The Hokage, having traveled here, of course he'd unify the ninja world!

Chapter 401 Awakening

"What happened to Qianyao? Why didn't any of you tell me?" Liuli said angrily.

The two who entered were Qianyao's younger sister, Liuli, and Zhiyu.

Qianyao hadn't told the two of them about his injury, and now he's been unconscious for several days and still hasn't woken up.

Since Qianyao didn't go back, Liuli and Zhiyu naturally went to Orochimaru's laboratory.

Orochimaru told the two women directly that Chiyo had been injured.

He'll wake up by this afternoon at the latest, which is why the two of them rushed over.

Karin's face flushed red, and she stammered, "I...don't know."

Zhiyu patted Liuli: "Alright, how would Karin know to inform us..."

Then she whispered in Ruri's ear, "Karin is only 10 years old."

Liuli immediately realized what was happening and said somewhat apologetically:

"I'm sorry, Karin. I'm not blaming you. I'm just saying that nobody came to tell us. Do you know what kind of injury my brother suffered?"

Karin now has the physique of an adult, so Ruri subconsciously ignores Karin's age and forgets that she is just a child.

Karin said somewhat shyly:

"No, actually I don't know what kind of injury Master suffered, but Orochimaru said that Master will be unconscious for a while and will wake up soon, so don't worry too much."

Karin couldn't possibly be unaware of this, after all, she was one of the people directly involved in the rescue.

But being careless doesn't mean being truly stupid, and Karin quickly pretended to be clueless as well.

Moreover, she always felt particularly guilty when she saw Liuli.

"You've come at the right time. I'm a little hungry. I'll go eat first and come back later."

Karin concocted a perfect excuse for herself: it was lunchtime anyway.

He then dashed outside in a flash.

"Ah... Karin... Karin..."

Ruri called out twice, but Karin ignored her and quickly disappeared.

"...Sister Zhiyu, why is Karin acting so strangely?"

Liuli felt that something seemed a little strange, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

Zhiyu was also completely confused: "I don't know, could it be that I'm hungry?"

Ruri knew that Karin was a huge eater, so it was reasonable for her to feel a little anxious when she was hungry.

The two arrived at Qianyao's bedside and saw that Qianyao was sleeping peacefully. They didn't know how badly Qianyao was injured.

With Karin's abilities, Chiyo didn't have a single external injury on her body; it was as if she were asleep.

"My brother is already the Hokage of Konoha, how could he be injured?"

Liuli asked, puzzled.

Zhiyu glanced around the ward and saw that there were basically no surveillance cameras, indicating that Qianyao's injuries were not serious.

"This is inevitable in the ninja world. Chiyo used to get injured all the time, don't you remember?"

Three years ago, Chiyo was also frequently injured, but in recent years his strength has increased, and basically no one can break through Susanoo's defense.

Either it's not the real person, in which case there's no possibility of injury.

Even for Qianyao, this incident was completely unexpected.

Liuli leaned against the bedside, propped her head up with her hand, and looked at Qianyao.

“My brother used to say that once I recovered, I wouldn’t have to work so hard anymore.”

"Now that I'm fully recovered, my brother is getting busier and busier."

She reached out and poked Qianyao's cheek: "I don't want my brother to be so busy."

Huh, why is there an oily fingerprint on it?

Suddenly, a hand grasped Liuli's fingers, and a gentle voice came:

"The greater the ability, the greater the ambition. You're still young, you don't understand this."

"Brother, you're awake!" Liuli was overjoyed to see that Qianyao had opened his eyes.

Qianyao nodded, pressed his upper abdomen, and then sat up.

"Why are you here?"

Zhiyu gave Qianyao a reproachful look: "Why didn't anyone tell us you were injured?"

"You haven't come back for so long, we only found out you were injured after asking Orochimaru."

"Um……"

Qian Yao casually responded. He hadn't told his two family members that he was injured, naturally because he had given them instructions.

After all, this didn't serve much purpose other than making the two women worry.

It seems that no one told them they had a brush with death, otherwise they wouldn't have reacted this way.

"I wasn't seriously injured, I just needed to rest, and now I'm all better."

As he spoke, Qianyao got out of bed, walked around on the floor for a bit, and spread his arms to indicate that he was perfectly fine.

Although she saw that Qianyao was in good condition, Liuli still wrinkled her nose to show her dissatisfaction:

"Hmph, just tell me first next time!"

Qianyao smiled and ruffled Liuli's hair:

"I have important things to take care of. You two go back first. I'll go home for dinner tonight."

"Brother, you just woke up and you already have to deal with official business?" Liuli's face showed her displeasure.

Qianyao winked at Zhiyu, who then had no choice but to come over and coax Liuli:

"Chiyo is Hokage now, so things must be very important."

Liuli looked Qianyao up and down, and only after confirming that Qianyao was alright did she reluctantly follow Zhiyu away.

"Come home early tonight, brother."

"Okay, got it!"

"Ah……"

Family can never replace you.

Qianyao arrived at the washroom in a cheerful mood.

Ok?

He touched his face; there was an oily fingerprint on it.

Qianyao wiped it clean and took a slight sniff.

What does takoyaki taste like?

Who put it there?

He didn't pay much attention, quickly washed up, and sat on the bed.

This injury served as a wake-up call for him, and thankfully Minato was there to get him to the operating table in an instant.

Otherwise, Qianyao would have died directly.

Chiyo also learned his lesson. Although Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan has been destroyed by him, Kaguya will not appear.

However, there are still other Otsutsuki-level powers existing.

It's unclear when the Golden Grape will descend upon the ninja world, but Jigen is still alive.

If Cixian were to make a move, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to defeat him.

In this world, strength is still the most important thing.

Reaching the level of Qianyao makes further improvement very difficult.

It requires a lot of time to practice, and you may even encounter bottlenecks.

However, Chiyo's initial intention in establishing the Uchiha Kindergarten was to prepare for future improvements.

At this moment, Qianyao opened the interface of the Star of Bonds.

I want to think about my path to becoming stronger.

"what?"

Chiyo was surprised to find that Karin's bond levels one through four had all been unlocked.

Is it because of precocious puberty?

Qianyao seemed to be deep in thought as he continued to look through the bonds of the other people.

Although a large number of people have reached level four bond, there is only so much body capacity, and they can only stare helplessly if they can't fit in any more.

Qianyao continued scrolling down and saw two more, Yin Jiuwei and Yang Jiuwei, both of which had reached level three synergy.

Tsk, these two foxes are much easier to win over than I thought. They really are cold on the outside but warm on the inside, proud and arrogant.

No wonder he became Naruto's and Minato's partners.

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