Chapter 136: An Extra Little Brother
"So you're saying… you suddenly have a two-year-old little brother?"
Inside the Hokage's office, Tsunade looked at Might Guy with a strange expression. In all her years, this was the most absurd report she had ever heard. His grandfather, who had died in his early twenties, had somehow left him with a half-cousin…
"Have you carefully verified his identity?" As Hokage, Tsunade's considerations were far more thorough.
"There's no mistake! Not only does he know the Eight Gates, he also knows the secret herbal formulas passed down within the Might family!" Might Guy nodded excitedly. "More importantly, his taijutsu talent is exceptional. He's definitely a child of the Might family!"
"But I feel like he doesn't resemble you at all." Tsunade glanced at the photo of the handsome, adorable little boy, then at Might Guy's thick eyebrows and ginger-like face.
"Jiexuan-kun said he looks like his grandmother!" Might Guy argued stubbornly.
"That's… not impossible." Tsunade nodded thoughtfully. More importantly, a peerless genius who could open the Gate of Injury at just three years old—no ninja village would ever be willing to send such a child out as a spy…
"Alright, I understand. I'll arrange for him to enroll as soon as possible."
With a single sentence, Li Jie Xuan gloriously returned to the Ninja Academy…
Though he had no desire to waste time with a bunch of little brats, in the current Konoha, only a legitimate identity would allow him to move freely. Otherwise, the ever-pervasive ANBU and Root would quickly uncover his background…
As for choosing to enter the Academy, it was naturally because there was something important he needed to do!
"The Academy's lounge, huh?" Li Jie Xuan slowly walked into the lounge from the original storyline. On the wooden floor—laid out almost like a swimming pool—an elderly man was installing a wooden training post for kunai practice.
"Gennō!"
"Running into Gennō installing mechanisms right on cue?" Li Jie Xuan feigned ignorance and smiled. "Grandpa, what are you doing?"
"This is a wooden post for practicing kunai." Gennō smiled and nodded at Li Jie Xuan. "If you secretly practice your kunai well, you'll earn praise from the teacher."
Genjutsu…
Faint chakra flowed through the air, causing Gennō's face to slowly blur.
However…
Li Jie Xuan smiled and took out six kunai, throwing them simultaneously in six different directions.
"Clang, clang, clang…"
A continuous series of impacts rang out. Each kunai struck a wall, ricocheted back, collided with one another, and finally rained down, pinning a perfect circle into the floor around Gennō!
"There doesn't seem to be much need to train with kunai."
"… "
Gennō fell silent and turned to leave.
Looking at the brand-new kunai training post, Li Jie Xuan smiled and shook his head. If he remembered correctly, the very center of this training post was the switch that would detonate the explosive tags scattered throughout Konoha. But because of Naruto, Gennō would abandon his revenge and instead use decades of preparation to play one final treasure hunt game with him.
"What a kind old man." Li Jie Xuan gently pried open the wooden post and reconnected the short-circuited detonator. "But I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you…"
Training Mission: The Mechanism Master's Lifework.
Mission Objective: Detonate the explosive tags scattered throughout Konoha and the Hokage Rock, reducing the entire village to ruins!
Mission Reward: 10,000 points, and Gennō's Mechanism Ninjutsu!
This was the first time Li Jie Xuan's personal goal aligned perfectly with the mission objective. That alone was rare…
After placing the reconnected detonator back into the wooden post, Li Jie Xuan quietly left Konoha and summoned Manda.
"Hiss!"
Manda bowed his head humbly. "Master, why have you called me?"
"Can you return to Ryuchi Cave now?" After sensing for a moment, Manda nodded. "It feels a bit strange, but I can go back!"
Clearly, Manda hadn't realized this was no longer the original world. Li Jie Xuan narrowed his eyes and smiled. "Then take me to Ryuchi Cave. I have something to discuss with the White Snake Sage!"
Hearing that, Manda couldn't help but advise, "Master, the White Snake Sage was nearly drained dry by you last time. It'll take at least fifty years for her to recover!"
"Fifty years later?"
Li Jie Xuan pressed a hand to his forehead and nodded. Strictly speaking… wasn't this already fifty years later?
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