Analyzing the Ninja World Starting from Konoha

Chapter 140 A calculated scheme! To kill with praise!

Seeing Old Purple's miserable appearance, Onoki's eyes twitched violently, and he snorted coldly in his heart.

This disobedient fool, relying on being a Jinchūriki, runs around recklessly, and now he's been defeated by a mere Konoha brat. He's really disgraced Iwagakure!

Despite his anger, when Onoki looked at Aoba's excessively young face again, a deep sense of powerlessness and jealousy rose in his heart.

The depth of Konoha's resources is truly terrifying.

First came Konoha's White Fang and the legendary Sannin, and then came Minato Namikaze, the "Yellow Flash," who gave the entire Hidden Cloud Village a headache.

Now, another boy has emerged who can defeat the Four-Tails Jinchuriki in a direct battle!

The geniuses of Konoha are like chives sprouting in the ground, one crop after another.

In contrast, while Iwagakure has a large military force, it has very few truly outstanding top talents.

He had finally taken on a highly talented disciple, but it turned out to be a troublesome problem child who only knew how to create explosive art and was completely unruly.

"You brat from Konoha, you're pretty good."

Onoki spoke slowly, his voice aged yet steady, "To have forced Old Purple to this point, even forcing me to take action myself, you have every reason to be proud. Miyo Sandoshi, is that it? I will remember your name."

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Ōnoki did not launch another attack.

He knew very well that since his attack had failed to kill the brat, he had already lost the best opportunity to kill him.

This brat named Yamashiro Aoba not only possesses bizarre sand manipulation and sealing techniques, but also has an absurdly fast reaction speed and can even fly.

Even with proper precautions, it's not guaranteed that he, as the Tsuchikage, could successfully kill a flying ninja on the battlefield.

Hearing Onoki's "praise," Aoba secretly sneered in his heart.

That old fox, he talks a good game, but who knows what wicked scheme he's plotting?

Do you really think he's a three-year-old who can be fooled by a few compliments?

He knew very well that since Onoki had personally appeared here, he would definitely not be able to take the Four-Tails Jinchuriki away today.

Perfect timing! If we actually bring him back, Jiraiya will probably have a headache too.

Since we've already obtained the blood sample from the Lava Release technique, we might as well call it a day.

Furthermore, even with his current strength, he is no match for Onoki, not to mention that his current situation is not good either.

That being the case.

"Thank you for the compliment, Lord Tsuchikage, but I have no interest in keeping you company in this breeze."

Without any hesitation, Qingye bit her finger and slammed her hand hard on the ground.

"Spiritual communication!"

boom!

With a puff of white smoke, a huge gray lizard suddenly emerged from the ground.

As soon as the lizard appeared, it opened its blood-red maw and swallowed Qingye whole.

Then, with a muffled "bang," the giant gray lizard, along with Qingye, turned into a cloud of white smoke and disappeared completely from the spot.

"Um?"

Seeing this scene in mid-air, Onoki's eyes flashed with surprise.

"Reverse psychic ability?! This kid is not only powerful, but also so decisive and ruthless in his actions."

Such temperament and decisiveness, given time, will surely become a major threat to Iwagakure!

Onoki took a deep look at the spot where Aoba had disappeared and couldn't help but sigh.

"If only they were ninjas from Iwagakure—"

Shortly after Qingye disappeared, several whooshing sounds came from afar.

Several ninjas wearing Iwagakure vests quickly arrived at the scene.

The leader was an extremely tall and muscular man.

He had short brown hair and a resolute face; he was Onoki's son, and Iwagakure's elite Jonin—Kiwatsuchi.

"Father!"

Huang Tu shouted to Onoki in mid-air, then immediately noticed Lao Zi trapped in the metal lump in front of him.

"Old Zi?"

Huang Tu strode up to Lao Zi, who was sealed in metal, and frowned as he looked at the metal casing.

He took a deep breath, and instantly covered his hands with an incredibly thick layer of rock armor.

"Drink!"

With a deafening roar, Huang Tu's thick arms suddenly exerted force.

Click!Click!

The ear-piercing sound of metal tearing echoed through the valley.

The loess soil actually tore the metal shell covering Lao Zi's body apart with its bare hands.

Several Iwagakure ninjas immediately stepped forward and pried the unconscious Roshi out of the metal shell.

Just then, the slow, steady sound of wooden clogs suddenly came from the edge of the woods not far away.

Creak—creak—

"Oh! Isn't this Grandpa Onoki?"

A tall figure with a full head of white hair slowly emerged from the shadows.

The newcomer was none other than Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha.

"You're in such a good mood today that you actually came to the front lines yourself?"

Jiraiya greeted everyone loudly with his signature, seemingly nonchalant smile on his face.

But his eyes weren't smiling.

When his gaze swept over the unconscious Old Purple, as well as the shocking battle marks on the ground and the blank areas erased by Dust Release, he was secretly startled.

