Alone and Infinite.

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, "How long does it take to break the 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?"

"You still don't know? Hasn't the teacher in charge informed you yet?"

The two little ones shook their heads together. They hadn't had any missions lately and had been spending all their time practicing in the training field.

"There will be a joint Chunin Exam next. I think you two are strong enough, so you can give it a try."

Li Xia wasn't going to keep anyone in suspense, since everything was already confirmed and Lu Jiu had already assigned him his position.

Being an exam observer is an easy job; all you need to do is wear a secret uniform and hide to spy.

"Chunin exam?"

Seeing the two eager-to-try individuals, Li Xia was about to say something when she suddenly paused.

Even Aowu, who had been lazily perched on the treetop, raised his head, his eyes showing a mixture of surprise and delight.

Li Xia stood up and patted the two of them on the head:

"So, go back and wash up properly, then rest for half a day and wait for the Chunin Exams."

Li Xia waved casually at the two of them, stretched, and walked towards his room.

Awoo immediately jumped down and perched on my shoulder. His excited voice could already be heard in the team chat:

"Boss, we did it!"

"Well, it worked!"

A brand new prompt box suddenly popped up on the panel in front of them.

[Executioner, your follower Kurozumi has been influenced by the story character Orochimaru and has gained the Sharingan!]

Please click on the panel for details!

Underground base, Orochimaru secret laboratory
"drop--"

The complex instrument emitted a regular beeping sound.

Orochimaru stepped forward and carefully untied the cloth strip wrapped around Kurozumi's head.

He wore a satisfied smile, seemingly excited about his masterpiece.

"You might feel a little uncomfortable at first, but you should get used to it after a while."

Orochimaru gazed at the tightly closed eyes of the black-faced man, and chuckled hoarsely:

"More than that, I'd like to know how your master concealed those eyes."

In the dim light, Heitan slowly opened his eyes.

He revealed a pair of scarlet Sharingan eyes with three tomoe.

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Sorry, I was busy with my daughter's kindergarten plans today. I'm not sure whether to send her to a public or private kindergarten.

There wasn't enough time, I'll make up for it tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)