"They'll only call you a rogue ninja. If you're worried about me, why don't we leave together?"
Qingxue Uchiha held Yemu's hand, a pleading look in her black eyes.
Honestly, she desperately wanted to knock Yemu unconscious with a club, sling him over her back, and run.
Then she would lock him in the Little Black Room.
That way, she could torment him however she pleased.
"Can we? Then we could stay together forever. Nobody would ever separate us."
The more Qingxue Uchiha spoke, the more excited she became, until she unconsciously activated her Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
Seeing this,
Yemu began to wonder whether this girl had already awakened her Mangekyō Sharingan.
"Calm down."
"I can't leave Konoha just yet."
Yemu patted Qingxue's head.
Most of the Shinobi World's key figures were in Konoha.
If he defected from Konoha,
wouldn't he have to wait forever to upgrade his Tenseigan?
"If you miss me, you can channel chakra into the token. It works pretty much like a wireless phone."
"If you've decided to leave, do it tonight. I'll place a Perception Barrier on you and escort you safely out of Konoha."
After saying that, Yemu left.
He had his own business to attend to.
He had no time to persuade Qingxue Uchiha to stay by his side.
Konoha Crush plan ×
Konoha puppet retrieval plan √
Qingxue Uchiha reached out toward the spot where Yemu had disappeared.
Her expression fell. She hadn't even kissed him goodbye...
But soon, resolve filled Qingxue Uchiha's eyes.
She would recreate the glory of her family from her previous life in this world!
Then she should be able to lock Yemu in the Little Black Room, day after day.
Besides, Yemu's body was so strong in this world.
Surely she wouldn't break him so easily while playing with him~
Then she could enjoy a happy life of doing it two or three times a day, or for three to five days straight when she had nothing else to do.
At that thought, Qingxue Uchiha swiftly departed with the Body Flicker Technique, the Three-Tomoe in her eyes slowly beginning to change shape.
The next day.
Yemu Hyuga got out of bed.
Before he even left the house, he heard Qingxue contacting him through the black token.
"Did you miss me? You naughty Yemu~" Qingxue Uchiha's disturbingly obsessive voice echoed in his mind.
"By the way, where are you planning to go?"
Yemu rose and walked over to the wardrobe mirror, draped his white robe over himself, and prepared to leave.
As for the Qingxue Uchiha beside him,
she was actually his Shadow Clone, disguised using the Clone Technique.
With an additional layer of mental energy covering it, nobody could possibly sense that this Qingxue was made of chakra.
He had no choice. Participation in the Chunin Exams required a three-person team.
"The Land of Iron."
Qingxue Uchiha gave that brief reply. Dressed in a long black robe, she stood atop a large tree and gazed into the distance, as though Yemu were right beside her.
The next time we meet,
Yemu, I hope I can give you a huge surprise.
"Yemu, Qingxue is so quiet today."
On a street in Konoha,
Hinata Hyuga walked beside Yemu. She tilted her head in puzzlement, studying the aloof-looking Qingxue standing next to him.
Unfortunately, she couldn't sense anything amiss either.
"Maybe she's not feeling well."
"Yes, I'm not feeling well today," Qingxue Uchiha's Shadow Clone replied.
"Then what should we do? The exam is about to start." Concern crossed Hinata's face.
"It's fine. With me here, they won't be able to cause any trouble."
Yemu patted Hinata's head, reassuring her.
"Okay."
Hinata rather enjoyed it, faint pink hearts flickering in her Byakugan.
For some reason, Hinata felt that her desire to control Yemu had been growing stronger lately.
[Hinata is feeling desire... emotion points harvested +500]
*???*
Desire??
What the hell was that?
Yemu's eye twitched.
He stole a glance at Hinata, whose expression looked perfectly normal. Was this girl going to follow Qingxue's example too?
Was she going to keep wanting to lock him in the Little Black Room and torment him?
Wouldn't that mean getting hooded and suffocated?
However,
just then, Yemu Hyuga noticed two uninvited guests slipping into Konoha.
Their enormous chakra reserves were nothing like those of ordinary ninja.
As Yemu gradually expanded his God Perception, two black-robed ninja wearing straw hats appeared in his field of vision.
Their faces were familiar.
Hidan and Kakuzu!!
What were they doing in Konoha?
It wasn't time to attack Konoha yet, was it?
It seemed his arrival had caused some butterfly effects.
Not only had people come from Kumogakure,
even the Akatsuki had sent two members to infiltrate the village.
Konoha really might be in danger.
Those people from Kumogakure would never help Konoha.
The Akatsuki members were also eyeing Konoha hungrily.
Yemu considered it.
Should I fan the flames too?
Let Konoha disappear for good?
Would it work to kick off an all-out brawl across the Shinobi World from there?
While Yemu was thinking,
he arrived at the gathering point for the second stage of the Chunin Exams.
By now,
quite a few genin had already gathered there. Their expressions tightened when they saw Yemu.
Apparently, they had their own intelligence networks.
They knew some of Yemu's accomplishments and had judged him to be a troublesome opponent.
Not far away,
Ino Yamanaka immediately grew tense when she noticed Yemu arrive.
She looked at the cold-faced Qingxue Uchiha-the Shadow Clone-and remembered being taken out with a single slash the night before.
Fear involuntarily surfaced in her eyes.
"What's wrong, Ino? Has your mental energy still not recovered?"
Shikamaru keenly noticed something was off with Ino Yamanaka.
"It's fine. I can fight." Ino Yamanaka shook her head helplessly.
"Hahaha, Ino-pig, you're scared, aren't you? If you're scared, you can just drop out."
Sakura Haruno of Team 7, standing nearby, noticed Ino Yamanaka's unease and mercilessly mocked her.
"Screw you, billboard brow! Are you looking to die?" A vein bulged on Ino Yamanaka's forehead.
If Choji hadn't held her back, she would already have rushed over to brawl with Sakura.
"Hmph. Just a bunch of brats."
Nearby, Omoi of Kumogakure spat out his lollipop stick, his expression full of disdain.
He glanced at Yemu Hyuga, who was drawing so much attention.
He considered how to put him in his place later.
"This is Konoha's Training Ground 44. It also has another name: the Forest of Death."
The examiner for the second stage, Mitaraishi Anko,
appeared before everyone with the Body Flicker Technique.
"A word of warning: people really do die in the Chunin Exams every year. That's why the forest behind me is called the Forest of Death."
Seeing fear in the eyes of several ninja taking the exam for the first time, Mitaraishi Anko teased, "So, if you want to quit, there's still time."
"Otherwise, once you enter the Forest of Death, you really could die."
"I'm not scared!! I'm going to become Hokage! There's no way I'd chicken out!" Naruto Uzumaki raised his arm and shouted.
Pointing at Mitaraishi Anko, he grinned confidently. "Don't even think about shaking my resolve!"
The Talk no Jutsu buff activated, giving quite a few frightened genin a shot of reassurance.
"Good. Very spirited. I'll give you a quick rundown of the rules, then you can head inside."
Mitaraishi Anko's eye twitched. This kid was rather interesting.
Still, naive kids like him were usually the first to die.
As for Yemu,
he didn't turn his head, but he easily sensed something unusual over by Kabuto Yakushi.
Sure enough, Orochimaru had disguised himself as a female ninja and intended to sneak into the Chunin Exams.
Was he planning to give Sasuke a cheat, or did he have something else in mind?
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