Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 144 Gui Mo and Ye Zi

"Thanks."

After a long embrace, the red-haired woman finally calmed down, her face slightly flushed as she released Li Yao. Looking into Li Yao's eyes, she softly but firmly said thank you.

"Uncle, why is your hair different from ours?"

The little girl had calmed down by then. After letting go of Li Yao, she noticed that Li Yao's hair was black and asked curiously.

"I see."

Before Li Yao could answer, the red-haired woman looked at the black hair on Li Yao's head with a look of sudden realization and said, "After you dye your red hair black, other people won't think you are a member of the Uzumaki clan just because your hair isn't the distinctive red hair of the Uzumaki clan."

Li Yao: "..."

"Sigh! Why didn't we think of that back then! If we had thought of it sooner, Kishimoto wouldn't have..."

Thinking of the dwindling number of her people on the run and her husband's eventual death, the red-haired woman sighed, feeling deeply distressed. She realized it all too late.

"Uncle, I want to dye my hair black too," the little girl Ye Zi said in a clear voice, tilting her head back and staring at Li Yao with her bright eyes.

"We'll talk about dyeing our hair later."

Li Yao smiled and said, "Let's leave here now."

Without giving the mother and daughter time to react, Li Yao picked them up, one in each arm, and jumped into the air, landing on the back of the black iron giant eagle, and flew towards the Land of Waterfall.

"call……"

Seeing Li Yao fly away, Kato Dan, in his spirit form in mid-air, dared to relax a little.

"This guy's perception is just as Ayase-senpai said, it's too sharp."

"So close!"

"I almost got discovered."

Thinking of the sudden look Li Yao had given him earlier, Kato Dan almost lost his composure and let Li Yao see him in his spirit form.

Fortunately, he managed to suppress all his aura and stabilize his spiritual body, which prevented Li Yao from sensing him.

"Li Yao...this guy is too dangerous!"

Looking down at the corpses shrouded in blood mist, Kato Dan felt a heavy weight in his heart.

Li Yao's danger lay not only in his strength but also in his personality and actions, which made Kato Dan even more determined to kill Li Yao, even if it meant his own death.

The reason he experienced such intense emotional turmoil was because he witnessed Li Yaoyi's bloody scene of instantly killing hundreds of Kusagakure ninjas who had no grudge against him, which greatly shocked him.

If Li Yao is so ruthless and bloodthirsty in killing people he has no grudge against, what about Konoha?

Without much thought, Kato Dan knew that when Li Yao finally stormed Konoha, given the murderous intent he displayed, no one in Konoha would become his target.

"We absolutely cannot let this guy stay alive."

Kato Dan took one last look at the blood-soaked camp, reminded himself once again of Li Yao's danger, and continued his pursuit of Li Yao.

Inside the black iron giant eagle's belly, moonlight shone down from the exposed opening above, falling on the three people surrounding it.

"Eat."

Li Yao took out a roast chicken and two boxes of sushi from the Blackwater Space and placed them in the middle, smiling as she urged the mother and daughter to eat, knowing that they were still hungry.

"Thank you, Uncle."

Without any hesitation, the little girl Ye Zi tore off a chicken leg from the roast chicken and started gnawing on it, her mouth instantly covered in oil.

"Thanks."

The red-haired woman bowed slightly and thanked him before picking up a piece of sushi and putting it in her mouth, tears streaming down her face as she ate.

"Waaah...it's so delicious!"

As the little girl Yezi ate, tears streamed down her face, and in the end, she couldn't tell whether the tears or saliva were flowing from her mouth.

Since fleeing the disaster, no meal has ever tasted as delicious and reassuring to the mother and daughter as this one.

"Eat more if you like it, I have more."

Li Yao smiled, crossed his hands behind his head, and leaned back. The black iron chains on the belly of the giant black iron eagle quickly wove together and bulged to support his body.

He didn't rush to ask the mother and daughter about basic sealing techniques; he waited until they finished eating before asking them.

After all, it's about learning knowledge, so we can't force it. It's best if both mother and daughter cooperate willingly.

"Sir, I still don't know your name?"

After taking a few bites of sushi, the red-haired woman looked at Li Yao lying on his back opposite her and suddenly remembered that she did not know Li Yao's name, so she asked.

Just call me Li Yao.

Before the red-haired woman could even consider whether the Uzumaki clan had a person named Li Yao, Li Yao immediately countered, "And you?"

Upon hearing this, the red-haired woman sat up straight and respectfully said, "My name is Gui Mo, and this is...."

