Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 247 Everything is going according to plan

"That's how it is..."

Li Yaofeng used his clone to repeat what he had just told Watanabe, but this time with some added details, emphasizing the enemy's formidable and terrifying strength.

"Are you telling the truth!"

Chiyo, shocked, asked Li Yao's wind-escape clone, "Is he really the guy who attacked Kumogakure and Kirigakure back then and killed the Third Mizukage?"

"Sister." Ebizo looked at his sister with a grave expression and said, "If it really is that mysterious clay explosion ninja, then we're in trouble."

Unlike Watanabe, who only focused on how to get Li Yaofeng's clones out of the village, Chiyo and Ebizo were people who truly cared about the village.

Back then, Li Yao used the same method when attacking Kumogakure and Kirigakure: Clay Explosion Release.

Moreover, it's the kind of group attack where one person can launch an indiscriminate saturation bombardment of the entire village.

The sheer intensity of the attack made it hard for Chiyo to believe that anyone could carry out such a terrifying attack when she first learned of it.

The key was that it was done in front of the Third Raikage, the Third Mizukage, and all the ninjas from the two hidden villages.

Even the flying Third Raikage couldn't stop it.

Even the Third Mizukage was killed by that mysterious powerful figure in his own village.

Chiyo and Ebizo are both Kage-level powerhouses. Sunagakure and Kirigakure are mortal enemies, and they have both witnessed the terrifying strength of the Third Mizukage.

This makes it even clearer how terrifying a powerful figure could be to kill the Third Mizukage in Kirigakure and escape safely.

Such a powerful figure actually came to the Land of Wind and even attacked the ninjas on a mission in the village.

"What is their purpose in coming to the Land of Wind?"

"Does he also intend to attack the village?"

Chiyo and Ebizo had no time to think things through; their sudden appearance in the Land of Wind after disappearing for so many years was highly suspicious.

Seeing that Chiyo and Ebizo were about to believe Li Yao's Wind Release clone and transfer the clone to the so-called mysterious Clay Explosion Release ninja, Watanabe panicked. He didn't care whether the mysterious strongman was real or what his purpose was in coming to the Land of Wind; he just wanted to get rid of Li Yao's Wind Release clone.

Before Li Yaofeng's clone could reply, Watanabe said to it in a fit of exasperation, "Who knows if what you're saying is true or false? Unless you accept the memory probe, you're just guilty and deliberately harming Nanjiro and Yamada."

At this moment, Watanabe was going all out. He knew that once Li Yaofeng's clone got through this time, and Li Yaofeng's clone became more alert, their plans would be difficult to realize.

By then, the ten great families might really have no choice but to watch helplessly as Li Yao's wind-escape clone ascends to the position of the fourth Kazekage.

"Watanabe..." Chiyo frowned, glaring angrily at her junior from her family, but she made no move to stop him.

Clearly, she didn't completely believe Li Yaofeng's claim of creating a clone.

Li Yaofeng smiled inwardly at this, looked at Chiyo, and solemnly said, "Lady Chiyo, what I said is true. If you don't believe me, I am willing to accept memory probing."

"Okay, it's a deal." Before Chiyo could say anything, Watanabe blurted out his delighted words, hastily agreeing, but quickly added, "But you have to accept the seal, to prevent any accidents during the memory exploration process."

To perform a memory exploration technique, the user must be sealed and rendered unconscious. This will prevent accidents from occurring during the memory exploration process due to instinctive resistance.

Once Li Yaofeng's clone is sealed and falls into a coma, he'll be at their mercy.

Watanabe chuckled inwardly, thinking how foolish Li Yaofeng was to use his clone technique, actually agreeing to have his memories probed.

"Shinji, by the river." To avoid any unforeseen complications, Watanabe immediately called for help.

"Lord Watanabe."

Two ninjas who had been standing nearby instantly appeared in the office, ready to seal Li Yao's Wind Release clone on the spot.

"No rush."

Li Yao's Wind Release clone trembled with chakra, its powerful aura instantly causing everyone in the office, including Chiyo, to feel a chill in their hearts and their faces to show fear. Only then did Li Yao's Wind Release clone say calmly, "I only accept appointments at Jonin meetings convened by the Kazekage-sama. I don't trust you all."

Watanabe's hostility was so obvious, it would be unreasonable for Li Yaofeng to not react at all and to trust Watanabe so readily.

