Duel with Juzo Biwa!

Bang!

A tremendous force sent Juzo flying, but protected by Kubikiribōchō, he had only suffered some impact and was completely unharmed!

Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet!

A massive water dragon surged from the moat toward Ye Liang.

Water Style: Water Clone Technique!

Three figures stepped onto the water dragon!

Water Style: Hidden Mist Jutsu!

A vast fog instantly shrouded everything around them.

Ye Liang frowned.

The dense fog instantly obscured the surrounding view, while the three Water Clones riding the water dragon charged toward Ye Liang.

"What a fast Water Dragon Bullet!" Ye Liang hurriedly threw a Shuriken to the side.

Water Dragon Bullet was an A-rank Ninjutsu. The advantage of this dragon-bullet technique was that it could relentlessly pursue its target until the Chakra maintaining its form was exhausted.

Ye Liang had no intention of facing it head-on. The Water Dragon Bullet was incredibly powerful, and without any defensive Ninjutsu, he could only evade it.

Flying Thunder God!

Ye Liang's body instantly vanished from where he stood.

Then, the Shuriken that had disappeared into the mist was suddenly grasped by someone.

Ye Liang watched his surroundings closely.

The Water Dragon Bullet had already vanished a hundred meters away, but with Juzo Biwa's tracking technique, it would only be a matter of moments before he found him.

Sure enough, three humanoid shadows were already rushing toward him through the distant fog.

Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!

Ye Liang spat the Fire Style technique he had just learned at the three shadows.

In this misty environment, Fire Style techniques were greatly weakened. However, Water Clones possessed only one-tenth of their original body's strength, so the technique still dispersed the three shadows.

Pfft!

A dagger plunged into Ye Liang's lower back.

Water Style: Silent Killing Technique!

Juzo's voice rang out coldly beside Ye Liang's neck as the dagger sank completely into his body.

"Sorry, but no one can escape my Hidden Mist Jutsu!"

But just as Juzo thought he had succeeded, a pair of pale arms suddenly reached out from the ground.

Earth Style: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique!

It was an Earth Style Ninjutsu!

The moment Ye Liang realized he could not see his surroundings clearly, he had already activated this technique. The Ye Liang standing above ground now was merely a Shadow Clone.

Sure enough, just as those hands dragged Juzo into the earth, the wounded Ye Liang above instantly turned into white smoke!

"How is that possible? When did you use Earth Style? I was watching you the entire time!"

Juzo was deeply shocked.

As one of the forefathers of the assassination world, Juzo had immense confidence in his own eyes.

"When I sent you flying," Ye Liang said coldly as his body suddenly emerged from the earth.

"When you sent me flying?"

Juzo looked puzzled, but immediately recalled the Shinra Tensei from the very beginning!

"That powerful repulsion Ninjutsu was only a feint? How is that possible? You don't even know me, so why would you use such a powerful Ninjutsu as a feint?"

"That's right. I don't know you, but I had already made thorough plans from the start," Ye Liang said calmly.

He truly was not familiar with Juzo Biwa, but he had read the original story!

The first generation of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

Ye Liang could not afford to be careless!

Before long, Juzo had been dragged down by those hands until only his head remained above ground.

The Double Suicide Decapitation Technique directly dragged an opponent into the soil. Because it reinforced the density of the ground, once someone was pulled underground, it was difficult for them to crawl back out.

Although it was a low-level Ninjutsu, all of Ye Liang's low-level Ninjutsu had been strengthened through daily missions.

After all, as long as rewards were repeated, they could be strengthened without limit.

"Damn it! You bastard, where did you get so many powerful Ninjutsu?" Juzo glared at Ye Liang resentfully. He tried to break free from the earth, but no matter how much strength he used, he could not move in the slightest.

The decapitation technique was clearly supposed to be a low-level Ninjutsu!

"Don't move, or I'll kill you right now!"

Ye Liang picked up the fallen Kubikiribōchō and held it against Juzo's neck.

"I'm going to ask you some questions. Whatever I ask, you answer. If I find out you're lying, I'll take your life immediately!" Ye Liang said coldly.

"First! What exactly did the old man who ordered you to kill me look like?"

"Second! Why would you obey an old man's orders?"

"Third! Why did Kirigakure appear in the Land of Waves? If I'm not mistaken, Yagura is still ruling you now. Leaving Kirigakure without permission is a grave crime!"

Ye Liang asked three questions in succession. They seemed ordinary, but each one was closely connected to him.

He had to find out who wanted him dead! After all, having someone constantly covet his head was never a good thing!

"If I tell you, will you let me go?"

"If you satisfy me, I can naturally consider it."

After hearing that, Juzo swallowed.

"Fine, but I hope you'll keep your word."

"I didn't know that old man before. I came out this time to find a Jinchuriki for the Three-Tails. As everyone knows, Isobu has always been hidden in the lake within our Kirigakure village. But recently, the Three-Tails' power has become unstable, showing signs of becoming uncontrollable. Yagura ordered us to search the outer regions for a ninja of sufficient rank to conduct Jinchuriki experiments again."

"The Three-Tails' Jinchuriki?"

Ye Liang thought it over briefly.

Isobu's first Jinchuriki seemed to have been Rin Nohara from their team. Originally, at Kannabi Bridge, Rin Nohara had been forcibly turned into the Three-Tails' Jinchuriki by ninjas from the Land of Earth.

"Wait, ninjas from the Land of Earth? A Jinchuriki? Wasn't the Three-Tails from Kirigakure?"

A trace of confusion suddenly flashed through Ye Liang's mind. Why was Kirigakure's Three-Tails connected to the Land of Earth? He suddenly realized that the original story seemed to contain an inexplicable problem!

The nine Tailed Beasts were each controlled by the major ninja villages, but why had a Tailed Beast belonging to Kirigakure been controlled by the Land of Earth in the original story?

This was clearly a bug!

Could something special have happened in between?

Ye Liang sensed that something was wrong. The original story had already changed at Kannabi Bridge. Rin Nohara, who was originally meant to meet a tragic end, had been saved by him, so the subsequent developments would naturally change as well.

"So, what happened afterward?" Ye Liang asked again.

Juzo had only spoken about the mission and had not yet addressed the old man.

"Then, I encountered that terrifyingly powerful old man!" A flash of fear suddenly appeared in Juzo's eyes.

He was an elite jonin close to Kage level, yet someone like him actually showed fear at the mention of an old man!

A hint of gravity appeared on Ye Liang's face!

"I will never forget what that man looked like! He had thick, long straight hair, a bare upper body, and a pair of eyes like blood-red full moons!"

"With just one glance, I fell into an endless illusion!"