Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 460 The Third Generation's Pipa Ballad

"General MacArthur once said that women get worse with age... I wonder if that's true."

Li Yao kicked the Third Hokage away, and with a thought, Biwako, who had been stripped of control of her body, landed on the Third Hokage's large bed and sat down. A gentle breeze swept across Biwako's well-maintained but already noticeably loose skin.

Not bad... A smile appeared on Li Yao's face.

"What...what do you want to do?"

Rolling on the ground, the third generation lost control of his body from the head down once again. He could only twist his neck to look at the body on the bed that was being controlled, his trembling eyes wide open, and he roared hoarsely.

"Didn't you already guess?"

Li Yao smiled, and with a thought, the ink-wash whip materialized in his hand. He swung it and lashed it hard across Biwa Lake's body.

"what!"

The intense pain caused Biwako to scream instantly.

"Ah... Li Yao!!"

"stop!!!"

The third generation roared, his eyes so red they were unrecognizable, and Biwako was in so much pain she couldn't speak.

Stop... Heh!

He had told himself to stop countless times, but the third generation never stopped.

Li Yao remained silent, but through his actions he showed the Third Generation that he was simply doing what the Third Generation had done before.

"Stop...you...demon!" the Third Generation roared again.

A demon!

Ha ha.

Li Yao never denied that he was a demon, especially when he was taking revenge on the third generation.

"Do you know?"

Li Yao looked down at the Third Hokage, who was closing his eyes in pain, and said with some reminiscence, "Back then, in front of your eldest son, Sarutobi Tenjuchi, I also tormented Sarutobi Ayase in the same way. At that time, I knew that one day, I would also torment Biwako in front of you, the Third Hokage, and make you suffer unbearable pain."

"Now, that day has finally arrived."

"I'm so excited!"

Upon hearing this, the third generation suddenly opened his eyes, his red eyes fixed on Li Yao, who was wielding a water-ink whip on the bed.

"what……"

The third generation was in unbearable pain, but his eyes remained open uncontrollably, and he couldn't even blink.

Before long, Li Yao's five senses were amplified.

"ah!!"

The pain from the pipa caused her brain to shut down, and she lost consciousness.

Although she was also a ninja, it had been many years since she last went to the battlefield, and her body had long lost the resistance to pain she had when she was young.

He was struck several times by Li Yao's whip and fainted from the pain.

With a thought, Li Yao manipulated his five senses to wake Biwako, shook his hand, and laughed, "It seems that Madam has also been waiting for quite some time!"

"You...you will die a horrible death," Biwako said angrily.

"Spare my wife. It's all my fault. I was greedy back then, which led to all this. Kill me."

"It's all my fault. Kill me, spare my family, please, Li Yao!"

The third generation put aside all pride and begged Li Yao to kill him and spare his family.

"I begged you to kill me like this before." Li Yao deliberately brandished his ink-wash whip with both hands, looking at the Third Hokage whose face had turned deathly pale. He coldly said, "Tell me what you did back then, Hiruzen Sarutobi!!"

"..." The Third Generation remained silent. At the time, he didn't care about Li Yao's desire to die, because he didn't consider Li Yao a human being and never thought that Li Yao would still be alive.

It all started when he became greedy and didn't kill Li Yaoqi immediately; he missed his last chance.

Now, everything is repeating itself from back then. Only this time, it's the third generation of himself who's seeking death.

"See, you know it all too well!"

Li Yao smiled and said, "So, stop begging for death and enjoy the performance I'm about to give you. After all... this is just the beginning, it's too early to be begging for death now."

"what!"

Biwako let out another scream, her face turning deathly pale in an instant. The pain was excruciating, penetrating to the very core.

"ah!!!"

The third generation also let out a heart-wrenching scream, his eyes bloodshot as he stared intently at Li Yao in mid-air.

"How similar they are!"

Li Yao sighed, recalling that he himself had once felt the same way about those cannibalistic gazes, truly wishing he could drink their blood and eat their flesh.

Although the two suffered different kinds of pain, Li Yao believed that the current third generation should be able to understand some of the pain he had experienced back then.

"No...no!"

"No... Ah... Li Yao!"

"No... I will definitely kill you!"

"Li Yao...I will definitely kill you...Ah!!"

Li Yao quietly observed the Third Generation's shift from begging for mercy to his final rage. Each change in the Third Generation's emotions was a pleasant experience for him, and he enjoyed it.

"It's a pity your secretary died back then."

Li Yao felt a pang of nostalgia. The Third Hokage's lover and secretary was a stunning beauty who even carried his child, but sadly, she was ultimately killed by the Third Hokage himself.

"It's you!!!"

"You're the one who got Hye-mi pregnant!!"

The third generation finally remembered—no, he should have known all along.

That level of illusion magic, the kind that leaves no flaws even when examining memories, could only be created by Li Yao.

He should have known long ago that Li Yao was not dead.

However, he subconsciously ignored it because of his inner fear.

The third generation regrets that if he had been sure that Li Yao was not dead back then, he would have made preparations earlier and things would not have turned out this way.

Unfortunately... regret is the most useless thing in the world.

Bang bang bang... Suddenly, a knocking sound came from outside the door, followed by a high-pitched but unmistakably male voice.

"Father, are you resting?"

The third generation and Biwako both froze, not daring to speak. Biwako tried hard to suppress the shrill screams brought on by her amplified senses, afraid that her eldest son outside would hear them.

Li Yao continued to wield his whip, showing no surprise whatsoever that the man knocking on the door was Sarutobi Tenjuro.

After all, it was a shadow clone that used illusions to influence Sarutobi Tensuke's arrival.

Otherwise, anyone who sensed that a barrier shielding sound and chakra perception had been activated inside the Third Hokage's room would realize that the Third Hokage was doing something important and should not be disturbed.

"Come in!"

Upon hearing Li Yao's voice, the Third Generation and Biwako immediately cried out in alarm, "Don't come in!"

Bang... The wooden door was pulled open, and Sarutobi Tenjuro entered with his head down, turned around and closed the door, completely ignoring the conversation between the Third Hokage and Biwako.

Once the door closed, Sarutobi Tenju felt his mind suddenly become clearer, to the point that he could even hear the sounds that humans make when they are in pain.

This is my parents' room. How could my father possibly let me in when I'm making such noises?

However, the moment Sarutobi Tensuke turned around and looked up, the scene that appeared before him instantly stunned him.

(End of this chapter)