Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the beginning

Li Yao shook his head and smiled inwardly.

This is the way a normal person should think. Those who realize that they are no match for the enemy and that staying here will lead to their own death, but still want to know who defeated them, are pure idiots.

The true normal ninja thinking is just like the enemy leader who just attacked.

The moment he noticed the difference in strength between the two sides, he immediately used the fact that Li Yao and Xiao Ye had just held back to judge that Yahiko would not attack them easily, and then used words to divert Yahiko's attention. Finally, the moment Yahiko opened his mouth, he decisively dropped the smoke bomb and retreated.

They didn't want to know why Li Yao and the others held back in the attack just now?

Is there something hidden?

They don't want to know.

They just wanted to escape from here first, escape from Li Yao and his five companions who could kill them.

Only after they survived would they consider why Li Yao and his companions did not kill them.

Maybe... they won't even consider it.

This is the real and cruel ninja world.

Yahiko didn't understand these people's behavior, but Li Yao and Xiao Yezi did.

"why?"

Yahiko turned around in bewilderment and asked Li Yao, "Brother Li, why don't they have any intention of communicating?"

Li Yao let go of the small stone in his hand and it slipped and fell to the ground. Hearing Yahiko's question, he smiled and said, "Because your strength is not strong enough."

In fact, the reason why the enemy leader suddenly withdrew just now was largely because he judged that he, who was the strongest among them, did not speak, but it was Yahiko, who was almost killed by him, who spoke.

In an instant, the enemy leader realized that among Li Yao and the other four, the one who made the decision was Yahiko, not the strongest Li Yao and Xiao Ye.

In this case, the enemy leader instantly judged from Yahiko's attitude that he wanted to escape, and Yahiko would not chase him. So Yahiko, who made the decision, would not chase them, and Li Yao, who was the strongest and most likely to make them have no escape, would not chase them either.

In this way, if they escape immediately, their chances of survival will be the greatest. If they stay and force the negotiation to go wrong, they will have no way out.

So the enemy leader decisively ordered a retreat.

But if it was Li Yao who spoke first.

The enemy leader had no choice but to stay and obey.

Because he knew that with Li Yao's reaction ability and attack range, they would not be able to confuse Li Yao even if they dropped smoke bombs.

Otherwise, the black smoke just now would have confused Li Yao and Xiao Ye.

The enemy leader knew that he could not escape Li Yao's clutches, so as long as Li Yao spoke first, he could only stay and obey.

Otherwise... you will die.

This truth... Yahiko didn't fully understand it, he said: "I understand, he must think I'm too weak, and think what I said is unreliable."

No, as long as you don't kill anyone, no one will take what you say to heart.

Li Yao shook his head again in his heart.

The biggest difference between Yahiko and Naruto is that they don't kill.

He really would not kill anyone no matter if they were enemies or foes.

No one will be afraid of such a person even if he is very powerful.

Without fear and a certain sense of awe, who would listen to you?

But the sunny and cheerful Naruto will kill people.

So Naruto's mouth-to-mouth is intimidating.

Yahiko's ability to talk is really based on mutual understanding and his own personal charm.

However, personal charm is not something you can eat; sooner or later it will get tired and lose its charm.

At that time, what will play a decisive role is the powerful ability to control the life and death of others, so as to constrain others to continue to act according to your rules.

this is the truth.

Yahiko has not yet realized this truth and is destined to continue to suffer.

Chapter 193 Two years later, Konoha starts to make trouble

In the following days, Yahiko and the other two, who wanted to become stronger, proposed to practice together with Li Yao and Xiao Ye.

There is always light at the end of the tunnel. Li Yao never expected that such a good thing could happen, so he agreed immediately.

Practicing together means frequent exchanges.

This cannot avoid frequent physical contact.

So Li Yao turned into a master of physical skills, using physical skills instead of ninjutsu to attack, under the pretext of training Yahiko and the other two for their reaction speed in close combat between life and death.

In fact, it was to frequently contact Nagato's body and to more quickly sense the changes in the nature of the Rinnegan chakra in his eyes.

In a blink of an eye.

Two years have passed.

Konoha.

evening.

Hatake Sakumo was walking on his way home, the setting sun shining on his neatly combed white hair, making it shine. (PS: Here Kakashi's father uses the name Hatake Sakumo.)

"Lord Zuo Yun, long time no see."

"Didn't we just meet the day before yesterday, Brother Jingzhong?"

"Really...Haha, I forgot about that."

"Lord Zuo Yun, would you like to have a drink?"

"Next time, Uncle Yunye."

On the way home, passers-by met Hatake Soyun greeted him enthusiastically. Hatake Soyun responded one by one, always with a faint smile on his face. He looked aloof but actually gave people a feeling that he was easy to get along with.

In addition, Hatake Sakumo remembers the name of everyone who greets him, and he knows when he last saw the person and what the person was doing at the time.

This makes people feel valued.

After all, only the people or things that you care about can be remembered clearly.

These small details in life can easily win the favor of others.

Although the reason why Hatake Sakumo can remember the name of everyone he knows in the village and some small details of what happened when they last met is due to his personal strong memory and observant ninja talent, it actually has nothing to do with whether he values ​​others or not.

But he still won the favor of most people in Konoha with this talent, especially ordinary villagers, almost all of whom liked Hatake Sakumo.

This kind of love turned into a wave after Hatake Sakumo became famous as the "Konoha White Fang" during the Second Ninja World War.

"The next Hokage must be Sakumo-sama."

"I support Lord Sakumo to become the next Hokage."

"If Sakumo-sama becomes Hokage, he will definitely be the most kind Hokage."

