Chapter 119: The True History Hidden in the Chronicles
"Byakugan!"
Hyuga Yizhen widened his eyes. The Byakugan's penetrating vision pierced straight through the wooden crates and deep inside. The outermost layer held ordinary fruit, but beneath the fruit there was actually another compartment…
Inside that compartment were stacks upon stacks of paper talismans. On closer inspection, the single character Explode made Hyuga Yizhen break out in a cold sweat.
"Explosive tags!"
Hyuga Yizhen couldn't help swallowing hard. They were sitting on an entire cart full of explosive tags. One had to know that the power of a single explosive tag was equivalent to a C-rank Great Fireball Technique. And with so many stacked together…
Even Li Jiexuan felt his scalp go numb. Without space-time ninjutsu, even he wouldn't be able to escape unscathed.
"But why would Ginkaku and his people be smuggling so many explosive tags?" Hyuga Yizhen couldn't understand it at all. Yamada Xunzhen, however, looked thoughtful.
Li Jiexuan knew very clearly in his heart…
They were planning a rebellion!
The people killed by kinkaku and Ginkaku weren't just Senju Tobirama—they also included the Second Raikage of the Hidden Cloud, A!
The ox cart rolled forward slowly, and another layer of gloom settled over Li Jiexuan's heart. This incident seemed far from as simple as it was described in Naruto.
This wasn't a carnival of two madmen—it was a carefully planned uprising!
Originally, Li Jiexuan only needed to save Senju Tobirama from kinkaku and Ginkaku. But now, what he might have to face was an entire nation!
"This is really bad…"
Li Jiexuan shook his head with a bitter smile. Although he had gained quite a bit from this trial, trying to take on a whole country alone was still wishful thinking.
Unless… Indra's bloodline could awaken.
But that was almost impossible: Indra Bloodline (Dormant).
Li Jiexuan had originally thought he could go straight into god mode, only to later realize he'd overestimated himself. Indra's bloodline gave him no immediate boost in strength. It merely offered a possibility—a future that pointed straight toward the Great Path!
The ox cart swayed leisurely as it approached the foot of the mountains surrounding the Hidden Cloud Village. Unlike Konoha, the Hidden Cloud was built atop towering peaks, with plank roads and bridges forming a city in the sky.
As soon as they reached the foot of the mountain, a Hidden Cloud chunin came out to meet them. He said nothing extra, merely curling his lips coldly. "My name is Zhenying. Move the goods and follow me…"
"Ninja sir, I'm the lowly Dahe. Is there anything I can do to serve you?" Li Jiexuan hurried over obsequiously.
"Shut up…!"
Zhenying gave Li Jiexuan no face at all, scolding him coldly. "Another word and I'll pull out your tongue."
Li Jiexuan shrugged instinctively. Anyone who could mix with kinkaku and Ginkaku was indeed the same kind of trash. But just then, lively cheers suddenly rose from the distant mountain peak.
"What's going on?"
Hyuga Yizhen raised an eyebrow in confusion. At this point, the cold and cruel Zhenying actually spoke up on his own.
"Hmph, the Hokage of Konoha has arrived." Zhenying grinned viciously. "That guy really doesn't know what's good for him—at a time like this, he actually dares to come here…"
"At a time like this?" Li Jiexuan narrowed his eyes.
Realizing he'd misspoken, Zhenying waved his hand. "Stop talking. Leave the goods here, then get lost."
They had arrived. The huge character Silver was hanging brazenly above the main residence.
"Mhm, thanks for leading the way." Li Jiexuan smiled and nodded to Zhenying…
"Huh? What did you say?" Zhenying glared angrily. "You dare speak to me in that tone?"
"Pfft—"
A sharp ice blade plunged into Zhenying's chest. Li Jiexuan shook his head helplessly. "If your attitude had been a little better, I might've let you go. Maybe."
At those words, a trace of regret flashed through Zhenying's eyes…
"Just kidding."
Li Jiexuan froze Zhenying's corpse into icy shards and smiled as he shook his head. "Dying while carrying regret suits trash like you much better!"
Ten minutes later…
"Zhenying, what are these guys doing here?"
Pretending to chat casually, Li Jiexuan and the other two finally encountered a chunin who took the initiative to ask.
Li Jiexuan smiled and nodded. "Those two are here delivering goods from below. I figured there'd be more things to handle later, so I had them come along."
Hearing this, the chunin nodded. "In that case, come with me to the genin assembly area. The explosive tags there don't seem to be fully set up yet."
"Alright." Li Jiexuan grinned broadly…
Five minutes later, Li Jiexuan not only learned this chunin's name, but also gained a rough understanding of their plan.
The plan itself was extremely simple!
Use the pre-arranged explosive tags to slaughter large numbers of mid- and low-level ninja loyal to the Raikage's faction, then have kinkaku and Ginkaku personally kill both the Raikage and the Hokage… With overwhelming strength, things could be that crude and domineering!
In addition, Li Jiexuan heard an unexpected piece of information.
"When the time comes, let those idiots from the Land of Wind stand at the front," the chunin named Moye sneered. "Those fools from the Wind Country think we're idiots—this time, we'll have them take the hit!"
The Land of Wind!
The final piece of the puzzle in Li Jiexuan's mind finally snapped into place—the true history hidden behind the few terse lines in the chronicles…
Because the First Hokage and Uchiha Madara had vanished from the world, the Four Great Nations were deeply dissatisfied with Konoha monopolizing all nine tailed beasts. Thus, the four nations jointly went to war against Konoha, attempting to force it to hand over the tailed beasts!
But as the "father" of the other four nations, Konoha obviously wasn't going to hand them over just because someone demanded it. No matter what, there had to be a fight first!
What had been a relatively restrained war completely spiraled out of control after the Sand ninja killed Tsunade's parents. Konoha and the Sand Village entered a life-and-death struggle…
However, fighting on four fronts at once, Konoha was unable to defeat the powerful Sand ninja, who were second only to Konoha itself!
Thus, Senju Tobirama decided to ally with the Hidden Cloud, the third-strongest force. By handing over the Eight-Tails, he sought peace—and the opportunity to defeat the Sand ninja!
However…
The Sand ninja had already realized this. They incited kinkaku and Ginkaku, who already harbored rebellious intentions, to revolt and assassinate both the Raikage and Senju Tobirama!
With Senju Tobirama dead, the already ailing First Hokage was utterly disheartened.
In order to preserve the nation and the village, he divided the nine tailed beasts evenly among the five great nations…
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