Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 70 Decision

"Um!"

Inside a waterfall cave within the Land of Fire, Li Yao sat up, rubbing his forehead to relieve his headache.

He was asleep when suddenly the chakra that returned after the shadow clones dispersed, carrying a wave of memories, suddenly impacted his mind.

Fortunately, he had absolute control over chakra and was able to filter out most of the irrelevant memories from the chakra in time, leaving only the battle memories of the shadow clones and the four members of the Konoha pursuit team.

Even so, the sudden influx of memories still gave Li Yao a headache.

After rubbing his forehead for a while, Li Yao finally returned to normal.

Whew… Li Yao took a long breath.

Although he was awakened by the memory, after sleeping for seven or eight hours, he felt much more energetic.

At least I no longer have that feeling of mental exhaustion that I hadn't experienced for five days and five nights.

"The shadow clones in the north and east are still there; it seems they only found the shadow clone in the east."

Li Yao sensed the shadow clone, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

While traveling at noon today, he passed a river and suddenly realized that people always leave traces when they walk on the ground, but they don't leave any traces when they walk on the water.

Besides, he doesn't need to walk; he can just lie on the river and drift away with the current.

In this way, no trace of chakra will be left.

So Li Yao immediately created three shadow clones, which ran off in three different directions, while he himself drifted down the river to the waterfall. Luckily, there was a small cave inside the waterfall, not very big, about the size of a kitchen, but enough for one person to rest in.

Li Yao immediately severed the connection between his consciousness and the shadow clone, and went to sleep peacefully until the shadow clone in the eastern direction dissipated and the memory impact subsided, at which point he woke up.

The shadow clone in the eastern direction has died in battle, but the shadow clones in the other two directions are still alive.

After thinking for a moment, Li Yao quickly concluded that the only possible ninja squad sent by Konoha to hunt him down was that one.

"Is it because of the war?"

Li Yao thought to himself.

The information about the Second Shinobi World War was only based on the fact that Danzo had not visited him for two years.

He wasn't entirely sure whether the Ninja World War was actually taking place.

However, if the other two shadow clones never encounter other ninja squads chasing them, or if the ninjas who find the other two shadow clones and the ninjas who find the fallen shadow clones are from the same squad.

That confirms that Konoha truly lacks the resources and ability to send more ninja squads to hunt him down.

Therefore, it can be basically confirmed that we are currently in the Second Shinobi World War.

"If that's the case, then... we might consider not rushing to leave the Land of Fire."

Li Yao tilted his head slightly and thought for a moment. If it really was during the Second Shinobi World War, then the Land of Fire should be in a circular state with a tight outer perimeter, a tight center, and a loose inner perimeter.

There must be a large number of ninjas stationed along the border between Konoha and the Land of Fire, making it very difficult to break through the border.

Moreover, the outside world might be even more chaotic than Konoha.

On the contrary, the border area between Konoha and the Land of Fire is relatively stable at present.

"Then let's not rush out."

Thinking of the memories brought back by the dissipation of the shadow clone, Li Yao made a decision in an instant.

He decided to stay and see if he could replicate the Super Beast Imitation Chakra from the female ninja during this relatively peaceful time.

Li Yao now remembered that the female ninja used the ninjutsu "Super Beast Imitation Painting" used by Sai in the original work, a ninjutsu that creates a giant ink-wash bird in flight.

In fact, Li Yao had never expected to encounter a flying ninjutsu other than Dust Release at this time.

After all, neither Deidara, who controlled the exploding clay bird to fly, nor Sai, who used the Super Beast Imitation Painting to create the ink painting of the flying bird, had likely been created at this time.

This shows that Li Yao's thinking was too one-sided.

Many ninjutsu techniques in the ninja world are passed down through generations, with very few developed by individuals.

Many bloodline limits and special ninjutsu are inherited, but they are very difficult to learn, and very few people can learn them, so it seems like only one person knows them.

In fact, there may be people in every era.

It makes sense that Li Yao would encounter this now.

However, due to Li Yao's preconceived notions as a transmigrator, his initial thought was how to replicate and condense Dust Release chakra from the Third Tsuchikage.

But now, something wonderful has happened.

If he can replicate and condense the chakra of the Super Beast Imitation Drawing, he will also possess the ninjutsu of flight.

Once you can fly, then the sky's the limit.

At least we don't have to worry about being surrounded by ninjas anymore.

After all, there are still too few ninjas who can fly.

Moreover, there are more escape routes in the air than on the ground, and it's impossible to use barrier ninjutsu to bind Li Yao like on the ground.

It can be said that only by possessing the ability to fly could Li Yao truly settle down in this world.

"Sigh...what a pity!"

Just as Li Yao was thinking about the benefits of flying ninjutsu, he suddenly sighed.

The souls in his shadow clones are simulated.

Even though it has the same soul aura fluctuations as his original body.

But it's still fake after all; it can't possess his ability to instantly sense the changes in the nature and form of chakra simply by touching it with his body.

