Slaying Ōnoki

"Everyone! I believe this incident may be connected to that man with the pure white body. It absolutely has nothing to do with Mr. Ye Liang," Mei Terumi said firmly.

Everyone immediately felt guilty.

"Mr. Ye Liang, we're sorry! We misunderstood you earlier."

"Lord Ye Liang, please forgive me too. What happened before was my fault!"

"That's right, Lord Ye Liang. A great man like you wouldn't hold a grudge against small fry like us, would you?" everyone hurriedly apologized.

Ōnoki's expression, however, grew darker and darker!

"Hmph! After offending me, Ye Liang, you think you can still escape?" Watching Ōnoki slowly stroll toward the hall exit, Ye Liang let out a cold sneer.

By then, Ye Liang had already slowly moved closer to him.

In the blink of an eye, Hiruzen Sarutobi swiftly stepped in front of the Raikage, while Ye Liang charged at Ōnoki.

"What are you doing?!" The Raikage was startled, but Hiruzen Sarutobi had restrained him. He could only watch as Ye Liang cleaved Ōnoki's body in two!

"Pfft!"

The sound of a blade slicing into flesh rang out, yet not a drop of blood spilled.

Just as I thought!

Damn it, it really was White Zetsu!

Ye Liang immediately confirmed it!

After Ōnoki's body was cut in half, it swiftly transformed into two sections of a pure white male body, exactly as Ye Liang remembered from his previous life!

The Raikage sucked in a cold breath, and he and Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately stopped fighting.

"This is White Zetsu. He can transform into other people. If I'm not mistaken, Yagura was controlled by him, and Ōnoki's whereabouts are currently unknown. He may have been ambushed at the Chunin Exams venue."

"If that's the case, then this is bad. There were quite a few people at the venue. I'm afraid they may have also fallen victim to this thing."

"Yes." Ye Liang nodded.

The leaders of each village immediately returned to recount their people, while Ye Liang and Mei Terumi exchanged a deep look.

"Thank you so much this time. If it weren't for you, I might not have found any clues either."

"You're too kind, Lord Ye Liang. If you hadn't helped us subdue our leader, even if we had discovered something was wrong with him, we would have been helpless."

"I just never expected Lord Ye Liang to be so powerful. Even the Second Mizukage probably couldn't have subdued Yagura. After all, that guy possesses the Chakra of a tailed beast."

"Haha! It was nothing." Ye Liang greeted her and said no more.

After all, Mei Terumi was merely a passing figure in Ye Liang's life.

He had never lacked women, especially beautiful women!

The group all left the Hokage's hall.

"If even Ōnoki was controlled by White Zetsu, then the other ninjas are in danger."

"Then what should we do? Since you know of this thing, you should know how to expose it, right?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked anxiously.

"Of course!"

Ye Liang already had an answer.

He immediately had Hiruzen Sarutobi gather the village's sensory ninjas. Ye Liang intended to give them a portion of his Nine-Tails Chakra. As long as they had enough Chakra, the sensory ninjas' abilities would be greatly enhanced, and they would naturally be able to discover every White Zetsu hidden among the crowd.

Besides, only a small number of people had participated in this Chunin Exams!

"Let's do it!"

Very soon, all the students participating in the Chunin Exams gathered in Konoha's plaza, and Ye Liang distributed a small amount of Chakra to the sensory ninjas.

"White Zetsu, you won't escape!" Ye Liang looked coldly across the plaza and immediately closed his eyes in concentration.

A stream of yellow Chakra was drawn from Ye Liang's body. It flowed slowly before gradually descending onto the heads of all the sensory ninjas.

Once they had received it, all the sensory ninjas immediately released their senses.

"So strong! This sensory ability is simply terrifying. I never thought that in my lifetime, I would receive such a powerful Chakra supply. Lord Ye Liang is utterly terrifying!"

"That's right! I feel like my Spiritual Power has been strengthened to more than ten times its original level!"

"Bullshit! What ten times? It's clearly a hundredfold enhancement! Lord Ye Liang is practically a god!"

The sensory ninjas were filled with terror.

Then, under Ye Liang's augmentation, invisible Spiritual Power surged toward everyone taking the examination. It was formless and traceless; those present did not even realize they had been enveloped by Spiritual Power.

The Raikage and Hiruzen Sarutobi stood on opposite sides of the arena.

They were there as executioners. The Raikage especially, because he had misunderstood Ye Liang earlier, now practically worshiped him and volunteered to serve as Ye Liang's enforcer.

"Third row from the back, first person!" one of the sensory ninjas shouted.

The Raikage immediately made his move!

Before the students present could react, one of Kumogakure's ninjas was slain by the Raikage. As soon as the corpse hit the ground, it turned into White Zetsu's pale, corpse-like form!

"Lord Raikage, you..." Several Kumogakure ninjas were shocked, but upon seeing White Zetsu's corpse, they immediately fell silent.

"Everyone! Enemies capable of transforming into the appearance of our own people have infiltrated us, so please cooperate and help us find them," Hiruzen Sarutobi reassured everyone.

At that moment, the Raikage moved again.

"First row, third person!"

Before long, after dealing with all those White Zetsu, Ye Liang brought Mei Terumi to the small forest that had originally been there.

"Lord Ye Liang, are you sure you truly have a lead?" Mei Terumi asked.

"Yes. If I'm not mistaken, the others should all be imprisoned in one place."

"Where?"

"You'll know when we get there."

Ye Liang did not reveal it directly.

Although they had captured all the White Zetsu mixed into the crowd, many doubts remained unresolved. For example, where had the real Ōnoki gone, and where had the replaced students been taken?

"Hmph! No matter where you've hidden them, I'll find them!" Ye Liang snorted coldly.

This time, he was truly furious!

Ye Liang had originally been someone who went with the flow, but there was one particularly important thing about him.

Ye Liang feared death!

That was right. The person behind all this had already gravely threatened Ye Liang's safety, so he had to find him! Torture him! Kill him!

Since this had happened in the examination forest, the kidnapped hostages had to be in the forest. In such a short time, unless they also knew Space Ninjutsu, there was no way they could have taken so many hostages away!

Ye Liang swiftly leaped ahead, while Mei Terumi was already panting heavily.

Though she was the next Mizukage, her speed could not compare to Ye Liang's at all.

Ye Liang's Body Flicker Technique had been strengthened again through missions. Though it could not compare to the speed of the Flying Thunder God, it was faster than a supercar for traveling!

For short bursts, not even a Maserati could catch up to Ye Liang!

Mei Terumi swallowed in shock.

At that moment, she saw Ye Liang, who had nearly vanished from sight ahead of her, suddenly stop.

"I've finally found you! White Zetsu!"