Alone and Infinite

The shoes made a soft, muffled sound as they stepped on the branches.

Four figures stood on the high tree trunk, some squatting and some standing, looking down at Li Xia.

"Oh? There's one more we missed."

The man in the lead scratched his black blindfold, a nonchalant smile on his face.

He leaned against the tree trunk, lazily raising his chin:

"After we take care of this kid, we need to head back."

After saying that, he turned around and continued on his way.

"Boss, why don't you leave it to me?"

Beside him, a tall, thin man with powdered face, looking rather 'seductive', stared at the upright Li Xia with shining eyes, licking his lips as he spoke.

"No! Not enough time. You have three seconds to finish him off."

The 'glamorous man' pouted, but still shook his hand away.

"whoosh"

A jet-black kunai flew in as fast as an arrow.

Two slender fingers gently pinched the kunai.

Li Xia glanced with interest at the short sword that resembled a dagger held between his two fingers. It was covered in scratches from friction, and there were some nicks on the blade.

It had clearly been a long time since then, as his gaze swept over these people.

There were no obvious ninja village headbands, and even their clothing was a mess.

A wandering ninja?

'Sizzle'

The long spear, crackling with electricity, appeared abruptly and then vanished just as suddenly.

Blood splattered among the crowd until Ye Ji flew back into Li Xia's hands.

The screams only came belatedly.

The leader's eye twitched as he looked at his subordinate, who was screaming in agony while clutching his pierced abdomen:

"I misjudged him; he's a ninja."

He suddenly clapped his hands together, quickly forming a hand seal:

"Fire Escape——"

Before he could finish speaking, Li Xia had already appeared in front of him.

The whip kick, whistling through the air, carried terrifying kinetic energy and struck the arm directly.

"Kara"

With a crisp cracking sound of bones breaking, he flew several meters like a cannonball before crashing heavily to the ground.

"bang bang bang"

There were more muffled thuds.

Three figures plummeted from mid-air one after another, writhing in pain like boiled shrimp.

Supporting his visibly limp arm, the leader, who was sweating profusely from the pain, quietly reached for his intact arm at his waist.

They've hit a brick wall! This level of skill is definitely not that of an ordinary ninja.

Damn it! How could such a person exist in such a small place?

Despite the excruciating pain emanating from his body, his rough fingertips touched the cool surface of the Smoke Jade.

A long spear silently pierced the night sky, even before it touched the skin.

But that sharpness, which seemed capable of cutting through everything, appeared to be able to penetrate the air and slash through its own flesh.

The gleaming spearhead stopped at his throat.

Li Xia held the spear in one arm and said calmly:

"I ask, you answer."

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Chapter 243 Otsutsuki Natsume!

"Boss, boss, let me do it!"

The fake Hawaiian dragon darted out from behind and coughed twice:

"Name! What do you do?"

The leading man stared blankly at the little green dragon before him, and stammered:

"Lord Moriyama, I am but a wandering ninja."

Holy crap! Is that a dragon?

There are many ninjutsu techniques in this world that take the form of dragons, but they are more like legends, and no one has ever actually seen a dragon.

When a legendary dragon appeared before him, Moriyama wondered if he was hallucinating.

The small dragon dancing in front of me had every scale clearly visible, shimmering in the sunlight.

And the way it flew nimbly in the air without any assistance told him that this was real.

Moriyama looked at Li Xia with a mixture of fear and apprehension.

Who is the person opposite you who has a dragon by your side?

Completely oblivious to Moriyama's thoughts, Awoo continued, "..."

"What time is it now?"

Time? Moriyama paused for a moment, then reached into his robes to touch something.

With a glare, Aowu went up and slapped him across the face with a "Dragon Tail Swing".

"Did Grandpa Long give you permission to move?"

Moriyama, somewhat bewildered by the tail strike, said with a rather aggrieved expression:

"Coco, didn't you ask me for the time?"

Awoo said impatiently, "I asked you what time it is, who asked you what time it is?"

"Meow!!"

Black Charcoal suddenly let out a fierce howl and turned around, only to find the kitten slowly retracting its outstretched sharp claws.

