Chapter 114: It's Time to Launch the War

Gangshou's eyes flashed, and she subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"Uncle Lianye, did you buy this for me?"

"Of course, take it and eat it." Lian Ye placed the packaging bag on the table.

Gangshou impatiently opened the package, took out two strings of dumplings, and handed one string to Lian Ye.

"Thank you, Uncle Lianye, here's a string for you!"

Lian Ye this time didn't hold back, took the dumplings and began eating.

"Meow meow meow~"

Lihua squeezed up to Gangshou's feet, looking at her with an eager expression, eyes full of longing for SanseMangzi.

"Go, go, go." Gangshou waved her hand disdainfully, having no intention of sharing, "You should lose weight."

Grandma usually doesn't let her eat sweets, and Uncle Lianye barely managed to bring some dumplings, so she couldn't bear to give any to the Lihua cat.

There were only five strings in total; after giving one to Lian Ye, only four remained.

Gangshou herself hadn't even eaten enough; how could she possibly share with a cat?

"Meow meow meow~" Lihua, seeing Gangshou unwilling to share, went to Lian Ye's feet, rubbing her face against his pant leg, beginning to act cute and coquettish.

"You ugly cat are still as gluttonous as ever..." Lian Ye shook his head helplessly and placed the dumplings on the ground.

Seeing Lihua, face full of satisfaction as she ate the dumplings, Lian Ye smiled.

After all, this ugly cat was adopted by Uncle Hashirama.

"Lian Ye has arrived." Xuanwo Mizuto stepped out of the house, a kindly smile on his face.

"Grandma, you're awake, want some dumplings?" Gangshou handed the remaining half-string of SanseMangzi to Grandma.

Xuanwo Mizuto has always had a habit of taking a nap; he was sleeping inside when he heard movement in the courtyard and came out.

She looked at the dumplings Gangshou offered, smiled and shook her head, "Grandma doesn't eat, Gangshou, you eat them yourself."

"Mizuto Ayi, long time no see," Lian Ye greeted.

Since Senju Hashirama left, and with his missions on the border, the two haven't seen each other for a long time.

Xuanwo Mizuto smiled and nodded, replying, "Indeed it's been a while, have your missions been going smoothly these days?"

After Hashirama's death, Mizuto became reticent, feeling better only when interacting with familiar people.

She began staying indoors, remaining in the Senju Clan Land.

Qianshou Feijian tried several times to persuade the elder sister-in-law to go out, but she politely declined each time.

He knew the older brother's death had hit the sister-in-law hard, and said nothing more about it.

"Mizuto Ayi, the mission went well, I just returned from a mission and plan to rest a few days," Lian Ye said.

"Hmm, rest well, the Ninja World has been unsettled lately," Xuanwo Mizuto said with worry, "When Hashirama left, I knew war would come."

The peace Hashirama spent half his life building collapsed rapidly after his death.

If Hashirama were to know, he would surely be very sad, wouldn't he?

Lian Ye looked at Mizuto's sorrowful expression and sighed helplessly.

He couldn't possibly tell Mizuto Ayi that Uncle Hashirama hadn't really died, but had simply gone to look for Madara Uchiha, right?

He couldn't utter such words; having promised Uncle Hashirama back then, he could only keep the matter locked in his stomach.

Nevertheless, he believed that Senju Hashirama would someday return to the Village!

After all, Hashirama wouldn't stand by and watch Konoha besieged by various nations.

In the search for Madara Uchiha and protecting the Village, he would absolutely choose the latter without hesitation.

To Hashirama, the Village was above all else.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have killed Madara Uchiha in order to protect the Village.

"Lian Ye, when you go onto the battlefield in the future, you must protect yourself well," Xuanwo Mizuto instructed.

Hashirama is already dead; she doesn't want Lian Ye, who has grown up under her watch, to die in a brutal war.

Mizuto's concern warmed Lian Ye's heart.

"I will protect myself... Mizuto Ayi."

Xuanwo Mizuto nodded, said nothing more, and sat in the courtyard watching Gangshou and Lihua play.

Lian Ye stayed for a while, then took his leave and left.

After leaving the Hashirama Residence, he didn't rush home but headed to the Laboratory.

War was about to break out; he needed to develop a more powerful Poison.

Inside the Laboratory, Lian Ye stood before the workbench, various bottles and jars neatly arranged, each filled with oddly colored liquids.

Some continued to bubble, emitting a "gurgle gurgle" sound.

At this moment, he was carefully holding a pipette, drawing green slime from a tube.

This slime was a mixture he had spent months gathering from countless poisonous plants and insects across the Ninja World.

He slowly dripped the green slime into the Crucible before him, where purple liquid was already swirling.

When the two met, a burst of acrid smoke rose.

Lian Ye immediately put on a Gas Mask, watching the green and purple liquids gradually merge into a pale teal liquid.

War was about to erupt, and Ninja Forces from various nations gathered at the border, ready to strike the Fire Country at any moment.

Lian Ye knew that ordinary Poison was too inefficient to turn the tide of this war.

Those powerful ninjas, relying on their strong chakra and the special nature of Ninjutsu, could easily resist conventional toxins.

Ninjas can refine chakra to form a Chakra Shield on their bodies, which can partially repel or mitigate toxin effects.

Unless they cut a wound on the opponent, the released Poison Gas would be hard to take effect.

Lian Ye was no longer satisfied with single-target damage...

Therefore, he must develop a more powerful, more lethal poison!

A large‑area poison gas that can ignore chakra protection and directly destroy a ninja's body cells.

But creating such a poison is not easy; it requires a very long time.

But right now Lian Ye lacks time most of all…

"I recall that Shanjiaoyu Banzang implanted a salamander poison sac inside his body; the poison gas released through breathing can paralyze opponents."

Thinking of this, he plans to catch a few salamanders for study.

Of course, Lian Ye would not be so mad as to experiment on himself.

This act of implanting a poison sac into one's own body can only be done by Shanjiaoyu Banzang.

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A northeastern camp fifty li from the border of Fire Country.

First Raikage Ai said to the guard beside him, "Notify the Kage of each village… the probing is over; it's time to launch a war against Konoha."

He has already found this month's probing boring.

He doesn't understand what the other villages are actually afraid of.

Konoha without Senju Hashirama and Madara Uchiha is just a slightly stronger village.

He believes that under the Four Nations' joint offensive, Konoha Village won't hold out long.

By then, the abundant resources of Fire Country will be theirs in Thunder Country.

Thinking of this, First Raikage Ai clenched his fist excitedly, arcs of electricity flashing on his body.

"Victory will absolutely belong to Cloud Hidden Village!"

ps: typing is exhausting, I feel my body emptied, Eee—.