Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 447 Anger

shhhhh!

Boom!

The two Tailed Beast Balls collided instantly, unleashing terrifying power. A huge, fiery red sphere of light rose from the ground, followed by a terrifying shockwave that crushed the gale-force winds.

"Wind Release: Wind Wall Technique!"

"Earth Release - Earthflow Wall!"

"Armored Puppet - Disperse!"

Faced with the surging shockwave, the Sand Ninja on the city wall were already used to it and used their respective defensive ninjutsu to block the shockwave.

"Earth Release... Hmm!"

Inside the interlayered space, Ye Yi also wanted to use Earth Release ninjutsu for defense, but he found that the chakra he had mobilized could not be released, and he could not use ninjutsu.

"Don't worry."

Before Ye Yi could panic, Li Yaofeng's clone arrived at the same time as the shockwave, but the shockwave had no effect on them.

"My lord...where is this?" Ye Yi asked in confusion.

"A special space!" Li Yaofeng casually said, using his clone as a decoy.

"Special space..." Ye Yi turned her head to look at her husband, who was also the adult she admired most, and she suddenly felt a little unfamiliar with him.

"Sasori has indeed taken a different path. If he were to collect the hearts of all nine tailed beast puppets and give him the Gedo Mazo, I wonder if he could create the Ten-Tails?"

Li Yaoxin continued watching the battle between Sasori and Shukaku.

That's right.

The two monsters fighting on the distant desert land are the Shukaku puppets created by Shukaku and Sasori using the Puppet Heart.

Scorpion has been making progress in puppetry over the past few years.

Not long ago, he finally mastered the chakra of the One-Tailed Shukaku and created a real Shukaku tailed beast puppet.

"Sir, aren't you going to make a move?"

Ye Yi was somewhat worried, as the current situation was very similar to when Lord Fengxing defeated everyone in a one-on-one battle and became the Fourth Kazekage.

If Sasori were to truly subdue Shukaku and gain the support of many ninjas, even if Kazekage reappears and becomes the Fourth Kazekage again, Sasori, though not becoming the Fifth Kazekage, would still have a large number of supporters, and the era of the three major clans regaining control of the village's upper echelons would return.

This is not the outcome Ye Yi wanted to see.

The Sand Village belongs to my husband, Lord Kazeyuki; no one can take it away.

"Don't rush, I want to see what Scorpion chooses."

Li Yaofeng used his clone to speak calmly.

Sasori is very strong now, comparable to the tailed beast Shukaku with unlimited chakra, or even stronger than Shukaku, because he can use not only sand but also iron sand, as well as various other esoteric techniques such as lightning release.

In terms of the variety of abilities and methods, Sasori has far more than Shukaku.

With his abilities, suppressing Shukaku wouldn't be difficult; it's just unclear why he didn't use his full strength.

Li Yaofeng's clone was very curious about this, so he didn't show himself immediately after returning. He wanted to see what Scorpion was thinking.

……

"Sister, should we really support Sasori becoming the Fifth Kazekage?"

Hai Laozang approached his older sister, quietly cast a soundproof barrier, and then asked in a somewhat hesitant voice.

Granny Chiyo glanced at her younger brother and chuckled softly, "What, even now you still expect the Fourth Generation to come back?"

"But the Fourth Generation is only missing, not dead. What if he comes back?"

Hai Bizang said worriedly, "That attack back then was full of strange things. The Fourth Generation is not as good a person as we thought. Once he comes back and finds out what we are doing now, he will not just swallow his anger and let it go."

"just in case……"

"There's no 'what if'!"

A fierce hatred flashed in Granny Chiyo's eyes as she said bitterly, "If that bastard hadn't come back dead, I would have personally removed his ugly mask. He actually colluded with outsiders to attack our own village, and so precisely killed most of the ninjas from the three major clans and other clans, while the civilian ninjas, especially his supporters, suffered little loss. Did he really think we were idiots?"

The attack that established Li Yao's Wind Release clones' firm hold on the position of Fourth Kazekage.

Afterwards, when the family members of the next three generations received the list of the dead, they immediately realized that something was wrong.

Logically speaking, the ninjas and clan members of the three major clans were all elites in the village, so there should have been more survivors among them.

However, the reality is that they suffered the most deaths, especially the ninjas with combat skills.

The fewest deaths occurred among commoner families and households, especially among the supporters of the Fourth Kazekage, while the high-ranking ninja clans of Sunagakure, led by the three major clans, suffered heavy casualties.

Such a bizarre comparison of casualties makes it hard not to be suspicious.

Was that attack deliberately targeted at their three families?

And... why target their three major families?

Who will benefit from weakening the power of these three families?

Li Yao, who became the Fourth Kazekage's Wind Release clone, was undoubtedly the biggest beneficiary of the weakening of the three major clans' power.

Moreover, his supporters suffered the fewest casualties.

As a result, Li Yaofeng's clone became the suspect.

"And..." Granny Chiyo said viciously, "Back then, during that attack, the Fourth Hokage had clearly already developed the Wind Release technique to cut through Tailed Beast Balls, yet he performed a last-minute breakthrough right in front of us. How laughable."

There is no such thing as a breakthrough in ninjutsu during battle. Every powerful ninjutsu is developed through hundreds and thousands of refinements and is finally used in battle.

The biggest weakness is the in-game breakthrough.

However, they overlooked this vulnerability because of the threat posed by Shukaku.

Then they were shocked by the Fourth Hokage's powerful Wind Release slash, which completely overwhelmed Shukaku.

That unparalleled power made the older generation, including Granny Chiyo, feel as if they were seeing the ninja god of yesteryear, someone they could not defeat.

Intimidated by the immensely powerful Wind Release clone of Li Yao at the time, Chiyo and the others naturally had no objection to the Wind Release clone of Li Yao sitting in the position of the Fourth Kazekage.

Although the unusual nature of the attack was later discovered.

However, due to the power of Li Yaofeng's clone, the already stable village environment, and the numerous supporters of Li Yaofeng's clone, the three major families, including Granny Chiyo, had no choice but to hold back and wait for an opportunity.

Now, their opportunity has arrived.

Although it is still unknown whether Li Yaofeng's clone is dead or alive.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

Over the past three years of war, Sasori's fame has spread throughout the ninja world. Who else in the ninja world can overpower Orochimaru, who possesses Wood Release ninjutsu?

Now they've even created a Tailed Beast puppet capable of releasing Tailed Beast Balls!

Even if the Fourth Kazekage hadn't died and hadn't returned, what difference would it make?

Granny Chiyo desperately wanted the Fourth Kazekage to return so he could avenge his clan.

Scorpion's strength gave Granny Chiyo the greatest confidence.

Li Yaofeng's clone overheard their entire conversation.

The mere soundproof barrier was utterly ineffective in stopping Li Yaofeng's clones from invading.

"So confident...heh!"

Li Yaofeng smiled inwardly as he created a clone, "Then I'll have to personally shatter your confidence later."

Li Yaofeng changed his mind and used his clone technique.

Regardless of Sasori's choice later, he will defeat Sasori head-on, shatter Chiyo and the others' confidence, and then slowly torture them.

(End of this chapter)