Darkening System Start From Naruto Chapter 2: 11 to 20, a manhua/chinese comics/漫画 fanfic

Utatane Koharu quickly warned: "Naruto, don't ever tear it off alright?"

Mitokado Homura: "Yes, that's right, Naruto. Next time you're in that space, remember not to move at all. Don't talk to the demon fox too. Do you understand?"

Naruto became a little impatient by these two people's nagging. He was here to hold them accountable!

"You're so annoying! Old man, why aren't you saying anything! Why did you hide my identity? My father is the Fourth-Hokage; I am the son of Fourth-Hokage! Why did you send someone to monitor me to not help me?! And don't you care knowing that everyone treats me like that and misunderstands me?!"

Naruto, who was only 3 years old, pointed to Sarutobi Hiruzen's nose and asked a series of angry questions.

Recalling everything in the past. The more he thought about it, the angrier he got!

When the old fellows see this, they looked at Naruto, and Naruto looked back at them.

The problem returns to the most serious part, that is, it must be considered whether the current Naruto is hostile to the village!

The old fellows focused their attention on Sarutobi Hiruzen and signaled him to solve the problem. Sarutobi Hiruzen also understood the meaning of these 'friends'.

He did not shirk. He changed his face and said with a sincere voice: "Hey… Naruto. The reason why we concealed your identity is for your safety. Many things are not as simple as you think… You also know that a demon fox is sealed in your body. If your identity is exposed, other villages will definitely be detrimental to you. I once promised your father, to take good care of you, so I must not put your life in danger. I hope you can understand my difficulties."

Sarutobi Hiruzen's heart-wrenching series of words flickered Naruto, who was only three years old. Fortunately, with Li Yaoxiang's 'reminder' in his mind, Naruto quickly reacted.

"You liar! You said you were afraid that I would be in danger! But how come the entire village already knew that I am the demon fox?! What's the difference?! Do you know how everyone treats me now?! I'll never live this kind of life again!"

Naruto repeatedly shouted. He didn't care about who they are; provoking their authority.

In the Conference Hall, except for Sarutobi Hisaki, the eyes of the other three people got worse.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Sarutobi Hiruzen hurriedly said to Naruto: "Naruto, I'm sorry. It's my fault. I was too busy that I ignored your feelings. You are right… Since everyone already knows about the true existence of "Demon Fox". Then I will call everyone in the village as soon as possible to reveal your identity in public, do you think it's good?"

When the words came out, Naruto's eyes widened on the spot.

Full of excitement, he looked towards Sarutobi Hiruzen in disbelief.

"Old… old… old man. You… you… you're not lying? You're… really willing to tell everyone who I am?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen squinted and nodded with a smile.

Followed by- Naruto shouted with excitement.

Cheered and jumped on the desk.

"Hahahaha! Great! Great! I can finally make friends! I can finally play with everyone!"

After shouting and jumping for a while, Naruto was so excited that he quickly got down and used his elbows and knees to climb in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen and looked at him at close range: "Old fogey! Quick! Call everyone and tell them!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen still maintained a kind smile: "Naruto, you calm down first. It's not like they can't come. In this period of time, everyone is currently busy with their own affairs. How do you make everyone come? Rest assured. Go back and wait patiently. I'll tell someone to pass it on later. Three days! In three days. After three days, I'll let the whole village come together and then announce your identity in public."

Naruto frowned half his eyebrows, suspiciously: "Really? You're not lying, right?"

"Un." Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded.

Naruto was finally willing to give up and leave. He leapt out of the door: "Yes! Great! I can finally make friends!"

With cheers gradually get further apart, this brought the solemn atmosphere back to the Conference Hall.

"Hiruzen! It can't go on like this! This demon fox has known the truth. Sooner or later, he will be detrimental to the village and hostile to everyone. The best way is to take out the roots to take care of it! I can make sure that this will not happen!"

Of course, Shimura Danzo would not let this opportunity pass. However, what was ushered in is Sarutobi's tough attitude.

"…"

Sarutobi Hizen glanced at him with a sour look. Seeing Shimura Danzo's eyes drifting made him sick.

The priority was supposed to be to look for the culprit responsible for this situation. Of course, everyone knows this. But, everyone just didn't have time to manage. It was just tacit understanding.

'Everything I do is for Konoha, I'm not wrong! '

He was suddenly full of confidence again. He got angry again and continued to look at this friend who seemed to be condemning him.

Seeing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen only started to talk and said:

"There is no need to talk about this matter anymore. In the past, I was busy with other things and ignored Naruto's feelings. Since most people in the village already know about Naruto's Jinchuriki identity. Then there is no need to hide it anymore… After 3 days, I will summon everyone and announce Naruto's identity on the spot. As for the danger… Oh, didn't everyone see the Naruto's attitude just now? He is just a child. He just wants to make friends and play with everyone. He has never hated the village as a whole at all. In this case, why bother anger him? Moreover, is it not a good thing for the village disclosing his identity, letting him make more friends, and by then make him fell in love with the village?"

As the last sentence was said, no one else in the room could refute it.

Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu did not say anything, which means they defaulted on this decision. After all, Sarutobi Hiruzen was right. And this was their consistent style of cultivating new seedlings.

As long as there is a bond. Then Naruto can't not be involved with the village.

As long as there is a bond. Will of Fire's* "guardian" can be better maintained.

[*TL note: The Will of Fire is a recurring element throughout the Naruto series. It is an ideal rooting in Asura Ōtsutsuki's belief that love is the key to peace. It would eventually become the life philosophy Hashirama founded, and the Senju clan lived by, which has since been passed on to many ninja from Konohagakure as a part of their spiritual heritage. It states that the entire village is like a large family unit, and every Konoha shinobi with the Will of Fire loves, believes, cherishes, and fights to protect the village, as previous generations had done before them.]

Shimura Danzo had different ideas, but Seeing that the other two did not refute, he said nothing.

…..

Sarutobi Hiruzen did not violate his promise.

Three days later, Third-Hokage called everyone to say that there were important things to announce.

After hearing the news, Naruto was so excited on the spot that he couldn't sleep for 2 consecutive nights.

And in the past 2 days, he expressed his longing to Li Yaoxiang in his mind. 'As long as everyone understood my identity, everyone will never hate me again.' something along those lines.

Li Yaoxiang didn't hit him this time. He didn't say anything. He let Naruto be happy.

As for the outcome of the event, will it really be as perfect as Naruto imagined it?

'Haha… I can only say… everything is under my control!'

3 days later. Early in the morning. Uzumaki Naruto's house.

Due to insomnia for 2 days, on the 3rd day night, Naruto was finally too tired and slept unconsciously. As a result, he was about to miss the meeting time.

Naruto was still lying in a 'big' shape in bed. Still snoring and sleeping.

Soon, a masked Anbu ninja broke into Naruto's room and woke him up.

"Hu~ Who? Don't be annoying! Why do you bother people sleeping?" Naruto pulled away the man's palm in confusion.

Anbu ninja withdrew his palm and lightly said, "The rally is about to begin. Lord-Hokage told me to call you. If you want to continue sleeping, then I will go back and report."

Uzumaki Naruto was shocked! His whole body bounced!

"What! The meeting! The meeting! You wait for me! Wait for me!"

Immediately afterward, Naruto rushed to the bathroom, washed his face at random, picked up a toothbrush, and walked out while brushing his teeth and changing his clothes: "Wait! I'm getting ready. You go tell Grandpa Hokage to wait for me~"

Seeing that Naruto had already begun preparations, the Anbu left Naruto's house.

Naruto walked to the closet and scanned the clothes in the closet with his fingers. Finally, his fingers stopped. The best-preserved cotton coat was the orange and blue set in the original work.

It was relatively small.

