A comic book journey to see the Eye of Antiquity

“Take a look at this.”

Just then, the Wind Shadow Consultant on the left pushed out a piece of paper in front of him, gesturing for everyone to pass it around.

.... .........

"How could that be?"

Chapter 189

After circulating through the paper, it finally reached Maki's hands. Looking at the contents, Maki couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. The letter was signed by the Fourth Mizukage. The contents were not complicated; it simply stated that Kirigakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure were going to temporarily unite to put pressure on Konoha and hoped that they would join in.

They were also threatened that if Sunagakure did not intend to get involved, then they should not interfere in the first place. Otherwise, they could not withstand the wrath of the three great hidden villages, especially since Sunagakure had just been defeated by Konoha once again, and even the Fourth Kazekage had been killed by his so-called ally. They were even less of a match for them.

"Look, what should be the choice for our Sunagakure Village?"

After taking back the letter, the Fengying Consultant looked at everyone present and asked.

"Not participating."

Without a moment's hesitation, most people chose not to participate, since Sunagakure Village had just suffered a blow and it was best to recuperate.

It is already one of the poorest countries in the world. If it doesn't know how to develop, it should seek refuge with others as soon as possible, otherwise everyone will starve to death.

However.

Maki looked up at the two advisors and offered his opinion: "We'd better secretly send someone to inform the Third Hokage. After all, we just owe Konoha a huge favor, otherwise our Sunagakure village will suffer even greater losses."

"I understand, I'll do as you suggest!"

(PS: I've got my subordinates in the trap. Can you guess what my purpose is? There's a prize for the correct answer? I dare not say, hahaha...)

0177 The Third Generation's Thoughts

Five days have passed since the Chunin Exams and Orochimaru's Konoha Collapse Plan.

Since mission distribution has returned to normal, Class 10 has resumed mission execution.

That very morning, Yang Lei went for a run and rushed to the Hokage Building. Just as he was about to go in with Asuma and the others to receive their mission,

"Yang Lei, and Lord Asuma, the Third Hokage requests your presence."

Suddenly, a member of the secret service appeared in front of Yang Lei and Asma and spoke to them before turning around and disappearing.

"Is he an exceptional teammate?"

Yang Lei recognized the voice from the secret service and couldn't help but let out a soft gasp. Wasn't this bastard supposed to be mentally sound?

"Oh dear."

Suddenly, a person fell off a street lamp in the distance. It was the same ANBU member from earlier. He turned to Yang Lei and said helplessly, "Aniki, I'm working right now. Don't tell anyone if you recognize me."

““705u.com-Reading Club First Release” Oh.”

Yang Lei raised his hand and slapped his forehead. This teammate was indeed a terrible teammate. He thought to himself, if you know you can't reveal your identity, then don't agree to my request. Just pretend you don't know me.

At this moment, Yang Lei was unaware that a crisis was about to strike him, and he was still in the mood to fool around. It's unknown whether he will still be able to laugh when he finds out.

. . . . . .

"Please wait here for a while."

Because the Third Hokage wanted to see him, Asuma had to put aside what he was doing for the time being and asked Shikamaru and the other two to wait at the door for a while. He called Yang Lei and the two of them went into the building and quickly arrived at the door of the Hokage's office by going up the stairs.

"Bang bang."

He knocked on the door and waited for the third generation inside to answer before pushing the door open and entering.

"Did you need something from us?"

Asma led Yang Lei into the house, she asked him questions as they went.

The third generation leader didn't answer. He took a puff from his pipe, didn't even look at Asuma, stared intently into Yang Lei's eyes, and said in a somewhat bitter tone, "Yang Lei, how could you be so careless?"

"What's up?"

Yang Lei was taken aback and asked a question without thinking. Then he immediately realized that the Third Hokage was probably referring to the fact that he had carelessly exposed his Rinnegan earlier.

What Yang Lei didn't say was that it was still considered good. When facing Kisame's attack, he was thinking of using Susanoo to deal with it. If he had actually used Susanoo, he would have exposed even more of his abilities.

Yang Lei not only learned how to evolve the Sharingan into the Mangekyou Sharingan from Itachi's Mangekyou Sharingan, but he also copied Itachi's Mangekyou Sharingan as well. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to unlock the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan when his own Sharingan evolved into the Mangekyou Sharingan.

In addition to Tsukuyomi in his left eye and Amaterasu in his right eye, Itachi's Mangekyou Sharingan also has a Susanoo. Although Itachi did not use Susanoo, Yang Lei obtained this information without Itachi demonstrating it.

In other words, Yang Lei has mastered Susanoo, and even Itachi's two eye techniques, as well as the two eye techniques associated with his own Mangekyou Sharingan.

When Yang Lei's Sharingan evolved into the Mangekyou Sharingan, and even the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, he also awakened two other eye techniques. After careful study, he named them: the Eye of Time for his left eye and the Eye of Space for his right eye.

