Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 179 Mental Energy Fluctuations

The Land of Water.

A country composed of numerous islands.

The majority of the population lives on the largest island in the middle of the archipelago, where Kirigakure Village is also located.

Although they knew the general information, finding Kirigakure (Hidden Mist Village) on the vast ocean was not easy.

After flying for a while, Li Yao and Xiao Yezi found the outpost of Kirigakure on a small island. It was an observation post responsible for reconnaissance, similar to the border patrol of Konoha.

There are six ninjas on the island, in teams of three. One team of three is using binoculars to observe the surrounding sea from various parts of the island, while the other team of three is resting.

"Wait for me upstairs."

"Okay, uncle."

Xiao Yezi nodded. Along the way, Li Yao's strength had earned her full trust. No matter what kind of ninja he was, he was no match for the old man.

Li Yao fell from the sky, and two paper wings materialized on his back, allowing him to slowly descend.

Paper Release is a special escape technique. When using Paper Release chakra, a person's weight can become as light as paper, allowing them to float in the air. With paper wings, they can fly freely.

"What...?"

When Wuyin on the island discovered Li Yao, it was too late. Under the Sensation Deprivation Technique, none of the six survived; they all lay motionless on the ground.

Clang, clang... Six black iron chains flew out from Li Yao's body, pulling six Hidden Mist Ninjas from various parts of the island toward Li Yao.

"Still the standard setup of two men and one woman."

In front of Li Yao, six Mist Ninjas lay neatly on the ground. Among them were two female ninjas with charming faces, good looks, and even better figures.

It's amazing, but so far, all the female ninjas Li Yao has encountered, even the Third Hokage's wife, have been good-looking and have great figures, especially their figures. There hasn't been a single female ninja with a bad figure.

These two female ninjas from Kirigakure right now have long, straight black hair that falls to their shoulders, delicate and fair faces, and curvaceous and sexy figures, perfectly embodying the essence of womanhood.

However, judging from the fact that their eyes and brows are not yet fully open, they should still be girls who have not yet experienced sexual intercourse. The two girls are not very old either, around eighteen or nineteen years old.

At that age, surviving the Second Shinobi World War should have meant he was both strong and lucky.

Unfortunately, he ran into Li Yao.

Just as Li Yao was about to absorb the chakra of the six people, he suddenly frowned as he looked at the two beautiful and well-built female ninjas from Kirigakure, and thought of something.

"How about... we try it out and see if our mental energy is different when we're emotionally agitated?"

Li Yao's heart stirred, and he felt that it was very likely. In the past, he had always used the Perception Deprivation Technique to deprive others of control over their bodies before possessing their spirits to penetrate their souls and perceive their spiritual energy.

In that situation, a person's emotional fluctuations are not intense.

If the enemy is subjected to intense emotional fluctuations, the difference in mental energy may be more clearly perceived.

Without hesitation, Li Yao immediately released most of the six people's sensory control, locking only their mobility, and at the same time used a sealing technique to seal their chakra, preventing them from using ninjutsu.

Afterwards, Li Yao created two shadow clones, which then committed some indescribable evil acts against the two female ninjas from the Hidden Mist Village. He himself used the Spirit Transformation Technique to possess one of the female ninjas, sensing her spiritual energy during her intense emotional fluctuations.

"I wonder if this counts as messing with myself?"

Li Yao suddenly had this thought, but quickly dismissed it.

He certainly wasn't doing this to himself; he hadn't taken over the female ninja's body, so he couldn't feel the pleasure emanating from her body.

He only focuses on spiritual and mental perception.

"asshole!!!"

"Let me go, who are you... ah..."

"I'm going to kill you!!!"

Evil began. One female ninja uttered various angry curses, while another female ninja remained calm, merely gritting her teeth and staring at Li Yao with furious eyes.

Li Yao remained unmoved and continued his evil deeds.

To be honest, if Li Yao were alive today, he would definitely be a universally despised villain.

Unfortunately, no one in the Naruto world could control him. In order to develop the perfect transformation technique, he did whatever he wanted.

An hour later, just as the two beautiful Hidden Mist ninjas were experiencing intense fireworks in their heads, Li Yaoying's clone rationally ended their lives.

The two women experienced unprecedented emotional turmoil, a mixture of extreme pleasure following fear and anger, and the multiple impacts of death.

At this moment, Li Yao's mind was also focused to the maximum.

Ding... Li Yao's spirit, which was possessing a woman's body, suddenly froze. He seemed to have sensed that the female ninja's spiritual energy was emitting a different kind of fluctuation than his own.

He quickly focused all his attention on finding that slight difference in spiritual energy fluctuations.

However... that slight difference in spiritual energy fluctuations seemed to appear only for a fleeting moment, and it was not obvious. Li Yao could only sense the presence of different spiritual energy fluctuations, but he could not specifically perceive where the difference lay.

"So close!"

Li Yao's spirit withdrew from the female ninja's body, floating in the air with a gloomy expression and a hint of regret.

However, Li Yao quickly let go of his regret.

He turned his attention to the other four Hidden Mist Ninja.

"How about... going for it?"

A thought suddenly popped into Li Yao's mind: since it was the shadow clone who was going to meet the man, not him, he could just remove all the shadow clone's memories when he dispelled the shadow clone, and he wouldn't get any memories or experiences of the shadow clone meeting the man.

"My true self, I urge you to be kind and act like a human being!"

"Have you forgotten that we can refuse your ideas?"

"If you're going to do it, you do it yourself; we're definitely not going."

Li Yao forgot that his shadow clone was connected to his consciousness, and his thoughts would appear simultaneously in the shadow clone's mind.

When the two shadow clones heard that Li Yao actually asked them to go and meet the man, how could they possibly agree, given that they shared the same memories and accepted modern concepts?

At this moment, the two shadow clones stared speechlessly at their main body, exuding an aura that said, "If you dare to order me, they will dare to resist."

As the saying goes, do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.

Li Yao quickly realized his mistake and hurriedly said, "It's my fault, it's my fault."

Li Yao quickly dismissed the terrible thought that had just crossed his mind.

Shadow clones are also yourself, and should not be treated differently.

Since they couldn't get the man to come to them, they had no choice but to resort to torture.

And so, the inhumane torture began.

However, even after the four Hidden Mist ninjas died, Li Yao was unable to sense any difference in the spiritual energy.

"Either everyone's intense emotional fluctuations will manifest as a different kind of mental energy fluctuation."

"Either the emotional fluctuations weren't intense enough!"

Through comparative experiments with male and female ninjas, Li Yao has tentatively drawn these two conclusions.

Regardless of which conclusion is correct in the end.

Li Yao's line of thinking is all correct.

Only when emotions are in turmoil can a person's spiritual energy reveal a slight difference that can be perceived by them.

Then the next step is simple.

"Let's go to Daimyofu, the capital of the Land of Water."

After burning the corpse to ashes, Li Yao returned to the back of the clay bird in the sky and said to Xiao Yezi beside him.

"Okay, sir... wait a minute?" Xiao Ye suddenly realized something was wrong and looked at Li Yao in confusion, "Uncle, aren't we going to Kirigakure to find the Third Mizukage?"

(End of this chapter)