Naruto had been reluctant to wear this 'new coat'. But for him today, the significance was too great. He can't ignore appearances as he always did.

'Be sure not to shame your own father!'

Finished dressing… sorted out the messy hair a little.

After witnessing the most handsome self in front of the mirror, Naruto then left the house in high spirits and walked towards the square where the meeting was held.

…

This so-called convening venue is actually the meeting place of Chunin Exams in original work.

In the venue, at this moment, in addition to the crowds in the auditorium, even the empty space in the middle also gathered a lot of people. There was no other reason for it. Konoha is nominally a village, but its size is no smaller than some towns, or even larger.

Today, although the entire Konoha was currently experiencing up and down, they still gathered here, though not every people.

Soon, Naruto also arrived at this venue.

Due to his late arrival, he could only enter the venue where the place is used to have a 'duel'.

It's just that when he first appeared in everyone's field of vision, he quickly attracted resentment and ridicule from those around him.

"Hmph! What a shame. The monster comes here too."

"Doesn't he know that everyone doesn't welcome him? Still appearing here so swaggeringly?"

"If I were him, I wouldn't stay here. It's disgraceful. A demon fox is the demon fox."

All sorts of contempt sounded into Naruto's ears. Everywhere he passed, someone would subconsciously give way, avoiding him deliberately, pointing fingers at him. As if he was like a virus, a plague, and they would be disgusted when they encountered him.

All of this, Naruto has long been accustomed to it. He just took it for granted.

In the past, whenever he heard such vicious words and disgusted eyes, his heart could not help feeling lost and sad.

But not today! He doesn't care what they said!

Because he firmly believed that at the end of today, everything would be fine!

…

With the arrival of the protagonist, Uzumaki Naruto, Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't let everyone wait too long. He soon appeared in everyone's field of view and walked slowly to the position of the Hokage seat.

Seeing the appearance of Sarutobi Hiruzen, the loud noise in the scene was loud again.

"Wow! Lord-Hokage today even wears the Hokage robe and Hokage hat. So grand. You said, Lord-Hokage told us to come today, what the hell is he going to announce?"

"Of course, things are not simple. Otherwise, he wouldn't call so many people here."

"Bah! Look, at that damned demon fox has the skin to stay. Let me say that on such an important occasion, he should not be let in!"

"Who said we disagree to you? Didn't you realize that nobody wanted to see him from the start?"

The vicious voices were getting worse.

Naruto kept admonishing himself in his heart and cheering himself up. "It's okay, it's okay. When old man reveals my identity, everyone will never treat me like this again! That's right! It must be like this!"

…

Soon, Sarutobi Hiruzen came to the platform of the Hokage seat under so much attention and expectations. He stood in front of the platform, looked around. His eyes finally fell on the excited little Naruto. He smiled and nodded at Naruto.

Immediately after he coughed twice, the villagers on the scene became quiet.

He began his speech: "I am very happy that everyone spared their precious busy time…" Sarutobi Hiruzen's voice seemed very relaxed. But its volume is enough for the nearly tens of thousands of villagers present to hear clearly.

That's it, let's talk a lot of opening remarks…

Seeing Naruto called a gnashing one's teeth, little fist clenched, secretly whispered: "Damn it, old man! Just say it!"

Talk, talk…

Sarutobi Hiruzen finally got to the point.

"The reason for calling everyone here today is actually to tell you clearly about the incident in the 'Demon Fox's Attack' back then."

Immediately after he said it, everyone was in an uproar. They took a breath. It was a night that no one wanted to remember. They don't know why Lord-Hokage had to bring it up again to uncover everyone's scars.

Some people even looked towards Naruto, standing angrily at the center, resentfully wishing to fry him and tear him apart!

It wasn't until Sarutobi Hiruzen 'coughed' twice, beckoning everyone to be quiet, and everyone present stopped the noise.

"I can understand the pain of losing your family. It is also very clear that no one wants to recall what happened back then. But there is one thing I must remind everyone. In order to alleviate the pain, we choose to escape the reality and escape the past; this is definitely not a good way to solve the problem! Moreover, if the heroes, friends, and family members who sacrificed to save us in those years know that we are still living in the past; they will not be happy! They protected us, so that everyone can have a better future! I don't want you to continue to live in the shadows of the past! Therefore, if we want to thank them and honor them, we should live more wonderfully than before! This is worthy of their sacrifice for everyone!"

Some emotional remarks moved everyone on the scene too much.

Some people wept silently. Some people were moved by this. Some people were excited by this.

Gradually, as the first person clapped and applauded, waves of intense applause sounded.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Third-Hokage, was once again recognized and loved by the villagers.

Because of these sensational words, some villagers who were still bitter and heartbroken over the past were finally relieved. And secretly vowed to live more comfortably than ever! Even getting more excited!

Seeing the atmosphere at the scene gradually getting heated, Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately seized the opportunity and said, "The reason why I called everyone to come here is to remember the heroes! Let them know that their sacrifice is not in vain! Let them see, Konoha has lived a stable life because of their guardianship!"

"Lord-Hokage is right! We are all doing well now!"

"Yes! I want to live a better life, proving that their choice was not wrong!"

The voices of approval resounded throughout the venue.

The enthusiasm, excitement, and atmosphere almost converged to the highest point.

Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted exactly it!

Seeing that the atmosphere was rendered almost the same, his style of painting changed: "But…"

This "but" made the audience quiet again, holding their breath, waiting for their Lord-Hokage to continue talking.

"Do you still remember the hero who really saved us from this disaster?"

After a pause, he looked around the venue. "I believe that no one on the scene will forget! He was the Fourth-Hokage, Namikaze Minato, who sacrificed his life to save everyone!"

Hearing the name Namikaze Minato, everyone presents subconsciously looked at Hokage Rock not far away. They looked towards the stone statue ranked fourth.

On the surface, there was not much mood swing. But in everyone's heart, there was a touch of gratitude.

Obviously, they would never talk about the Fourth-Hokage over and over. But as soon as an outsider or child asks, they would proudly say, 'That's our Fourth-Hokage, Namikaze Minato!' And began to introduce his heroic deeds.

The villagers remembered everything.

Gradually, as the first person in the field shouted the words, "Fourth-Hokage".

The voice also shouted one after another.

"FOURTH-HOKAGE!"

Naruto, surrounded by this turbulent public opinion, listened to everyone chanting his father's name, he was so excited that his entire cheeks turned red, and his whole body was trembling.

Excited!

Shocked!

'That's right! This is my dad, Namikaze Minato!'

At this moment, Naruto was proud of his father like never before. His father was the hero who saved the whole village, and he is this hero's son!

He was so small that he could not help raising his head and his chest and followed everyone to shout the name of his proud father.

At this time, the massive public sentiment was once again interrupted by Sarutobi Hiruzen's "but", and everyone was quiet again, ready to listen to Third-Hokage's next words.

"One thing… really makes me feel very guilty. Because I didn't take care of the child left by Minato…."

The voice fell, and the scene was silent. Then there was an uproar.

"This…?! The Fourth-Hokage has a child? Why haven't we heard of it?!"

"I remember… Fourth-Hokage's wife was indeed pregnant. But didn't they later say that they died together in that disaster?"

For civilians like them, the news they get is often deliberately spread and tinkered by the Konoha.

In order to conceal the news that Naruto was a child of Namikaze Minato, Sarutobi Hiruzen claimed to the public that Namikaze Minato and his family had died in the disaster. This also caused these civilians to be kept in the dark.

"You don't know about this matter, and it should be that way… Because I wanted to make Minato's son safe and peaceful and live a life as an ordinary person, I fabricated this news." Sarutobi Hiruzen explained.

Then, people in the crowd began to ask Sarutobi Hiruzen on the high platform:

"Lord-Hokage, who is this Fourth-Hokage's child? Where is he?"

