Chapter 185: You Are Our Young Clan Leader
"So what if I've finished speaking?"
Kurama Jinxin looked at Li Jie Xuan with disdain. He had just returned in triumph from a great victory. He refused to believe that Senju Tobirama would dare punish him in front of so many people just because he had spoken the truth.
However, what he never expected was…
The one who became angry wasn't Senju Tobirama—it was Li Jie Xuan!
"Good. If you're done talking, that's perfect."
Li Jie Xuan sneered as he set down his teacup. "Now I know exactly what form I should use to make you get the hell out of here."
"What are you trying to do?"
Kurama Jinxin looked toward Senju Tobirama with caution. Although he believed Tobirama wouldn't attack him, things had already reached this point—he couldn't afford not to be careful.
"What am I trying to do?"
Li Jie Xuan took out a drawing board and sneered.
"Since you doubt my strength, you can test it yourself."
Hearing that, Kurama Jinxin couldn't help but laugh mockingly.
"Do you really think you're that Konoha genius who killed Reto and defeated Gengetsu of the Hozuki clan?"
"Whether it's true or not, we'll know after we try."
Li Jie Xuan sneered as he waved his paintbrush. "I won't bully you. I'll use the genjutsu you're best at to fight you."
For a moment, the atmosphere became tense, as if swords were drawn and bows were bent. Yet no one stepped forward to stop them.
Senju Tobirama could have intervened—but there was no need.
Some things had to be seen with one's own eyes before people were willing to believe that true geniuses really existed in this world!
As for Nara Lushen and the others, they also didn't interfere because they held a bit of expectation. They wanted to know the truth as well.
Was this Li Jie Xuan truly as miraculous as the rumors claimed?
However, Kurama Jinxin didn't take Li Jie Xuan seriously at all.
Although the Kurama clan had declined, one thing couldn't be denied: up to this point, their clan still held absolute dominance when it came to genjutsu.
And now a three-year-old child dared to challenge his mastery of genjutsu?
"Genjutsu?"
Kurama Jinxin curled his lips in disdain.
"At your age, do you even understand what genjutsu is? Even the most outstanding genius of our Kurama clan—"
But before he could finish speaking, his clothes suddenly burst into raging flames.
"It's actually genjutsu?"
Looking at the sudden fire, Kurama Jinxin gritted his teeth and pressed his hands together, unleashing chakra.
"Release!"
Yet even as he shouted until his throat went hoarse, the roaring flames showed no sign of stopping. Instead, they burned even more fiercely. A faint smell of roasted meat even began to drift through the air…
"Is this really genjutsu?"
Nara Lushen raised an eyebrow in confusion. If it were genjutsu, why could he see the flames as well? Could it be that Li Jie Xuan had dragged him into the illusion too?
Turning his head, he realized that everyone present seemed to be able to see the flames…
"No, that's impossible for it to be genjutsu!"
Nara Lushen shook his head and denied it. If it were truly genjutsu, pulling more than a dozen jonin and the Hokage himself into the same illusion would require an astronomical amount of chakra!
So much chakra that even the First Hokage might not have been able to manage it…
But before Li Jie Xuan could say anything, Kurama Jinxin—who was currently being roasted by the flames—suddenly shouted excitedly:
"No, this is genjutsu!"
Kurama Jinxin's heart had never surged with such excitement before. His trembling hand reached toward the flames, feeling their scorching heat, and he smiled in satisfaction.
"Real fire. I guessed right!"
The flames scorched Kurama Jinxin's palm, producing crackling sounds as oil from the burned flesh burst. Yet his hollow gaze looked as if he were watching something thrilling, and he simply grinned foolishly with a "hehe" laugh…
"Oh no… Did the fire roast Jinxin's brain?"
Nara Lushen's eyes widened as he scratched his head in confusion.
But before he could react further, Kurama Jinxin suddenly grabbed Li Jie Xuan's shoulders with an excited expression.
"Why do you possess the bloodline limit of our Kurama clan?"
Before Li Jie Xuan could answer, Kurama Jinxin muttered to himself.
"Right… you're an orphan…"
"You're the orphan!"
Li Jie Xuan curled his lips in annoyance. This guy clearly had something wrong with his brain…
"Yes, yes, I'm the orphan!"
Kurama Jinxin didn't care about Li Jie Xuan's insult at all. He also completely ignored the blazing flames still burning on his body.
Instead, he stared at Li Jie Xuan with deep emotion, almost like a lunatic.
"Lord Jie Xuan… so you're the young clan leader our Kurama clan lost many years ago!"
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