The Desire to Grow Stronger

"Thick, long straight hair? Blood-red round eyes?"

Ye Liang instantly realized who this person was.

For fuck's sake, wasn't this the famous Lord Madara?!

Though "long straight hair" was vague, those blood-red eyes could only be the Sharingan. And in this era, the only elderly man with such strength should have been Uchiha Madara in his old age!

"But why does Lord Madara want to kill me?"

Ye Liang felt a flicker of confusion.

He went over the memories of his past life, and everything immediately became much clearer!

"Right, the Kannabi Bridge incident was originally Uchiha Madara's scheme involving Obito! So the reason the Land of Earth had the Three-Tails before was most likely because Uchiha Madara gave it to them!"

"Uchiha Madara used the Three-Tails to kill Rin Nohara, causing Obito to completely fall into darkness and planting the seeds for his resurrection!"

"Right, I dealt with the Land of Earth ninja and caused Uchiha Madara's plan to fail. That's why he wants to kill me!"

Ye Liang finally understood.

If that was the case, then Juzo Biwa before him had truly suffered an undeserved disaster!

"Cough, cough!"

After giving two dry coughs, Ye Liang looked at Juzo on the ground again.

"I've said everything I needed to say. Believe it or not, that's how it is!"

Ye Liang slowly turned and left.

Now that he understood everything, he could not remain here for long.

Since Uchiha Madara wanted to kill him, this was an extremely dangerous situation. This time, it had only been Juzo Biwa, but next time, it might not be. It could be Nagato, Hidan, or even Madara himself!

Ye Liang understood that although he had mastered quite a few S-rank Ninjutsu, he was still clearly a level below when facing those true top-tier experts.

Thinking of this, Ye Liang let out a sharp whistle!

This was his method of contacting his team members, a unique signal of his own that he had learned from those over-the-top anti-Japanese war dramas.

"That's the captain's signal!"

Kakashi swiftly knocked down a small fry and ran toward Ye Liang.

The other small fry at the scene did not dare pursue him. Kakashi had already been beating them senseless, but they feared the punishment for failure and had thus kept stalling him. Now that Kakashi had left, they did not dare keep chasing him.

Rin and Obito also headed toward Ye Liang.

The group soon met up in a town in the Land of Waves.

"Sensei, did you take care of their leader?"

"Yes. I've temporarily trapped him. Once the village sends someone over, they can take him away directly. However, there's been a change of plans. There's an even bigger mastermind behind this matter."

"The previous plan is canceled. Let's finish this quickly." Ye Liang suddenly sighed.

Kakashi and the others immediately turned serious!

A few days later.

Ye Liang frowned as he looked at the Third Hokage in the Hokage Hall.

"You're saying that by the time the Anbu arrived, Juzo Biwa was already dead?"

"Yes. He seemed to have died from some kind of Genjutsu. His face was terrified before death, but there were no other fatal wounds on his body," the Third Hokage said calmly.

Ye Liang fell into deep thought.

"Looks like it really was Uchiha Madara."

A Genjutsu that killed through terror.

Aside from Tsukuyomi, Ye Liang could not think of any other Genjutsu capable of directly killing an elite jonin.

Still, he had no plans to leave the village for the time being.

This was fucking dangerous!

Uchiha Madara has his eyes on me. That's fucking terrifying!

That guy was a master conspirator, after all!

"Cough, cough. If there's nothing else, you may leave for now. You performed well on this mission. Since Juzo Biwa appeared, I'll increase the mission reward," Hiruzen Sarutobi replied simply.

"Mm."

Ye Liang nodded.

After leaving the Hokage Hall, Ye Liang headed straight for Anko's cabin.

Counting money was a fine talent of the Chinese people!

After checking the reward, Ye Liang immediately tossed the matter of Uchiha Madara to the back of his mind.

"A Tailed Beast Bomb? Can this thing even count as Ninjutsu?" Ye Liang muttered to himself in Anko's room.

After dealing with Gato this time, the system had rewarded him with a Ninjutsu called "Tailed Beast Bomb."

Strictly speaking, however, this had nothing to do with Ninjutsu. The Tailed Beast Bomb was the ultimate move of creatures known as tailed beasts. They gathered their power in their mouths and unleashed it in one burst!

Though its power was immense, it required an enormous amount of Chakra.

Ye Liang had tested it earlier. Although he could use the Tailed Beast Bomb, it was so weak that it could only kill a single jonin.

Because he lacked Chakra.

Ye Liang was not a tailed beast, so he did not possess their inhuman quantity of Chakra. As a result, this S-rank Ninjutsu was not even as strong as an A-rank one.

"Is there no other way?"

Ye Liang sank into thought once more.

Uchiha Madara had his eyes on him now, so increasing his strength had to be put on the agenda.

If it were you, having just entered the beginner village only to be targeted by the final boss, the immense pressure would be unimaginable.

"But how can I increase my Chakra?" Ye Liang pondered bitterly for quite some time.

The Chakra of the Naruto World originated from Kaguya's God Tree in ancient times.

Back then, Princess Kaguya, an alien, had just arrived on Earth. She was no good person. The Kaguya Civilization's plan had been to use the God Tree to directly drain Earth's energy and thereby raise their civilization's level.

But unfortunately, just as she was about to succeed, she was seduced by a local native!

Back then, the Kaguya Civilization could rival Ye Liang's previous world! Yet Earth in the Naruto World was still in the cold-weapons era, practically no different from monkeys!

"Maybe she was really desperate." Ye Liang sighed.

That beautiful woman had actually been knocked up by a "monkey"!

Shocking!

In any case, Ye Liang completely could not understand that woman's way of thinking!

Right, Ye Liang had heard such a rumor in his past life.

AIDS had supposedly been transmitted from chimpanzees. The first man to contract AIDS must have had some sort of intimate connection with apes.

Princess Kaguya was the same—the first woman to have relations with a monkey!

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. She really was a woman, after all."

After Princess Kaguya had an affair with the local "monkey" lord, she soon had children of her own. She had thought her life would be happy and fulfilling.

But unfortunately, in the prime of her youth, another "monkey" lord set his sights on her.

And this monkey was bigger! Stronger!

Her lover quickly betrayed her.

There was no helping it. Beasts respected the strong, and her husband, also a "monkey," simply could not defy the words of his superior!

Princess Kaguya was ambushed.

She was at death's door, nearly killed.

In that moment of crisis, she finally came to her senses. Using the power of the God Tree, she killed every "monkey" that had tried to defy her—except for two people!

One was named Hagoromo, and the other was named Hamura.