I'm a Good Person

Heh heh!

The Third Hokage smiled. If there had still been even the slightest possibility before that Kimura Yao was truly Kimura Yao rather than a possessed Kimura Yao—

Then Li Yao's admission had removed all of the Third Hokage's doubts.

Li Yao did not know that a person's Chakra temperature was not necessarily fixed and unchanging.

When the body underwent mutations, Chakra changed along with it.

At the very least, the Third Hokage knew that during the Wood Release restoration project, the test subjects implanted with Lord Hashirama's cells had their Chakra completely altered after being eroded by those cells, as though they had become entirely different people.

Just like the change in Kimura Yao's Chakra that Minato had sensed.

Therefore, before this, the Third Hokage had not been one hundred percent certain that Kimura Yao had been possessed.

It could only be said that Li Yao was still too young.

Or rather, this outcome had been inevitable.

At the end of the day, Li Yao was merely someone who watched anime. And Naruto had ended many years ago. It was impossible for him to understand how ninjas in the real Naruto world perceived the various ninjutsu and Chakra.

The information gap, coupled with the instinct to survive, had driven Li Yao to reveal everything.

And that had completely snuffed out his last sliver of hope.

Now that he had been confirmed as an enemy, the Third Hokage would not let Li Yao walk out of this interrogation room alive.

How long Li Yao lived depended on when he revealed the improved Spirit Transformation Technique that the Third Hokage wanted to know about.

"Are... are everything you just said true?" The Third Hokage suddenly asked with a frown.

Li Yao hurriedly responded, "Everything I said is true. I really am not Konoha's enemy. I've never even killed a living animal."

Li Yao did everything he could to appear harmless, making it clear that he was not Konoha's enemy. Only then might he find a slim chance of survival.

The Third Hokage's frown deepened. The expression on Li Yao's face was far too genuine.

Compared with the clumsy acting the boy had deliberately put on earlier, his expression, tone, and eyes when he had just spoken all revealed that everything he said was true.

At any rate, the Third Hokage could not spot the slightest flaw.

That meant the boy was telling the truth.

But that was impossible!

The possession was real, yet he claimed he was not a ninja. The Third Hokage would not believe that even if it killed him.

Waking up in another body—who would believe that was not accomplished through the Spirit Transformation Technique?

Even if it was not the Spirit Transformation Technique, it had to be some similar technique.

In any case, a civilian could never accomplish such a thing.

Thinking this, the Third Hokage asked, "Do you know a ninjutsu similar to the Spirit Transformation Technique?"

It did not matter whether it was the Spirit Transformation Technique. As long as it was a technique that allowed someone to possess another person's body and live on, it had to be it. He needed it.

Li Yao said bitterly, "Lord Hokage, I don't even know what kind of ninjutsu the Spirit Transformation Technique is, and I really don't know any ninjutsu."

"You don't know? Impossible." The Third Hokage shook his head instinctively. He did not believe that someone capable of possessing another person's body through a secret technique would not know about the Spirit Transformation Technique.

But Li Yao truly did not know. Naruto had ended many years before his transmigration. Although he occasionally read Naruto fanfiction, most of it started with the Uchiha Clan, and almost none mentioned the Spirit Transformation Technique. At the very least, he had absolutely no memory of it.

"Lord Hokage, I really am just a civilian. I don't know why I woke up in another body either. Maybe... no, I must be a victim too. Maybe someone is secretly experimenting with some forbidden technique, and that's why I changed bodies. Maybe Kimura Yao isn't dead yet. He..."

Li Yao wanted to say that the original Kimura Yao's soul might have attached itself to his body, but when he thought of Earth being separated by an entire world, he stopped himself.

Deep down, he instinctively did not want anyone to know that he was a transmigrator.

Yet it was precisely Li Yao's hesitation that made the Third Hokage misunderstand.

He did not know why Li Yao could display such vastly different acting skills before and after, but he knew that Li Yao had not told the whole truth.

But it did not matter.

As long as it was confirmed that the current Kimura Yao had been possessed, that was enough.

The Third Hokage had not expected an enemy to obediently reveal everything else so easily anyway.