Li Yao discovered that his ability to sense the nature and form changes of ninjutsu chakra was related to his soul.

The ability to sense chakra was awakened only after the soul was fused with chakra.

Before this, he couldn't even sense chakra.

This demonstrates the importance of the soul in chakra perception.

The closer the ninjutsu chakra is to his soul, the clearer his chakra perception becomes.

If someone is touched by his body, it is equivalent to being touched by his soul. He can instantly sense the changes in the nature and form of the chakra involved in the ninjutsu.

Even without physical contact, but at close range, over a certain period of time, he can clearly perceive all the nature and form changes within the ninjutsu chakra.

Although Li Yao's soul had been integrated with chakra, it could not leave the body's range.

Therefore, chakra like black iron chains and shadow clones will automatically withdraw from the body once it leaves.

Li Yao's soul has always maintained a human form and will not leave his body.

This greatly increases the difficulty for Li Yao in replicating and combining other people's ninjutsu.

"If the original body were here... uh... never mind."

Li Yao shook his head violently. Dangerous thoughts were unacceptable. If what appeared tonight in the eastern direction wasn't a shadow clone but the real body, he would be dead by now.

Here I must say it again.

Intelligence is crucial for ninja battles.

Like the immortal duo in the original work, those who didn't understand their abilities, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, and the monk Jiraiya who protected the Twelve Ninja all fell.

Asma, the son of the third generation, also fell.

Then, Hidan's abilities were figured out, and when he encountered Kakashi's revenge team again, Hidan was defeated.

Once their abilities are understood, targeted tactics can be tailored, and if successful, it will be a decisive blow.

Hidan's abilities were used by Shikamaru, who almost killed Kakuzu.

Unfortunately, Kakuzu has multiple hearts, and he won't die if one of his hearts dies. Shikamaru didn't gather this information at the beginning.

As a result, in the end, if Naruto hadn't come to clean up the mess, Kakashi and Shikamaru would have had to lose at least one of their own to kill Kakuzu.

Therefore, intelligence is really important.

As soon as Li Yao's black iron chains were exposed, Konoha immediately developed corresponding tactics to counter them.

Knowing that the black iron chains possess high resistance to both physical and ninjutsu attacks, they are generally not very effective against ninjutsu and taijutsu attacks.

They came up with the idea of ​​using ink penetration to bypass the two advantages of the black iron chains, directly attacking Li Yao's main body while simultaneously binding his black iron chains.

Li Yao could even sense that even if he managed to escape the ink-penetrating attack, the short time he spent escaping was enough for the pursuit team to carry out subsequent measures against him.

If it really is Li Yao himself in the east tonight, then his journey through time will come to an end, without any surprises.

Fortunately, the Shadow Clone Technique is truly amazing.

Thanks to his father, Kimura Yo, for teaching him the Shadow Clone Technique.

Li Yao felt somewhat fortunate; without the Shadow Clone Technique, he wouldn't have been able to escape Konoha.

Now that the Shadow Clone Technique, Fire Release, and Black Iron Chains have been exposed, the Vajra Sealing Technique and Dark Travel Technique have not yet been exposed.

Li Yao needs to use these two ninjutsu, especially the Dark Travel Technique, only at crucial moments.

"Let's first determine how many teams are in pursuit."

"Then use shadow clones to force out more abilities from the ninja squad chasing him."

Li Yao thought to himself that he would not appear in his true form to fight unless he was absolutely certain of victory, as the risk was too great.

Ultimately, he lacked sufficient experience in ninja combat.

The ninja world is full of bizarre and unorthodox ninjutsu. Sometimes they seem weak, but they can become the finishing blow at certain crucial moments.

Li Yao knew too little. He could only use his shadow clones to probe the enemy's strength before he could use his main body to replicate the female ninja's Super Beast Imitation Chakra.

……

One day later.

By the river where Li Yao created his shadow clones, Sarutobi Tensuke's team finally found the place and began searching the surrounding area.

A short while later, Sarutobi Ayase and Hinata Jessica returned from the search.

The four people gathered on the riverbank.

"Is this the place?" Sarutobi Tensuke asked with a stern face.

In order to avoid being tricked again, they retraced the path they had followed the shadow clones and expanded their search area, but it still took them a whole day.

This means that Li Yao had created shadow clones a long time ago, and they had been fooled for at least seven or eight hours.

This was unbearable for the proud Sarutobi Tensuke.

At this moment, he was already suppressing his anger.

He vowed that he would personally kill that bastard Li Yao someday.

Sarutobi Ayase jumped down from the large bird and replied, "Traces of Li Yao's black chakra chains were found about a kilometer to the north. He must have headed north."

The ninjas of Konoha are very observant and have a strong ability to gather intelligence.

The way Li Yao moved using black iron chains when he escaped from Konoha had already been analyzed by people in Konoha. They had figured out what kind of traces he would leave on the ground.

As soon as Sarutobi Ayase saw the cross-shaped holes on the ground, she knew that they were traces left by Li Yao's black iron chains.

(End of this chapter)