Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 146 The Five Kage Begin Their Operation

Niujiao Peninsula.

Hidden Rock Camp.

Inside the cave, where black, glowing rocks protrude, a dozen oil lamps illuminated the roughly 100-square-meter wartime office of the Earth Shadow.

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, floated in the air, holding the letter given to him by the daimyo of the Land of Earth, quietly listening to the intelligence reports from the ANBU in front of him.

"In conclusion, what the Daimyo said is true. The Daimyo of the Land of Fire did indeed send a secret letter to the Daimyo's office of the four great nations. The content should be similar to that sent to you, Tsuchikage."

"Understood, you may leave."

Onoki waved his hand, and the Anbu withdrew. Only Onoki remained in the rocky cave. He took out the letter written to him by the Third Hokage from his pocket and read it again.

"Li Yao... he really does possess the art of immortality!"

Two days ago, letters from the Third Hokage and the Daimyo arrived at his residence together. The Daimyo's steward was in charge of delivering the letters, which shows how much importance the Daimyo attached to them.

Onoki dared not underestimate him in the slightest, but he was also completely baffled as to why the Third Hokage's letter would be delivered to him by the steward of the Daimyo's mansion in the Land of Earth, in the name of the Daimyo.

He didn't know why until he read the letter from the daimyo.

They actually made him join forces with the shadows of the other four major nations to kill Li Yao.

Upon seeing this, Onoki felt insulted.

He admitted that he wished he could kill Li Yao.

He also admitted that Li Yao, who possessed such Wood Release techniques, was indeed terrifying.

But he's far inferior to Hashirama Senju, the God of Shinobi.

He simply couldn't pinpoint Li Yao's exact location, and since he was currently facing off against the Third Raikage, he dared not leave the camp for an extended period. Otherwise, he could have easily killed Li Yao on his own.

This confidence stemmed from Onoki's unique Kekkei Tota Dust Release technique.

Li Yao's Wood Release technique couldn't possibly be more powerful than his Dust Release.

Onoki wanted to refute the daimyo's brainless suggestion, but when he saw in the letter that Li Yao would use a technique for immortality that could possess other people's bodies and be reborn repeatedly, his expression became serious.

The Daimyo was very wary of Li Yao's ninjutsu, which allowed him to continuously possess other people's bodies and reincarnate them. This forced him to join forces with the Kage of the four great nations to kill Li Yao, otherwise the legitimacy of Iwagakure in the Land of Earth would be questionable.

Seeing the daimyo's attitude, Onoki became serious and curious: did this kind of ninjutsu that involves constantly possessing and reincarnating bodies really exist?

With a skeptical mind, he opened the letter the Third Hokage had given him.

The Third Hokage's letter revealed a lot more information.

The letter stated that Li Yao's current body is that of a child named Kimura Yao, who is currently thirteen years old and had never left Konoha Village before the age of six. All of his movements are traceable.

After he turned six, the Third Hokage discovered his identity as a possessed body and captured him in a secret room of the Anbu, where he was interrogated for six months about the secret techniques of possession and reincarnation.

Then he was secretly imprisoned by Danzo for more than five years.

The Wood Release ability that Li Yao possessed was acquired during his imprisonment by implanting the First Hokage's cells.

She learned the Shadow Clone Technique from her father.

Apart from that, Kimura Yokai's only ninjutsu is the basic Three Body Techniques taught at school.

However, when Li Yao fled Konoha, he suddenly displayed the Black Iron Chain Sealing Technique, which was comparable to Mito Uzumaki's Adamantine Sealing Technique.

Then the Vajra Sealing Technique was exposed.

Next up is the Lightning Release: Black Lightning, exclusively developed by the Third Raikage.

Then, Li Yao even learned Konoha's secret ninjutsu, Super Beast Imitation Drawing.

If it is the real Kimura Yao, a little kid who never left Konoha before the age of six and was imprisoned after the age of six, how did he manage to traverse Konoha, Uzushiogakure, and Kumogakure and possess the secret ninjutsu of the three great hidden villages?

Could Li Yao possibly copy someone else's ninjutsu with just a glance?

surely not.

Everyone knows that while basic elemental ninjutsu can be copied, secret ninjutsu can never be copied at a glance.

Moreover, Black Lightning, Super Beast Imitation Drawing, and Vajra Sealing Technique—aren't these ninjutsu incredibly difficult to learn?

In each era, only a maximum of two or three people can learn it.

Such a difficult secret technique could not possibly be copied by anyone at a glance.

The complexity of the chakra nature and attribute changes involved is so great that it would be difficult for you to learn it even if you were to study it in the first place, let alone copy it at a glance.

