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Sasuke stared at the old man bowing his head before him, saying nothing, only letting out a cold snort. Li Yue likewise said nothing, merely watching Hiruzen Sarutobi with a smile.

This was all Li Yue's arrangement.

Originally, Hiruzen Sarutobi had wanted to handle things quietly, reporting only the investigation results to Sasuke to minimize the impact, but Li Yue flatly refused. Forced into a corner, Hiruzen had to make the findings public. Though all the blame was dumped on Shimura Danzo and Root, as Hokage, he couldn't be completely absolved—especially with the crisis of trust among Leaf ninja toward the higher-ups. Helpless, he had no choice but to resign.

But he wouldn't give up that easily. In choosing the Fifth Hokage, he planned to pull his disciples back from outside and select one among them to take the seat.

That, however, had no bearing on Li Yue. He only needed to kill Shimura Danzo.

The most annoying thing in Konoha was the Leaf F4, who had caused a hundred percent of the village's problems—especially Shimura Danzo. That man was weak yet addicted to scheming. Well, not exactly weak; he was indeed an Elite Jonin, but his talent for stirring up trouble far outstripped his strength. Under Hiruzen's protection, he'd used the banner of "for the village" and his status as an elder to churn up chaos in the shadows.

But Li Yue wasn't a Leaf ninja, so killing him didn't bother him at all. What happened to Konoha didn't matter—this village full of ninja was just a bunch of mercenaries. He only wanted to have fun without being disgusted by someone like Shimura Danzo, so he simply one-shot him and called it done.

As for Hiruzen Sarutobi seeking revenge for Danzo? Simple: would you choose your beloved dead Danzo, or the Sarutobi clan behind you?

The Uchiha clan was wiped out—why not the Sarutobi?

Hiruzen loved to play the bonds card, and the Sarutobi clan was part of his bonds. Li Yue wouldn't threaten the whole village; he'd just target the Sarutobi clan. That way, Hiruzen wouldn't think about fighting to the death and might even cooperate willingly.

Once Hiruzen finished speaking, it was Li Yue's turn.

Li Yue directly hoisted Sasuke up, stepped past Hiruzen to the very front, making sure all the ninja in the square below could see them.

"Is that the Uchiha survivor?"

"That's Uchiha Sasuke, but who's the other guy?"

"No, didn't the Hokage just say? There's no Uchiha clan anymore—now it's the Otsutsuki clan."

"What does Otsutsuki clan mean?"

"I don't know, never heard of it."

The ninja below started whispering among themselves as they saw the two newcomers.

"YAKAMASHI!!!"

Li Yue exploded his Reiatsu directly. Everyone felt a crushing weight, but because he controlled the output, they weren't flattened to the ground. Still, the sudden heavy pressure successfully shut them all up.

"Chattering, squawking—you trash are as noisy as a flock of sparrows. All of you, shut up!"

Li Yue's sudden outburst made Sasuke and Hiruzen beside him twitch at the corners of their eyes. This butler's style of speech was still that... explosive!

The ninja below were stunned by Li Yue's explosive remarks, but after a moment of shock, they started shouting back.

"What the hell! Who do you think you are!"

"Yeah, who are you, daring to talk like that in Konoha!"

"Who do you think you are, calling us trash! This is Konoha!"

"I said, SHUT UP!!"

Li Yue's Reiatsu, at the level of Kensei Muguruma, erupted fully. Though he hadn't used Bankai, the Captain-level pressure bore down on the ninja's souls with immense weight, pinning every single one to the ground.

"H-How... is this possible!"

"What's... happening!"

"I... I can't... breathe!"

The ninja present were instantly wiped out!

Not only that, Li Yue stomped his foot, and the giant Wood Person that had appeared in the academy emerged once more!

The massive Wood Person burst through the entire Hokage Building, obliterating it, taking its place before the Leaf ninja. Li Yue stood on the Wood Person's shoulder, hands clasped behind his back, while Hiruzen Sarutobi and Sasuke stood to his left.

Staring at the giant Wood Person beneath him, Hiruzen's eye twitched: My Hokage Building—I just had it renovated!

The Wood Person's intimidation was far more effective than Reiatsu. The villagers of Konoha had already seen the giant Wood Person in the academy and been shocked—the Wood Style that the First Hokage used to pacify the world had reappeared. Now, that same colossal figure stood right before them, delivering a second shock, leaving not a single person daring to speak.

Such was the influence Senju Hashirama wielded!

Madara, look at you—you just can't compare to Hashirama. When you were revived, a bunch of people charged at you with kunai! How embarrassing!

Li Yue nodded in satisfaction at the Leaf ninja's silent response.

"The trash finally knows to shut up. Good."

"Who I am, you don't need to care about, because you trash aren't worthy of hearing my name!"

"All you need to know is that I am the butler of Otsutsuki Indra. The only reason I'm in Konoha is to ensure that the worthless and incompetent trash Otsutsuki Sasuke can continue his bloodline!"

