Although Li had wandered around this place no fewer than a hundred times, with Hagoromo accompanying him now, he still had to pretend he had just arrived, his face full of curiosity.
Indra followed behind Li with a complicated expression. Of course, he knew Li was acting, but he had no other choice. Before this, he might have stepped forward to expose Li's scheme and told everyone that Li had been the one to teach him Ninjutsu.
But how could he say that now? Asura's life was in Li's hands. If he truly acted rashly, he did not think Li would mercifully spare his younger brother.
"Lord Hagoromo, you've returned." A man hurriedly ran toward them. Li frowned slightly. This man possessed a pair of Byakugan; he appeared to be one of the Hamura Clan members Hagoromo had mentioned before.
"This is..." The man then glanced at Li. In that very instant, Li sensed powerful chakra suddenly surging from Hagoromo. Hagoromo must have seen the confusion in the man's eyes and, in that moment, concluded that Li was likely not truly from the Hamura Clan.
"Clan Chief?" the man said blankly. "My lord, why have you suddenly come here?"
At those words, not only Indra but even Hagoromo abruptly widened his eyes. "What did you just call him?"
"The Clan Chief!" the man said excitedly. "The Clan Chief is Lord Hamura's trusted confidant and the leader who has guided our clan ever onward. I never expected the Clan Chief to come here."
Li nodded lightly without saying anything. In that instant, he had already cast Genjutsu on the man. "I came this time to discuss something with you. Take me to the others."
The man hurriedly nodded. "Yes, Clan Chief!"
He then headed directly into the village. Li gave Hagoromo