The Four-Tails Jinchuriki clearly lost consciousness.

Who did this? Could it be that brat Aoba?!

The sand on the ground was green, and there were traces of dust being swept away.

Has Onoki made his move?

Jiraiya's expression quickly became serious, but his tone remained casual on the surface.

"By the way, Grandpa Onoki, did you see a Konoha ninja carrying a large yellow gourd just now?"

As he spoke, Jiraiya silently placed his right thumb to his lips, biting his fingertip until it bled.

Blood spilled out, and he was ready to smear it on his face and summon the two immortals to enter immortal mode.

Faced with Jiraiya's probing and covert defense, Onoki floated in mid-air and merely glanced at him coldly.

He's gone.

Onoki uttered those three cold words, too lazy to say anything more, and turned to fly towards the Iwagakure camp.

The Iwa ninja below, seeing that their Tsuchikage had all left, naturally wouldn't stay behind either.

Huang Tu carried the unconscious Lao Zi on his back and led the team to retreat quickly, disappearing into the forest in the blink of an eye.

Seeing Ōnoki leave so decisively, Jiraiya stood there stunned.

He's ready to go into god mode.

As a result, the other side didn't fight and just left.

Jiraiya slowly lowered his hand, his blood-stained thumb hanging in mid-air, his expression somewhat embarrassed.

It's good that a fight didn't break out.

When the Tsuchikage personally intervenes, the situation changes completely.

If we are not careful, the entire Grassland Defense Line could collapse.

Jiraiya breathed a sigh of relief and then began to examine the traces on the battlefield.

Judging from the remaining sand, cooled metal debris, charred lava traces, and Lao Zi's comatose state—

Aoba probably benefited from the situation.

The Four-Tails Jinchuriki was a troublesome opponent even for him, yet he was defeated by Aoba to the point of losing his fighting ability.

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He thought of Minato, and then of Aoba.

Jiraiya scratched his head, marveling at how impressive young people these days are.

"But where did that kid go?"

Jiraiya crossed his arms and stared thoughtfully at the spot where Aoba had disappeared.

Something must have crawled out of the ground to create such a huge pit.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind.

"Reverse psychic abilities?"

He vaguely remembered that Qingye seemed to have signed a contract with a group of spirit beasts, something like a lizard.

"Never mind, as long as everyone is alright."

Jiraiya sighed and turned back to the base.

Since Aoba defeated Roshi, the Grass Country front has fallen into an extremely strange calm.

Iwagakure not only stopped all harassment, but even moved its front line back quite a bit.

The sudden change puzzled everyone in Konoha.

In the following days, news of Aoba defeating the Four-Tails Jinchuriki spread like wildfire throughout the ninja world.

Legend has it that Yamashiro Aoba, Konoha's youngest genius, single-handedly defeated Roshi, the Jinchuriki of Iwagakure, in a direct confrontation. Not only that, but even after the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, personally intervened, Yamashiro Aoba still managed to escape unscathed!

The news caused an uproar in the ninja world.

If Aoba's destruction of the Sunagakure stronghold only made the high-ranking officials of various countries remember the name "Konoha Sand Wall," then this time, his achievement of fighting against a Jinchuriki and the Tsuchikage has completely propelled him to godhood.

The Iwagakure faction even actively fueled the flames, widely publicizing the details of the battle.

Through the deliberate embellishment by the Iwagakure intelligence department, Yamashiro Aoba was portrayed as a flawless, unparalleled genius.

"Konoha's second White Fang!"

"The successor to the Third Hokage, the absolute candidate to become the next Hokage of Konoha!"

"Given time, he will surely become the second God of Ninjas!"

Various exaggerated and outrageous remarks spread rapidly among the Iwagakure ninjas, intentionally or unintentionally, and then reached the ears of other ninja villages through various channels.

The Land of Grass, Konoha Frontline Command Post.

Jiraiya looked at the scroll of information he had collected and felt a bit of a headache.

"That old fox, Onoki, is really cunning."

He saw through Iwagakure's sinister intentions at a glance.

A calculated scheme!

This is blatant flattery that could be used to kill someone!

The emergence of the "Yellow Flash" Minato Namikaze from the Hidden Cloud Village has already put immense pressure on all the other ninja villages.

Now Iwagakure is deliberately praising Yamashiro Aoba to the skies, which is clearly putting Konoha on the spot!

The simultaneous emergence of two powerful forces capable of altering the course of a war within a single village would undoubtedly make other ninja villages even more wary.

It is even highly likely that, out of fear of Konoha's strength, they will choose to temporarily set aside their prejudices and join forces against Konoha.

"Lord Jiraiya, what did they say from the village?"

"A Jonin asked with concern."

"The old man isn't so confused that he can't see through this kind of trick."

Jiraiya sighed and tossed the intelligence report onto the table. "The village has decided to handle this quietly, neither confirming nor denying it."

At this point, no matter how Konoha responds, it will fall into Onoki's trap; remaining silent is the only option.