Alone and Infinite

"Orochimaru, don't you understand? Konoha needs pain that penetrates to the very marrow of its bones to make this windmill, bound by parasitic vines, start turning again."

Not cutting the vines, or even just cutting one vine, is far from enough.

To convince Orochimaru, the mad scientist needs to see more rewards.

And you must understand Orochimaru's purpose; Orochimaru never intended to destroy Konoha.

Li Xia even suspected that Orochimaru's love for Konoha was exceptionally deep.

The little snake closed its mouth and fell into a long silence.

Li Xia didn't stop and continued to say, "We don't necessarily need to tell them everything."

We don't even need to ally with the Hidden Cloud Village; just convincing them that such a plan truly exists is enough.

They'll come by the scent themselves.

Furthermore, we must control the time variable and absolutely not let Yunyin know about this plan too early.

Otherwise, they would have enough time to gather their strength and could potentially cripple Konoha.

They must be involved to cause disruption.

After another long silence, the little snake finally opened its mouth and asked in a sinister tone:

"You have connections with Yunyin?"

Li Xia scoffed: "Orochimaru, as Danzo's partner, surely you know what happened when Konoha and Kumogakure signed the ceasefire agreement?"

The elder who held great power in the Hidden Cloud Village was framed and killed by the Hyuga clan. The Hyuga clan was forced to give up their lives in retribution.

This life belongs to Hyuga Hizashi, the twin brother of Hyuga Hiashi and father of Neji.

He impersonated his older brother and became a scapegoat in the name of the Hyuga family head.

Konoha won that incident, and the Third Hokage and Danzo achieved their goal of putting the Hyuga in a bad light.

The Raikage won. After this elder's death, no one could oppose him and seize power.

Who lost? It was Hyuga, who swallowed his pride and suffered the consequences.

The little snake fell silent once again, and Orochimaru, of course, knew about this.

Even within Konoha's core management team, this was something that everyone had worked together to bring about.

Therefore, Hyuga and Kumogakure have an old feud. Anyone might have connections with Kumogakure, but Hyuga would not.

In this era, shame and rumors could even drive renowned ninjas to suicide.

Even a ninja like Konoha's White Fang died by the blade of "human words".

To be forced to death the 'clan chief,' even if he was only the nominal 'clan chief,' is a blatant humiliation.

"Okay. What do you need?"

Orochimaru finally admitted that Li Xia's words made a lot of sense, and that it was only natural.

According to the original plan, Konoha would at most lose some cannon fodder plus the Third Hokage.

Could it be considered a big event?

Could the Hall of Light recognize Li Xia as someone capable of "causing trouble and accomplishing great things"?

Far from enough.

"Do I need to teach you how to fabricate evidence? You're an expert in this area."

There was one more thing Li Xia didn't say: after obtaining evidence against Orochimaru, he would add a point.

That is, Gaara of Sandstorm is the Jinchuriki of the One-Tailed Beast and is about to participate in the Chunin Exams.

Once this news is confirmed, Yunyin will be highly likely to believe it.

They have the perfect Jinchūriki, Killer Bee, the Eight-Tails.

No one knows the strength of Jinchuriki better than them; Jinchuriki don't even need to participate in the Chunin Exams.

This terrifying weapon of war was sent to another country under an unnecessary pretext, in conjunction with the 'Konoha Crush Plan'.

The purpose is self-evident: intrusion!

"Oh, right—" Li Xia added at the end, "In order to prevent Konoha from taking advantage of the situation during its painful period, Iwagakure should seize the opportunity."

How about we give them something to do?

For example, could they hire Akatsuki to carry out several attacks in the capital of the Land of Earth, creating panic?

Orochimaru, standing on the other side of the snake, fell completely silent. What was originally a simple plan to destroy Konoha had now involved the four great nations of Fire, Wind, Earth, and Lightning.

But he had to admit that Li Xia was right.

Among the major powers, only Iwagakure is strong enough and is close to the Land of Fire.

If they really go all out, Konoha, which has just been attacked, might not be able to withstand it.

Awoo watched as Li Xia continued to discuss the details with Orochimaru.

I couldn't help but be swayed by the boss's words.

Turn your hand and clouds will appear, turn your hand again and rain will fall!

With the leader's help, a chaotic war that would soon engulf the entire ninja world was about to begin.

Four of the five major powers are involved.

