Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 60 The Hunt Plan

"Tell me, what's the story with that child?"

Mito Uzumaki faced the direction Li Yao had fled, her tone calm, not in a hurry to have the Third Generation send someone to chase after Li Yao.

Li Yao's burst of chakra exceeding the level of a Kage in a short instant was clearly a forbidden technique similar to the Eight Gates.

Judging from the charred skin on Li Yao's body, even though he had temporarily escaped Konoha, his life was already coming to an end.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Li Yao's fate is already sealed.

Now, Mito Uzumaki is even more eager to know what exactly happened.

The third generation felt a sudden tightness in their chest, their minds racing.

He knew his next answer would be important.

If he's not careful, he might be dismissed from his post as the Third Hokage prematurely.

This is by no means alarmist.

As the wife of the God of Shinobi and a renowned powerhouse in the ninja world, Mito Uzumaki naturally possessed a portion of the God of Shinobi's aura.

As long as Mito Uzumaki expresses his dissatisfaction with Hiruzen Sarutobi continuing as Hokage.

Whether it's the people of Konoha, the various ninja clans, or the daimyo of the Land of Fire, they all have to give Uzumaki Mito face.

Even most members of the Sarutobi clan had to give Mito Uzumaki face and allow the Third Hokage to step down early.

"Lord Mito, that child's name is Kimura Yo, but the one currently controlling that child's body is the soul of a powerful individual who calls himself Li Yao."

"Six years ago..."

To avoid being blamed by Lord Mito, the Third Hokage chose to reveal everything, from Minato discovering Kimura Yo's abnormality, to his guess that Kimura Yo had been possessed by someone using a spirit transformation technique, to finally confirming that the possessor was Li Yao, and then handing him over to Danzo, and so on.

"A master of spiritification techniques!"

After listening, Mito Uzumaki frowned and remained silent for a long time, pondering the matter.

No matter how hard he searched his memory, he couldn't find any powerful figure with the ability to transform into spirits that matched Li Yao.

"Or perhaps it's a powerful individual I don't know about!"

Mito Uzumaki sighed inwardly; she did not doubt whether the Third Hokage's words were true.

In fact, when the Third Hokage said that Kimura Yo had been possessed, she suddenly remembered that when her Adamantine Lock was inserted into Kimura Yo's body, she sensed that his chakra was emitting a strong soul aura.

That feeling was indeed very similar to the feeling after performing a spiritification technique and transforming into a spirit.

However... Li Yao's Spirit Transformation Technique is even more special. It gave Mito Uzumaki the feeling that he had broken free from the shackles of the physical body, somewhat like a chakra life form of a tailed beast, with his soul completely integrated into the chakra.

"Perhaps it is precisely because his soul has been completely integrated into his chakra, becoming a chakra life form like a tailed beast, that guy named Li Yao was able to get rid of the flaws of the Spirit Transformation Technique's possession, without suffering soul loss, and could continue to live in the body of that kid Kimura Yao."

Mito Uzumaki suddenly realized that if everything was as she guessed, then even if Li Yao's physical body was completely dead, he wouldn't actually die.

Just like the tailed beasts, even if the Jinchuriki dies and disappears for a period of time, they will eventually be reborn somewhere.

Li Yao should have that ability.

Even if he doesn't, he can still possess another person.

"no."

"We must not let him possess someone else's body."

Thinking that it would be doubly difficult for Konoha to find him again once Li Yao possessed someone else's body, Mito Uzumaki suddenly felt a little anxious.

"Monkey, don't chase after Li Yao for now," said Mito Uzumaki.

"Hmm...why?" The Third Generation was somewhat confused.

He planned to find out Li Yao's situation later, formulate a plan, and then immediately go to hunt down Li Yao.

The reason why he didn't send people to hunt down Li Yao at the beginning was largely because Li Yao's strength and ability in the battle with Lord Mito were too great, and he felt that he was no match for Li Yao.

Without the relevant intelligence, sending ANBU ninjas to pursue them would only result in their deaths.

But that doesn't mean they won't hunt down Li Yao.

If we don't kill Kimura Yao, whose body Li Yao has possessed, before he fully matures, we'll be in trouble.

Once Li Yao's body has fully matured, he will be even more difficult to kill.

What if Li Yao suddenly possesses someone else's body midway through?

Just thinking about how such a powerful figure, capable of fighting Mito-sama and escaping from the battle, was hiding in the shadows targeting Konoha, made the Third Hokage feel a chill run down his spine and made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

"That guy may have become a chakra life form like a tailed beast, making him very difficult to kill; the only option is to seal him."

Mito Uzumaki voiced her conjecture: facing Li Yao, who had become like a tailed beast's chakra life form, physical destruction was meaningless; the only option was to seal Li Yao like a tailed beast.

But when he thought about how Li Yao himself was also proficient in sealing techniques, he realized that sealing him was no easier than sealing a tailed beast, and might even be more difficult.

To seal Li Yao, it must be a sealing technique that kills instantly, leaving Li Yao no time to resist.

Therefore, before finding a sealing technique that can ensure Li Yao cannot resist, we must not push Li Yao into a corner.

If we send people to hunt down Li Yao now.

This will only push Li Yao too far, forcing him to give up Kimura Yao's body, making it even harder for them to find Li Yao in the future.

Given the current situation, it's best to let Li Yao continue living in Kimura Yao's body so they can find him.

"Understood, I won't act impulsively," the Third Hokage nodded in reply.

"However, we can't completely give up on hunting him down," Mito Uzumaki said. "After tomorrow, we'll arrange for people to hunt him down, but the main focus should be on finding out his abilities. We should try to understand what he possesses before sealing him away."

Based on the descriptions of the previous three generations, Mito Uzumaki knew that someone like Li Yao must have other methods and couldn't possibly only know the sealing technique of the Black Chakra Chains.

"Yes, Lord Mito," the Third Hokage nodded.

……

"No...whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

"That's the limit!"

In a hilly area, Li Yao leaned against a large tree, panting heavily with bloodshot breaths, the smell of burnt coals emanating from his body even stronger.

"I can't keep running, or my body will really turn to carbon."

After carefully sensing the surrounding area and confirming that there were no chakra fluctuations within several kilometers, Li Yao immediately retracted the black iron chains and sat down with his back against a large tree.

With a thought, Li Yao manipulated all the chakra within his body, including the black iron chains, and converted it all into Wood Release chakra.

Inside the body, the internal organs are like red-hot charcoal, with patches of black and red, and the muscles all over the body are the same.

With such injuries, if Li Yao's current life form hadn't been special, with his soul completely integrated into his chakra, he would have already died.

Even if he hadn't died, he would now be in a vegetative state.

All the nerves in his body were carbonized, and the nerve cells in his brain even emitted a strong smell of brain flowers.

Only Li Yao's memories could be stored in his chakra soul; otherwise, he would have become a living dead without memories or the ability to think.

However, thanks to his chakra, Li Yao miraculously survived.

At this moment, under the Wood Release chakra comparable to Hashirama's, Li Yao's charred body is slowly regenerating and recovering.

It has to be said that Wood Release chakra is incredibly powerful.

Its immense vitality far surpasses that of any Healing Jutsu chakra.

An hour later, Li Yao's body seemed to spring back to life, and he returned to the appearance of a twelve-year-old boy.

His body had recovered, but his chakra reserves were only enough to condense two three-meter-long black iron chains.

Li Yao stood up, completely naked.

He no longer had enough chakra to condense the black iron chain feather robe on his body.

(End of this chapter)