The other three wandering ninjas clutched their bleeding necks, making gurgling sounds in their throats, and collapsed to the ground in agony.

The ninja tools they had just pulled out were still scattered on the ground.

Clearly, seeing Li Xia with his back to them and his attention completely focused on Moriyama, they felt it was a great opportunity.

But they never expected that Kuroko, who looked like a kitten, was actually extremely fierce, at least at the level of an ordinary genin.

Li Xia turned his head, glanced at the three fallen corpses, and said nonchalantly:

"Don't lick your own paws, they're unclean."

Black Charcoal, who was about to lick its paws, froze. After letting out a soft meow, it scurried up the tree in a few steps, sat on the treetop, and began to clean its paws.

Seeing this, Moriyama swallowed hard.

The person before me was not only mysterious, but also ruthless.

"Hurry up, what year is it now?"

Hearing the howling, menacing tone, Moriyama trembled and hurriedly said:

"Asuka 15 years!"

Li Xia frowned; he suddenly remembered a very serious problem.

Because the whole world is constantly at war and divided.

There is no universally recognized era in Naruto; the major powers and the smaller countries in the corners all have their own methods of dating.

Simply put, everyone remembers their own year, and if you're not from the same place, you won't understand the year someone else is referring to.

Who is the current Hokage?

As the strongest ninja village in the world, each Hokage enjoys a great reputation among all ninjas.

"The Third Generation Hiruzen Sarutobi."

Aowu couldn't help but exchange a glance with Li Xia. The Third Hokage was still alive, which meant... the plot point before the Chunin Exams?

"Where is the Fourth Hokage?"

Li Xia then asked.

"The Fourth Hokage? He seems to have been dead for over ten years."

More than ten years.

Li Xia breathed a sigh of relief, having almost confirmed the timeline.

Before the Chunin Exams!

As a major event in Naruto that almost changed the course of the story, the Chunin Exams can indeed be considered a turning point in the fate of the world.

With a slight tightening of his fingers, he was about to pierce Moriyama's throat when he noticed a hint of fear and confusion in Moriyama's eyes as he looked at Aowu.

Li Xia had a sudden thought and stopped abruptly.

After a moment of contemplation, he slowly withdrew his spear.

Moriyama stared in astonishment, thinking he was doomed. As a ninja, he had seen many ruthless killers and countless acts of slaughter without reason.

Therefore, when they were being controlled, they were already resigned to their fate and were waiting to die. The reason they answered the questions so readily was simply to suffer less torment.

Li Xia gestured for Aowu to put away all the ninja tools on Senshan's body, and said calmly:

"Take me to your base."

A look of hesitation crossed Moriyama's face. Although he was a wandering ninja without faith, as a ninja he still had to speak—

"Serve me for a period of time, and you can live."

Li Xia had already turned around and uttered this sentence.

Moriyama's eyes immediately lit up, and he seemed to come alive, even forgetting the pain in his arm.

"My lord, please follow me!"

But then again, isn't the essence of being a ninja simply to ensure that others die while you yourself don't?

"Endure if you can, and keep enduring if you can't," that's Moriyama's way of endurance!

Moriyama made himself a simple splint with bandages, and didn't even dare to wipe the beads of sweat on his forehead.

After bowing respectfully, he led the way.

"Sir, we were already planning to return to our post."

During the breaks in their journey, Moriyama didn't forget to explain things to Li Xia in a low voice.

The so-called wandering ninjas are those unorthodox ninjas who roam around.

They had no home and lived in the cracks, unable to learn any ninjutsu without any inheritance, so they could only steal some techniques or make superficial imitations.

The major events in the ninja world are none of their business; they earn meager wages by taking on odd jobs that ninja villages disdain or look down upon.

Just like this revenge killing, the five great ninja villages would never kill ordinary people for a mere few thousand taels, which is equivalent to the reward of a D-level mission.

But the wandering ninjas survive by hiding in the shadows and taking on these missions.

They cheated, swindled, murdered, and committed arson; they were by no means good people, and could even be called villains.