Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 100 The Daughter of the Third Earth Shadow

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Four thousand meters in the air, Li Yao, who wanted to be a native of the Naruto world, was controlling the Black Iron Giant Eagle to accelerate away from the Land of Earth.

Unfortunately, he doesn't yet have the strength of the Naruto Homelander, who can do whatever he wants. He can only keep a low profile for now.

Hold on.

If his chakra growth goes smoothly four years from now, he will have the means to do whatever he wants and can become a Homelander.

Half an hour after Li Yao left.

A four-person Iwagakure ninja squad arrived in the small town.

"This is... a child from the Tsuchidae family!"

Before the shattered ruins, a young Iwagakure ninja, around twenty years old, turned over the rubble and saw the body of a child. The child wore a brown vest with the family crest of intersecting circles and squares embroidered on the back, and was immediately startled.

The Tsuchidai family is a large clan at the level of Iwagakure, with a status equivalent to that of the Hyuga clan among the three major clans of Konoha. They hold a pivotal position in Iwagakure.

Every ninja from this clan possesses exceptional talent, excelling in Explosion Release Kekkei Genkai. They are the founders of the Iwagakure Explosion Squad and firmly control this powerful force.

Now, the new generation of the Tsuchidai family has been brutally killed by the enemy on the land of the Land of Earth.

This has a significant impact.

This is also a provocation against Iwagakure.

A surge of anger welled up in the young Iwagakure ninja's heart.

"besides……"

Following the trail of blood, they turned over another piece of rubble and found another corpse with its heart pierced. It was also a ninja from Iwagakure, a genin who had just graduated from the ninja academy.

The young Iwagakure ninja had a gloomy expression. He squatted down and reached out to flip the corpse over. What he saw was a white triangular flower pattern, the white of which had been stained red.

"They're children of the Santu family!"

The young Iwagakure ninja recognized the clan represented by the pattern, and his face began to show fear.

The Santu family excels in Earth Release perception, and most of the members of the entire Iwagakure perception unit come from the Santu family.

The Sanzu family, along with the Tsuchida family and the Onoki family, are collectively known as the three major families of Iwagakure, forming the cornerstone of the village.

Without these three major families, Iwagakure would not have been able to be established.

A ninja who can serve as an instructor for the new generation of genin in two of the three major clans must have an extraordinary background. Only... Thinking that all the powerful ninjas had gone to the front lines of the battlefield, the young man from Iwagakure had a vague sense of unease.

His bad feeling soon became a reality.

"It's confirmed. The teacher leading these three children is Ms. Haitsuchi, the youngest daughter of the Third Tsuchikage."

The four members of the Iwagakure squad stood before the three laid-out corpses of genin children. The captain, with a grim expression, revealed the identities of the three genin instructors.

"Is it really Miss Gray Soil?"

Although the young Iwagakure ninja had some idea in his mind, he still couldn't quite believe it when he heard it from the captain. It was the Third Tsuchikage's favorite lady, Haitsuchi!

Now... although Miss Gray Earth's body hasn't been found, it doesn't mean that Miss Gray Earth's situation is much better than being dead.

After all... Miss Gray Earth is a rare beauty.

The other two also looked very unpleasant.

The captain shook his head and said, "There's no mistake. I've already examined the memories in the man's mind who issued the mission, and it's confirmed to be Miss Gray Earth."

Upon hearing this, the young Iwagakure ninja completely lost any hope and angrily said, "Damn it, it must have been those bastards from Kumogakure who took advantage of our war with Konoha and other ninja villages to ambush and kidnap Miss Haitsuchi."

As expected of mortal enemies, Iwagakure and Kumogakure immediately suspected Kumogakure of being responsible for the abduction of the Third Tsuchikage's daughter.

The other two nodded angrily, saying, "That's right, it must be Kumogakure. Those guys actually invaded our Land of Earth and kidnapped Miss Haido. This is a declaration of war against us."

"We have to fight back."

"That's right, we have to fight back."

The young man from Iwagakure and his two companions were excited. They had been sent to patrol the border and were tasked with defending against sneak attacks from Kumogakure.