"Yes, Lord-Hokage. If Fourth-Hokage really left a bloodline, then we must repay him well. We will not forget the favor of Fourth-Hokage!"

They all asked about the situation of Namikaze Minato's son. Everyone spokes the truth from their heart. They were indeed very grateful to Namikaze Minato.

If it were not for Namikaze Minato's sacrifice, they would not be here. The damage that the demon fox caused to the village at that time would only be more serious.

Naruto swallowed and stared at Sarutobi Hiruzen in a daze, waiting for him to say his most anticipated moment today.

Sarutobi Hiruzen did not disappoint Naruto, nor did he no longer bridge the situation.

"In the past few years, I'm sure everyone had heard the demon fox incarnation becoming a child, right? I don't need to say more. I believe everyone knows who this child is?"

Halfway Sarutobi Hiruzen finishing his sentence, every eye could not help but concentrate on the little Naruto standing in the center of the square.

Although they don't understand why Lord-Hokage suddenly talked about this annoying beast. But it does not prevent everyone from staring at Naruto with a disgusted look.

'It's him! It is because of this demon fox, this disaster happened back then! That's why so many people die!'

'The respected Fourth-Hokage died! It's all because of him!'

Just like this, a three-year-old child was treated as an enemy by everyone. He was overwhelmed by the disgusting look of the tens of thousands of spectators present.

Sarutobi Hiruzen realized what a huge wrong decision he had made. He ignored Naruto's feelings. It was he who once again broke his promise to others.

Senju Hashirama's wife, Uzumaki Mito, entrusted him to take care of his children and grandchildren before he died. As a result, Senju Clan was gone. Land-of-Whirlpools* also disappeared.

[*TL note: The Land of Whirlpools (Uzu no Kuni, Viz: Land of Eddies) is where the Uzumaki clan originates from. It no longer exists, having been destroyed and the rest of the survivors scattered across the world. The surname Uzumaki was very common in this country. It was located on an island off of the coast of the Land of Fire.]

It was him who promised in front of Hatake Sakumo that his boss would lead Sakumo together and let Konoha go to glory. As a result, he followed his confidant for many years but was forced to death by his own decision.

It was he who agreed to let his disciple, Orochimaru, to study First-Kage's cells and study Wood-Style**, but in the end, for this exact reason, he forced his disciple to rebel against the village.

[**TL note: Wood Release (Mokuton, Viz: Wood Style) is a nature transformation kekkei genkai, a combination of Earth and Water Release. It was famously used by Hashirama Senju. In fact, it is not known to have naturally occurred in anyone else, leading to it being regarded as impossible to use without having his cells. Because of Wood Release's power and versatility, there have been various efforts to reproduce it after Hashirama's death. Wood Release techniques are commonly affiliated with the Snake hand seal.]

His disciple, Tsunade, disappointed with him, left the village.

His disciple, Jiraiya, who was also disappointed with him, was away for a long time.

Although they didn't say anything, how would Sarutobi Hiruzen not guess what his apprentices were thinking?

And now, because of him, that Naruto, his grand disciple Minato's son, who was only 3 years old, suffered this treatment.

Looking at the center of the square, Naruto was overwhelmed by everyone's stare, not knowing what to do.

Sarutobi Hiruzen felt guilty. He couldn't help but doubt himself, doubting whether everything he had done over the years was right or wrong… He glanced at his close friend hidden in the dark, Shimura Danzo.

Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed helplessly.

'He doesn't care about that much anymore.'

He spoke loudly towards everyone: "The claim that the demon fox incarnated into a child is actually wrong. The real situation is that the Fourth-Hokage sealed the demon fox into an innocent baby. And this baby is Naruto, Uzumaki Naruto! At the same time, he is also Fourth-Hokage's, Namikaze Minato's biological son!"

The huge venue became silent!

Everyone was shocked by the news brought by Sarutobi Hiruzen!

'I couldn't believe it!'

An impossible look was fully displayed on all five senses. But just before, they were comforting themselves.

'It's impossible!'

'How can Uzumaki Naruto be the son of Fourth-Hokage?!'

'If Uzumaki Naruto is the son of Namikaze Minato, why didn't Third-Hokage tell us the truth? Why let us treat our benefactor's child like this and bully him so much?'

Instantly… Uzumaki Naruto, the little one, became the only focus of the audience.

Everyone's eyes were all focused on this child, who is only 3 years old.

No action. The scene remained silent.

For a while, everyone really didn't understand how to accept this cruel fact.

Even if they knew that this is unlikely, they were more willing to believe that Sarutobi Hiruzen was cracking a joke with them, because only in this way would their hearts feel better. They wouldn't need to feel guilty for what they have done in the past. Because they really appreciated Fourth-Hokage from the bottom of their hearts, they were even more unable to accept what they had done to this benefactor's child over the years.

In order to prove his claim one step further, Sarutobi Hiruzen continued: "In the past, in order to conceal Naruto's identity, we decided to change his surname to Uzumaki, which is the surname of Minato's wife Uzumaki Kushina… I thought that Naruto could grow up happily like an ordinary person as long as this is the case. But I didn't expect that everyone's misunderstanding of Naruto would be so deep. I am ashamed of Minato. I am ashamed of everyone. You don't have to blame yourself… Everything is my fault. I have only focused on official businesses, ignoring Naruto, and ignoring everyone's views on Naruto."

Everyone on the scene heard Sarutobi Hiruzen's words, and their hearts felt like a bolt from the blue sky, and they were so shocked that they couldn't speak.

Uzumaki Naruto surname Uzumaki. Namikaze Minato's wife was also named Uzumaki.

How can they deceive themselves again?

The last touch of hope in their heart collapsed instantly. Suddenly, almost everyone showed a variety of complex expressions. They were ashamed of Fourth-Hokage. Ashamed of Uzumaki Naruto.

They were very embarrassed to look up at that stone statue of Namikaze Minato.

Recalling their attitude towards Uzumaki Naruto over the years… This was inferior to a pig and a dog!

At Uzumaki Naruto in the middle of the square, everyone was silent. They didn't know what to say. They didn't know how to face Uzumaki Naruto.

They all treated Uzumaki Naruto as a monster and even instilled this concept and hatred into the next generation. But now? Suddenly, someone told them the child they regard as the enemy, and a monster turned out to be a child of the benefactor?

How could they accept this fact immediately? How could they face what they have done in the past?

However, Naruto Uzumaki, who was facing everyone's gaze, was not feeling well at the moment… Because the 'beautiful picture' he imagined didn't appear at all. He initially thought that as long as the old man disclosed his identity, everyone would recognize him, no longer hate him, and come to make friends with themselves.

But what is the situation now? How did this happen? That kind of "disgusting" looks are gone, but what is going on now?

He looked around the venue. He saw that someone's expression was very complicated, and he didn't understand what he was thinking. He also saw someone's expression as indifferent; he didn't seem surprised by Naruto's identity.

In this way, the whole meeting place, the villagers were quiet, the ninjas were quiet, the major Noble Clan clans were quiet, and the high levels were also quiet.

…..

After everyone had been quiet for a while, the rally finally gave a helpless sigh at Sarutobi Hiruzen and officially declared the end and disbanded.

The group sentiment was gone.

Without the enthusiasm just now.

All of them left this venue one after another with a heavy heart.

On the way back, everybody was not in the mood to talk to other people and had too much communication.

Uzumaki Naruto stood in the middle of the square, looking at the villagers one by one in a daze. He watched as they left one after another. Until the whole square became empty.

Uzumaki Naruto still watched the whole process with a dull expression. Both his eyes were lifeless. There was a blank in his head. His mouth was even more dry and slightly open.