"Eat properly."

The Third Hokage spoke meaningfully, then rose and left.

Upon hearing those words, unprecedented joy surged through Li Yao's heart. He thought the Third Hokage was letting him go.

Just as he was about to loudly thank the Third Hokage, he suddenly noticed that his hands were still bound. The lunchbox was on the floor in front of him, and he could not reach it at all.

Li Yao realized that the Third Hokage had not believed him—or rather, had never intended to release him.

Sure enough, after the Third Hokage left, an Anbu ninja walked in.

Li Yao's heart instantly leaped into his throat. Watching the Anbu ninja approach step by step, he hurriedly shouted that he really was not Konoha's enemy, that he had been framed too, and that he was innocent.

Li Yao shouted as tears streamed down his face. There was even an urge stirring restlessly between his legs.

Li Yao's terror was written all over his face.

It could not be helped. He was just an office worker who had grown up in a peaceful society. Faced with death, his fear was intense.

"Huh?"

"You're not here to kill me?"

The Anbu came before Li Yao and did not kill him. Instead, he picked up the chopsticks beside the lunchbox, picked up a piece of Sushi, and held it to Li Yao's mouth.

Li Yao's screaming, crying expression froze, then gave way to another wave of wild joy. He hurriedly bit down on the Sushi.

They weren't going to kill him!

They weren't going to kill him!

Li Yao muttered as he ate the Sushi. At that moment, for some reason, the Sushi tasted unimaginably delicious, and he became completely immersed in the food.

Before long, the Sushi was gone.

The Anbu ninja took the Sushi lunchbox and left. He did not say a single word to Li Yao throughout the whole process, and Li Yao did not dare say anything either.

After only a short wait, the Third Hokage returned, accompanied by two Anbu ninjas.

The two Anbu ninjas pushed a movable bed like the emergency gurneys from hospitals in his previous life, complete with wheels.

There was also a toolbox on the bed—or rather, a first-aid kit.

Um... wait?

This definitely was not a hospital, and he was not sick. Why was there a first-aid kit? Why was there a hospital bed?

Li Yao's heart suddenly began to tremble violently. His gaze turned cold as he seemed to realize something.

The Third Hokage picked up the first-aid kit from the bed, glanced at Li Yao, and smiled faintly.

"Lift him onto it."

"Yes, Lord Hokage."

The two Anbu came over and removed the shackles from Li Yao's hands and feet.

Li Yao's face filled with terror. He finally realized that the Third Hokage was preparing to torture him.

"Lord Hokage, whatever you want to know, I'll tell you! I really didn't lie to you. Everything I said is true."

"You have to believe me, Lord Hokage!"

The Third Hokage merely watched Li Yao calmly without speaking. The two Anbu did not stop either. One on each side, they lifted Li Yao onto the hospital bed—or rather, the torture bed.

Li Yao's eyes reddened. He went mad and struggled desperately.

However, he had only just finished eating, and his body had not had time to digest the food and turn it into strength. He had no strength at all right now. To the two Anbu ninjas, his so-called struggling was barely noticeable.

Very quickly, Li Yao was pinned to the torture bed. His legs, arms, and waist were tightly secured with tough bandages.

"Lord Hokage, whatever you want to ask, I'll tell you! Don't torture me. I'll confess everything, please don't torture me."

"Please, Lord Hokage! I'm not a bad person. I'm a good person!"

Li Yao continued desperately begging the Third Hokage not to torture him. He was just an ordinary person. Even getting an injection at a hospital made him howl in pain. He truly could not endure the punishments he had seen in movies and television dramas.

And he had already told the truth. Why would the Third Hokage not believe him?

Li Yao broke down. He struggled on the bed, his pitiful eyes pleading for the Third Hokage's mercy.

There was not the slightest trace of reluctance on the Third Hokage's face.

Having lived through the brutal final years of the Warring States Period and the horrific First Ninja World War, having witnessed death firsthand, the Third Hokage held no mercy for enemies.

In his eyes, Li Yao, who had invaded Konoha and possessed Kimura Yao's body, was Konoha's enemy.

When dealing with an enemy, nothing was too much.