By this point, Onoki had already realized how terrifying it would be if Li Yao continued to exist.

This kind of terror is not something that Li Yao can repeatedly possess and reincarnate into.

Possession and reincarnation are not scary. Even if a rat can live forever, it is still a rat, which can be easily crushed.

However, it is highly likely that Li Yao can inherit all the ninjutsu of the person he is possessing through body-snatching and reincarnation.

Either Li Yao has an exceptionally high talent for ninjutsu, which is why he was able to learn so many extremely difficult secret ninjutsu techniques during his possession and reincarnation.

It is said that the Third Raikage is the only one in Kumogakure who knows the Black Lightning technique. Others have also learned it, but so far no one has been able to master this powerful lightning ninjutsu.

However, Li Yao knew how to do it.

Therefore, regardless of the situation, it shows that Li Yao will continue to master more powerful ninjutsu over time.

Today he controls the Black Lightning, tomorrow will he possess a Bloodline Limit ninja and control the Bloodline Limit?

When Li Yao truly masters four or five bloodline limits, then... it's very likely that a god of ninjas will appear in the ninja world again.

Thinking about this, the Third Generation understood the Daimyo's urgency in killing Li Yao.

If Li Yao is allowed to continue possessing and reincarnating, the five great nations will not be at peace, especially given Li Yao's personality, which is full of bloodlust.

In the small town where Li Yao captured his daughter, many civilians died. Li Yao's character was immediately apparent; he was a bastard who had no respect for life.

It's really unsettling to see such a bastard alive.

At this point, Onoki was already leaning towards the proposal for the Five Kage to join forces.

However, being cautious, he first sent someone to verify whether what was said in the letter from the third generation was true.

Just now, the Anbu reported that there was indeed a child in Konoha named Kimura Yo who was judged to have died at the hands of a spy when he was six years old.

Afterwards, information about "Kimura Yo" after escaping Konoha was basically traceable.

If that's the case, then Li Yao's story is probably true.

"hehe."

Onoki suddenly smiled and said, "I never thought I would encounter the Five Kage joining forces again, especially when the Five Great Hidden Villages are fighting each other. It's really strange."

"Li Yao, you are the first person to have the Five Kage join forces. Even Madara Uchiha and the First Hokage did not receive this treatment."

"So, you're going to die this time. You dared to do that to my precious daughter. Even without the Five Kage joining forces, I will kill you."

Onoki's eyes flashed with murderous intent; he was determined to kill Li Yao.

Soon, Onoki replied to the daimyo, agreeing to the plan for the Five Kage to join forces to kill Li Yao.

at the same time.

After confirming that what the Third Hokage said about Li Yao in his letter was true, the Third Kazekage and the Third Mizukage agreed to the plan for the Five Kage to join forces.

However, they all suggested that Li Yao's body cells must be allocated to them in sufficient quantities afterward.

The Third Raikage also made this request; he was the first to agree to the Five Kage joining forces because he was the one who knew best how terrifying Li Yao was.

However, it was different from what the Third Hokage and others thought.

The Third Raikage secretly believed that Li Yao was actually a terrifying monster who could copy other people's ninjutsu with just a glance.

This was the main reason he agreed to join forces with the Five Kage, not Li Yao's possession and reincarnation technique.

soon.

three days later.

Upon receiving the reply from the Four Kage, the Third Hokage immediately outlined a plan to ambush Li Yao in the Land of Whirlpools.

At this time, Li Yao was still on his way and had not yet reached the Land of Whirlpools.

Without a map, he could only follow Takamori's escape route, flying step by step to the Land of Whirlpools. Also, because he was taking care of the two of them, he flew rather slowly.

During this period, the five great nations and the five Kage began to take action, each bringing their own guard ninjas, and set off for the Land of Whirlpools.

Along the way, Kato Dan would relay Li Yao's location to the various Kage.

Knowing that he would definitely face a major battle in the future, Li Yao never imagined it would be such a fierce one.

The fact that the Five Kage joined forces happened one shinobi world war earlier than expected, and the target of their joint attack was none other than himself.

Only Li Yao didn't know, otherwise... he would definitely have run away beforehand.

A single shadow is not scary, and even two shadows are not so bad.

However, with the three Shadows joining forces, Li Yao's current strength is somewhat insufficient to cope.

If the Five Kage join forces, and one of them is Onoki, then there's no way they can compete.

The current Li Yao doesn't have the unlimited chakra of the reanimated Uchiha Madara, otherwise he wouldn't be afraid of the Five Kage.

(End of this chapter)