"Everyone has left. Let's go back…" Li Yaoxiang's voice sounded in Naruto's mind.

Naruto's body slightly trembled. There was still a blank in his mind, and his expression was still dull. But unconsciously, following Li Yaoxiang's instructions, he walked back to his home.

During the process of returning home, there was no communication between the two parties.

Naruto couldn't feel the cold of the snow. He couldn't feel the surrounding pictures. Just like this, one step at a time, he walked back.

It wasn't until he arrived at the house and the door closed that he became puzzled. He asked Li Yaoxiang: "Why… why is everyone doing this? I'm a child of a hero. Since they are so grateful to dad, everyone shouldn't hate me, right? Shouldn't everyone accept me?"

"Naruto… I've told you already. The people in the village are cruller and ungrateful than you think. Didn't you see? After many people know your true identity, many people didn't show any unexpected expressions after they learned your true identity. That's because they already knew the truth! They won't thank your father or you… They won't be thankful because the demon fox was sealed inside your body. They just think that this is what your father and his son should do! Your father's death is deserved! Your mother's death is also deserved! What they are thinking is only themselves!"

Naruto's fragile heart was being bombarded with cuts and bruises by Li Yaoxiang's series of words. He always imagined things so beautifully. He didn't want to believe Li Yaoxiang's words, and he didn't want to believe that the village Li Yaoxiang said was really so dark, but the problem was that he couldn't give a reasonable explanation for why those people who knew his identity would treat him like this.

This made him feel very uncomfortable. The beautiful world he longed for was almost torn apart by reality.

It was just that, while he felt most at a loss, there was an unprecedented knock on the door.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

This sudden knock on the door brought Naruto's thoughts back to reality in an instant.

After all, at his home, no one would come to visit him on a good day. Even if someone comes, it can only be the old man, Grandpa Hokage.

But the problem is, it was not at the end of the month yet. It was not the time to give him the monthly money. It stood to reason that Grandpa Hokage will not come at this time. Why did someone come suddenly?

So, Naruto, who was still letting his imagination run wild, was suddenly attracted by the "guest" outside the door.

With doubts, Naruto went to open the door…

The door opened.

What came into sight was a young man wearing ordinary cotton clothes. The quality of the cotton clothes was not too high or too bad.

Naruto recognized the man in front of him. He was the clerk who had previously worked in a grocery store and refused to sell his kettle.

It's just that the man at the moment looked towards Naruto's eyes, which no longer showed disgust but rather an embarrassed smile. He also carried a brand-new hot water bottle in his hand.

"Haha, Naruto. Didn't you say that the kettle at your home broke? I brought it to you specially."

Naruto looked dumbfounded. He suddenly asked, "This… how much? I'll get it to you know."

"Ah, no need. I'm just giving it to you. You're welcome."

After a few awkward conversations, the clerk stopped talking and quickly left.

This sudden scene made Naruto be confused and asked in his mind: "What's going on?"

Only this time, Li Yaoxiang didn't answer.

The door closed.

It didn't take long for another knock on the door.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

Naruto opened the door again in a daze.

The guest was also a young man with a kettle in his hand. Naruto recognized the man, who was the clerk of the second grocery store.

One big and one small, two people with four eyes facing each other, both sides holding a kettle. The situation is somewhat funny.

Naruto: "Are you… also here to deliver a kettle?"

The young man who reacted spared his head and said, haha: "It's okay, it's okay. There is an extra kettle. Hope you don't mind and accept it!"

Leaving the kettle behind, the clerk of the second grocery store also left soon.

It didn't take long for Naruto to close the door.

Immediately after, the clerks in the third and fourth grocery stores came one after another. They also made an excuse at random, and they just wanted to leave their "heart" behind.

Eventually, it caused Naruto to be startled. His hands were trying to wrap the 4 brand-new kettles. He became so excited that he impatiently flaunted Li Yaoxiang in his mind: "Look! Look! I knew it! I knew it! As long as everyone knows, everyone will accept me! Hahahahaha! Success! I succeeded! Everyone no longer hates me!"

Li Yaoxiang said nothing as if he couldn't find any word to refute him. It made Naruto feel even more excited!

Becoming even more excited!

Because this not only proved that his 'beautiful vision' was right, it was also the first time that he has 'beaten' Li Yaoxiang since he was sensible! It made it even more satisfying.

'I knew it! The village is not as dark as what he said! Not everyone is so ungrateful!'

However, Naruto did not realize that under the influence of Li Yaoxiang, he had taken the phrase 'not everyone is so ungrateful' to take it for granted. In other words, he had already agreed that there were indeed such a group of ungrateful guys in the village.

Without waiting for Naruto's emotions to calm down, there was a knock on the door again.

Naruto didn't feel dumbfounded this time. He put down the kettles in his arms and said happily: "Come! Come!"

He opened the door.

This time, it was a kid and a couple behind the kid. Somewhat funny is that the kid was holding a fruit basket larger than his body in his arms, and the fruit basket covered almost half of his body. The man and the woman behind the kid were smiling apologetically at Naruto.

Naruto also recognized this family. The kid was one of the people who hit him with snowballs before. He was the one who hit Naruto the most! And the two men and women behind them were the parents of the little kid who was in trouble.

They didn't wait for Naruto to say anything. The parents behind the kid pushed him, as if urging him.

Seeing the road ahead, the brat quickly stretched out half of his head from behind the fruit basket and said to Naruto: "I'm sorry, I was wrong before. I shouldn't have thrown snowballs at you. I won't do that again. These fruits are for you."

Straightforward. Obviously, someone taught the brat to say this.

Naruto, who was simple and direct, took the fruit basket very happily and smiled heartily: "Hahahaha! It doesn't matter! I never blamed you. Let's play together in the future!"

The couple behind him pushed the brat, nodded, and said a few words of apology. They also quickly left.

Immediately afterward, with the four clerks who delivered the kettles and a family left Naruto's house, other villagers also came to Uzumaki Naruto's home. Or visit. Or give gifts. Or apologize.

Of course, these visitors only include those who are in the know; that is, they already know the existence of Naruto's identity. Almost as long as anyone above Jonin Level, or those Noble Clan young generation, will know this news.

But it didn't matter.

The number of gratitude brought by those visitors, such as new clothes, various fruits, food, toys, etc., can still fill the entrance of Naruto's house, piled up to almost make it impossible to squeeze in.

…..

After the night came, the visiting crowd gradually stopped.

Naruto was totally excited for a whole afternoon.

Looking at the pile of thank-you gifts in front of him, Naruto plunged in with cheers. His small body formed a "big" shape, lying on the pile of gratitude gifts.

He opened one of the fruit baskets.

There was a banana in the left mouth, and his right cheek rubbed on the new clothes with satisfaction.

Feeling the suppleness on the cheeks, Naruto spontaneously flaunted again in his mind: "Look? I'll say it. As long as everyone knows my identity, they will accept me! Hehehehe! I can play with everyone in the future!"

Li Yaoxiang looked at this little man's success, constantly showing off.

Li Yaoxiang smiled.

'That's right!'

Li Yaoxiang intentionally let Naruto take the 'Life Peak' path properly. Li Yaoxiang will, of course, not miss this opportunity, using the villagers' movements to make Uzumaki Naruto appear in the spotlight!

Make Naruto proud! Make Naruto satisfied! Make Naruto misunderstand that he finally defeated Li Yaoxiang for once!

However, the truth of the matter was that Li Yaoxiang already knew that the villagers were coming to visit Naruto. After all, how could Li Yaoxiang, who also lived in Konoha Village, can't even detect this movement?

The reason why Li Yaoxiang deliberately created this result was all because of the need to speed up the progress of his plan! In order to let Naruto fully realize the sense of accomplishment in defeating Li Yaoxiang and regain confidence! In order to have a perfect start to this "2nd step plan"!

