Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 143 Misunderstanding... Seems pretty good too.

The red-haired woman was already in tears. She picked up her daughter and ran towards where the golden chains converged.

Who is the only ninja in the entire ninja world who can use golden chakra chains?

Without a doubt, they must be from the Uzumaki clan.

To be able to use the Vajra Lockdown over such a wide area, one must be a powerful member of the Uzumaki clan.

She didn't know who this powerful person was, but there was no doubt that he had come to rescue her and her daughter.

The Kusagakure headquarters is not large, with an area of ​​about two kilometers in diameter.

The furthest distance Li Yao can release illusions is 500 meters, meaning that the area within a 500-meter radius centered on him is covered by his illusions.

To instantly kill all the ninjas within a two-kilometer radius, Li Yao only needs to create five clones.

In the center of the base camp, Li Yao placed his hands on the open giant scroll.

Countless golden chakra chains shot out from the scroll, embedding themselves in the bodies of the Kusagakure ninjas in the camp, whose senses had been stripped away by the Sensory Deprivation Technique, and draining their chakra.

"Mom...this is..."

The little girl, Yezi, finally realized something from the golden chakra chains, but she was afraid it was just a dream. She tried her best to suppress the joy of surviving the ordeal and looked at her mother with expectant yet uneasy eyes.

The red-haired woman nodded vigorously and said, "Ye Zi, it's our people who have come to save us. It really is our people who have come to save us."

Along the way, the grass ninjas at the camp remained motionless, allowing the golden chakra chains to devour and plunder their chakra.

The golden chakra chains did not react in the slightest to the mother and daughter who walked by.

Clearly, their people knew them, and they came to rescue them.

"That's great, Mom."

"Waaah... Mommy, you won't have to let those bad guys bite you anymore, waaaah..."

The little girl, Yezi, finally couldn't contain her joy and excitement. She cried, cried uncontrollably, and her tears never stopped flowing.

"No, thank you."

As the red-haired woman ran, she gripped her daughter's thin hand tightly and said, "Yezi won't have to go hungry anymore."

Thump thump thump... Just as the mother and daughter reached the center of the camp, the sounds of watermelons bursting open suddenly rang out all around them.

In an instant, a blood-red mist filled the air.

Under the moonlight, the entire camp was silent, with a blood-red mist enveloping the surroundings, as if defending against something.

"Who?"

Suddenly, Li Yao looked up sharply at a point a hundred meters above him on his left, and there... was nothing there.

"Is it an illusion?"

Li Yao frowned. He had clearly sensed a nearly transparent chakra flame figure flash by in the air a hundred meters away, but it disappeared in an instant.

Or is it just my imagination?

Do not!

It can't be an illusion.

Li Yao recalled that the moment when the Adamantine Sealing Chains had devoured all the chakra of the ninjas in the entire Kusagakure camp, and he used them to smash the heads of all the Kusagakure ninjas in the camp, was almost the same moment when he sensed the blurry chakra flame figure in the air.

Clearly, there was indeed a humanoid chakra there just now, or rather, someone was observing him from a great distance using some kind of secret technique he didn't know.

This person must have been so overwhelmed by the sheer brutality of the scene where he instantly killed so many Kusagakure ninja that he lost control of his emotions, causing a violent fluctuation that destabilized the secret technique and made him sense the anomaly.

Absolutely.

His chakra perception ability cannot be wrong.

"But... there really is a ninjutsu that can evade my chakra sensing ability!!!"

Li Yao was shocked. This wasn't hiding a hundred meters underground, but in the air. Someone was actually using ninjutsu to observe him at such close range, and he hadn't even noticed.

If it weren't for this accidental incident that caused a dramatic emotional fluctuation in the other party, he might never have realized that he had been being watched all along.

"Who is it?"

"From Konoha or... it should be someone from Konoha."

Li Yao had already met people from Iwagakure and Kumogakure, so it could only be people from Konoha. Only they would reveal his whereabouts without him making a move.

Konoha probably still has the same idea as Sarutobi Tensuke and his wife before: to let Iwagakure and Kumogakure wear him down, and then, when he is weakened after his previous outburst like in his battle with the Third Raikage, Konoha will then attack him.

If Sarutobi Tensuke and his wife hadn't failed to withstand his illusion last time, Li Yao would have actually been defeated.

Konoha must know about his powerful genjutsu this time, so their next move must mean they have a way to counter it.

