Good days continued.
On this day, Ye Liang felt troubled.
The Senju brothers had come to complain again. They wouldn't stop whining about how a noble steed deserves a heroic rider, and a fierce woman belongs with a lowly nobody! They were just ordinary guys—utterly useless in the ninja world.
They wanted to abandon this mission.
Ye Liang flat-out refused.
Only the Senju brothers could locate Kaguya.
White Fang and others were even weaker. Relying on them to find Kaguya was even more difficult.
So, once again, the Senju brothers left the village gloomily.
Ye Liang didn't leave.
He was tinkering with a device inside his house.
A device capable of contacting Yomi.
He replicated the Yomi Pearl that Black Zetsu used to store Death Qi and recruited Kakashi as his assistant.
Black Zetsu communicated with Yomi using Obito's Kamui. Kakashi also possessed the power of Kamui. As long as he had a location in Yomi, he could naturally build a bridge between this world and the underworld.
After preparing everything else, Ye Liang began capturing Kaguya.
This woman was indeed formidable. The First and Second Hokage had given it their all but still couldn't even catch a single thread of her clothing, often ending up cowering with their heads in their hands begging for mercy.
Ye Liang understood.
Expecting a Rank 7 ninja to capture a Rank 8 like Kaguya was indeed difficult. Fortunately, he didn't need to worry about anything going wrong.
Although Kaguya had lost her memory,
her personality had completely changed—no longer murderous, but only retaliating when forced.
As long as the First and others didn't go for the kill, there wouldn't be any problem.
In Ye Liang's hand was a Yomi Pearl.
It was already fully charged with Death Qi. Though channeling Death Qi to revive Kaguya was incredibly risky, Ye Liang had trained in Death Qi cultivation himself, so he could handle it. Later, he could help Kaguya recover slowly—everything would be fine.
Arriving in the desert near Sunagakure.
According to the First's last encounter with Kaguya, it was exactly at this place.
The desert was filled with fierce sandstorms, making it difficult to navigate. Perhaps that was why Kaguya chose to hide here.
"That fiery little thing, where'd she vanish to?!"
Ye Liang looked at the endless yellow sand in frustration. "If I ever catch her, I'll beat her to death!"
He kept walking forward.
Suddenly, far away, he spotted a group of Sunagakure ninja surrounding a blonde female kunoichi, seemingly up to no good.
Ye Liang quietly moved closer.
"Temari? Why is she here?"
The kunoichi being surrounded was a chunin from Sunagakure. She had once participated in the Chunin Exams—Ye Liang recognized her.
"Darn it! You rogue ninja! Lord Baki won't forgive you!"
"Baki?"
Hearing Temari's words, Ye Liang was momentarily stunned. Then, he saw the group of Sunagakure ninja surrounding Temari step forward.
It was then he noticed the slash marks on their forehead protectors.
They were rogue ninja!
Temari held a giant fan. Seeing these rogue ninja rushing toward her, she quickly retaliated with her fan.
[Wind Release - Sickle Weasel Technique!]
An invisible blade made of wind chakra slashed violently toward the rogue ninja.
It was a B-rank jutsu, and Temari wielded it with great skill. However, one B-rank jutsu alone wasn't going to cut it against these rogues.
One of the rogue ninja suddenly took a hit!
Just as Ye Liang had predicted, he silently stepped back half a step and then advanced again.
"These rogue ninjas are all Jonin!"
Ye Liang understood now. Yet he couldn't understand why—Jonin were the backbone of a hidden village's forces, so so many defecting at once meant something huge had happened in Sunagakure Village!
The renegade ninja raised their ninja tools.
Sunagakure valued Wind Release techniques and was exceptionally skilled in various ninja tools. Unusual implements like senbon and sickles were used with deadly precision.
As they lifted their hands,
Rare ninja tool jutsu flew toward Temari.
Such attacks were rarely seen and difficult to counter.
Temari struggled to defend herself. After blocking several attacks with her giant fan, she was soon injured—first on the arms, then on her bare thighs.
Ye Liang watched from afar for a while longer but decided it was time to intervene.
Although his current goal was to find Kaguya,
Helping Temari out was a given—everyone's responsibility!
A handsome figure immediately shot forward!
Temari was busy deflecting incoming weapons when she barely swung her Three Stars Fan. She saw a senbon hurtling toward her face and tried to block it, only to spot a shuriken aimed straight at her heart from behind!
"Oh no!"
She cried out in panic.
The next second, Ye Liang appeared in front of her.
"Are you alright?"
It was such a cliché damsel-in-distress moment. If this were a novel, even the author would probably be too embarrassed to write such a scene.
Too predictable!
Temari stared blankly at the man before her. Ye Liang's handsome face caused her heart to skip a beat, her cheeks flushing like after walking under the summer sun for hours!
"I'm... fine." Temari replied shyly.
The rogue ninjas surrounding them shouted angrily.
"Who are you?! Dare you interfere with Sunagakure's affairs? You're asking for death!" They hurled kunai knives, but before they could even reach Ye Liang, an invisible barrier deflected them effortlessly!
[Shinra Tensei!]
Ye Liang said calmly.
This technique hadn't been used in ages.
Too cheesy!
Though his appearance remained youthful, his mind had aged well beyond thirty with time. He had come to value practicality over style.
Seeing their weapons deflected by Ye Liang, the rogue ninjas froze momentarily before giving him wary glances.
"Are you a Konoha ninja? Was that the Hyuga Clan's Eight Trigrams Revolving Heaven just now?" Since Shinra Tensei had a similar effect to the Eight Trigrams Revolving Heaven, these rogue ninjas obviously got confused.
"I'm not a Konoha ninja. I'm just a lone wolf."
Ye Liang explained.
Protected behind Ye Liang, Temari raised her head and saw his face glowing magnificently under the sunlight, like a golden version of a pop idol!
So cool!
She was already smitten.
The renegade ninja panicked. Seeing that Ye Liang showed no sign of backing off, they exchanged glances and immediately began forming hand seals!
Sunagakure ninjas were also skilled in Puppet Technique!
In this desolate desert, that skill became even more formidable.
Iron puppets emerged one after another from the desert, surging toward Ye Liang from all directions like zombies breaking free from their graves.
"Watch out. These are our Puppet Jutsu. Their iron plating is extremely..." Temari hadn't finished speaking when she saw Ye Liang crush the head of one puppet with his bare hand.
"What're you talkin' about?" Ye Liang asked.
He threw the broken puppet to the ground. He looked confused.
"No... nothing at all..."
Temari was stunned.
The rogue ninjas beside her were even more shocked.
Who could believe it? A human actually crushing an iron puppet with his bare hands—completely unbelievable.
"Do you guys still want to keep fighting?" Ye Liang asked calmly. The rogue ninjas immediately felt as if they'd just dodged a death sentence. Without even turning their heads, they fled.
Temari gawked at Ye Liang, wiping drool from the corner of her mouth.
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