Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 462 Lake Biwa Reborn

early morning.

The warm white light, like morning dew, carries a coolness, just like the leaves at this time of year, full of life yet tinged with a sense of death.

In the past year, quite a few seven- or eight-year-old genin have died in Konoha.

"The Third Hokage!"

The one-armed man, who hadn't slept all night, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth and a bottle of liquor in his hand, leaned against his door. He glanced sideways at the Third Hokage's stone head, which was carved into the highest point, and suddenly gave a cold laugh. He closed his eyes, drank his liquor, and said that the world's fate was none of his concern.

His two sons, one fifteen years old and the other only seven, both died in battle.

He has nowhere left to live, but he is not dead yet. He only wants to see the victory of the war and the reward for his sons' sacrifices before he can die in peace.

He only hoped that the Third Hokage's decision would be worthy of the sacrifice of his two sons.

Otherwise... he would make this flawed world feel his anger.

"What did you say?!"

Inside the room of the Third Hokage and his wife, Li Yao floated in the air. The Third Hokage knelt on the floor and looked up at Li Yao in mid-air with a look of fear on his face.

"Have you ever heard of memory sealing?" Li Yao smiled.

He knew, how could the Third Generation not know? It was precisely because he knew that he looked so terrified.

"It seems you've already guessed what I'm going to do."

Li Yao smiled, and then with a thought, Biwa Lake flew to Li Yao's side.

With a flick of his sword, the memory-sealing technique merged into Biwa Lake's forehead, entering her brain and sealing all memories related to Li Yao, from her body to her soul.

"It's your turn!"

Li Yao put down Biwa Lake and returned to bed. He raised his hand and beckoned, and the Third Generation's body flew to Li Yao's front.

"No...no, stop!"

The three generations struggled in terror, their eyes darting around as they shook their heads violently.

"Don't worry, I'll break the seal for you tonight, and I promise you won't forget what happened every night after that."

"You can even look forward to what kind of surprise I have in store for you tonight."

As Li Yao spoke, he pointed his sword at the void and struck the Third Hokage's forehead. The Third Hokage shook his head violently, but to no avail. The chakra from the memory sealing technique surged into the Third Hokage's brain.

All memories of last night quickly faded away.

"No!!!"

Realizing that losing his memory would mean forgetting everything, the Third Hokage roared in anger, but his roar quickly stopped.

Snapped!

Li Yao snapped his fingers, and his body entered the interlayered space.

The third generation, who was in mid-air, suddenly fell onto the bed, waking up Biwako, who had been the first to have her memories sealed.

"Sniff!"

Opening her eyes, the strong, pungent smell in the room made Biwako instinctively sniff, and then she realized what the smell was.

"Ah...uh!"

Biwako suddenly straightened up, pulled her legs together, and clutched her chest tightly with her hands. She instinctively cried out, then quickly realized that she was in her and her husband Hiruzen's room.

Moreover, Hiruzen was sleeping right next to him.

I'm alright, thankfully.

Ok……

"What happened?"

"My body!!!"

Biwako's mind was a little confused for a moment, but before she could recall what had happened last night, the strange sensations coming from all over her body made her focus all her attention on herself.

"This is……"

Biwako suddenly opened her eyes.

"I'm back!"

"They're all back!"

In that instant, Biwako felt a change deep within her body, a feeling of rejuvenation, as if every cell was filled with vitality.

How many years!

She hadn't felt this sense of satisfaction of instantly looking ten years younger in so many years.

"Um……"

At this moment, the third generation also woke up and opened his eyes.

Sniff!

The third generation also sniffed, smelling the pungent odor in the air. He subconsciously frowned, wondering what he had done last night.

The third generation looked completely bewildered, shaking his head violently but still unable to recall what had happened last night.

"Pipa... Ugh!"

The Third Hokage straightened up, about to ask his wife what had happened, when Biwako, seeing her husband awake, turned and hugged him, saying with a delighted and satisfied expression, "Hiruzen, you were amazing last night!"

Am I...too...great...?

How come I didn't know?

The third generation was completely bewildered. As he tried to recall why he had been so great last night, some hazy images suddenly surfaced in his mind.

He seemed to have returned from the secret service base very late last night, and then his wife wanted to do... something, which he initially refused.

But then he suddenly seemed to feel that he had let his wife down over the past few years, so... well!

The three generations were shaken, recalling those few crazy scenes in their daze.

"Hiruzen!"

Biwako immediately sensed the change in her husband and looked at him with deep affection.

The third generation suddenly felt that his wife today was full of femininity.

"roar!"

The third generation's eyes instantly turned red, and he pounced on his wife like a wild beast.

In an instant, the spring colors filled the room.

The mournful cry echoed throughout the Sarutobi clan territory. Without Li Yao's barrier technique to block it, most of the Sarutobi clan members who woke up in the morning could hear the beautiful music that their clan leader, the Third Hokage, and his wife, Biwako, were playing as usual.

"What did you do to my parents?"

In the mezzanine space, unable to move, Sarutobi Tenjuro stared intently at Li Yao not far away.

"Don't speak, just watch quietly."

Li Yao glanced at Sarutobi Tensuke, smiled slightly, and carefully observed the expressions on the faces of the Third Hokage and Biwako.

The third generation is still the same third generation, no, it's not even as good as the previous third generation.

"Hiruzen, you...?"

The look in his wife Biwako's eyes stung the third generation.

"I...the burden on the village is too heavy!"

The third generation sighed and stammered, then quickly changed his clothes and left, leaving Biwa Lake with a resentful look on his face.

shhhhhh!

The Third Hokage used the Body Flicker Technique to move quickly between the rooftops, unlike before the war when he would slowly walk from home to the Hokage Building to show the villagers his approachable nature.

During the war, the Third Hokage needed to maintain a certain distance from the villagers to enhance his authority as Hokage, which would help him issue commands.

(End of this chapter)