第一六一章 夏月的改变 (Ch 706752578)

As usual, Yi Chen saw Oonoki first.

When Yi Chen showed the Third Kazekage puppet to Ohnoki, Ohnoki looked a little strange, a little bit unbelievable, and a little bit sympathetic.

The time when the Third Kazekage ascended the throne was almost the same as Ōnoki’s, both during the First Ninja World War. The two were old rivals, fighting each other and scheming against each other when they were young, and also forming an alliance to target Konoha together.

Ōnoki was happy to see the death of the Third Kazekage, but he still found it hard to accept that his corpse was made into a puppet after his death.

At this time, Ohnoki was probably thinking, if he were to die in battle one day, what would the ending be like, and whether it would be better than that of the Third Kazekage.

Yi Chen did not disturb him and waited quietly for Onoki to feel sad alone for a long time.

After a while, Ohnoki came back to his senses, looked at Yichen and said, “Tell me what happened.”

“Yes.” Then Yi Chen recounted the cause of the incident and the process of the battle in detail.

In the past, Ohnoki would wait for all the consultants to arrive before starting this kind of narration. But today, Ohnoki was not in a good state, but Yichen did not remind him. He honestly recounted the whole process.

“Scorpion of the Red Sand? As a genius of the new generation of Sand Ninja, he actually killed the village’s Kage.” Ohnoki shook his head, somewhat unable to understand.

“Zero, go call the two advisors, and also notify Ikura to come as well.” Oonoki ordered the Shadow Guards and the captain.

Of the four advisors in the village, Saka went to the front, and the middle-aged female advisor went to the capital, apparently to discuss war funding with the daimyo. Only two elderly advisors were still in the village.

Because Ikura wanted to learn S-level ninjutsu, he didn’t go to the front line and stayed in the village.

After a while, three people arrived one after another, and Yi Chen briefly explained the whole story.

The two elderly consultants had the same reaction as Huang Tu, both looked incredulous.

On the contrary, Ikura, as a younger person, did not have a deep understanding of the Third Kazekage. In addition, he was getting closer and closer to the Kage level, so he was more likely to accept this reality than the two advisors.

Ohnoki also knew how much of a shock this matter had on everyone, so he waited quietly for a while. After everyone had completely accepted this matter, he said, “Okay, let’s discuss how to deal with this matter.”

After Ohnoki finished speaking, the two consultants looked at Yichen and Ikura at the same time. They wanted to see how the two juniors would handle the situation.

Of the two, Yichen and Ikura, they were more concerned about Ikura’s thoughts. No matter what, Ikura was about to become a Kage-level warrior, and he had the greatest chance of becoming a Tsuchikage in the future.

Ikura looked at Yichen and motioned for Yichen to speak first.

Yi Chen did not shirk his responsibility and said, “It is not appropriate for us to stay as the puppet of the Third Kazekage. Otherwise, we will only attract the hatred of the Sand Ninja. There are only two options left.”

“Either give him to Konoha in exchange for something, and let Konoha take him to negotiate with the Sand Ninja. Or give him to the Sand Ninja to increase their combat power, and let them fight Konoha to the death.”

“I prefer to trade with Konoha because Konoha can offer more benefits.”

After Yi Chen finished speaking, he looked at Ikura, who was a little surprised and asked in confusion: “Trade with Konoha? Once Konoha and the Sand Ninja cease fire, won’t we face greater pressure?”

Yi Chen explained: “Konoha’s acquisition of the Third Kazekage puppet only made it possible to cease fire with the Sand Ninja. The Sand Ninja high-level officials may not agree, because the Sand Ninja now needs to establish a hero through war and then elect a new Kazekage.”

“Besides, even if the Sand Shinobi leaders agree, the hatred between the two countries has already been formed. The war is not so easy to stop. If you provoke them a little, they will fight again.”

Ikura shook his head and said, “Trading with Konoha does have its benefits, but we are now de facto allies with the Sand Ninja. If we choose to trade with Konoha, it will inevitably make the Sand Ninja hostile to us.”

“It’s not worthwhile to offend the Sand Ninja for some benefits.”

Ohnoki nodded and said, “Then contact the Sand Ninja. Ikura will be in charge of this.”

As he spoke, Ohnoki looked at Yichen again, feeling a little annoyed by this subordinate who could cause trouble but also often make extraordinary contributions. He wanted to say something, but finally sighed.

“Yi Chen, you should heal your wounds first. Next time you encounter a situation like this, don’t just think about dealing with it on your own. You have the entire ninja village to rely on, and that Scorpion of the Red Sand is just a traitor. You can choose to ask for help!”

Yi Chen felt a little guilty. In fact, if he had chosen to run away the moment he saw the Red Sand Scorpion, he would not have been able to obtain the Third Generation Wind Shadow Puppet, but at least he would not have been poisoned.

Using his Porcelain Release and Light and Heavy Rock Techniques, Yi Chen could flee while calling for help, waiting for possible Rock Ninjas nearby to come and rescue him. His hope of escaping was very great.

But Yi Chen has his own considerations. When facing these characters in the plot, he has an intelligence advantage that others do not have.

Yi Chen knew the biggest weakness of the Red Sand Scorpion: that he liked to hide his skills.

In the original novel, Scorpion of the Red Sand never used all his trump cards until his death, and his death was quite frustrating.