Although Hatake Sakumo was a genius comparable to the Three Ninjas and even better than them in the past, he was not well-known after all.

In the late stage of the last Ninja World War, one man held up the front line and defeated the Sand Village. He earned the name of Konoha White Fang and became more famous than the Three Ninjas.

Now, Hatake Sakumo has finally turned the popularity he had accumulated in Konoha into tangible benefits.

When the Third Hokage was still in good health, the villagers were actually discussing who would be the next Hokage.

What do you mean?

I'm not dead yet?

Sarutobi Hiruzen became angry when he heard this.

He originally thought that only the Uchiha clan in Konoha could threaten his position as Hokage, but he did not expect that a Hatake Sakumo would suddenly appear, which caught him off guard.

So he quickly promoted Hatake Sakumo, and since his son could no longer serve as the Minister of Anbu, he promoted Hatake Sakumo to the position of Minister of Anbu.

I thought that after being transferred to the Anbu and being associated with darkness all day long, Hatake Sakumo's favorability among the Konoha villagers would decrease, and the discussion about the next generation of Hokage would be completely extinguished.

As a result, the villagers misunderstood.

It was thought that the Third Hokage promoted Hatake Sakumo to the position of Anbu chief in order to train him to be the next Hokage, which was equivalent to making Hatake Sakumo the official.

After all, everyone knows that the Anbu is a ninja unit directly under the Hokage, the most trusted ninja unit by the Hokage, and the ninja unit responsible for the Hokage's safety and protection.

Such a trusted force was handed over to Hatake Sakumo. Isn't this the Third Hokage's transition of power to the Anbu and preparation for a smooth transition to the next generation of Hokage?

The Third Hokage vomited blood directly. He never expected that his strategy of boiling a frog in warm water would actually backfire. Not only did it fail to dispel the villagers' recognition of Hatake Sakumo as the next Hokage, but it went a step further and made the villagers misunderstand that he was ready to give up his position.

The key point is that not only did Hatake Sakumo himself believe in this, he also began to demand the same of himself as the next Hokage.

The major ninja clans in Konoha actually believed it, which was the most fatal thing.

Ordinary people are easy to deal with, but the major ninja clans that make up the Konoha family are the real trouble.

Especially the Uchiha clan, when they saw that someone could dethrone Sarutobi Hiruzen as the Third Hokage, they were ecstatic and fully supported Hatake Sakumo.

The Uchiha clan's ideas are simple.

As long as they can bring down Sarutobi Hiruzen and no longer be directly targeted by the Hokage, the Uchiha clan will definitely be able to return to their former glory and quickly ascend to the position of Hokage.

So, the Uchiha clan expressed their stance.

The top leaders of the major families in Konoha faced Hatake Sakumo as if he were the next generation Hokage.

The escalating situation left three generations helpless and miserable.

He can't say he doesn't want to abdicate!

And even if he wanted to abdicate, it would not be Hatake Sakumo's turn.

One of his three disciples should be chosen to succeed as the next Hokage.

The three generations, who had no words to express their grievances, finally walked into the root base.

It can't be delayed any longer. If it is delayed any further, the public opinion in Konoha will not be discussing whether Hatake Sakumo will be the next Hokage, but will be asking him to give up his position immediately.

In a secret room at the root base.

The third generation met his good friend Danzo.

"Why are you here?" Danzo turned around and glanced at the Third Generation and asked in confusion.

"Don't you know what happened in Konoha recently?" The Third Hokage's face darkened. He was very dissatisfied with Danzo for having lost his previous political vigilance.

"What happened?" Danzo was a little confused. After the war, he plunged into the research of Wood Release Cells.

The son of Li Yao and Sarutobi Ayase was named Konoha Hatsusei. The cells in his body were naturally adaptable to Hashirama's cells. During the first experiment, he successfully transplanted the original fluid of Hashirama's cells and obtained Wood Release comparable to the one Li Yao had at the beginning.

This made Danzo and the Third Hokage ecstatic, and they began to study the factors in Konoha's primary cells that could adapt to Hashirama's cells.

In their opinion, as long as they find a factor that is adapted to Hashirama's cells and inject it into their bodies, they will also be able to transplant Hashirama's cells and possess Wood Release.

However, more than two years and almost three years have passed since the war ended, and the research has not yet achieved final success.

The factor that adapts to Hashirama cells has been extracted, but it has been greatly weakened and can only adapt to Hashirama cells that have been weakened many times.

Transplanting that kind of cells can at best strengthen a person's physique a little and increase the amount of chakra, but it cannot master Wood Release.

Currently, Danzo's experiments are still at the stage of purifying and strengthening Hashirama's cell adaptation factors.

At this time, in the middle of the secret room, in the huge glass container, Konoha Chusheng, who was wrapped in blue liquid, curled up like a fetus. Transparent tubes connected to needles were inserted into various parts of Konoha Chusheng's body, absorbing something.

Danzo would conduct various experiments in this secret room every day using Hashirama's cell adaptation factors extracted from Konoha's newborn bodies.

Although the ultimate goal has not yet been achieved.

However, Danzo, who had already seen the hope of successfully transplanting Hashirama's cell fluid, put all his energy into the laboratory and paid little attention to the outside world. He was unaware that the situation had now reached a point where the Third Hokage might be forced to resign early.

When the Third Generation told Danzo about the situation, Danzo also realized the seriousness of the situation.

At present, he is still bound to the third generation.

When the Third Hokage steps down and a new Hokage takes over, he will not be allowed to continue researching Wood Release and using a few-year-old child as an experimental subject.

"Tell me, what do you want to do?" Danzo looked at his good friend.

Chapter 194 Is this the world in the eyes of samsara?