Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 182 Obito Takes His Position, Li Yao is Dispensable

"Understood, Lord Madara."

White Zetsu nodded. Although he still didn't trust Obito's ability to carry out the plan, he couldn't disobey Madara's orders for the time being.

Fortunately, there was Li Yao. Even if Obito wasn't strong enough, Li Yao was strong enough to help Obito complete his subsequent plans.

However, when Li Yao was mentioned, Bai Jue suddenly spoke with some pain about how Li Yao had wiped out the Daimyo clan in the capital of the Land of Water.

"What should we do, Lord Madara?" White Zetsu looked at Madara.

Li Yao's actions are too crazy. I clearly warned that guy not to attract too much attention, but first he attacked Kumogakure, then he hunted down ninjas from various villages, and now he has even wiped out the Daimyo clan of the Land of Water.

So much so that the White Zetsu didn't even have time to warn them.

It was also Bai Jue's own fault for not expecting Li Yao to be so crazy. He thought Li Yao was just taking small revenge on the Daimyo of the Land of Water, and at most killing a few people. In the end, he wiped out the entire clan.

"That brat!!"

Ban frowned slightly upon hearing this. He didn't care about the so-called extermination of the Daming Prefecture clan, but Li Yao's desire for revenge was too strong.

We're in the Land of Water now, but could we be in Konoha tomorrow?

With Li Yao's current strength, the only person in Konoha who could stop him is Mito Uzumaki, but that woman is dead, and no one can stop Li Yao.

This would cause great damage to Konoha.

Let's not even talk about the possibility that Obito might be affected.

Even now, Konoha can't afford to lose too many people.

Obito needs a relatively stable environment to grow up in, he needs more people to help him accumulate more love, and he needs to find someone who can receive all of his love.

In short, nothing can happen to Konoha right now.

Otherwise, Obito's love would have been prematurely ignited by someone he cared about before it reached its peak, and the dark emotions that erupted when he was led into darkness would not have been as intense.

The consequence of this is that the Sharingan that is developed will be quite ordinary and will not meet Madara's requirements.

"Where is that brat?" Madara asked.

"In Kirigakure," Zetsu replied. Li Yao had White Zetsu cells in his body, so he could sense Li Yao's location at any time, even if he flew into the sky, it would be useless.

Of course, White Zetsu could only sense the location; he couldn't sense what Li Yao said or did in the sky.

"Have that guy infiltrate Nagato's inner circle and protect Nagato's Rinnegan for the long term. He is not allowed to leave to do anything else without my orders."

Madara's eyes flashed. A pawn should be prepared to act like a pawn. Now that he has found Obito, Li Yao's existence is dispensable.

If Li Yao disobeys his orders, he wouldn't mind taking Li Yao away as a pawn.

No one can stop his Eye of the Moon plan.

"I'll go inform Li Yao right away," Bai Jue replied, and immediately went to contact Bai Jue Lutou near Wuyin Village to find Li Yao.

Madara placed White Zetsu in all five hidden villages to gather intelligence.

White Zetsu can also communicate over long distances through some kind of connection.

Of course, unlike Li Yao's shadow clones which connect instantly, the White Zetsu of the Land of Grass need intermediaries—various White Zetsu—to relay messages to the White Zetsu of Kirigakure.

However, it takes time to relay a message.

At this time, Li Yao's actions in Wuyin Village had already begun.

Four thousand meters above the circular barrier, it was exactly outside the barrier's coverage.

With a thought, Li Yao conjured a giant clay sphere in front of him, from which clay birds flew out and shot down to various parts of the Hidden Mist Village below.

This time, Li Yao chose the same attack as Yun Yin, but did not use the explosive tag rain technique he used in Daming Prefecture.

After all, it's one of the five hidden villages, and we can't reveal our identities. Using explosive tags is easy to be blocked, so clay birds are faster.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh... The clay birds were very fast, passing through the perception barrier of Kirigakure like raindrops.