Now that the Tsuchikage's daughter, Lady Haitsuchi, has been kidnapped by Kumogakure, they cannot escape responsibility, so all three are furious.

The Iwagakure captain, however, was much calmer, frowning as he said, "It might not be Kumogakure?"

"Who could it be?" one of the team members said. "It can't be a Konoha ninja, can it?"

"Not necessarily," Captain Iwagakure pondered.

Using memory exploration techniques, he not only confirmed Hui Tu's identity but also obtained a vague memory from an early-rising shop owner.

It was a large bird flying high into the sky. Because it was not yet fully light, the bird's color was not clear, and only a dark outline could be seen, like an eagle.

There seems to be someone standing up there, but then again, there doesn't seem to be.

Captain Iwagakure wasn't sure, but judging from the distance, the large bird that looked like an eagle was huge and clearly not a naturally bred eagle; it was more like a summoned beast.

There aren't many ninjas in the ninja world who use eagles as summoning beasts; both Kumogakure and Konoha have had ninjas who used eagles.

Logically speaking, it should be Yunyin who is the most likely candidate.

However, Captain Iwagakure had some suspicions in his mind when he thought about the intelligence that had recently come from the underground bounty agency.

Unfortunately, his memory probing technique was of the chakra-spirit type. The three child genin had been dead for some time, their chakra was almost depleted, and their spirits had dissipated, so he couldn't detect any memories.

They can only find out who killed them by waiting for the secret agents to come and take over, and then examine the three children's brains.

The enemy didn't destroy their heads, so it shouldn't be either Kumogakure or Konoha; it's probably Li Yao.

The Iwagakure captain had a guess in mind, and then said to the young Iwagakure ninja: "...Collect the bodies of the three children, and while you're at it, report what happened here to the Third Tsuchikage, and then go to the liaison point to wait for the Anbu to come and collect the bodies."

"The rest of you, the two of you, come with me to track down the enemy."

After quickly giving his orders, Captain Iwagakure left the young Iwagakure behind and then chased after the eagle in the direction it had flown off with his two other teammates.

The next morning.

On the outskirts of the Storm Sea, Sarutobi Tensuke and his wife flew out, abandoning their search of the Storm Sea. They prepared to return to the waters near the Land of Earth to find a small island to rest, and then return to the inland areas such as the Land of Frost to check on Li Yao's whereabouts.

It was evening that day.

Ayase Sarutobi, who emerged from the Sea of ​​Storms, saw Li Yao eight kilometers away high in the sky through the eyes of the ink-wash bird.

"It's Li Yao! He's here!"

The unexpected surprise instantly revitalized the somewhat tired spirits of Sarutobi Tensuke and his wife.

Sarutobi Tenjuro, who had been sitting and resting, quickly got up and said to his wife, "Fly to the side quickly and keep at least seven kilometers away from him."

Li Yao's perception wasn't as far-reaching as the ink-wash bird's vision, but he possessed a meticulous chakra sensing ability.

If we don't change direction quickly, once we fly to their current location, we might be able to detect the residual chakra that naturally emanates from their bodies, just like last time.

"clear."

Sarutobi Ayase immediately ordered the ink-wash bird to turn around and fly to the right, moving away from Li Yao's flight path while maintaining an observation distance of at least seven kilometers from Li Yao.

After a while, Li Yao, sitting on the back of the Black Iron Giant Eagle, flew three thousand meters above the spot where Sarutobi Tensuke and his wife had just been.

Seeing this, Sarutobi Tenjuro, who was flying seven kilometers to the left and in front of Li Yao, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Yao was flying at a much higher altitude than them, so there was no need to worry about him sensing any residual chakra in their locations.

Noticing that Li Yao was flying at an altitude of 4,000 meters, Sarutobi Ayase also adjusted her flight altitude from 1,000 meters to 4,000 meters, and then slightly reduced her flight speed, landing seven kilometers to the left of Li Yao, flying alongside him.

Because of the limited range of his perception, Li Yao was unaware that he was being targeted by Konoha ninjas once again.

This time, it can only be said that Li Yao was extremely unlucky; his return route just happened to coincide with that of Sarutobi Tensuke and his wife.

(End of this chapter)