The only remaining water kingdom is running rampant around the world like a mad dog, searching for the 'culprit who wiped out the village'.

Is this the genius of causing trouble?

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Writing it logically and coherently is giving me a headache; the layout is a real pain.

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Chapter 269 Kurozumi's Sharingan

The little snake shook its body and disappeared into the grass.

Li Xia pressed the pause button on her Walkman, abruptly stopping the music she was using to cover up her conversation.

After a brief discussion, Orochimaru reluctantly agreed to make some modifications to the plan.

They will also create some 'evidence' and Orochimaru will find a way to hire 'Akatsuki'.

As a former member of Akatsuki, Orochimaru may not have gathered other information.

However, he was fully aware of how to hire 'Akatsuki' and 'Akatsuki's' strength.

It's not like we directly hired them to attack Iwagakure, but rather to cause destruction in the major cities of the Land of Earth.

It was too easy for them.

The only thing to do now is to make contact with the Hidden Cloud Village and leak the information at the right time.

Li Xia recalled the information about her identity in her mind and fell into deep thought.

"click"

The tape was inserted into the machine, Kai put on his headphones, and pressed play.

Music started playing in his ears, and then he pressed a special button on the machine.

The previously noisy music immediately quieted down as the volume button was turned.

The faint human voice gradually became clearer.

".Zzz. Top Secret Destruction. Xia. Special Technology."

"You are the sole contact person after infiltrating Konoha."

Kai's expression grew increasingly serious, and finally his eyes widened in surprise.

Wow... I've only been away from home for two years, and the technology back home has already developed to this extent?

Can you even fake rolling your eyes?

It can only be said that the Hall of Light's cognitive distortion is powerful enough that even the Cloud Village, unless they collectively go insane, would find this completely irrational thing abnormal.

Now, Kai is completely lost, though he suspects that the technology back home is developing too fast.

However, the tape in front of them, the authentication of the top-secret information, all came from the highest-ranking officer of the Hidden Cloud Village's Dark Division.

Even with all her doubts, Kai had no choice but to believe.

Pale blue chakra emanated from his fingers, and he erased the entire tape.

Kai sighed softly. He had a premonition that his peaceful life would soon be over.

Time flows by day by day.

The last day arrived quickly.

"That's enough, take a break."

Li Xia waved her hand, and the shade of the trees under the blazing sun brought a unique coolness.

The watermelon, freshly pulled from the ice water, still had cool dewdrops on its rind, making it look incredibly tempting.

Neji and Hinata, who were practicing in the field, put down their hands and ran to the shade of a tree, covered in sweat.

The past ten days or so have allowed Neji and Hinata to become familiar with Li Xia's temperament.

Most of the time, this teacher was an extremely gentle person.

I only take it seriously when I'm correcting their movements.

"You've practiced well; you've already barely gotten the hang of it."

As usual, Li Xia first helped them relax their bodies and calm their heartbeats and breathing before lifting the watermelon.

I gently tapped the watermelon with the knuckle of my index finger.

Suddenly, several cracks appeared on the watermelon, and it broke into several pieces.

Although the cross-section is not very flat, its overall regularity is already quite frightening.

Neji's eyes were filled with envy; this wasn't something that could be achieved using chakra or anything like that.

This is just pure physical strength!

"Teacher, when can I be like you?"

"Me like this?"

They pushed the watermelon towards them, and Li Xia picked up a piece as well.

"Yes, last time you said that to achieve what you did, it would take at least ten years."

Neji, holding the watermelon, asked curiously:

"And how long does it take to break open a watermelon?"

Li Xia pondered for a moment: "It's also been ten years. These two forces are actually about the same."

However, cracking a watermelon requires even greater control.

That being said, Li Xia estimated that it would take at most six or seven years for Hyuga Neji to reach his current level of strength.

The Byakugan gives Neji a natural advantage in terms of control over his own body, and Neji is also talented and works incredibly hard.

The progress is frighteningly fast; it might take others more than ten days to master the postures and routines.

Despite Hyuga Nei's relentless training day and night, he had even begun to vaguely sense the 'energy' contained within his body.

Li Xia suspected that even if Neji trained for a few more months, Lee might not be able to beat him even if he went to train with weights.

"Alright, that's enough practice for today. Go back and get some rest. Just keep up with your normal practice these next few days, no need for extra training."

The two people who were eating watermelon suddenly looked up and stared intently at Li Xia:

"Teacher, is something going to happen next?"