But... hehe!

Li Yao sneered, controlled all the Vajra Seals back into the giant sealing scroll, and then put the scroll back into the Black Water Space.

He is not the same person he was a year ago.

In this ninja era where Nagato had not yet grown up and Madara was unable to survive, his strength was such that he feared no one.

Even if the weakness is insufficient chakra, it is no longer a fatal weakness with the giant scroll.

"Come on, kill as many as you come!"

Li Yao hardened his heart. This time, he would not flee in disarray from the Third Raikage as he had done before. He would fight back fiercely.

Even if you encounter the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, who can use Dust Release... well... you still have to run away.

Li Yao suppressed the frustration in his heart.

Currently, the only person in the ninja world who can pose a threat to him is the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki.

Thinking back to the Fourth Shinobi World War, Onoki's "Dust Release: Limit Separation Technique" covered an area of ​​several kilometers in radius, instantly killing Madara's twenty-five incomplete Susanoo. With that terrifying attack power and range, no matter how fast Li Yao was, he really had no way to deal with such a wide-range Dust Release attack.

However, Onoki definitely wouldn't use that kind of powerful move at the beginning.

If Li Yao could have copied Onoki's Dust Release chakra before then, he would truly be invincible in the current ninja world.

However, Dust Release is different from other ninjutsu; it has a terrifying attack power that can cause injury upon contact.

To replicate it, Li Yao might have to sacrifice a finger or an arm, but it would be worth it.

With Wood Release chakra, the fingers and arms should be able to grow back after consuming a lot of chakra.

Thinking of this, Li Yao's frustration dissipated, and he even began to hope that the Third Tsuchikage would come looking for him.

However, for now, let's first learn the knowledge of sealing techniques.

After all, what's a giant scroll as convenient as a devouring seal array engraved on one's own body?

Li Yao turned to look at his target, a woman from the Whirlpool Clan.

This is a woman, a big woman, a big and beautiful woman, and she's with a little... dry wood.

Li Yao glanced at the little girl's face, which was filled with joy yet tinged with a hint of timidity, before his gaze fell on the red-haired woman. He then got up and walked over to her.

The red-haired woman and her daughter ignored the blood-red mist beside them and walked step by step toward Li Yao.

"Hi, you guys..."

When they were about five meters apart, Li Yao was about to greet her in a friendly manner when the red-haired woman suddenly hugged him.

Li Yao frowned slightly, instinctively wanting to stop her, but he held back and didn't dodge, letting the woman open her arms and hug him tightly.

The little girl also hugged Li Yao and her mother with her dry, twig-like hands.

A mother and daughter, who had lost their country and were stranded in a foreign land in endless despair, were suddenly rescued by their people. The joy they felt was indescribable and overwhelming.

They could only express their heartfelt gratitude for Li Yao's appearance at this moment by hugging him tightly.

Li Yao slowly extended his hands, hesitated several times, and finally gently placed them on the hair of the mother and daughter.

He actually found this place during the day.

Because I had once sensed the life-giving chakra unique to the Uzumaki clan, emanating from Mito Uzumaki and Kushina Uzumaki.

Li Yao quickly identified the mother and daughter from among the hundreds of ninjas in the camp as the Uzumaki clan members he was looking for.

However, being cautious, he did not act immediately.

Afterwards, he observed from the air, sensing that the red-haired woman had rows of teeth marks left on her hands and legs by the Grass Ninja. He watched as she returned to the wooden house with a numb expression and nestled with her daughter, staring blankly out the window.

I want to die, but I can't.

Even if you want to live, you can't.

Pain and despair enveloped the mother and daughter, leaving them no room to maneuver.

Li Yao had experienced this feeling before.

The six months of torment he endured from three generations are exactly what his mother and daughter are experiencing now.

I want to die, but I can't.

Li Yao cannot commit suicide; he cannot die.

The mother and daughter were so attached to each other that they didn't want the other to die, so they couldn't die.

As for wanting to live, the mother and daughter, like Li Yao at the time, were well aware that once their usefulness was gone, they would still have to die.

It was perhaps this sense of despair between the mother and daughter that resonated with Li Yao, which is why he did not refuse their embrace.

He had realized that the mother and daughter might have mistaken him for someone from the Uzumaki clan, as he was using the Vajra Lock.

That's why I'm so excited.

However, admitting your mistake is good; it makes communication easier.

(End of this chapter)