"Aren't you coming back to Konoha with us?"
After this incident, Tsunade agreed to return and succeed the Fifth Hokage. Li Xing was about to bid farewell to everyone. Tsunade was clearly reluctant to let go of her precious disciple, and at this moment, she was hugging Li Xing's head, unwilling to let him leave.
Suffocated by the great evil, Li Xing quickly broke free from Tsunade, "Master, I have learned what you taught me. I am not from Konoha. Bringing my skills into the village will cause you trouble. You should go back and be the Fifth Hokage!"
"Master Jiraiya, thank you for finding me a good master. Don't peek anymore in the future. We'll meet again if fate allows!"
"Sister Shizune, I'm counting on you while I'm gone. Please don't let Master get into debt anymore."
"Naruto, train hard when you get back. I wish you become Hokage soon."
After saying this, Li Xing shouldered his travel bag and prepared to part ways. From today onwards, he would be on his own.
At this moment, Tsunade suddenly pulled Li Xing and kissed him gently on the forehead.
"I have nothing to give you. Take care."
Li Xing felt a little awkward about it. He looked at Jiraiya and found the old man staring at him wide-eyed, as if he couldn't stand Li Xing having any female admirers.
"Understood, Master. Goodbye!"
After watching Li Xing leave, Naruto grumbled about Tsunade on the spot, complaining that she was an old woman but acted like a young maiden, which earned him a shout from Tsunade threatening to finish the fight Li Xing had started for her...
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For several days after leaving Tsunade, Li Xing didn't know what to do. His strength had reached its peak, but he didn't want to leave this world for the time being.
"Alas, I'm so bored! There are no ghosts here. For me, there are no main quests. Master has just become Hokage, so I can't kill that old dog Danzo now, as it would affect Master."
But he suddenly thought that he could take on missions like the Akatsuki organization. He could take escort or assassination missions and travel the world.
As soon as he had an idea, he acted. A Nichirin blade slowly appeared in Li Xing's hand. The blade was cherry blossom colored, like Kanae's. The guard was like Mitsuri's, and the scabbard was like Shinobu's. He was once again wearing the blue haori that Li Xing used to wear.
"Let's go, Liyun! Our journey begins!"
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A few days later, Li Xing finally received an assassination mission from a yakuza family. It couldn't be helped. The influence of the ninja villages was too great in this world. Ronin like Li Xing could barely accept any escort missions. He lacked credibility and was not famous. If he killed the client and ran away, there would be nowhere to seek justice, especially since Li Xing still looked like a child.
"Let me see, uh, Lord Sanshou, the patriarch of the Sanshou clan, in the northern part of the Land of Fire. What an abstract name. Never mind, let's go!"
After three days of travel, Li Xing arrived in the town where the Sanshou clan was located in the northern part of the Land of Fire. Or rather, the entire town was the territory of the Sanshou clan.
"Who are you? Entry is not allowed here. Please leave quickly!" Seeing a child approach, the two guards at the entrance of the Sanshou clan shouted at Li Xing to leave.
Li Xing said nothing and immediately drew his sword and slashed. In an instant, both guards were dead.
"I haven't used a sword in a while. I'm a bit rusty!"
Li Xing held his sword and shook his hand, clearly still adjusting.
"Ice Seal Thousand Miles!"
Li Xing, after a long time, used the breathing technique he created himself, directly freezing the entire Sanshou clan to prevent any stragglers.
Sensing an invasion, the guarding ninja of the Sanshou clan, Sanshou Wangqi, immediately appeared before Li Xing.
"Who are you? As a samurai, isn't this act against the samurai code?"
Li Xing glanced at this guy. He wasn't the main target, so there was no need for further conversation. He swung his sword at Sanshou Wangqi. In the blink of an eye, Sanshou Wangqi was cut in half by Li Xing.
"Boring, no challenge. I estimate this kind of ninja is only on the level of a Special Jonin in the ninja villages."
With the death of the guarding ninja, the next thing was Li Xing's massacre. Although there was no enmity, this was the rule of survival in this world.
"This is the last person. Which corpse is Lord Sanshou? Let me see, ha! Found it. He died miserably. Except for his head, no part of him is intact. Yay!"
Having completed the mission beyond expectations, Li Xing needed to take photos to claim the bounty at the branch in the Land of Grass. There was no other reason; it was closer to the Land of Grass, and it also helped to conceal the information of the client who issued the mission.
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"You really completed the mission?" An old man looked at Li Xing, who looked like a child and was still clean, and didn't believe that Li Xing had completed the mission. He had heard that there was a guarding ninja in the Sanshou clan who had protected countless assassins, a Special Jonin.
Li Xing threw out a pile of photos and also took out some of Lord Sanshou's belongings.
Looking at the photos of Li Xing slaughtering the clan and still having the time to make a V-sign, the old man broke out in a cold sweat. He immediately gave Li Xing the bounty and shut the door. It was better to have less contact with such a ruthless person.
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"Alas, I thought I would get more bounty for exceeding expectations. Mission complete, reward myself with a hot spring bath!" Li Xing said and prepared to find an inn to stay and enjoy a hot spring.
...
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
A red-haired girl kept apologizing to two men, but the two men didn't care about what the red-haired girl said.
"It's all your fault! You made us unable to complete the mission. The village raised you for so long, not for you to be useless!"
Just as Li Xing was about to find an inn for a hot spring bath, he heard some noise from an alley and saw the scene before him. Two men bullying a girl. This was too despicable.
"Hey! Are you ninjas? Aren't the missions for a three-person squad supposed to be carried out together? Do you think you can escape punishment by blaming one person?"
One of the fiercer-looking men turned his head and saw that it was just a child. He said nothing and threw a shuriken at him. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
"I haven't done anything yet, and you want to kill me? Then don't blame me!" Before he could finish speaking, Li Xing appeared behind the two men, his sword slowly sheathing.
"Thunderclap Flash!"
After Li Xing sheathed his sword, blood immediately gushed from the necks of the two men, drenching the girl beside them. The girl was so frightened that she squatted down, holding her head, not daring to look at Li Xing.
"Little sister, don't be afraid. I'm not a murderer." Li Xing reached out to pull the girl, but when he touched her, she fainted from fear.
"Uh... Am I that intimidating?"
...
When the girl woke up, she found herself in a room. The blood on her body had been washed off, and her clothes had been changed.
Immediately, the girl wanted to escape, but Li Xing happened to walk in with a plate of food. Fortunately, Li Xing was agile, otherwise, they would have collided.
"Little sister, you're awake. Come and eat something. My name is Li Xing. What's your name?"
The girl looked at Li Xing. Li Xing now seemed different from last night. The girl softly picked up the food and started eating.
"My name is Uzumaki Karin."