Yang Lei's left eye, the Eye of Time, allows him to see a minute's worth of footage before and after his appearance, and its power increases as his mental attributes improve.

The spatial eye in his right eye allows Yang Lei to see through spatial obstacles; simply put, it allows him to fold up space and see its end.

For example, if Yang Lei were to look at the moon with his spatial eye, unlike others, he would be able to see the moon's surface directly, having cut through many spatial obstacles in the middle.

Of course, whether it's the Eye of Space or the Eye of Time, the abilities are not that simple. It's just that Yang Lei has only just mastered them, so he doesn't know what other abilities they have.

As he becomes more proficient, these eyes will surely become a great asset to him.

For example, Yang Lei once thought about whether he could use the Time Eye in his right eye to create spatial rifts to attack enemies, or whether he could use the Time Eye in his left eye to directly affect people. If he could speed up a person's time, he could probably kill many enemies in just a hundred years.

. . . . . .

"Yang Lei."

Looking at the third generation, the old man pushed a letter on the table towards them and said, "Take a look at this first."

Yang Lei glanced at Asma and saw that he shrugged and didn't seem to want to move. He then stepped forward and picked up the letter. After reading it, he understood why the Third Hokage was so anxious and sullen today.

"Oh, I see."

Chapter 190

Yang Lei smiled coldly. The letter was sent by Sunagakure Village, telling the Third Hokage that Kumogakure Village, Kirigakure Village, and Iwagakure Village knew that someone in Konoha Village had awakened the Rinnegan, so they wanted to join forces to put pressure on Konoha Village to hand the person over.

As mentioned before, Konoha is currently in a precarious situation. Orochimaru's plan to destroy Konoha, the impending retirement of the Third Hokage, the lack of a successor for the Fifth Hokage, and the passing of many veteran ninja—this presents the perfect opportunity for the three great ninja villages to exploit the situation.

Once Konoha recovers from this, the three great ninja villages will no longer dare to do such a thing.

But now, the opportunity to capture the three great ninja villages is truly frustrating.

"They really have no shame."

Standing behind Yang Lei, Asma also finished reading the contents of the letter and couldn't help but sneer.

This way of demanding people is shameless.

There's nothing we can do.

"There's nothing we can do," the Third Hokage sighed. "The situation is beyond our control. We really can't withstand the siege of the three great ninja villages right now. Once they break off all pretense of civility, they'll definitely stop at nothing. At that point, the village will probably be in real danger."

"What should we do then?"

Asuma was startled. Something seemed off about the Third Hokage's words. He quickly exclaimed, "You're not really planning to hand Yang Lei over, are you? Putting aside Yang Lei's safety, you know how extraordinary Yang Lei's bloodline is. If it falls into the hands of the three great ninja villages, the consequences will be dire."

Upon hearing this, Yang Lei frowned and subconsciously took a step back. Instead of looking at Asuma, he activated his Byakugan with his left eye to observe his surroundings and activated his Sharingan with his right eye to look at the Third Hokage.

At this point, Yang Lei is no longer foolish or stupid enough to trust the Third Generation as he did before.

Just as Asuma said, his bloodline is simply too extraordinary. His Eye of Recognition can copy the bloodline limits and techniques of others. If he wanted, he could even gather all the bloodline limits in the entire ninja world into one body. Therefore, Yang Lei is worried that the Third Hokage wants to hand him over to protect the village, but at the same time does not want his bloodline to be passed on. In other words...

As for Asma, he can still be trusted.

Don't worry.

The third generation leader was very shrewd; he instantly saw through Yang Lei's worries and said, "I will not make the same mistake again, Yang Lei. Don't worry, I will not harm you."

"The reason I called you here is that if the village can't protect you, then you should leave for a while. Come back whenever you want when you're strong enough!"

(PS: The reason I wrote about Hyuga Hizashi before was to highlight that the Third Hokage regretted what happened back then, which is why he made this choice. Did you guys think of that?... I'm afraid of being criticized, so I'll just translate some of the underlying plot points for you...)

0178 Yang Lei left the village?

The Third Hokage's actions in the Hyuga Hizashi incident were actually out of necessity, because it was indeed Hyuga Hiashi who killed a Jonin from Kumogakure, and there was no evidence to prove that the Jonin was trying to kidnap Hinata, which gave Kumogakure an excuse to attack.

But now, this is an unreasonable act by the three great ninja villages, how could the Third Hokage possibly agree?

At the same time, he was also very clear that the three great ninja villages would definitely not allow Yang Lei to grow up in Konoha. In fact, they just wanted to force them to treat Yang Lei as a pawn. As long as Yang Lei left Konoha, that would be enough.

It wasn't just the three great ninja villages; Sunagakure might have had the same idea. However, Sunagakure's current situation was even worse than Konoha's, so they didn't join forces with the three great ninja villages. Instead, they took the opportunity to do Konoha a favor, and at least the Third Hokage was very grateful to them.