Obviously, based on Naruto's current appearance, it means that Li Yaoxiang's purpose had been achieved.

If there were no accident, Naruto would be happily silent in this 'false illusion' for many days to come. When this 'false illusion' was over, it would be the moment when Li Yaoxiang appears again!

Seeing that in the short-term, Naruto wouldn't make a huge change, for the time being, Li Yaoxiang chose to stop talking to Naruto and let Naruto enjoy this beautiful moment. And he shifted his focus back to his main body…

Konoha Village.

Inside a certain restaurant.

The decoration and furnishings of this restaurant are exactly the same as the one in the anime, Ramen Ichiraku. It is a storefront with an open door. Just a few pieces of fabric are hanging on the store's entrance to cover the sun or the situation in the restaurant.

At this time, Li Yaoxiang was cooking all kinds of food in front of customers sitting side by side.

His connection with Naruto is like eating food and chatting with friends. It just depends on whether he wants to focus on tasting food carefully. And it's very useful. His connection with Naruto can't affect his daily life and various normal activities at all.

He has been in this state for the past few years since he got to this world.

At the beginning, only his fleshy body transmigrated here. Not only his appearance but his age has not changed. Even the name is the same. The system gave him such identity.

A certain parents died, leaving this restaurant free to take. So, he took it to not arouse suspicion from others. But because of his new identity, he always has a lot of constraints when it comes to darkening Naruto.

After all, Konoha is way too exposed.

Konoha Village is indeed too dangerous for an ordinary person. Not to mention that Konoha Village is a disaster-prone place. There's a lot of chasing and fighting between those 'ninjas and spies'. It became a great disaster for an ordinary person like him. Because he didn't know when or in which direction would there be so many shurikens or boulders that could suddenly smash him to death.

Living here is far more dangerous than what the anime makes it to be.

Despite having many darkening points, he can easily improve his strength and avoid these unpredictable dangers. How can he casually increase his strength or exchange various self-defense items when he is in Konoha? You need to know whether a person has chakras in his body.

If an ordinary person like him has a refined Chakra; wouldn't that be suspicious?

This is no different from looking for death!

Even if he was really that reckless and even if he could really explain it clearly in front of a group of Konoha ninjas or managed to escape alive, Li Yaoxiang would not do it. After all, if Naruto knew about him in advance because of this, it would be worth the loss. Perhaps the entire darkening plan might fail because of this. This was one of the reasons why Li Yaoxiang has not used the darkening point.

This was why the most important thing for Li Yaoxiang, who just transmigrated to this world, is to leave Konoha as soon as possible!

Stay away from danger! Stay away from Naruto!

'It's a pity that I have to leave Konoha.'

For an ordinary person, it was far more difficult than expected. Because he was not the only one who has this idea. Many Konoha civilians actually want to leave this dangerous place.

After all, living in Konoha Village, except for the civilians who were born and raised in Konoha, other people actually don't have too much sense of belonging to Konoha. Otherwise, With this number of people in Konoha Village, it is impossible to survive one disaster after another and still maintain a certain number of residents. Therefore, if there is no suitable reason, Konoha can't let people in and out at will.

In addition, Konoha is the military base of the Land of Fire*. The base is definitely more rigorous than other places in terms of 'in and out'. It can be said that it is easy to come in and difficult to come out.

[*TL note: The Land of Fire (Hi no Kuni) is one of the largest and most powerful countries seen and is the home of the main characters of the series. Its government leader is the Fire Daimyō. The Land of Fire was the first country to adopt a ninja village, Konohagakure, a custom other countries would soon adopt. The Land of Fire is appropriately oriented towards the element of fire, typically having very bright and warm weather. While not the physically largest country, it has the largest hidden village.]

Therefore, before this, Li Yaoxiang's main body did not dare to act rashly and had been acting in a low-key manner, looking for opportunities. He didn't want to attract the attention of the senior management. Nor did he want to attract Naruto's attention.

As for Naruto, will his life be threatened because of the 'butterfly effect'?

Haha! Li Yaoxiang has never worried about this issue.

Naruto was the only Jinchuriki of Konoha Village! As long as Naruto did not behave too abnormally or was hostile to the village, then the two old fellows, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo, would not do anything Naruto! They needed Naruto's strength to shake up other villages!

Moreover, Li Yaoxiang was familiar with the original work plot. He knew that Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, and the others almost put all their minds on the incident of 'Uchiha Clan Rebellion'. Do you think they want to take care of Naruto right now?

This was why Li Yaoxiang dared to tell the truth to Naruto brazenly. And the only thing he needed to worry about was whether Naruto will be imprisoned or brainwashed because of the 'butterfly effect'. Of course, Li Yaoxiang was not unprepared for Naruto to be in such a difficult situation.

Isn't saving the darkening points the best solution? After all, in addition to permanent items, system malls can also buy one-time items. For example, 'One-time Kotoamatsukami', 'One-time Izanagi', and so on. The price is much cheaper than the permanent one.

Of course, Li Yaoxiang didn't think to use 'One-time Kotoamatsukami' to completely darken Naruto and complete the mission. It's just that the system clearly told him that this kind of wicked method is not feasible. The system will not increase Naruto's darkening degree using that option. Therefore, the best way is to keep these darkening points in case of unexpected situations.

In case something really went wrong, there would be a way to remedy it. Because even the "brainwashing myth", Kotoamatsukami's ability, is actually not impossible to crack.

In the First Type approach, he can inform Naruto of the Kotoamatsukami's ability in advance. Let Naruto record his memory and thoughts in advance, then Li Yaoxiang can try to use this record afterward to wake up Naruto. After all, the ability of 'Kotoamatsukami' is not invincible. It only changes a person's memory and thinking, not a person's IQ.

To break free, the simplest solution is to slap the hypnotized person. It's like when a person's thinking is changed after being slapped from the bottom of their heart, which is very refreshing and painless.

But when one really feels the taste of being slapped, it may feel strange.

Of course, suppose this method does not work. In that case, you can use the second method, which is to divert the attention of the owner of Kotoamatsukami, so that they do not use their precious opportunity of 'Kotoamatsukami' on Naruto. Because, as far as Li Yaoxiang knows, Kotoamatsukami has a cooldown.

As for the issue of being imprisoned, it's much simpler for Li Yaoxiang! Li Yaoxiang has already prepared for this, and he should not worry too much.

Therefore, based on the above various reasons, coupled with enough darkening points, it was time for Li Yaoxiang to implement his plan to leave Konoha…

Inside the restaurant.

While cooking, Li Yaoxiang, who was thinking of how to implement the "Leave Konoha Project" while cooking, behaved very naturally.

From time to time, Li Yaoxiang will talk and laugh with customers. But at this moment, a middle-aged man selling vegetables delivered to his shop door. This person's dress was very ordinary. It looks nothing special. He pushed aside the covering cloth at the door.

When Li Yaoxiang saw the person coming, his first reaction was to look down, but he quickly recovered his natural expression.

"Yo! Boss Li, business is doing good?"

"Yeah it's doing fine? Is it fresh today too?"

"Of course! This batch of radishes is particularly sweet, and it is best for you to make soup!" As he said, the middle-aged man handed white radishes that were slightly thicker than calves to Li Yaoxiang.

Under the radish, a note was hidden.

Li Yaoxiang weighed radish. The note was put away smoothly.

Immediately afterward, Li Yaoxiang praised naturally: "Not bad! Can I keep the basket?"

"Hahaha! It's okay! You're the customer, you're in charge. After I deliver this batch of goods, I'll go back and send you a new batch!"

After that, the middle-aged man left.