Fists clenched again.

Sasuke's hands balled up, itching to punch Li Yue, but his instincts told him that if he did, he'd be face-down on the ground in the next second, getting chewed out bloody.

"As for what the Otsutsuki clan is, you only need to know that it's a peak you trash can only ever look up to—just like now, lying on the ground like discarded garbage, craning your necks to gaze upward!"

Damn!

The ninja on the ground were already straining to lift their heads, and hearing Li Yue's words, they wanted to curse, but their bodies were too heavy—speaking was a struggle.

"If you really want to bask in the glory of Otsutsuki Indra, you can go directly to that inherently evil Sarutobi Brat. This trash may be worthless and incompetent, but at least as the village chief of you trash, he has the duty to make you understand the greatness of the Otsutsuki clan, so you lot don't go offending the noble Otsutsuki clan out of ignorance!"

Inherently evil Sarutobi Brat? Village chief? Was he talking about the Hokage?

The ninja who had been about to curse now turned to look at Hiruzen Sarutobi beside Li Yue with subtle expressions.

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Hiruzen Sarutobi's fist clenched tight!

"Of course, you bunch of trash are lucky, because next I'm going to give you a chance!"

Li Yue shoved Sasuke forward.

"Because I know you're trash, my expectations for you are rock bottom. You lot of garbage only need to meet my minimum standard of approval to become the Clan Head's Wife of the Otsutsuki clan!"

"Huh?"

Sasuke stared at Li Yue in bewilderment, and Li Yue shot right back.

"What 'huh,' you waste? How do you think the Otsutsuki clan is supposed to continue?"

After that one sentence stunned Sasuke into silence, Li Yue spoke again.

"As long as you earn my approval, you can join the Otsutsuki clan, then mate with this waste, bear offspring with Otsutsuki bloodline, and raise them to adulthood!"

"I don't care what backwater village you're from, I don't care what your status is—shinobi or civilian, it doesn't matter. Any woman of suitable age, no limit on numbers! As long as you earn my approval, I'll grant you absolute protection. Even that trash village chief won't dare touch you. Nobody can do a thing about it, I said so!"

Li Yue's words shocked everyone present once again. And after Li Yue finished speaking and withdrew his Reiatsu, the shinobi lying on the ground finally let out cries of astonishment.

"Huh!!!??" xN

This move was called World Marriage!!

80. World Focuses on Konoha

The shinobi world welcomed an unusual day—for both shinobi and ordinary civilians alike.

The Otsutsuki clan's butler was holding a world marriage for the clan head!

"Leaf Village elder Shimura Danzo coveted the Uchiha clan's power, allied with Uchiha Itachi to massacre the Uchiha clan, then embezzled the Uchiha clan's Sharingan. Now the truth came out and he was killed?"

"The Senju clan is the culprit behind a thousand years of war in the shinobi world!? Ha!?"

"No matter what village, no matter if they're a shinobi, as long as they pass the butler's approval, they can become the Otsutsuki clan head's wife, receive the butler's protection, and be responsible for mating with Otsutsuki clan head Otsutsuki Sasuke to produce new Otsutsuki bloodline?"

The Cloud Village's leader, the Fourth Raikage Ai, looked at the intelligence in his hand, full of question marks.

"What the hell is this intelligence? What kind of nonsense is written here? Leaf Village's elder actually plays it that wild? Wiping out the entire Uchiha clan for the Sharingan? And what the hell is the Otsutsuki clan?"

"Raikage-sama, the Otsutsuki clan is the Uchiha clan. According to what we've gathered, the Otsutsuki clan is the ancestor of the Uchiha clan."

"The ancestor of the Uchiha clan?"

The Raikage grew interested.

"Tell me in detail. What exactly happened?"

"Based on the information relayed back by our intelligence operatives in Leaf Village, the situation is as follows."

The Raikage sat in his office, listening to intelligence about the Otsutsuki clan, but the more he heard, the deeper his frown grew.

The same scene played out in the offices of other village leaders.

The Mist Village, the Stone Village, the Sand Village—all their leaders received intelligence about Leaf Village.

They didn't even need to use their own intelligence operatives, because Li Yue's marriage declaration in front of the village chief's building hadn't even avoided ordinary people. Merchants could spread the news themselves.

For the leaders of each village, the information that the Uchiha clan was destroyed by Shimura Danzo wasn't exactly hard to accept. In this era, the Uchiha clan was just one bloodline clan—admittedly the strongest among them—but they weren't the only bloodline clan to be wiped out. Look at the neighboring Mist Village, which got absolutely wrecked by Tsuchikage.

As for the Senju clan being an inherently evil clan, that was explosive. Senju Hashirama, the God of Shinobi, joined forces with Uchiha Madara to end the chaotic era and establish the village system. But people talked far more about Senju Hashirama; Uchiha Madara's role was pitifully small. If Obito hadn't pretended to be Uchiha Madara and caused trouble everywhere, Uchiha Madara's popularity would've been almost zero.