The refusal to initiate memory exploration now is well-founded.

Watanabe's eyes hardened, and he wanted to forcefully seal it, causing Li Yaofeng's clone to turn against him.

However, Chiyo's expression changed slightly at this moment.

"Wait, where is Lord Kazekage?"

At this moment, Chiyo and Ebizo, the siblings, finally realized what was happening.

With such a huge incident, where is the Third Kazekage?

She looked at Watanabe.

"Lord Kazekage is unavailable, so our advisor elders will handle the matter for now." Watanabe's ruthlessness was interrupted, so he could only say casually.

He did not reveal that Fengying had secretly left the village.

They took advantage of the Kazekage's absence to attack Li Yao's Wind Release clone, thus avoiding putting the Kazekage in a difficult position.

With Lord Fengying around, some things become more difficult to handle.

"No, where did they go?" Chiyo's expression instantly turned serious, and she asked with some worry, "Are they not in the village anymore?"

Watanabe looked at Li Yao's Wind Release clone, his meaning clear: he didn't want Li Yao's Wind Release clone to know the Third Kazekage's whereabouts.

"hehe."

Li Yaofeng used his clone to laugh and quickly left, thinking to himself: Everything is going according to plan.

"madness!"

"Don't mess around with Fengxing until we get back, or I won't hesitate to cripple you."

Not long after Li Yaofeng's clone left, Chiyo's angry roar came from the advisor's office. Immediately afterwards, Chiyo and her younger brother Ebizo led two ANBU squads out of the village to find the Third Kazekage.

Chiyo's grandson was with the Third Kazekage.

Outside the village, however, there was a terrifyingly powerful figure who had killed the Third Mizukage in Kirigakure and was hunting down ninjas from Sunagakure.

How could Chiyo not worry?

What angered her even more was that the appearance of such a powerful individual, Feng Xing, a wind-style master with strong speed and attack, could have allowed him to play the role expected of a Kage-level expert.

Whether it's to support the Third Kazekage or to protect the village, Kazekage is much more reassuring than Watanabe and his ilk.

But now, this powerful figure has been forced to the point where he has to be distracted and on guard.

Chiyo could only say that these younger generations of the family were too stupid and had too little vision.

Feng Xing's background meant that even if he became the fourth Feng Ying, many of the village's power institutions and departments would still be controlled by the ten major families, and their interests would not be greatly affected.

If the position of a Kazekage could shake the status of the ten great clans in the village, then the ten great clans would have disappeared long ago in the two Shinobi World Wars.

Being strong oneself is the key to maintaining rule.

Instead of thinking about how to strengthen themselves and their families, they only think about eliminating powerful people. That's too short-sighted.

This time, after bringing her grandson and the third generation of Kazekage back, she wanted to reorganize the family to prevent these guys from ruining the family's legacy.

Chiyo made a decision in her heart as she left the village.

Here.

After leaving the Kazekage Building, Li Yaofeng used his Wind Release clone to return home and immediately created another shadow clone that used the Black Hole Space technique to physically infiltrate the underground chamber of the Third Kazekage's house.

Although the puppet clone that the Third Kazekage left in the secret room had not yet developed a soul, Li Yao's Wind Release clone still had to personally eliminate the puppet clone to prevent any accidents from happening.

However… looking at the Third Kazekage's puppet clone, whose skin was dark purple and whose pupils were blood red, now a corpse, Li Yao's Wind Release clone was momentarily stunned.

Then he laughed.

"Sasori has truly harbored a desire to kill the Third Kazekage for a long time!"

Someone had already infiltrated this place ahead of time and poisoned the Third Kazekage's puppet clone.

Clearly, this person is a Scorpion.

Now that Scorpion had made his move, Li Yaofeng abandoned his clone and went to a row of cabinets to examine the scrolls on them.

These are all scrolls from the Third Kazekage's research on puppets, with one scroll detailing the various basic incantations of puppet hand seals.

Scorpion must have developed his own puppet hand seals after reading the contents of this scroll.

Otherwise, it would be too much of a genius to develop the puppet seal that the Third Kazekage took more than ten years to develop in just a few years.

After viewing the various scrolls, Li Yaofeng used his clones to select a few puppet research technology scrolls that interested him and stored them in the Black Water Space before leaving silently.

"Next, we just need to wait for Chiyo to return and announce the news of the Third Kazekage's disappearance, then the main body can take action."

(End of this chapter)