Li Yaoxiang continued to entertain his customers as if there was nothing unusual. But no one found out that while Li Yaoxiang continued cooking and chatting with customers, he secretly took out the note and read it.

There was not much information on the note. Just the words' Tonight meets at 6 o'clock.

After reading the note, Li Yaoxiang threw the note into the stove and burned it to ashes.

The whole process looked like flowing water. No one knew.

..…

Inside the restaurant. 8 o'clock in the evening.

Normally, Li Yaoxiang will only open the store until 8 o'clock. But today at 7 o'clock, he started to put the closed wooden board in front of the store. The meaning is obvious: the store is about to close and no longer greets new customers. However, when the time reached 8 o'clock after the standing boards had covered the entire door, there was still a faint light in the shop, penetrating through the slits.

In the shop at the moment, in addition to Li Yaoxiang standing in the cooking place, there were 2 people sitting in the customer's position.

One of them was the vegetable seller who delivered radish this afternoon.

The other was a 'middle-aged Genin' wearing a ninja costume.

"Li Yaoxiang! You tell me, how long do you have to wait?! Every time you say it's dangerous, it's dangerous! For 2 years! It's been 2 years! You have been looking for various excuses to procrastinate, are you not planning to take revenge?!"

It was the food delivery guy this afternoon named Yuichi. He spoke this angry word in a very low voice.

Obviously, he and Li Yaoxiang have known each other for a long time. It was just that in the past, in front of outsiders, they only showed a normal relationship. But in essence, they were in a small group.

A small group with hatred for ninja.

As mentioned before, the Konoha Village's commoners will be affected by the fight between ninjas. Some, in fact, have lost their lives because of it. Yuichi's family is one of these unfortunate people. This caused him to hate ninja very much. The level of hatred has reached the idea of killing one without minding their own lives.

The reason why Li Yaoxiang joined this small group was all due to the identity given by the system. Because their loved ones died because of 'accidents,' so he ushered in the solicitation of these two people.

Speaking of solicitation, it was more like compulsively asking Li Yaoxiang to join. If you don't join, it's death!

Because of their behavior and purpose, it was impossible to let outsiders know.

Since it has been revealed to Li Yaoxiang, and because he was currently in his real body, he has no choice but to join.

However, in order not to be affected by these two pig teammates, since the day of joining, he has delayed their 'perish together' or 'suicide' plan for various reasons. This procrastination dragged on for two years, resulting in the tolerance of these two people reaching its limit.

"Didn't I tell you? Ninja has a lot of all kinds of weird Ninjutsu. And a ninja, even just a Genin, they have a certain sense of danger almost all the time. If we are holding the idea of killing one of them, they could discover us before we could get close. How do you kill them then? Wouldn't you be sacrificing your lives in vain then? Moreover, even if we do get lucky not get found, how do we get close to a ninja. How many ninjas can we kill as much as possible with only three of us? Is your hatred just satisfied by killing one or two Genin?"

In fact, with Li Yaoxiang's current darkening points, he no longer needed to be afraid of the two people in front of him. But to avoid these two people from ruining his plan to 'leave Konoha', Li Yaoxiang had to continue to appease them and to delay their plan of 'perish together' as much as possible.

"Enough! You don't have to explain anymore! Although I don't understand how you know so much about ninjas. But after such a long delay, you never give a detailed plan, we can't wait any longer! Every day I get home, I'm facing four walls alone. I believe you know this feeling very well! We don't want to bear it anymore! Just one!"

This time, it was the middle-aged Genin who had remained silent, Yuya Miyada.

His situation was like Yuichi. His family also died in the "accident" where ninja was fighting, but Konoha was very indifferent to this. The ninja who accidentally killed his family was still free. So he also hated ninja very much! Especially Konoha's Ninja!

And what Li Yaoxiang worries about was this emotionally unstable middle-aged Genin.

After all, the strength lies there. The strength gap between an ordinary person and a ninja is still quite large.

If it were not for this ninja, Li Yaoxiang would not have joined this small group. And it was this Miyada Yuya who has been threatening him!

Seeing Li Yaoxiang still hesitating, Miyata gritted his teeth and said: "You are not afraid of death, are you?! If you don't give a satisfactory answer today, don't blame me for being impolite now!"

Having said that, Miyada Yuzai and Koichi were staring at Li Yaoxiang fiercely, waiting for his reply.

If Li Yaoxiang disagrees, they will do it directly.

Li Yaoxiang was also full of fire in his heart. He had endured these two's teases for 2 years!

'Since you are so anxious to find death, don't blame me!'

The hesitant expression passed away in a flash, and it turned out that Li Yaoxiang pretended to make a firm resolution: "Well then! Just do it! Kill one without losing! Kill two for blood!"

Miyada Yuzai: "When will you start?"

Li Yaoxiang: "In 2 days!"

"Good! See you in 2 days!"

Although it was decided that the hands-on time was 2 days later, Yuichi and Yuya Miyada would not believe Li Yaoxiang so easily. After all, in these past years, Li Yaoxiang made various excuses to delay their actions more than once.

This had to make them highly doubt whether Li Yaoxiang really wanted to avenge the ninjas.

"You said two days later, how should you act in those two days?" Middle-aged Genin, Miyada Yuya looked towards Li Yaoxiang with a solemn expression.

They did not wait for Li Yaoxiang to reply.

Fortunately, the vegetable seller sitting by the side directly ridiculed: "What's wrong? You said to act in 2 days, you don't just want to perfuse us right? Don't you usually have a lot of plans? Are you going to act now with no preparation?"

Both tried to probe Li Yaoxiang.

Obviously, if Li Yaoxiang couldn't tell the truth, they wouldn't give up today!

Li Yaoxiang's heart was gradually becoming indifferent to the constant entanglement of these two people. Originally he intended to delay for a while. After he left Konoha, it wouldn't matter how these two guys will toss. But since the situation has developed to such a point. Then, Li Yaoxiang had to change the plan of 'Leave Konoha'.

Immediately, Li Yaoxiang pretended to be serious and began to explain the plan, as if he did not notice the imperfections in their tone: "We only have three people. Since everyone will go out on that day, then of course, the more we kill, the better it is! First of all…

Li Yaoxiang recounted the whole course of action. Including the place and time of the action, the timing of starting, etc., all are arranged very clearly.

Seeing that Li Yaoxiang didn't seem to be perfunctory, the tense atmosphere in the shop was relieved. The two people also started discussing Li Yaoxiang in some detail.

After the discussion, the time was almost 9 o'clock.

It would be inconvenient for them to stay any longer. After all, walking on the streets of Konoha at night made it easy to attract the attention of Konoha's Ninjas.

As usual, to avoid being discovered about their relationship, they didn't leave the shop at the same time.

The first to leave was the vegetable seller.

After a while, it was middle-aged Genin Yuya Miyada's turn. However, just as Miyada was about to leave, Li Yaoxiang stopped him at this moment: "Yuya, wait. I have something to discuss with you."

Miyata Yuza, who was about to leave, stopped. He mistakenly thought that Li Yaoxiang was looking for an excuse to back away, and he turned around badly while expressing words that threatened Li Yaoxiang: "I tell you! Don't…"

But before he finished talking, he saw a pair of scarlet eyes, which caused his vision to spin around. Then there was nothing.

After a while, Miyada Yuya walked out of Li Yaoxiang's shop as if nothing had happened.

…

Early the next morning. The sky was just getting bright.

Li Yaoxiang walked out of the house.

In the past, he always went out at 9 o'clock and then went to the store to open the shop. But today was two hours earlier than before; to prevent some people from discovering his whereabouts.

Soon, Li Yaoxiang arrived at his destination today, which is the Hokage Residence.

However, before he approached Hokage Residence, two Anbu ninjas suddenly appeared in front of him, blocking his way.