Yi Chen took advantage of the Red Sand Scorpion’s carelessness and underestimation of the enemy, and was able to achieve success in one fell swoop.

If Yi Chen had not been poisoned by Scorpion while taking over the third-generation Wind Shadow puppet, perhaps Scorpion would have fallen into Yi Chen’s hands again this time.

However, Yi Chen couldn’t say this to Ohnoki and the others, so he seemed a little lacking in confidence.

After Ohnoki arranged the matter of the Third Kazekage’s human puppet, Yi Chen went to the hospital accompanied by Ikura.

Looking at Yi Chen, who dared not touch the ground and kept flying with the Light and Heavy Rock Technique, Ikura asked, “How long will it take for you to recover from this injury?”

Yi Chen said: “My external injuries are not serious, the problem is the toxins in my body, it will take some time to completely eradicate them. The medical ninja has already checked me at the camp, and it will probably take a month to completely clean it up.”

Ikura nodded and said, “Since it will take a month to heal, let’s go to the Ninja School. The new generation of students will graduate soon.”

“Last time you said you wanted to accept more disciples. It just so happens that I have made some progress in my S-level ninjutsu, and now I have some time. Let’s find an opportunity to go to the ninja school together and see if there are any suitable students.”

Yi Chen nodded and said, “Okay, you can deal with the Third Generation Wind Shadow puppet first. I’m always free. When you have time, we can go together.”

When they arrived at the hospital, the medical ninja simply asked Yi Chen to come for treatment once a day starting tomorrow.

After confirming that Yi Chen was fine, Ikura went to deal with the Third Kazekage’s human puppet. This matter required negotiation with the Sand Ninja, and the content involved required the participation of the daimyo.

Therefore, Ikura had to go to the capital to discuss things with the daimyo first.

Yi Chen returned to the hut within the natural energy sealing barrier alone. The ninja school had not yet finished class, so there was no one in the hut, and Xia Yue had not returned yet.

Yichen found that the layout of the hut had changed a lot. Yichen’s hut was originally occupied by only Yichen and Tuanzi. Although Tuanzi was a cat, he was a ninja cat after all, and living in Yichen’s place only occupied a small area.

So originally there were only Yi Chen’s belongings in the hut. But now Yi Chen’s belongings were put aside, and most of the space in the hut was occupied by various little girls’ belongings.

After seeing this scene, Yi Chen realized that he had not considered that Xia Yue was a girl and it would not be convenient for her to live with a man like him.

However, the hut is located within a natural energy seal barrier. In places like this, the village has arrangements for every piece of land, and Yi Chen has no power to change the size of the hut.

Shaking his head, Yi Chen decided to pick up Xia Yue from school first. After Xia Yue came back, he would discuss with her how to change the layout of the cabin.

Although Xia Yue was born into a common family in the Land of Hot Springs, she had special talents and was directly assigned to the top class, just like Uzumaki Yumi was back then.

This was probably the first time for the little girl to study and play with so many people of her age. So after this period of study and life, she has become much more cheerful than before.

When Yi Chen saw her at the gate of the Ninja School, she was walking towards the school gate with a few girls from the same class, smiling happily.

Although Xia Yue was the one listening most of the time while the others were talking when they were chatting, the smile on Xia Yue’s face was genuine.

She obviously enjoyed life at the ninja school.

Xia Yue walked towards the school gate while listening to her classmates talking. She did not notice Yi Chen because she would meet Zhi Zihui’s sister Xiao Zhu at the school gate after school every day and then go to Xiao Zhu’s house for dinner together.

Xiaozhu’s classroom is far from the school gate, so Xia Yue has to wait for a while at the school gate every time.

Seeing that Xia Yue didn’t notice him, Yi Chen walked directly to her and said, “Xia Yue, brother is back.”

Xia Yue was obviously stunned for a moment, then she reacted and said with surprise, “Brother Yichen.”

This was the first time Yi Chen heard Xia Yue call him that, and it sounded a little awkward. But Xia Yue’s calling Yi Chen brother came very smoothly.

Because although Yichen was not around during this period, Xiaozhu often mentioned Yichen to Xiayue. And Xiayue always called Yichen “brother Yichen” when chatting with Xiaozhu, and now she is used to it.

Come to think of it, it was Xiaozhu who taught her this name.

Although Yi Chen was not used to it, Xia Yue’s calling him Brother Yi Chen inadvertently brought them closer together and gave Yi Chen the feeling that they were a family.

With a slight smile, Yi Chen said, “Where is your sister Xiaozhu? Brother will take you to eat something delicious.”

“Sister Xiaozhu will be here in a while.” Perhaps she realized that she was not familiar with this Brother Yichen, so Xia Yue spoke in a much softer voice this time.

Yi Chen rubbed Xia Yue’s head and said to her, “Are these your classmates? Why don’t you introduce them to your brother?”

“Oh.” Xia Yue finally reacted and whispered to the three classmates, “This is my brother Yichen.”

Then he introduced the three classmates to Yi Chen one by one: “They are all my classmates. This is Miko, this is Nanaka, and this is Yeyue.”

Yi Chen nodded to the three of them.

After a while, Xiaozhu arrived at the school gate on time. Yichen treated a group of little girls to a big meal, and then took Xiayue back to the cabin.