Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 387 Li Yao, the Masked Man

Tsunade's question was significant, but Li Yao just smiled and said again, "You'll understand later."

call out!

Seeing that Li Yao had no intention of killing Tsunade, Jiraiya left. He simply couldn't bear to watch Tsunade, who wasn't under the control of the genjutsu, continue her conversation with Li Yao right in front of him.

If Li Yao hadn't controlled his movements and prevented him from leaving Li Yao's vicinity by more than ten meters, he would have hidden far away long ago.

Now he can only come to the Hokage Rock again, out of sight, out of mind, but he has to endure the painful sounds coming from his ears.

He remained silent.

The next day, the sun rose.

The peaceful town of Konoha was suddenly awakened by a scream.

"Oh no! Lady Tsunade has disappeared!"

"What?!"

In an instant, Konoha town was thrown into chaos. Naruto and the others who came running at the sound of the commotion were shocked to find that Tsunade was nowhere to be seen at her residence, and even the Anbu protecting her were nowhere to be found.

"Go find Lady Tsunade immediately!"

Naruto and the others immediately split up to search for their Hokage.

While the people of Konoha were searching for Tsunade, their respected Fifth Hokage was standing on his Hokage Rock statue, gazing at the sun with a strange man, absorbing its essence.

soon.

The sun had fully risen above the horizon, and Tsunade, bathed in sunlight and absorbing its essence, lay down with a contented expression.

As Li Yao dressed, he handed Tsunade her clothes.

"I'll come find Naruto in an hour and give him a chance to defeat me. I'll make him prepare Sage Mode."

Before extracting the Nine-Tails from Naruto, Li Yao decided to give Naruto a chance to fight back, or rather, to give Naruto, who had regained his memories of Loulan, a big surprise, so that he would be defeated clearly.

Without saying a word, Tsunade endured her physical discomfort and got up to put on her clothes.

After a night of water-based communication, she no longer had the energy she once had, nor the strength to express anger and hatred; she was as if she had become numb.

"Remember, don't even think about harming our children, or you know the consequences."

Before sending Tsunade out of the interlayer, Li Yao gave her a heads-up, lest she be ungrateful. He was very interested in the child inside Tsunade's body and wondered if it could serve as a backup body for his next possession.

Tsunade glared at Li Yao with hatred but remained silent. Li Yao didn't care and snapped his fingers.

Once dressed, Tsunade immediately appeared on the Hokage Rock in the real world.

"Lady Tsunade!"

"Have you found Lady Tsunade...?"

"Tsunade... Granny, is that you?"

Tsunade's appearance was immediately spotted by the nearby Konoha ninjas, including Naruto.

Everyone stared in astonishment at Tsunade, whose face was flushed and whose eyes were full of seductive charm, looking as if she had been thoroughly enjoying herself.

However, what surprised Naruto and the other kids was Tsunade's current state.

The mature men were surprised because their Hokage seemed to have just finished a fierce battle, with smudges of light still remaining on his face. What was going on?

Could it be that the Hokage disappeared to find a man?

Everyone was puzzled, but dared not ask.

As long as Lady Tsunade is alright.

Konoha cannot afford the impact of losing Lady Tsunade.

"I'm fine, everyone can go home!"

Tsunade didn't want to say much about Li Yao's matter; it was a lifelong pain for her, and now was not the time to talk about it. After casually dismissing the others, she asked Naruto to come with her and headed to her home.

Upon arriving home, Tsunade quickly used Water Release to clean the sunburn marks off her body.

After everything was tidied up, Tsunade immediately called Naruto over.

"Grandma Tsunade?"

Naruto entered Tsunade's house with a solemn expression. He hadn't realized it before, but now he did: Tsunade's disappearance was not voluntary.

"Listen, Naruto."

Tsunade looked somewhat tired, but her eyes were calm. She said, "There is another enemy in the shadows, named Li Yao. He is very powerful, his chakra reserves are no less than yours, and he also possesses more than one space-time ninjutsu."

Tsunade's conversation last night wasn't entirely useless; she also gathered some information about Li Yao.

The terrifying chakra emanating from Li Yao was like that of a tailed beast, and it was most clearly felt during in-depth communication.

Secondly, the special space where Li Yao hid her was clearly a kind of space-time ninjutsu. In addition, Li Yao's elusive figure also suggests that he has mastered other space-time ninjutsu.

In short, Li Yao's other abilities are still unknown, but the space-time ninjutsu he demonstrated is already astonishing enough.

"Space-time ninjutsu..."

Naruto frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, then his expression changed, and he asked urgently, "Grandma Tsunade, did you encounter someone wearing a mask?"

"A mask?" Tsunade looked puzzled, then shook her head and said, "No, but what's this masked man you're talking about?"

Tsunade looked at Naruto curiously, and Naruto said, "When the Nine-Tails was about to emerge, I met my mother. She told me that the Nine-Tails' rampage was caused by a masked man. At the same time, that masked man was very likely the mastermind behind the Akatsuki organization, and he was the one who controlled everything."

"Most importantly, Mom said that the masked man possesses a very powerful space-time ninjutsu, which allows him to take people to another dimension and then bring them out."

Back when the Nine-Tails was causing chaos, Obito was still using his single-eyed Kamui when he transferred Kushina. He could only take Kushina to the Kamui dimension first, and then bring her out of the Kamui dimension.

Therefore, Kushina knew roughly the capabilities of Obito's Kamui Sharingan.

Kushina had already told Naruto all of this before.

Naruto told Tsunade all the information about the masked man.

After hearing Naruto's story, Tsunade also became suspicious. Could Li Yao really be the masked man?

That special space is very likely one of the special alternate dimensions that Naruto mentioned.

This also explains why this person was able to freely invade the production room, which was surrounded by layers of barriers, back then.

The opponent possesses the ability to travel through space, and can kill Danzo by treating the layers of barriers at the Root base as nothing. It is entirely possible for them to do so.

"Li Yao must be the masked man you were talking about!"

After some thought, Tsunade confirmed that Li Yao was the masked man Naruto had mentioned. After all, there were very few people in the ninja world who possessed space-time ninjutsu, so the sudden appearance of someone who had more than one type of space-time ninjutsu could not possibly be anyone else.

"So, Li Yao also possesses a space-time ninjutsu that allows him to become ethereal, and... he also possesses powerful genjutsu!"

Tsunade frowned, feeling unprecedented pressure. Li Yao was too powerful. Having space-time ninjutsu was already impressive, but what made Tsunade feel most desperate was Li Yao's powerful genjutsu, which even she had no way to resist.

Naruto would never be able to withstand that powerful genjutsu.

What should I do?

Tsunade racked her brains trying to figure out a way to defeat Li Yao, but couldn't come up with any good ideas.

(End of this chapter)