"Uncle Li Yao, my name is Ye Zi."

Before Uzumaki Takama could introduce them, Uzumaki Yoko spoke up on her own.

"Yes, I remember. Your name is Yezi, Little Yezi." Looking at the little girl's cheerful smile, Li Yao pointed to his head to show that he remembered her and called her Little Yezi to show his affection.

Hehe... Little Leaf felt incredibly happy upon hearing this affectionate address.

For her, Li Yao, who appeared to save her and her mother after experiencing endless despair, was already the closest relative in the world besides her mother.

Being able to be close to her family, Xiao Yezi felt a long-lost sense of happiness.

After the mother and daughter finished eating, Li Yao took out paper from the Black Water Space to wipe their mouths and also conjured a water ball to wash their faces.

After washing their faces, the mother and daughter immediately shook off their previous fatigue and became radiant.

Gui Mo's previously somewhat blemished face became much clearer, revealing a smooth oval face with delicate facial features, forming a strikingly beautiful face.

She has a great figure. Although she looks a bit thin at the moment, you can still feel her alluring waist-to-hip ratio while she is kneeling.

Coupled with her mature and sophisticated demeanor at the age of thirty-four or thirty-five, Li Yao's gaze couldn't help but become more intense.

But that was all; Li Yao didn't do anything out of line.

"grown ups……"

Li Yao's intense gaze was so blatant that Gui Mo didn't feel offended at all. Instead, she felt inexplicably shy and blushed, lowering her eyes slightly to avoid meeting Li Yao's gaze. She deliberately changed the subject and asked, "My lord, where are we going next?"

"Yes, Uncle, where are we going now?"

Xiao Yezi looked at Li Yao curiously, but her heart sank after she asked the question.

Their country is gone, and in this vast ninja world, where can they find a new home?

"How much do you know about the basics of sealing techniques?" Li Yao asked. He didn't care where they went; he just wanted to know how much basic sealing technique knowledge the mother and daughter had. If they knew too little, then the mother and daughter would be of no use to him.

It was no use... Li Yao could only fly to a safe place, drop them off, and let them fend for themselves.

So there's absolutely no need to ask him where he's going now.

Although Li Yao sympathized with their plight, that was all he felt.

Li Yao never imagined that she would be a lifelong angel nanny for the mother and daughter.

Once he learns the basics of sealing techniques, he will leave the mother and daughter.

At that time, whether the mother and daughter live or die is none of his business.

Li Yao felt no sense of belonging to this world, nor to the people here. His current goal was clear: everything was based on taking revenge on the Third Hokage and Konoha.

"Uncle, you're already so strong, why do you still need to learn sealing techniques?"

Xiao Yezi asked with a puzzled look. She thought Li Yao wanted to learn basic sealing techniques, which was actually true.

Xiao Yezi was a little confused. Uncle Li Yao had already developed a black iron chain that was different from the Vajra Lock, so his knowledge of sealing techniques must be deeper than her mother's. Why was he still asking her how much basic sealing technique knowledge her mother knew?

"I..." Li Yao.

"I understand." Gui Mo looked at Li Yao with an expression that said, "I understand now." She said respectfully, "My lord must want to collect more basic knowledge of sealing techniques to prepare for the inheritance of our Uzumaki clan."

That must be it. No wonder he's a member of the clan who came to save the mother and daughter. While they were still worried about survival, Lord Li Yao was already working hard to pass on the sealing techniques of the Whirlpool Clan.

Looking at the adoring expression on Gui Mo's face, which seemed to say "I understand," Li Yao fell silent.

Forget it, he originally disdained to lie to the mother and daughter and wanted to be honest that he was not a member of the Uzumaki clan, but he did not expect that the beautiful Gui Mo would make such a wild imagination.

He was too lazy to explain anymore. He decided to just leave it at that and learn the sealing techniques first.

"Oh, I see." After hearing her mother's words, Xiao Yezi looked at Li Yao with admiration and said, "That's so cool, Uncle! I know some of it. I still remember what the school said. Let me tell you."

"Alright, Xiao Yezi, stop making things worse." Gui Mo stopped her daughter's long-winded explanation and said, "What you've memorized so far are just scattered basic knowledge of sealing techniques, which will only make it more difficult for adults to collect and integrate basic sealing technique knowledge."

"My lord," Gui Mo turned to Li Yao and said, "I know of a stronghold of our clan. It should not have been found by those villains, and it still preserves the knowledge of various sealing techniques and barrier techniques that our clan has collected and developed over the generations."

(End of this chapter)