But now the Senju clan had been directly labeled the culprits behind a thousand years of shinobi world war. Just like that, the God of Shinobi's reputation plummeted to rock bottom.

No wonder Senju Hashirama, despite being so strong, never dared to stir up trouble. So he knew the Senju clan's sins ran deep.

For the merchants, though, the Otsutsuki clan's marriage announcement was more important than anything. Because Li Yue had said that whether you were a shinobi or a civilian, as long as you met his requirements, you could join the Otsutsuki clan. For merchants in the shinobi world, this was practically a direct leap to the top.

Merchants might not know much about shinobi world history, but they knew about the Sharingan—especially Leaf Village's famous Kakashi and Itachi of the Sharingan. The Otsutsuki clan was the Sharingan clan. How could they not know? If a merchant's daughter could pass the approval, she'd directly become a member of a top-tier shinobi clan. Then they'd no longer be ordinary merchants.

Merchants in the shinobi world were strange. Some would address shinobi as "shinobi-sama," while others looked down on them, seeing shinobi as mere mercenaries and treating them with no respect at all.

But for those merchants who feared the power of shinobi, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

And someone else who thought this was a great opportunity was the Raikage!

"Darui, how accurate is this intelligence?"

Darui, the Raikage's trusted right-hand man, was the one who had reported all the intelligence about Leaf Village to the Raikage.

"Could it be a false rumor released by Leaf Village?"

"No, Raikage-sama. This rumor can't be fake. Because the ones spreading it aren't Leaf Village shinobi or our spies—it's all the merchants coming out of Leaf Village. And whether it's merchants or our spies, the information reaching the Land of Lightning is consistent. They all confirm seeing two huge Wood People in Leaf Village, and Shimura Danzo's crimes were publicly tried—even if it was after his death."

"So that means a powerful user of Wood Style has appeared in Leaf Village, and he's arranging a marriage for the Uchiha orphan?"

"Yes, Raikage-sama."

Darui nodded firmly.

"Raikage-sama, should we do something?"

"Hmph, of course we should do something!"

The Raikage slammed the table and stood up excitedly.

"Have all the eligible female shinobi in the village assemble in front of the Raikage Building!"

"Huh?"

Darui was taken aback.

"What 'huh'? Have all the eligible female shinobi come over. He said as long as they meet the requirements, it's fine, right? So we'll meet his requirements, and then we can openly and legitimately possess the Uchiha... no... the Otsutsuki bloodline! Hurry! Get everyone together!"

Darui initially thought the Raikage was planning to stir up trouble and snatch something from the Leaf Village—like the Byakugan, for instance. After all, with Li Yue's World Marriage event, the Leaf Village was bound to get chaotic, attracting all sorts of people, making it easy to fish in troubled waters. But he never expected the Raikage to directly choose to send people to participate in the marriage selection.

"Hmph! Did you think I was going to cause trouble in the chaos?"

The Raikage saw through Darui's confusion.

"If the Wood Person in the intelligence report is real, do you think we could beat him if we all attacked together?"

Even though the Senju clan's reputation had taken a hit, it didn't stop everyone from acknowledging that Senju Hashirama's Wood Style was formidable.

"I understand. I'll go gather everyone now!"

The Land of Lightning understood the value of Kekkei Genkai and secret techniques. As the second-strongest nation after the Land of Fire, the Land of Lightning was rich in martial prowess, and the Cloud Village was relatively harmonious internally. Though there had been incidents like the Kinkaku and Ginkaku brothers, overall, things were fine—and they truly knew their technology.

After acquiring the Tailed Beasts, what to do if sealing techniques were lacking? Go wipe out the Land of Whirlpools and seize their sealing technology! Short on Kekkei Genkai at home? Go steal the Hyuga clan's Byakugan from the Leaf Village—a win if successful, no loss if not. Unlike the Mist Village, which was thrown into chaos by the Tsuchikage's relentless suppression of bloodline clans, the Cloud Village genuinely coveted secret techniques. Their research into war technology was also at the forefront, even developing a chakra cannon capable of shattering the moon after the Fourth War.

Now that they could openly obtain the Uchiha bloodline, why not take the chance!

Even though Wood Style had reappeared in the Leaf Village, he wasn't going there to fight. He would enter through the front gate, participate in the selection, and if he didn't get picked, no loss; if he did, pure profit!

The same scene played out in the Stone Village and the Sand Village. Regardless, sending people to try their luck was no loss, right? Plus, it was a chance to openly scout out the Leaf Village's situation. As the strongest village, every move the Leaf Village made was being watched.

The isolated Land of Rain also received intelligence about the Leaf Village.

But the situation in the Land of Rain was a bit different.

81. Please, I'll Do Anything!

"What a rare sight—everyone's actually here."

"Can't be helped. The shinobi world has been too lively lately. The Leaf Village's affair has stirred up the entire ninja world."