Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 192 A King Beats a Silver Player, Dominating Them Completely

"Uncle, I caught this fish. What do you think? It's quite big, isn't it?"

At Uncle Yujing's house, Li Yao and his group of five, plus Uncle Yujing's family of three, a total of eight people, sat around the dining table. Because the table wasn't very big, Xiao Yezi stood close to Li Yao, pointing with her chopsticks at a large fish head in the pot as if she were showing off.

Seeing the different smile on Xiao Yezi's face compared to when she was with him, Li Yao nodded with satisfaction and said, "Yes, it's very big."

"Eat, eat, everyone, please help yourselves." Uncle Yujing was very polite and enthusiastic.

"Here you go, Uncle." Little Ye handed the biggest fish head to Li Yao.

Yahiko's innocence and Minami's companionship helped her integrate quickly.

Li Yao enjoyed the cheerful atmosphere.

We ate fish soup and chatted together, enjoying each other's company. There's nothing more beautiful than this.

Unfortunately... there are always people who like to cause trouble at times like these.

While they were eating, Xiao Yezi suddenly frowned, secretly lowered her hand, and patted Li Yao's thigh under the table.

Li Yao remained unmoved. Seeing Li Yao's attitude, Xiao Yezi wanted to remind Yahiko and the others that a team of twelve ninjas was attacking the village, but she could only hold back and obey Li Yao's orders.

Li Yao wanted to see how good Yahiko and the other two's sensory abilities were, especially Nagato's.

As a result, they didn't realize the enemy was close to the village entrance.

Moreover, it wasn't because of their sensory abilities, but because the traps they set at the village entrance were triggered by the enemy, which is how they realized someone had invaded.

"It seems that the Rinnegan... no, it's Nagato's sensory abilities that are lacking," Li Yao thought to himself.

"Oh no, someone's coming!"

Yahiko's expression changed, and he immediately said to Uncle Mikage and his family, "Uncle, you should hide quickly, leave the outside to us."

Nagato and Konan had already switched to battle mode.

Li Yao pulled up the hood of his waterproof coat, raised the collar high, and covered most of his face, leaving only his eyes visible.

The same goes for Xiao Yezi; she is also wanted by the police.

Ordinary villagers are fine, since they don't have access to wanted posters, but it's not certain for those wandering ninjas, so it's still better to disguise themselves a little.

The five of them then quickly opened the door and ran towards the village entrance.

At the village entrance, the twelve ninjas who triggered the trap instantly realized there were ninjas in the village and became alert, not daring to enter the village rashly.

Soon, Yahiko led Li Yao and the others to the village entrance, where they confronted the twelve-man ninja squad outside.

The twelve ninjas were all adults in size, each carrying a ninja sword. Judging from their uniforms, they were probably Hanzo's men. They were well-equipped, but none of them wore the gas masks that were the signature feature of Hanzo's men.

Yahiko guessed that these people were most likely ninjas who had left Hanzo's command in Amegakure.

For some reason, they've now set their sights on this village.

"Twelve people...that's a bit too many!"

Seeing that there were twelve people coming, and they were all former subordinates of Hanzo, their strength was definitely different from the five people he had encountered before. Thinking of this, Yahiko's expression changed slightly. Fortunately, he saw Li Yao and Xiao Yezi out of the corner of his eye, which calmed him down a lot.

They are not the same three people as before.

With Brother Li and Sister Ye joining in, what does it matter if there are twelve people? No matter how many there are, they can't harm the village behind him.

"This place is under our protection. You are being warned to leave immediately."

If it's possible to avoid fighting, then it's best to avoid it. Yahiko's belief has always been to resolve differences through communication.

But there's a saying...

A person's words must carry weight, and people must be willing to listen.

If this person lived on modern Earth, he would either have power or money.

In the Naruto world where strength reigns supreme, the prerequisite for communication is that you have to beat the other person before they will listen to you.

Otherwise, what do you think Hashirama Senju relied on to quell the chaos?

What did Madara Uchiha rely on to persuade him to join forces and establish Konoha?

strength!

Absolute strength!

Only when your fist is bigger will others sit down and listen quietly to your reasoning.

Clearly, Yahiko did not display the absolute strength to make the twelve attackers sit down and listen to his communication.

"Are you Hanzo's men?" The leading ninja on the other side asked instinctively when he saw the headbands on Yahiko's and the other two's heads, but before Yahiko could reply, he shook his head and said to himself, "Never mind, it doesn't matter, kill."

As soon as he finished speaking, he and the ninja behind him rushed forward.

Faced with an enemy who attacks without giving you a chance to speak, even Yahiko's persuasive skills are useless. It's the same principle: if you want others to communicate with you properly, you must first have the absolute strength to make them sit down and communicate with you properly.

"Everyone, don't let them harm the village!"

"But don't kill anyone!"

Yahiko quickly reminded him that since he wanted to bridge the gap of hatred and differences through communication, he naturally could not kill people, not even his enemies.

Otherwise, how can we communicate when someone is dead?

"Understood." Nagato and Konan responded quickly. They had long understood Yahiko's ideals and were willing to assist him in achieving them, so they would naturally obey Yahiko's orders.

In fact, Yahiko said this to Li Yao and Xiao Yezi.

"Understood," Li Yao shrugged.

Only Xiao Yezi frowned slightly and said, "I'll try my best."

"Mm." Yahiko nodded with a smile on his face. He knew about Yezi's experiences, so it was already very kind of him to do his best.

Besides, he's the man who's supposed to protect Sister Yezi, how could he let her get hurt?

"Water Release: Water Chaos Wave!"

Yahiko was probably the ninja who preferred to use ninjutsu attacks from the very beginning of the ninja world. Other ninjas, like the attacking ninjas, would first think of close combat when facing an enemy.

It wasn't until the massive water blast unleashed by Yahiko that the leading ninja stopped abruptly, forming hand seals and striking the ground to unleash his ninjutsu.

"Earth Release-Earth Formation Wall!"

A half-meter-thick earthen wall rose from the ground, protecting the leading ninja and his eleven subordinates just as the waves rolled in.

"superior!"

Waves rolled over both sides of the earthen wall. The lead ninja and the other ninjas quickly climbed to the top of the earthen wall and shot kunai at the Yahiko clan members not far away. Each kunai was also tied with an explosive tag.

This is a common attack tactic used by Hanzo's men.

"Oh no, it's an explosive tag." Yahiko's expression changed, and he quickly warned him.

In fact, Nagato had already taken action without being reminded. He clapped his hands together and spat out a large, high-speed gust of wind, pushing it towards the kunai detonating tags that were shooting into the air.

Boom! The kunai detonators exploded in mid-air, instantly creating a plume of black smoke that obscured the vision of Yahiko and the other two.

At this point, the lack of combat experience among Yahiko and his two companions became apparent.

(End of this chapter)