Chapter 205: Events Continue

Minato closed his eyes tightly, as if trying to calm the waves in his heart and sort out his tangled thoughts.

After a long while, he slowly opened his eyes.

There was a deep sense of powerlessness in the depths of those eyes.

"This disaster was indeed caused by Lady Yuxi." Minato's voice was low and hoarse, "She admitted it herself. She doesn't care about the casualties in the ninja world at all."

At this point, Minato's body trembled slightly.

He seemed to recall the scene of confrontation with Yu Xi.

"Then, I mustered up the courage and questioned her..." Minato's words were suddenly interrupted.

His face turned even paler, and a thin layer of sweat even appeared on his forehead. "In the end, she beat me without saying a word, even though I already knew that Master Yuxi was terrifyingly powerful..."

Minato's voice became weaker and weaker, until it was almost inaudible.

Jiraiya's expression also became extremely solemn, and he stared at Minato.

He asked, "Does she not care about her life at all? Then how strong do you think she is?"

Minato smiled bitterly and said slowly: "In a sense...she does possess god-like power. In front of her, we may be as insignificant as ants to humans."

Tsunade seemed relatively calm, as if she was no longer surprised by Yuxi's powerful strength.

She interrupted and said, “Sister Yuxi’s strength is unquestionable. There is nothing to comment on this.”

Minato was silent for a moment, then continued, "What the Great Toad Sage said is correct... She caused this meteorite disaster just to test her own strength."

His words shocked everyone present, especially Kushina.

Her eyes widened, and she shouted in disbelief: "Using the lives of tens of thousands of people to test your own strength?!"

Minato held his wife Kushina's hand tightly with an anxious look on his face.

She said with a slightly trembling voice: "Kushina, promise me that you will never go to find Yuxi. We... have no chance of winning at all."

Kushina looked into her husband's eyes which were filled with worry and fear.

Although he was very unwilling in his heart, he nodded helplessly to show his agreement.

At this tense moment, the door of the ward was suddenly pushed open with a loud "bang".

Shizune rushed in panicked, her face pale.

There were a few beads of sweat on his forehead, obviously he had been running all the way.

"Lady Tsunade! It's bad! Uchiha Sasuke has defected!" Shizune's voice was filled with fear and anxiety.

"What?" Tsunade stood up suddenly as if struck by lightning when she heard the news, "What on earth is going on? When did it happen?"

"Just now!" Shizune panted and answered very quickly, "Sakura was found unconscious in the woods outside the village. When she woke up, she said that Sasuke left with the Sound Ninja!"

Jiraiya's expression also became serious in an instant.

He frowned and muttered, "That Orochimaru guy...after all, he attacked Sasuke."

When Minato heard this, he became even more anxious.

He struggled to sit up from the bed, muttering: "No, I must stop him..."

Seeing this, Tsunade quickly reached out and held Minato down.

She said sternly, "You can't even get out of bed right now, so stop causing trouble for us."

She turned to look at Jiraiya and ordered decisively: "Go find Kakashi immediately and tell him about this. Make sure to bring Uchiha Sasuke back to me!"

Outside the window, the night sky was torn apart by a dazzling flash of lightning, as if a huge wound was torn in the sky.

Accompanied by dazzling light, the entire dark world was instantly illuminated.

In the distance, thunder rumbled.

At the same time, in the dense forest outside Konoha Village.

Sasuke was following closely behind the Four Sound Ninjas, their figures moving quickly in the darkness like ghosts.

His Sharingan flashed an eerie red light in the darkness.

Like a burning flame, it revealed his inner resentment and anger.

In his mind, the scene of fighting with Naruto kept replaying.

Sasuke clenched his teeth tightly, the frustration in his heart surging like a tide.

"That last-place guy...actually surpassed me..." Sasuke muttered to himself.

His voice was particularly clear in the silent forest, "If this continues... I will never be able to surpass Itachi..."

Thinking of this, Sasuke's fists clenched unconsciously, his nails dug deeply into his palms, and his breathing became rapid.

He continued to follow the four Sound Ninjas, heading towards an unknown destination.

In the mansion in the back mountains of Konoha.

The wind before the rain blew through the bamboo forest, making a rustling sound.

Yuxi stood on tiptoe, took the last white kimono from the clothesline, folded it and put it in the bamboo basket.

She looked up at the sky and saw dark clouds gathering.

"It's going to rain soon! Sister Kaguya." Yuxi's voice was cheerful.

Kaguya Otsutsuki came from the other side, holding some packed clothes in her hands.

Her long silver hair fluttered gently in the wind, and the Rinnegan on her forehead flickered slightly. "Yes, it looks like it will rain heavily."

She responded gently, her voice like the clear sound of a mountain stream.

The two walked side by side to the eaves.

Huiye put the clothes on the low table in the corridor and turned to look at Yuxi: "You didn't beat that young man to death today?"

Yuxi was bending over to sort the clothes in the bamboo basket, and paused when she heard this.

When she raised her head, there was a bit of confusion on her face: "Weren't you sleeping at that time, Sister Kaguya?"

"When you woke up, I was already awake." Kaguya sat down on the corridor, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for each of them.

"I just plan to sleep a little longer." The aroma of tea filled the moist air before the rain.

Yuxi put down the work in his hands and sat opposite Kaguya.

She picked up the teacup, but did not drink it immediately. Instead, she stared at her reflection in the cup.

"That young man is the Fourth Hokage of Konoha Village, Minato Namikaze," she said calmly, as if discussing today's weather, "and the husband of little girl Kushina."

A flash of lightning streaked across the sky, illuminating Yuxi's delicate face.

There was a flash of impatience in her golden eyes: "He asked about the meteorite disaster, and I admitted that I did it."

"Then he said something about how so many people died in the ninja world, and he was talking so much nonsense..." Yu Xi curled her lips, "So annoying so early in the morning!"

Kaguya listened quietly without interrupting.

There was a faint sound of thunder in the distance, as if responding to Yuxi's emotions.

"So I appeared in front of him in an instant—" Yu Xi suddenly stood up, and her movements were so fast that they almost left an afterimage.

She bent her right knee slightly and made a light push-up motion, "Just like that, hit him in the abdomen with your knee."

She shrugged and sat down again. "He fainted from the pain and bled a lot. I don't know if he's dead or not."

Raindrops began to fall, a few scattered drops at first, and soon formed into a line.

The rain curtain isolates the courtyard from the outside world, forming a private world.

Kaguya put down the teacup and looked into the distance through the rain: "You are always like this, you don't know how to control your strength."

There was a hint of helpless doting in her reproach.

"What does it matter? We'll die sooner or later anyway." Yu Xi pouted like a little girl being scolded by her sister.

"Besides, he and little girl Kushina are alive now because I saved them out of kindness." She reached out to catch the raindrops falling from the eaves and watched the water droplets break in her palm.

Kaguya shook her head slightly, "That little girl named Kushina will be sad."

Yuxi took a sip of tea and fell into deep thought.

Did I go a bit too far?