Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 243 Otsutsuki Natsu!

"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.

Therefore, when faced with wandering ninjas, the attitude of all the major ninja villages was extremely unified: kill!

"Boss, what's so special about this Moriyama?"

Li Xia, who was leaping and bounding across tree trunks like these ninjas, said in the team chat:
"No, it's just a general idea. I need to think about it carefully. This Moriyama might come in handy."

He paused and then said:

"However, first we need a lot of money."

Although money doesn't have a prominent presence in Naruto, it's actually quite important.

If you have enough money, you can even hire Kage-level or even Super Kage-level ninjas to do things for you.

That's right, it's Xiao's group, top-tier shills, they don't even get paid or have social security, they work hard to make money for the gang.

Li Xia remembered what Ao Wu had said: to stir up trouble, to do something big.

Their eyes seemed to light up. What else could it be? To turn the 'Konoha Crush Plan' from the Chunin Exams into an even bigger 'Konoha Really Collapses Plan'?

The ninjas were extremely fast, and the Land of Birds was also very small.

Before long, Li Xia followed Senshan to the riverbank, where a small passenger boat was moored at a simple dock.

The ninja who stayed behind saw Moriyama and Li Xia and the others following behind him.

His eyebrows were already furrowed, and his hands quietly slipped back into his sleeves.

"Moriyama, the others—" The spear emerged silently from behind Moriyama, grazing his shoulder with the slightest touch before piercing his throat.

The moment it was pulled out, a spray of blood splattered.

Moriyama's eyes slanted as he watched the spear slowly retract, a bead of cold sweat sliding down his forehead.

The spear hadn't grazed him when it thrust out, yet his clothes on his shoulder suddenly ripped open.

What terrifying sharpness!
"Sir, this is the finance officer. All the money we earn after completing our missions will be handed over to him."

Heaving in the cold air, Moriyama spoke cautiously with a stiff smile on his face.

Without him saying anything, Black Charcoal rushed up and happily looted the corpse with Awoo.

Aside from a bunch of ninja tools that looked like they had been used for a long time, there was a total of nearly 3 yuan.

I don't know if it's because these wandering ninjas are too weak, but they can't even generate a treasure chest.

But thinking about it carefully, according to the standards of ninjas, these wandering ninjas are not even considered genin.

That seems to make sense now.

The boat was not big, with only a small cabin, barely enough for one person to rest.

Moriyama can manage it himself.

Looking at Moriyama, who was rowing despite the pain with his arm in a sling.

Although the ship was indeed moving forward, it was moving very slowly.

Li Xia frowned. According to her plan, Moriyama still had a great use in the future.
After thinking about it, I simply tossed over a bottle of wound medicine.

It is worth around 80 points and is only effective for skeletal injuries.

I bought this when I first arrived at the Temple of Light. I haven't used it yet, but I haven't thrown it away either.

"My lord, this...this is..."

I hurriedly took the medicine bottle and looked at the pale blue liquid inside.

Moriyama asked cautiously.

"Drink it."

Moriyama looked at the unknown liquid in his hand, gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and poured it directly into his mouth.

Does the medicine from the temple have any effect on the characters in the story?
It can only be said that some of them are useful, just like conventional pharmaceutical drugs, which are effective.

However, some medicines blessed by the Temple of Light to counter apostles of different bloodlines became ineffective.

I felt a deep, tingling, and painful sensation emanating from my left arm.

Moriyama's eyes gradually widened. Instead of fear, he gradually revealed surprise.

How could he, who was frequently injured, not know that this feeling was due to the rapid healing of his left arm injury?

Just as he guessed!

Moriyama was filled with ecstasy and excitement.

Qinglong lacks a ninja headband, yet possesses formidable strength.

You must be a noble person from some hidden, powerful family!
Furthermore, this reclusive family is incredibly powerful, even possessing legendary creatures like dragons.

Moriyama thought about it more and more and felt that this was true; otherwise, why would he ask himself what era it was?
Judging from the fact that the adults asked about the Third Hokage, it must be a large family that had been living in seclusion for at least several decades. Yes, several decades ago was during the Fourth Shinobi World War.