"What do you want? Don't you know what this place is?"

"Leave. Not everyone can get here."

Li Yaoxiang didn't care about their attitude and directly said: "I want to find Lord-Hokage. I have something to report to him."

"If you have something, you can tell us directly. We will help you pass it up."

Li Yaoxiang shook his head: "No, I don't know who you are. I can't trust you. I will see Lord-Hokage before I say it."

Hearing Li Yaoxiang questioning them, the tone of the two Anbu ninjas became even worse: "Do you know what you are talking about? We are the elite troops under Lord-Hokage. Do you doubt our loyalty to Lord-Hokage?"

Seeing the attitude of these two Anbu ninjas, he became more and more unhappy. Although the probability against him was tiny, Li Yaoxiang was still ready to use the darkening points at any time, just in case.

But at this time, another masked Anbu ninja came out of Hokage Residence.

The newly arrived Anbu ninja came behind the two and asked, "What's wrong?"

Immediately, two Anbu ninjas reported the situation to the new Anbu ninja just now.

Judging from their attitude and tone of voice alone, it can be seen that the new Anbu ninja in front of him has a higher status than the two gatekeepers. And even if this new Anbu ninja was masked, Li Yaoxiang recognized who he is!

White hair. Black mask.

Who else would it be, if not Hatake Kakashi?

Even if masked, Li Yaoxiang could recognize him. However, based on Kakashi's tone and speech, the Kakashi at this time was still in a very indifferent stage. He might not have recovered from the shadow of the previous events yet.

It was only a while ago that Shimura Danzo sent 'Yamato' over and over again to try his Sharingan again and again.

However, when he reported the situation of an assassination attempt to his colleagues to Sarutobi Hiruzen, Kakashi just took it normally.

How is this Kakashi be so indifferent? Why did he give up just like that?

After understanding the situation, Kakashi came to Li Yaoxiang: "You can tell me anything. I will report it for you. If you don't want to say it, please go back. I can't let you in."

Kakashi's words were like a hammer. There was absolutely no room for twisting.

"If it is you, then I can tell you."

"Oh? Do you know me?"

"No, but I think you are two higher-levels than them. You shouldn't look like someone who will betray Lord-Hokage."

"En. Then say it."

"I learned that in two days, someone wanted to be against Konoha's ninja. So, I came over to report to Lord-Hokage."

After he said the words, the atmosphere on the scene immediately became serious.

Kakashi waved his hand, indicating the two Anbu ninjas to leave.

Xiu!

Two sounds. Two Anbu ninjas suddenly disappeared.

Kakashi said coldly: "Come with me, I will take you to see Lord-Hokage."

Li Yaoxiang followed Kakashi.

They passed various corridors and stairs and arrived at the Hokage room.

….

Kakashi whispered in Sarutobi Hiruzen's ear and described the whole process just now. Then, under the direction of Sarutobi Hiruzen, Kakashi left the Hokage room with a bang to begin investigating Li Yaoxiang's identity.

Only two people, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Li Yaoxiang, were left in the Hokage room.

After listening to the news, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was still dignified, immediately changed a kind expression and sucked a tobacco pipe: "You said… Someone is going to be harmful to Konoha's Ninja? Where did you hear about it?"

"Lord-Hokage, I heard this news in my shop. Two customers were drunk in my store and they leaked their plan." Li Yaoxiang blushed and responded breathlessly.

It didn't look like a lie.

"Un." Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded, "Who is this people trying to do harm to the village's ninja?"

"Uh… those two people are regular customers in my shop. One named Yuichi, who sells vegetables. The other is Miyada Yuya, a ninja."

"They seem to be saying that they will act in two days. As for the specific details, I don't know. When they were drunk, they only said a little. I don't understand what they said is true or false, but I'm afraid things they said are true. I don't want to see any Konoha's Ninja injured, so I'm reporting this right now."

During the story, Li Yaoxiang began to show a little nervousness. It really looked like an ordinary commoner that fears Konoha Ninja's injury.

Not long after, the masked Kakashi suddenly appeared beside Sarutobi Hiruzen and whispered Li Yaoxiang's identity background in his ear.

Sarutobi Hizaki seems the kind of person to welcome people with a smile. But he still listened very carefully.

After confirming that there was no problem with Li Yaoxiang's identity, he replied: "En. Very good. I understood this matter. Thank you for telling us this news. You go back first. I will send someone special for those two people."

Li Yaoxiang smile like an honest man who seemed to be in awe of Hokage, "Thank you. If it weren't for the ninjas guarding Konoha, I wouldn't be here still living in the village safely. "

After Li Yaoxiang left, Sarutobi Hiruzen turned to Kakashi instructed aside: "Send someone to check this person who sells vegetables, called Yuichi. And that ninja named Miyada Yuya."

Kakashi did not answer.

But just when he was about to leave, Sarutobi Hiruzen seemed to remember something, adding again: "The two people and including the one who just reported; sent people to monitor to see if there is anything abnormal."

"Yes!"

…

After leaving the Hokage room, as if nothing happened, Li Yaoxiang returned to the store as usual to entertain customers.

On this day, no matter whether it was the vegetable seller Yuichi or the middle-aged Genin Miyada Yuya, they had no further contact with Li Yaoxiang. This was the approach proposed by Li Yaoxiang when planning how to act yesterday. To avoid arousing suspicion from others, both of them agreed.

Because of this, in the process of monitoring their three people, Konoha's Ninja found nothing unusual. Their lives were nothing special.

However, after investigating the identity and background of these three people, the Konoha's Ninjas found that they all have one thing in common, that was, their family members were accidentally killed by Konoha Ninja during the fight between ninjas, and now, they were the only left alone in the family.

After discovering this suspicious point, it made them believe a little bit more about the news given by Li Yaoxiang. However, Li Yaoxiang's suspicion was not dismissed. After all, Li Yaoxiang's family also had a similar accident. Therefore, they would not rule out the probability that Li Yaoxiang is an associate.

After reporting the conclusions to Sarutobi Hiruzen, he did not pay much attention to it at this time. After all, the person involved was only a commoner and a Genin.

Even with the possible accomplice Li Yaoxiang, as long as they are prepared, nothing will escape. Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that he couldn't afford any big waves to happen. Therefore, he just sent someone to continue monitoring them.

As for why not send Yamanaka Clan* people to spy on their real thoughts?

[*TL note: The Yamanaka Clan (Yamanaka Ichizoku) is a family of shinobi found in Konohagakure. They specialize in mind-related techniques, and they own and run a flower shop in the village. They traditionally lead the Konoha Barrier Team.]

The reason was very simple: even if they peep out that they really want to harm Konoha Ninja, then what? Can they kill the killer early? Obviously, this will not work. After all, there would be no proof.

How would the Konoha explain to the mass that they planned to do harm?

If they rashly deal with the common people but could not give any firm evidence, wouldn't this chill the hearts of the villagers? How could the rest of the commoner live in Konoha with peace of mind? Wouldn't everyone start being afraid and live in fear?

Therefore, no matter what Yuichi, Miyada, and the others have in mind, as long as they don't do it, Konoha will not act on them. At most, they will only pay more attention to the suspects.

….

Just like that, two consecutive days passed.

None of the ninjas who watched found anything unusual. None of the three had any contact.

It was peaceful, but it was not until the hands-on time reported by Li Yaoxiang that they discovered the anomaly.

That is, Yuichi, the vegetable seller, hid a handful of kunai with a detonating charm at home. And today, he carried it on him. The same was true for Miyada Yuya. Only Li Yaoxiang with no abnormality. The store is still open as usual.

Not long after, the two people joined together on one of the bustling streets.

This street is one of the roads leading to the Academy.

And their goal was also obvious: the students in the Academy or the ninja instructors.

