Chapter 256: Is This Cheating?

"Kid, you think that just because of this I have no way to deal with you?"

Madara Uchiha learned the news, and a cold curve lifted the corner of his mouth.

Lian Ye specifically invited Tuan Cang and Xiaochun to undertake the mission, which precisely shows that he cares about the two and does not want to see them die like that.

But precisely because he cares, it caused Madara Uchiha to notice Tuan Cang and Xiaochun.

"A disciple of Feijian?" Madara Uchiha's eyes flickered. "It seems that kid has formed a bond with them."

As long as he finds a chance to have the two die before Lian Ye, that kid will definitely awaken the Kaleidoscope Sharingan because of it.

With just a little guidance, he will join the Moon's Eye project.

Because only the Genjutsu World does not contain pain.

Although Madara Uchiha has set his sights on Tuan Cang and Xiaochun, he will not choose to kill the two directly.

Such actions are easy to expose; if Lian Ye learns the truth, not only will the recruitment fail, but the two sides will become enemies.

He temporarily does not want to become enemies with this junior he has taken an interest in, and before acting he needs to clear his own suspicion.

"Kid, I have many ways to get you to join my plan."

Madara Uchiha believes that with his scheming, coaxing a foolish kid who doesn't even know how to drink alcohol into joining is a piece of cake.

It's nothing more than spending some time.

Before awakening All Phenomena, the thing he lacks the least is time!

He has ample time to plot this.

In a short while, Madara Uchiha thought of several ways to make Lian Ye open his eyes.

"Madara, what are you muttering?" Senju Hashirama asked with a smile.

He now needs to stay by his close friend's side at all times, never allowing him a chance to coax Lian Ye.

The kid's mind is simple; he's nowhere near a match for Madara Uchiha.

He is very worried that Lian Ye will become the second Madara Uchiha…

By then, the Ninja World would truly be in danger!

Senju Hashirama can only hope that Lian Ye won't be easily fooled; if that fails, he can only inform Feijian of the matter and let him devise a solution.

Feijian has been sharp‑witted since childhood, so he'll surely think of a solution.

"I'm wondering what to eat today," Madara Uchiha asked, turning his head.

"Madara, I want grilled fish; let's go catch fish by the river," Senju Hashirama said, scratching his head with a simple smile.

Madara Uchiha nodded, and the two walked side by side toward the riverbank.

He currently has no intention of striking at those around Lian Ye; he still needs to wait for a suitable opportunity.

When the two had completely left, a lump of black substance poked out from the ground.

"How is the reincarnated Asura still not dead?!"

Heijue recalled Hashirama's flushed complexion earlier, and his already dark face grew even darker.

Since Senju Hashirama does not die, he continuously influences the plan.

If one day he truly convinces Madara Uchiha to abandon the Moon's Eye project, then all his years of effort would have been in vain, wouldn't they?

It has not been constantly supervising Madara Uchiha; for the past two years it saw Madara Uchiha proceeding according to the plan…

Heijue thought no problem would arise, so it cancelled its surveillance of Madara Uchiha and headed to the Ninja World to continue plotting a new scheme.

After all, it cannot place all its hopes on Madara Uchiha.

In the span of several thousand years, it has failed countless times.

If Madara Uchiha fails, it can still lie in wait, awaiting the next generation of Indra and reincarnated Asura.

When Heijue resumed monitoring Madara Uchiha, it discovered that, at an unknown time, the long‑dead Senju Hashirama had appeared by his side.

At that moment, it felt as if it had seen a ghost!

Later, Heijue learned of Hashirama's fake death from the two's conversation.

However, it didn't care, because given Hashirama's physical condition, he couldn't live long at all.

It had thought Senju Hashirama would soon die of illness…

But in the blink of an eye, three years passed, and the guy not only hadn't died; his body had miraculously improved somewhat.

It's practically an indestructible little cockroach!

Heijue felt as if the sky itself had collapsed.

This guy still clings to Madara Uchiha daily, preventing it from covertly guiding Madara.

Heijue wishes that Hashirama would just die of illness like that!

Senju Hashirama's existence, for its plan—

—is simply an uncertain factor.

It seems it needs to devise a way to make Senju Hashirama die sooner.

Oh right, there's also that chef the two often mention!

What kind of culinary skill could make the two remember it constantly?

If that chef's cooking is truly excellent, once it successfully revives its mother, it could become the mother's exclusive chef.

The mother was sealed on YueQiu for several thousand years; after being released, she can eat delicacies to ease her melancholy.

After all, having been sealed that long, and Heijue being the mother's child, of course Heijue must consider the mother.

However, it still doesn't know what that chef looks like.

"They say he seems to be from the Senju Clan."

Heijue murmured softly, then his form merged back into the ground, moving swiftly toward Konoha.

It wants to see whether that Senju Chu Zi truly lives up to the exaggerated rumors.

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"Uncle Lianye, we've come to see you."

At the Qianshou Feijian Residence, Lian Ye was leisurely sunbathing in the courtyard when he saw that brat Gangshou dash in, with Zilaoye and Orochimaru following behind her.

"Xiaogang, why did you come?"

"Uncle Lianye, look what this is?!" Gangshou proudly took a test paper out of her backpack.

"Is it that you need a parent's signature, but your grades are poor, you're afraid to let Shuihu Ayi know, so you came to me?"

Lian Ye cheerfully took the test paper, wanting to see just how low Gangshou's score was.

But when he saw the conspicuous 100 written in red ink on the paper, he was instantly stunned.

One hundred points? How could that be?!

"Hee hee hee, Uncle Lianye, I scored a perfect hundred on today's exam!"

Lian Ye stared blankly at the smug Gangshou, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes.

After a long silence, he said in a stern tone, "Gangshou, did you cheat, you brat!"

He simply could not believe that the brat Gangshou could achieve a perfect score.

Either she cheated, or the questions were too easy.

Gangshou: "???"

Zilaoye and Orochimaru: "???"

"Do you still need to cheat to get a perfect score on a theory class?" Zilaoye muttered.

Although his theory grades were poor, this time he managed to score sixty.

Hearing this, Lian Ye thought the questions must have been overly simple.

"First, let me see the questions."

He cast a critical gaze at the questions, propping his chin as he fell into thought.

"This question is rather interesting."

"Orochimaru, which question did Lord Lian Ye refer to?" Zilaoye whispered.

"It seems to be the first question…" Orochimaru's mouth twitched.

He finally realized who the legendary senior spoken of around the school was…

"The first question isn't a giveaway… um um…"

Zilaoye hadn't finished speaking when Orochimaru covered his mouth.

"Shh—"

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ps: barring any surprises, I'll start guaranteeing at least three chapters a day, yee yee yee…