Starting with Wood Release, he survives in Konoha Hospital and becomes a big shot.

Kakashi had obviously thought of this problem as well. Yao Xingji's medical abilities, especially the remote healing ability of the Eye of Salvation, are definitely a powerful weapon on the battlefield, which can reduce the casualty rate of Konoha ninjas. Even though Yao Xingji is still very young, given the actions of the Konoha leadership, there is indeed a high probability that Yao Xingji will be sent to the battlefield.

Kakashi suddenly felt a little irritated. He felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. Even though all of this was for the sake of the village, he still felt that something was off.

Suddenly, Yao Xingji stopped on the street and looked up at the distance.

Kakashi followed Yakusei's gaze and saw the Hokage Rock gleaming under the setting sun.

At that moment, Kakashi suddenly froze.

He remembered that when the First Hokage founded Konoha, he said he wanted to keep Konoha's children away from the battlefield and keep war away from children, but now...

At this moment, a crack appeared in Kakashi's once unwavering Will of Fire.

"Who's there? Come out!"

Suddenly, Kakashi's expression changed. He reached his right hand from his waist and grabbed a kunai. At the same time, he flashed in front of Yakusei and stood in front of him, looking solemnly at a large tree not far away.

Yao Xingji's pupils also contracted. Just now, he had sensed a faint killing intent and a very obvious feeling of being watched.

"If you don't come out now, I'm going to call for help. This is Konoha, you can't escape!" Kakashi said coldly.

Splash...

The treetop shook, and a person dressed in root clothes and wearing a mask leaped down from the tree and landed in front of the two.

"People from the Root?"

Kakashi frowned slightly and lowered the kunai in his hand a little.

Yao Xingji looked at the masked man, and his keen intuition told him that he had seen this person before.

Soon, Yao Xingji recognized his aura; it was the same ninja who had been startled away by Tsunade with a pebble at the Konoha Hospital.

"Sorry, I'm just on a routine mission." The newcomer glanced at Yao Xingji and said to Kakashi.

"Routine mission? What mission? Who gave you the order?" Kakashi continued to ask in a cold voice.

“You have no right to interfere,” the Root ninja said.

Kakashi's expression was rather unpleasant, but there was nothing he could do.

This person is wearing Root's clothes, so he is very likely from Root. Therefore, the only person who can command him is Danzo. He really has no right to interfere in anything.

As soon as he finished speaking, the Root ninja turned and left.

Gazing at the figure's back, Kakashi narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling a sense of familiarity. Soon, his gaze settled on the ninja's special weapon on his back—a triangular short sword.

"It's him?" Kakashi muttered to himself.

"Do you know that person?" Yao Xingji asked casually.

"I wouldn't say I know him, but I've seen him before. He used to be in the Anbu, but later he was transferred to Lord Orochimaru's team and joined Root. I think his name is Natsukawa," Kakashi said.

"Xia Chuan?" Yao Xingji secretly memorized the name.

This person has appeared beside him repeatedly; there must be some purpose behind it.

"If it weren't for his special weapon, I wouldn't have recognized him," Kakashi said casually.

"Special weapon?" Yao Xingji recalled for a moment, only remembering that he was carrying a sword-shaped weapon, but he couldn't remember exactly what it looked like.

"Yes, it's a Mitsubishi short sword. Very few people in Konoha use this kind of weapon. He's the only one I know who uses it," Kakashi explained.

"Mitsubishi Short Sword!!!" Yao Xingji's pupils suddenly contracted, and a chill rushed straight to his head.

After the original owner was killed, the wound left on the head was triangular in shape.

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Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Truth Behind the Murder (First Update)

This Xia Chuan is the one who killed the original owner of this body!

At this moment, Yao Xingji's face turned much paler.

His identity has been exposed.

His secret of resurrection has been revealed.

How to do?

Yao Xingji had imagined many scenarios of encountering the ninja who killed him again, but he never expected it to happen so suddenly. He didn't even have time to investigate the whole story.

"Hoshiguma, what's wrong?" Kakashi asked, waving his hand as he looked at Hoshiguma, who was standing there in a daze.

"N-nothing...it's nothing," Yao Xingji said with a forced smile.

"You don't look well. Are you feeling unwell?"

"Perhaps the previous two treatments have exhausted my body. I just need to rest at home."

"Alright, I'll take you back." Kakashi didn't say anything more, picked up Yao Xingji and headed straight for the Chinese family.

the other side.

Xia Chuan's face beneath the mask was filled with terror.

"How could this be? How is this possible? Why isn't he dead?"

"I clearly pierced his head with a short sword and confirmed his death, so why is he still alive?"

"What exactly is going on?"

Xia Chuan felt as if the whole world had turned upside down, his mind filled with the scene of him killing that child a few months ago.

He remembered the fear on the child's face, the sensation of the Mitsubishi dagger piercing the child's forehead, and the gushing blood and white brain matter when the dagger was pulled out.

He threw the limp corpse into an abandoned well, and no one cared about the death of such an orphan.