Even the Second Hokage is dead!
This is not impossible. Konoha has only been established for a few decades, and before that, it was the era when those ninja clans were active in the world.

The Senju, Hyuga, and Uchiha clans are all renowned and famous families.

Although I don't understand why the adults didn't bring the entourage that a distinguished person would have when they went out.
A surge of ambition suddenly rose in Moriyama's heart, and wasn't this his chance?
The chance to go from an unknown stray dog ​​to a family pet!
Driven by the surging passion within him, Moriyama knelt down with a thud, adopting a perfectly standard dogeza (vertical kneeling) posture.

"My lord, I am deeply grateful. Moriyama will never forget your kindness in using such precious medicine on me!"

Aowu and Heitan looked at each other and silently typed out a "?".

Li Xia was even more confused.

He actually saw an indescribable gratitude and loyalty on Moriyama's face.

This kind of loyalty is not unfamiliar; in the Demon Slayer world, the farmer named Murata whom I randomly chose had also shown the same loyalty.

What the heck? Is this a characteristic of Japanese derivative works?
He waved his hand, signaling Moriyama to continue sailing.

Li Xia led Heitan and Aowu into the cabin, and the vague plan in his mind gradually took shape.

"Boss, what's the use of this Moriyama?"

All the way, Aowu was silently pondering what the boss's intention was in doing this.

Even if Li Xia would definitely tell him that Aowu also needs to think for himself, he can only keep training himself in this way.

Only then can one keep up with His Highness's train of thought at all times, so that in future adventures, there will always be times when one is not with His Highness.

At this point, you can only rely on yourself.

Not only that, he was also consciously training the kitten.

Aowu absolutely refused to allow himself and Black Charcoal to become His Highness's weak link or a burden.

They must be able to serve as His Highness's right-hand men!

Therefore, after thinking for a long time without any clue, Aowu decided to take this opportunity to discuss the solution with His Highness.

Li Xia was well aware of Aowu's thoughts.

So he thought for a moment, and instead of answering directly, he said in a low voice:
"Aww, what do you think should be done normally for the main quest?"

"Find a ninja village and join when the opportunity arises!"

Aowu had been thinking about this question for a while and answered without any hesitation.

“That’s right, that’s the right line of thinking. But have you thought about it? Not just anyone can join a ninja village. You even need the Kage’s approval to join one.”

Li Xia nodded and said with a smile.

"Hmm, I've considered that too, but it seems like there aren't any other routes, right?"

Awoo was a little troubled, pinching the dragon's whiskers with its short paws.

"Of course, there will definitely be apostles who can join the village and become ninjas, and there will be no small number of them. The Naruto spin-off world has been open for a long time, and a lot of relevant information has been accumulated."

Li Xia patted Xiao Hei, who was listening attentively beside her, and said meaningfully:

"Moreover, you've fallen into a misconception. It's not just being a ninja that counts as an official identity. Finding a job in the shops of these ninja villages is also a form of identity."

The most crucial thing is

Looking at the thoughtful Aowu, a glimmer of light seemed to appear in Li Xia's eyes:

Even if you manage to join a ninja village and become a ninja, you'll only be a genin at most in 20 days. The village won't give much trust to outsiders.

The main questline 'integrates' explains that different identities will affect subsequent quests, and the higher the identity, the greater the accumulated rewards.

Li Xia opened his hand, and a small box appeared in his palm.

"This is----"

Li Xia opened the box and took the contents with her.

"Therefore, my plan is to obtain core identity!"

Li Xia blinked, adjusting to the sensation of the foreign object.

Looking into Li Xia's eyes, Aowu immediately understood his purpose.

It opened its mouth, even seeming somewhat excited and awestruck by this absolutely insane plan:
"Boss, you're planning to impersonate a member of the Hyuga clan? But—"

"Hinata?"

Li Xia shook his head, his pure white pupils reflecting the astonished faces of Aowu and Heitan:

"No, I am now Otsutsuki Natsumi from the moon!"

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There is also a Byakugan on the moon, belonging to the descendants of the Sage of Six Paths' younger brother, not the alien Otsutsuki.
Previously, I was stuck on how to reasonably explain the disguise plot. Wait for my move!

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