Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 64 The Third Generation No Longer Greedy

"Lord Hokage."

"Emergency!"

Not long after Minato left, Hokage's secretary, Chiba Megumi, wearing a black short skirt, her long, white legs beautifully curved, her round and perky buttocks swaying irresistibly alluring, pushed open the door and strode in.

Approaching the desk, Chiba Megumi placed a red letter roll and a small storage scroll in front of the Third Generation.

"An urgent red letter?"

"Could there be a problem at the front lines?"

The third generation's expression changed slightly, and he quickly picked up the letter on the table and opened it.

Communication levels within Konoha are categorized into white, yellow, and red based on their urgency.

White indicates a minor emergency, which must be addressed within three days.

Yellow indicates a general emergency that must be addressed within one day.

Red indicates an emergency; it must be dealt with immediately upon sight.

Intelligence is also categorized according to these three levels of urgency.

Red alerts are for urgent information or incidents that have been sent from the front lines since the start of the war, requiring the Hokage to know immediately.

"Hmm...not the front lines!"

The third generation breathed a sigh of relief; the letter was delivered by a patrol team from within the country, not a report of any changes on the front lines.

The letter said that in a medium-sized town in the country, a nobleman's mansion was completely slaughtered by wandering ninjas last night, and everyone, regardless of age or gender, was dead.

Of course, if it were just a nobleman being killed, although it would be a big deal, it wouldn't warrant reporting it directly to him with an urgent red letter.

The reason for using a red emergency letter is that, in addition to the noble family, two other Konoha ninjas were killed.

The body had been burned to ashes, and the patrolling ninjas who arrived couldn't identify who it was.

However, there were two Konoha headbands at the scene that had been burned and softened. The patrol ninjas could vaguely make out the words "Sarutobi" on the inside of the headbands.

Therefore, they guessed that the two dead Konoha ninjas were from the Sarutobi clan, so they quickly sent the information to the Third Hokage via a red emergency mail system.

"Sarutobi... This is bad."

The Third Hokage frowned slightly, then suddenly remembered something, his expression changed, and without looking up, he said to Chiba Megumi, "Quick, bring me the mission sheet!"

The mission log recorded all the missions carried out by all the registered ninjas in Konoha, and he wanted to see what missions his two nephews were carrying out.

The Third Hokage opened another storage scroll, brought his index and middle fingers together, gathered chakra at his fingertips, and quickly tapped the character "解" (release) on the scroll.

Peng!

Two blackened Konoha ninja headbands with melted, rounded edges appeared on the scroll.

Turning the third generation over and wiping away the black ash, the inscription on the back of the headband became much clearer, although the full text was still not visible.

But that's enough for three generations to guess what the character is.

"Sarutobi Tobirama".

"Sarutobi Hashirama".

"How could it be you?!"

"Why you?"

There was no need to look at the quest book anymore. The Third Hokage gripped his headband tightly with both hands, staring in disbelief at the few blurry characters engraved on the back. His eyes instantly turned red and moist, and sorrow swept over him at that moment.

Most of the Sarutobi clan's ninjas remained in Konoha, a small number went to the battlefield, and the rest were assigned by him to carry out long-term noble protection missions within the country.

His two nephews, his younger brother's two sons, were originally supposed to go to the battlefield, but he arranged for them to be sent to protect the nobles of Wano Country.

The purpose was to ensure that the nephews, to whom the two younger brothers placed their hopes and bestowed the names of the first and second generation masters, could stay away from the battlefield and live a good life.

The younger brother and sister-in-law who sacrificed their lives to save him during World War I have always been the people he feels most guilty towards for three generations.

The two children they left behind are also the people that three generations have sworn to protect.

But now... the white-haired bury the black-haired.

His two nephews still died because of his arrangements.

This raises the question of how people three generations later will face their deceased brothers and sisters-in-law in the afterlife.

The matter of his two nephews, coupled with the current troubles in Konoha, made even the usually wise Third Hokage a little dizzy, staring blankly at the two headbands on the table.

Chiba Emi pulled a thick book of missions from the bookshelf, turned around, and saw this scene, feeling a pang of pain in her heart.

The Third Hokage, whom she once admired with fervent passion, now wore a sorrowful expression that made her want to hug him tightly and offer him the greatest warmth.

Unfortunately, she couldn't and didn't dare to do that.

However, she still walked over, put down the quest book, came behind the Third Hokage, gently pressed her hands on the Third Hokage's temples, and gently rubbed them in circles with her index fingers.

After a short while, the third generation regained his composure and his mind returned to normal.

The third generation found a map and compared it with the location of the city where the noble family who were killed last night were located, and immediately discovered the key point.

"It's you, Li Yao!!!"

The grief in the third generation's heart had now completely transformed into anger.

The city where the murdered nobleman was located was in the direction Li Yao had left in the previous night.

The third generation did not believe that anyone else could have killed his nephews; it must have been Li Yao, and only Li Yao had the ability to kill his two nephews.

The fact that his brother bestowed upon him the names of the First and Second Hokage, and the talent of his two nephews... well, although average, only at the Chunin level, still meant they were not someone that some rogue ninjas could handle.

During this Ninja World War, there wouldn't be any powerful ninjas from other countries specifically coming to attack nobles, let alone slaughtering men, women, and children.

Such insane behavior could only come from Li Yao, only from this evil bastard whose mind was twisted after being tortured by him for half a year.

"Huimei, go and fetch Tianzhu and his wife immediately."

"Yes, Lord Hokage."

Chiba Emi nodded, indicating that she was about to leave.

Tenju, whose real name is Sarutobi Tenju, is the eldest son of the Third Hokage and also the head of the Anbu. He is a powerful ninja.

Li Yao's ability to kill indicates that his injuries were not as severe as Mito-sama claimed.

So the third generation didn't want to wait any longer.

He needed to send people to track down Li Yao immediately.

The third generation lit a cigarette and puffed out smoke.

Soon, the Hokage's office was filled with smoke, making the Third Hokage's figure somewhat obscured, with only a pair of eyes still shining brightly with madness.

"This time, I will not be greedy."

The third generation thought to themselves with heavy hearts.

Everything we have now is the result of his repeated acts of greed.

If it weren't for their greed for immortality and the secret of Li Yao's immunity to illusion magic, Li Yao would have died long ago, and his two nephews wouldn't have died either.

The thought that the deaths of his two nephews were caused by his momentary greed caused the three generations of his family immense heartache.

regret!

The third generation deeply regrets not having dealt with Li Yao sooner, which led to everything that has happened today.

But that won't happen again.

Since he could no longer obtain the secret to immortality, there was no need for him to hide anything anymore.

The third generation narrowed his eyes slightly, a cold glint flashing within them.

He simply couldn't believe that even he, the Hokage, couldn't resist the allure of immortality; who in the entire ninja world could resist such greed?

Are the shadows of the other four hidden villages not greedy?

Even the demigod of the ninja world, Hanzo the Salamander, wasn't greedy?

greedy!

Everyone is greedy!

Once the news spread that Li Yao possessed the Spirit Transformation Technique, a perfect method of possession, at least half of the ninjas in the entire ninja world would hunt him down.

The third generation didn't believe that Li Yao could withstand the relentless pursuit for long.

Once all information about Li Yao's abilities has been leaked, it will be time to seal him away.

(End of this chapter)