But a few months later, he saw the child walking in Konoha again, and even became Tsunade's disciple.

This made him feel like everything was so unreal.

He even felt that he was under an illusion.

This caused him to unleash his killing intent the moment he saw Yao Xingji's face clearly, due to the intense fluctuation of his mentality. Kakashi noticed this, and then the child noticed it as well.

"Judging from what happened with that child just now, he probably didn't recognize me, perhaps..."

"Wait, is it possible that the child is indeed dead, and the current child is someone else in disguise?"

"No, that's not right. No one can maintain the transformation for such a long time, especially not as a child."

"He is still Lady Tsunade's disciple. If there were anything unusual, it would have been discovered long ago."

Xia Chuan's expression under the mask changed repeatedly. He was still unsure of Yao Xingji's situation. The only thing he was certain of was that the child he had killed had come back to life and seemed not to recognize him.

"Since I failed to kill you the first time, I'll have to try again. The mission absolutely cannot fail!" Xia Chuan clenched his fist, a flash of murderous intent appearing in his eyes.

He's just a three-year-old child; if he can kill once, he can kill a second time.

The only problem now is what to do after killing Yao Xingji.

In the previous assassination attempt, Yao Xingji was just an orphan in an orphanage who no one cared about. He died and that was that; no one would care.

But things are different now. Yakushiro is a disciple of Tsunade, one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha, and seems to have a good relationship with Kakashi Hatake. If such a child were to die, it would definitely attract the attention of countless people, and given Tsunade's personality, she would definitely not let it go.

But not killing Yao Xingji is not an option either. That child knows too much, and if that matter is exposed, he certainly won't survive.

"It seems the child has amnesia, otherwise that matter would have been exposed by now. But I can't be sure if he will regain his memory in the future..."

Xia Chuan was in a state of chaos. What was originally a simple assassination had turned into this dilemma.

China is a land of flowers.

"Starry Night, what do you want to eat tonight? I'll make it for you," Xiaosi asked with a grin.

Since learning Super Strength, Koji's strength has improved by leaps and bounds, and he has become much more cheerful and lively.

"That's fine. I'm a little tired, I'll go rest for a while."

Yao Xingji shook his head; he had no appetite at all.

If his identity is exposed, he will likely face an investigation by Konoha and be arrested.

“That Natsukawa, I remember Tsunade said he was one of Orochimaru’s men. Kakashi just said that he was transferred from the Anbu to the Root after being assigned to work under Orochimaru. In other words, his direct superior should be Orochimaru.”

"This means that the person who gave the assassination order might have been Orochimaru."

"But judging from Orochimaru's later interactions with me, he didn't seem to know that I had been killed. So there are two possibilities: one is that Orochimaru didn't give the assassination order, and the other is that Orochimaru didn't know that the person being killed was me when he gave the order to kill."

Yao Xingji paced back and forth in the room, resting his chin on his right hand, analyzing the current situation.

"Another possibility is that Danzo issued the assassination order, after all, Natsukawa is nominally a Root ninja."

"But Danzo, like Orochimaru, didn't act strangely when he came into contact with me later, which means he didn't know about my death either."

"That's very strange. Why did they want to kill me, and why don't they know who the person who was killed is?"

Yao Xingji stopped in his tracks. Suddenly, it was as if a lightning bolt had struck his mind, reminding him of a key figure he had always overlooked.

"Yamato!!!"

"Could it be that Yamato risked her life to pass on information to me earlier, saying that Danzo was planning something against me?"

"He didn't know I had been killed. He only knew that Danzo was going to attack me. In fact, before he passed on the information to me, the real Yakushi Hoshiki had already died at Natsukawa's hands."

"So it seems that I must have unintentionally learned Danzo and Orochimaru's secret, which led them to send Natsukawa to kill me. However, they didn't know that the person being killed was me. After killing me, Natsukawa left the village to carry out a mission and only recently returned, thus discovering that I was still alive." Yao Xingji felt that he was very close to the truth of the matter after analyzing this point.

“Then Xia Chuan has two choices: one is to carry out the mission again and kill Yakushi Hoshiki, which is me. The other is to report this matter to Danzo and Orochimaru and let them decide what to do next.” Yakushi Hoshiki’s eyes showed a solemn expression.

After a moment's hesitation, Yao Xingji rushed out of the room.

"Brother Xiaosi, I want to leave the village now, do you have any ideas?" Yao Xingji asked directly.

"Leave the village? Now?" Koji looked at Yakushiro in shock. "Konoha Village has already closed its gates at this time. What are you going to do outside?"

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Chapter Ninety-Eight: Defection? (Second Update)

"I have something to attend to and must leave the village tonight," Yao Xingji said very seriously.

He couldn't care less about anything else. There were very few people in Konoha Village he could trust, and Koji was one of the few he could rely on.

After analyzing the situation, Yao Xing was very clear that, regardless of the outcome, he would most likely not be able to continue staying in Konoha Village.