can still get some information."

"That's all it can do."

A gust of wind blew, messing up my hair, but it really made me feel much better.

My inner anxiety subsided.

It is foreseeable that the crisis will inevitably erupt soon.

By gathering intelligence now, we won't be as passive as last time, when we almost all perished at sea.

"Thank you for treating me, I feel much better."

"That's good. This time you're not fighting alone. Our whole village is together. There's nothing we can't overcome together."