Therefore, the third generation leader quickly devised a plan. Rather than letting the enemy provoke Yang Lei later and cause him to lose faith in the village, it would be better to find Yang Lei from the beginning and persuade him to retreat.

The third generation is already so old; he's experienced everything and has a very clear understanding of human nature.

If the three great ninja villages really join forces to put pressure on Konoha, many people will likely make the decision to sacrifice one village for another.

Especially since the only person to be abandoned is Yang Lei, and strictly speaking, he is still an outsider who only came to Konoha Village when he was five years old. Isn't it normal for him to be abandoned?

Otherwise, we can't let the village fall into crisis because of him alone, can we?

The villagers didn't know how important Yang Lei was, and even if they did, it wouldn't matter, because there were too many selfish people.

Especially since there were people with ill intentions secretly watching him, the Third Hokage made this decision to send Yang Lei away.

Yang Lei's departure is basically a foregone conclusion and irreversible. This is because Konoha Village is not only lacking in combat strength and morale, but also lacks unity. If it is not handled properly and someone seizes the opportunity, it could lead to a huge internal strife, which is something the Third Hokage does not want to see under any circumstances.

Therefore, the Third Hokage also intended to deal with Yang Lei as a pawn, but in a more lenient way, saying he would send him away. As for whether he would be willing to return to Konoha Village in the future, the choice was in Yang Lei's hands.

. . . . . .

"I see."

Yang Lei gave a bitter laugh. He wasn't stupid; otherwise, he wouldn't have endured it for six whole years. Although he wasn't exactly smart, he could always sense that he was about to be abandoned.

Didn't the Third Hokage just tell him to leave, but not whether he could stay?

Furthermore, if Yang Lei had stayed, the third generation wouldn't have needed to summon him now. They could have waited until things exploded before stepping in to resolve the issue, thus incurring Yang Lei's immense gratitude.

But now, the Third Hokage has come to tell him in advance that he may have to leave Konoha Village.

"Yang Lei".

The Third Hokage was somewhat embarrassed to look at Yang Lei again. He had some calculations in mind. This action would not hurt Yang Lei's feelings for Konoha Village, because it was a helpless move. He did not want to hurt Yang Lei. He believed that even if Yang Lei did not choose to return to Konoha Village in the future, he would not turn around and hurt Konoha Village.

Furthermore, the Third Hokage's actions would render the schemes of the three great ninja villages useless, because Yang Lei knew why he had to leave, and since Konoha Village had no intention of persecuting him, it's unlikely that Yang Lei would be recruited by the three great ninja villages.

"Take a look at this."

At that moment, the third generation leader took another scroll from the table and handed it over.

"what?"

Yang Lei forced himself to stop feeling lost and sad, took the scroll and looked at it. He saw that it was a mission assignment, which meant that from this moment on, Yang Lei had been assigned by the village as an information collector and could temporarily give up his identity as a Konoha ninja and act freely.

In other words, from this moment on, he was free, and whatever he did had nothing to do with Konoha Village anymore.

If he ever wants to return to Konoha, he can simply hand this scroll to the authorities and become a Konoha ninja again, unless he has committed a heinous crime that angers both heaven and man.

It seems the Third Hokage had planned this all along.

The Third Hokage had great faith in Yang Lei's talent. This scroll was meant to provide Yang Lei and Konoha with a way out. If he wanted to return in the future, Konoha would take the blame for the things he had done during this period.

Chapter 191

Of course, if Yang Lei's strength doesn't grow to the point of being world-destroying, or if he commits something so serious that even Konoha Village can't withstand it, then sorry, you should go to prison for a while first, and then we'll talk about other things.

"call."

Yang Lei squeezed the scroll tightly, exhaled a long breath, nodded, and said, "I understand. I will not let the village fall into trouble because of me."

After speaking, Yang Lei put the scroll away in the ninja tool bag behind him. With some reluctance but a resolute attitude, he took off the Mokuza headband hanging around his neck and gently placed it on the Third Hokage's table.

"Then you can keep it."

The third generation waved his hand and pushed the headband back, saying, "But you can't wear it in the open anymore."

"Ok."

Yang Lei responded again, put the headband into his ninja tool pouch, looked at the Third Hokage, and asked, "When am I leaving the village?"

The Third Hokage sighed again and said, "Let's do it tonight. I'll have Asuma take you there."

"I see."

Yang Lei nodded, turned and walked out, saying without looking back, "I'm going to say goodbye to them. Don't worry, I won't say too much, or even that I'm leaving."

. . . . . .

Afterwards, Asma remained silent ever since she saw the contents of the letter. She watched Yang Lei leave dejectedly without saying a word until he left the office, at which point she let out a cold laugh without turning her head and said, "What an ugly face."