Chapter 171: That Was Not Meeting Me

Inside the cave.

Lian Ye stood before the stone platform, the bound Cloud Ninja glared angrily and thrashed violently, "Bastard, let go of me!"

Lian Ye gave no reply, merely pinching a pinch of powder and flicking it with his fingertip.

"Swoosh—"

Fine dust drifted, falling silently onto the Cloud Ninja's exposed skin.

The Cloud Ninja remained unaware, still struggling and continuing to curse.

His body suddenly twitched, and his struggling motion briefly stalled.

Lian Ye quietly observed the other's reaction, felt the medicine taking effect, and then released the bindings on him.

The Cloud Hidden Ninja saw the youth before him undo his bindings, immediately rolled off the bed and widened the distance between them.

"Damn guy, daring to ambush us!"

While speaking, he formed hand seals with both hands, attempting to use Ninjutsu to launch an attack.

Lian Ye's Sharingan observed the chakra flow on the Cloud Hidden Ninja, with no intention of intervening.

"Lightning Release: Snake Lightning!"

As the words fell, a blue serpentine bolt of lightning surged forward.

Lian Ye stood in place without intending to dodge, staring straight at the Snake Lightning.

Just as the Snake Lightning flew into midair, it suddenly altered its trajectory and struck a nearby stone wall.

"You... what did you do?!" the Cloud Hidden Ninja's face showed horror.

That guy just stood still and changed his attack trajectory!

He thought it was merely an accident, stubbornly formed hand seals again to gather Lightning Release, but this time the Lightning Radiance vanished as soon as it appeared.

His pupils contracted to needle points, his face showed terror, his breathing quickened, and his muscles began to tremble uncontrollably.

The Cloud Hidden Ninja could clearly feel that, when forming the seals earlier, his chakra was somewhat uncontrolled, causing the seal to fail.

It was like the first time learning Ninjutsu as a child, the feeling of being unable to successfully circulate chakra, completely losing control over it.

"Bastard, what exactly did you do to me?!" fear made his voice sharp.

"Keep using Ninjutsu, don't stop." Lian Ye, worried the Cloud Hidden Ninja wouldn't cooperate, activated his Sharingan and used Genjutsu to control its Ninjutsu.

Under Lian Ye's control, the Cloud Hidden Ninja began repeatedly forming seals to release Ninjutsu, but every attempt failed without exception.

After about three minutes, the symptoms began to ease, allowing a strained use of Ninjutsu...

"Only three minutes, but the effect is already quite good," Lian Ye showed a satisfied smile, recording the experimental data.

After days of sleepless research, he finally developed a Poison that can counter Lightning Release Chakra Armor.

Only the specific effect remains unclear, as only one person participated in the experiment, lacking a control.

After all, each individual's strength differs, and the powder's impact will vary.

One cannot treat a single case as experimental data.

More Lab Mice need to participate in the experiment to obtain accurate data!

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Late night, Cloud Hidden Camp.

Lian Ye's figure moved like a phantom, silently attached to the shadows.

The Three Tomoe Sharingan glimmered faintly in the darkness, calmly scanning the distant patrolling Yun Ren Squad.

Since ninjas began disappearing frequently from the camp, Cloud Hidden's vigilance rose to the extreme.

The number of patrol squads increased.

Each squad's personnel also grew from two to three.

Patrolling ninjas were spread around the camp's perimeter.

Having more patrols actually benefited Lian Ye, meaning more Lab Mice could be used for experiments.

His gaze locked onto a patrol squad.

— a combination of two Chunin and one Special Jonin.

"The Special Jonin's data... is more valuable."

Moonlight was obscured by dark clouds, leaving only the faint glow of torches held by patrolling ninjas in the camp.

Three Cloud Ninjas moved in a triangular formation, and the Special Jonin at the front suddenly saw a pair of crimson eyes light up in the darkness.

His pupils suddenly dilated, the Three Tomoe pattern reflected in his eyes, clearly ensnared by Genjutsu.

"What's wrong?" the other two did not notice their companion's abnormality at all.

"Quick! There's a wounded person over there!" the Special Jonin shouted suddenly, his voice urgent and genuine.

"Three? Where?" the two, with bewildered faces, looked around, seeing no such wounded.

"This way, behind the tree, follow me!" the Special Jonin suddenly ran over, "Under the tree, Long of the third squad!"

The two exchanged a glance and hurriedly followed.

When the two arrived nearby, they saw the Special Jonin standing dumbfounded in place, back turned to them with no reaction.

The two looked around but found no such wounded...

"Hey, what are you doing? There's nobody here!" a ninja couldn't help but complain.

"Are you seeing things? Let's get back quickly," another ninja urged.

They were now leaving the camp's perimeter; encountering danger would be bad.

Know that these past two days have been uneasy, with ninjas disappearing frequently...

The Special Jonin still stood in place without responding.

"Bastard, don't make jokes like that, hey!" a ninja, a bit impatient, pushed forward.

The Special Jonin was seen falling straight onto the ground.

The two were instantly dumbfounded and hurried forward to check.

At that moment, a faint footstep suddenly came from behind.

Instinctively they turned around and met a pair of scarlet eyes.

Lian Ye looked at the three people lying on the ground and couldn't help but sigh:

"My Genjutsu is getting stronger."

He surveyed the surroundings, found no one had noticed the commotion, and promptly withdrew, dragging the three unconscious people.

…………………

The next morning, the Cloud Hidden Camp erupted into chaos again.

"Bastard, you bastard!" the Long-haired Strongman grabbed the Deputy Officer by the collar and roared, "Didn't I tell you to strengthen patrols? How come another patrol squad disappeared?!"

"Zhi… Zhi Qi Guan Da Ren, I… I don't know!" the Deputy Officer's face turned ashen with fear.

He had clearly reinforced the patrol squad's personnel and even assigned a Special Jonin to the squad.

Yet people still disappeared; what else could he do?

"Useless!" the Long-haired Strongman tossed him onto the ground, saying coldly, "The ceasefire is over; you go to the front line!"

"Zhi Qi Guan Da Ren… give me another chance… ah!"

Before he could beg for mercy, he was thrown out of the Commander's Tent.

The Deputy Officer, unwilling, clenched his fists, his eyes reddening:

"Who exactly is targeting me?!"

He had just become Deputy Officer when these incidents kept happening one after another; it's hard not to suspect someone is targeting him…

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Inside the Cave.

Lian Ye diligently recorded the Lab Mouse experiment report; four Lab Mice sacrificed their lives for the great scientific cause.

After several days, they finally created a Poison to counter the Strongman!

"The strongest Raikage in history?"

Lian Ye sneered, tugging at the corner of his mouth, and said disdainfully.

"That's because they haven't met me!"

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ps: I've been working overtime at the company lately, really haven't had time to update; I'll guarantee at least five chapters over the weekend.

I only have the Hokage game; after finishing daily quests I log off, so there's no delay due to game addiction!