"There's an enemy... no, an enemy attack has suddenly appeared in the village from directly overhead, and the area affected is... huge!!!"

At the center of the barrier, sensing the clay birds carrying chakra shooting towards the village like a rain of clouds through the barrier, the Hidden Mist ninja was shocked and quickly warned them.

"What?!!"

The liaison team ninjas remained stationed at the center of the barrier, ready to relay information to the Mizukage should any unexpected situation arise.

Upon hearing the report from the Sensing Squad ninja, everyone's pupils constricted slightly. One person quickly went to report to the Mizukage, while the others rushed to notify the other ninjas in the village and sound the alarm for the enemy invasion.

Boom! Before the alarm could even sound, Li Yao's clay bird had already landed.

In an instant, the deafening roar of the explosion resounded throughout the entire Hidden Mist Village, and the towering flames and black smoke reminded everyone in the Hidden Mist Village that they were under attack by the enemy.

Now we don't need the liaison team to notify them.

The whole village knows what they are facing.

"Boil Release - Disappearance Technique!"

On the rooftop of a residential building on the east side of Kirigakure, the future Fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumi, was eighteen years old but had already mastered two bloodline limit ninjutsu. At this moment, she opened her fiery red lips and exhaled a large area of ​​boiling deep blue mist, blowing it upwards at the clay birds attacking from the sky.

Clay birds fell into the boiling mist, and before they could explode, they melted and dissolved instantly, just like when they encountered highly concentrated sulfuric acid.

"Where did the enemy come from?"

"Why wasn't there any warning at all?"

Mei Terumi used Boil Release to block the clay birds flying overhead while frowning and asking the male ninja beside her.

"I don't know, I was also awakened by the explosion." The male Kirigakure ninja was still sleeping, but was indeed awakened by the explosion, and was even a little confused at the moment.

This is Kirigakure, a village with countless surveillance points around it. How could the enemy have managed to sneak into the village and attack it directly?

The people in charge of the monitoring points deserve to die.

"However, the enemy should be coming from the air. Clay Bird is the secret bloodline limit of Iwagakure, so it should be an attack from Iwagakure," the male Kirigakure ninja judged.

"Iwagakure..." Mei Terumi frowned slightly, not believing that Iwagakure would attack Kirigakure from such a distance.

After all, even if Kirigakure suffers losses and its strength is greatly reduced, it won't be Iwagakure's turn.

The three countries of Lightning, Fire, and Wind, which are close to the Land of Water, are the most likely to gain tangible benefits from it.

There's no reason for Iwagakure to do the work for someone else.

Can't figure it out!

Mei Terumi shook her head inwardly. At this moment, she had already habitually stood in Kakuzu, the Mizukage, to think about the problem, but she still couldn't figure out what kind of enemy had attacked the village this time.

She doesn't have time to think about it anymore.

Although she managed to stop a large portion of the clay birds, there were simply too many of them.

Boom! Boom! The violent explosions around them continued to haunt Mei Terumi, and the village was still suffering enormous damage.

"Help me... my leg... is broken..."

"Hang in there, I'll be right there... Ah!"

"Quick, there are wounded here... Ah!"

"Quick, over here, hide!"

"Earth Release-Earth Formation Wall."

"Water Release-Water Formation Wall."

"Lightning Release - Earth Walk".

The Hidden Mist Village ninjas responded actively, using various escaping techniques throughout the village, but they still couldn't stop the dense swarms of clay birds attacking all parts of the village.

The number of casualties rose rapidly in a short period of time, reaching an alarming figure.

This is the terror of having a huge amount of chakra.

Having a large amount of chakra means you can do whatever you want.

Compared to Deidara's meticulous planning when using Clay Explosion Release, Li Yao directly used an unstoppable barrage of attacks, making it difficult for all the ninjas of Kirigakure to defend against.

This is still why he likes to watch explosions.

Otherwise, if they directly used C4-level nano-clay bombs to attack, the casualties in the entire Hidden Mist Village would be even more terrifying.

(End of this chapter)