This was also the suggestion that Li Yaoxiang gave them, saying that it would be more convenient for them to start here. After all, the instructors have retired from the frontline for a long time, and perhaps their vigilance would not be so strong.

Also, even if the plan fails, they can find a few "future ninjas" to back them up.

To avoid arousing suspicion from the surrounding crowd, the two communicated softly after the meeting.

"Where's Li Yaoxiang? Why didn't Li Yaoxiang come?"

Yuichi, the vegetable seller, the first thought that came to his mind was that damned Li Yaoxiang must have shrunk!

However, what made him didn't expect was that middle-aged ninja Yuya Miyada patted his shoulder at this time and immediately covered Li Yaoxiang: "Relax, it's okay. I gave him another task. If our side is exposed and attracts the attention of others, it may be easier for him to succeed."

Yuichi, the vegetable seller, his stomach full of anger disappeared when he heard the words.

Immediately afterward, the two acted according to plan.

Yuichi walked ahead and act first. After all, as an ordinary person, he can't detonate the 'detonating charm', so he still needed the ninja Miyada to be in the distance.

However, not long after the distance between the two of them was opened and before they could even get close to the Academy, the two masked Anbu ninjas suddenly appeared in front of them, blocking Yuichi's path: "What you planned has been discovered! Obediently surrender!"

Yuichi was taken aback at first, and then his face became extremely hideous!

"Damn it! Go to hell!" Yuichi roared loudly. He took out a kunai with a detonator cham attached to it and rushed forward.

In the face of Yuichi's sprint, the two Anbu ninjas on the opposite side behaved very plainly. As if Yuichi's attack was not worth mentioning to them. It was until the Yuchi's kunai about to approach them, the two pupils hidden under their masks shrank suddenly!

They felt the fluctuation of Chakra!

One of the Anbu ninjas was shouted angrily: "Damn! Get away!"

BOOM!

The two Anbus flashed one by one. All of them were far away from Koichi.

Yuichi's arm was blown up, and his body was heavily injured.

The two Anbu ninjas were a bit lucky. They didn't expect him to be so ruthless, to try hurting the students, and even to blow themselves up. Fortunately, they knew in advance that the other side had a detonator. Otherwise, they would not choose to deal with Yuichi first instead of dealing with Miyada Yuya first. After all, if Yuichi rushed into the Academy while they were subduing Miyada Yuya, the consequences would be really unimaginable.

Seeing that Yuichi's ability to act has been greatly reduced, one of the Anbu ninjas said to his companion: "Look after him. I will subdue the other one."

And just when 2 people are about to act, there was a loud noise again!

BOOM!

Koichi, who was only injured a short time ago, was blown up once again.

And this time, the explosion was located in the head.

No one found out that this detonation charm was actually hidden in his collar at the moment Miyada Yuya slapped Yuichi's shoulder.

"Damn it!"

Seeing this, the two Anbu ninjas cursed secretly. They never thought that the other side would be so ruthless too.

If you don't succeed in one blow, you will die with them!

The two Anbu responded very quickly. They stopped looking in Yuichi's direction and rushed directly to Miyada Yuya.

It's just that before they got close, they saw Miyada Yuya sneered at them strangely. And then, an incredible scene suddenly appeared in front of their eyes. That is, Miyada Yuya opened his own ninja outfit, which was filled with detonating charms!

What made these two Anbe ninjas most frightened was that Miyada Yuya also attached one of the detonating charms to his head.

The situation was reversed in an instant!

It was not the two Anbu ninjas that rushed over. Instead, Miyada rushed towards them.

BANG!

The two Anbu ninjas had no time to dodge. They were all blown away by Miyada Yuya's "human flesh bomb".

As for Miyada Yuya himself, it goes without saying that he died.

…

Inside the restaurant.

At the same time, when the Anbu ninjas and Miyada Yuya fought, Li Yaoxiang was entertaining the customers inside the restaurant as usual.

"Boss! Collect money!"

"Okay!" Li Yaoxiang wiped his greasy hands on the damp cloth on the table, "a bowl of white rice, a cup of green tea, a bowl of Dongbo meat; a total of 280 yen!"

After there were no more customers in the restaurant, Li Yaoxiang's original smiley face suddenly became cold. He took something out from the apron pocket. He took out a photo.

That was a photo of Li Yaoxiang and a group of customers. Yuichi and Yuya Miyada were also inside.

It was also the only photo they took together.

He looked at the two people in the photo. Li Yaoxiang secretly whispered: "It's probably over… Yuichi… Yuya… If you want someone to blame you, blame only yourselves."

Li Yaoxiang threw the photos into the stove. He just watched the photo slowly burning by the fire and shrank until it finally burned to ashes.

That's right! This series of things can be said to be planned by Li Yaoxiang!

In addition to giving Yuichi and Miyada Yuya plans that day, Li Yaoxiang also used 7000 darkening points in the system mall and purchased the 'One-time Kotoamatsukami'.

He changed Miyada's thinking. He changed it to make Li Yoaxiang be the most trusted partner, and this action was done jointly by Yuichi and Miyada Yuya.

Li Yaoxiang became Miyada's backup plan. If they fail, it is good that someone will continue to stick to their ideals.

As for the detonation charms, this matter was also very simple.

Li Yaoxiang, who was familiar with the anime, has not forgotten that Yamanaka Clan has a trick that can spy on the memory of the dead person's head. Therefore, he arranged for Miyada Yuya to must explode the 'criminal evidence' before they die! The Yamanaka Clan has no way to investigate because of it. Then, his relationship with them would never be revealed.

As for Li Yaoxiang spending a One-time Kotoamatsukami on an ordinary person, is it worth it? Li Yaoxiang, of course, would not consider this issue.

As long as he can be out of Konoha's sight and out of Konoha's control, he was very confident.

Even if it is ten or 100 or 10000, for him, it doesn't matter! For Li Yaoxiang, his own safety was the most important thing at present.

Compared with their lives, these 7000 points are nothing.

…..

After the incident, it was as expected by Li Yaoxiang. Some people from the Yamanaka Clan came over and took over the case.

The purpose is to look into the memory of the dead man's head to see if there are other potential associates. They all shook their heads when they saw the corpse immediately.

This case was over. They would report the situation to Third-Hokage.

…

Two days later. Early in the morning.

When Li Yaoxiang was about to open the shop, the masked Kakashi came slowly towards him.

Li Yaoxiang pretended to be stunned: "Lord-Ninja, what's wrong?"

"The Lord-Hokage. Please."

"Oh, I see. Wait for me."

He took the board in his hand and put it back again, closing the door.

Immediately afterward, he followed Kakashi and walked towards the Hokage Residence.

While they were walking, Kakashi suddenly asked: "The two people you reported before are really going to be detrimental to the village's ninja, and… they are now dead."

Li Yaoxiang pretended to be shocked and then said a little regretfully: "Unbelievable… Why did they do this…?"

"…"

While Li Yaoxiang spoke, Kakashi inadvertently observed Li Yaoxiang's expression and tone very carefully.

The two said nothing more after that.

…..

Not long after, they arrived at Hokage Residence.

Kakashi brought Li Yaoxiang to the Hokage Room.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was still approving the document, put down the pen in his hand. He raised his head and looked at them kindly. He focused his attention on Kakashi first. After seeing Kakashi shook his head slightly to him, this turned his attention to Li Yaoxiang.

"Li Yaoxiang, right?"

"Hehehehe, Lord-Hokage, hello, hello. I did not expect Lord-Hokage to know my name. I feel so honored!"

Li Yaoxiang's performance was in place.

You can't see any abnormality.

Coupled with Kakashi's 'shaking head' just now, Sarutobi Hiruzen's suspicion of him has weakened a lot.