Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 68 Flying Ninjutsu

"Wait, leave me here, and I will help you avenge three generations."

"I know many of the Third Hokage's ninjutsu secrets..."

"I... uh!"

Looking at Sarutobi Mina, who was now just a head, Li Yao thought, "This beautiful ninja is truly stunning. If possible, I wouldn't mind leaving the Third Hokage with a special gift."

Unfortunately, his current strength does not allow him to be so high-profile.

"Bang!"

“Eh…”

A ball of high-temperature flame condensed from fire-style chakra appeared above Li Yao's palm. Just as he was about to destroy the evidence, three scrolls next to Sarutobi Mina's shattered body caught his attention.

After extinguishing the flame in his hand, Li Yao squatted down and picked up three scrolls.

"Hmm...it looks like a sealing scroll, which can seal ninjutsu and ninja tools such as kunai inside."

"I wonder... if it's possible to seal the head?"

Li Yao looked at Sarutobi Mina, whose beautiful eyes were wide open, and suddenly remembered a ninjutsu developed by the Second Hokage.

It seems... that committing a crime before one's father is still possible.

Thinking of this, Li Yao smiled slightly.

"Why don't you try and see?"

Li Yao opened the scroll. In the center, a black sealing formula with tadpole-like patterns formed a circle, which was empty inside. This meant that the sealing scroll had not yet sealed anything inside and could still be used.

After sensing the flow of the sealing formula patterns within the scroll, Li Yao thought for a moment, placed the sealing scroll on the ground, and gathered chakra in both hands to imprint on the sealing scroll, activating the black sealing formula patterns on the scroll.

In an instant, Li Yao felt the sealing technique patterns come to life under his control.

Li Yao immediately controlled these black sealing runes to crawl out and spread to Sarutobi Mina's head.

Then a magical thing happened.

After the black sealing technique patterns covered Sarutobi Mina's head, her head seemed to melt into molten iron, turning into a pool of black water that flowed back onto the sealing scroll along with the black sealing technique patterns.

Soon, a large "封" (seal) character appeared in the center of the scroll, surrounded by the sealing technique patterns.

At the same time, the character "解" (jie, meaning "release") appears in the upper left corner. This "解" should be the place where chakra is released when the seal is broken.

After carefully putting the scroll away and placing it in his pocket, Li Yao stood up, a hopeful smile on his face.

"Looking forward to the moment when you and your daughter are reunited."

"That must have been a wonderful moment that I'll never forget."

Li Yao thought to himself.

Afterwards, Li Yao released three fire escape techniques to clear everything off the ground before heading towards his main body.

He must hand over the sealing scroll to the main body for safekeeping.

This is something that could cause suffering for three generations in the future; we can't throw it away.

Six hours later.

In the dense forest, three figures arrived. The one in the lead was tall and wore a white monkey-patterned mask.

The other two also wore special masks made by the Anbu (Anbu Special Forces).

One of them approached a ball of black powder, knelt down, pinched the powder in his hand, and turned to the white-masked man, saying, "Lord Tianzhu, six hours have passed."

Another person came over with three Konoha ninja headbands left on the ground and said, "It's the patrol that found Li Yao."

Sarutobi Tenjuro glanced at it, picked up one of the Konoha headbands, flipped it over and saw the two characters "Mina" engraved on the back, and frowned.

He knew about this father's illegitimate daughter.

But he never admitted that a child born of a father's drunken indiscretion had no right to inherit the Sarutobi clan's surname.

It's better that he's dead now, so as not to tarnish his father's illustrious name.

"Report the patrol's sacrifice to Konoha."

Sarutobi Tenjuro handed the headband to his teammate and said expressionlessly.

"Yes." The teammate immediately whistled, summoned the carrier hawk, and then began writing a report.

"Ayase, have you seen any trace of Li Yao?" Sarutobi Tenjuro shouted towards the sky.

A hundred meters above the ground, a tall figure stood on a large bird that looked like it was painted in an ink painting. It was Sarutobi Tenshuu's wife, Sarutobi Ayase. After carefully sensing the surroundings, she said, "He went east."

Sarutobi Ayase is a ninja who uses Super Beast Imitation Painting. She can use a chakra-infused ink brush to draw various animals on a scroll and give them life and shape, turning them into physical animals.

Just now, Sarutobi Ayase drew a large flock of small birds flying low, saw the traces left by Li Yao on the ground, and determined the direction Li Yao fled in.

"Chase him, don't give that guy a chance to rest."

Sarutobi Tenjuro said, and the group quickly headed towards Li Yao's direction.

Two hours later, in the Hokage's office in Konoha, the Third Hokage received a message from the Anbu squad led by his son.

"Mina..."

The third generation murmured the two words softly, a memory of their daughter's smile when she was little flashing through their minds, and a trace of reminiscence unconsciously appeared on their faces.

But this lingering memory was quickly replaced by hatred.

"Li Yao..." the Third Hokage said with a grim face, "Just wait, you won't be able to jump anymore soon."

He had already spread the secret of Li Yao's immortality technique through special means within the underground bounty agency.

Within three days at the latest, all the famous ninjas in the entire ninja world will receive this information.

When the time comes, facing endless pursuit, he'll see how long Li Yao can keep jumping around.

……

night.

Sarutobi Tenjuro and his wife led a small ANBU squad that found Li Yao in a small town.

"bump!"

Seeing Li Yao emerge from the broken house, Sarutobi Tenjuro and the others did not make any rash moves.

"mean!"

In mid-air, Sarutobi Ayase stared at Li Yao standing on the rooftop, her teeth clenched, her eyes cold, her face full of disgust.

This was because at that moment, each of the four black iron chains behind Li Yao was tied to a civilian.

"Help!"

"Help……"

The four civilians, one man and three women, two adults and two children, were clearly a family of four. Their eyes were filled with fear, and they looked at the Konoha ninja as if they had seen a savior, shouting for help.

Faced with Li Yao's act of using civilians as human shields, the four members of Sarutobi Tensuke's team, despite their contempt for Li Yao's lack of ambition, had to admit that Li Yao was a troublesome opponent.

Especially since it's not yet late at night in the town, there are many pedestrians on the road. The commotion here has attracted a lot of attention, making it difficult for them to do whatever they want.

"That's... it seems to be a ninjutsu performed through drawing."

After Li Yao stepped off the roof, his eyes remained fixed intently on the large bird in the air to his left.

The lines with obvious ink-wash marks reminded him of a future ninjutsu called Zuo... something.

They also used drawing to depict the ninjutsu of various animal and bird attack actions.

This is also a rare ninjutsu technique in the ninja world that allows one to fly.

Li Yao desperately wanted a flying ninjutsu.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

With a thought, Li Yao swung the four black iron chains, sending the four hostages flying towards Sarutobi Tenjuro and his companions.

"Water Release: Water Flow Technique"

"Gentle Fist - Returning Wind".

"call out!"

Faced with the civilians that Li Yao had thrown away, Sarutobi Tenjuro and the other three did not dare to catch them directly, fearing that the civilians might be hiding explosive tags. Instead, they each used their own methods to take the civilians aside.

Meanwhile, in the sky, Sarutobi Ayase unrolled her scroll and quickly drew on the blank scroll with her right hand. Three large birds formed from ink chakra leaped out of the scroll and flew down rapidly.

One of them quickly extended its claws, grabbed the civilian hostage who was flying towards it, and then flew away in a different direction.

The other two flew straight toward Li Yao, who was being shot down from the ground.

(End of this chapter)