I simultaneously traverse countless worlds

In fact, the village leaders, such as Jiraiya, the Fourth Raikage, and the Third Tsuchikage, all had general information about the Shinobi Alliance's training and employment programs for ninja soldiers and police. They also tried to conduct round-the-clock training for ninjas under the control of the Anbu and other organizations, rather than training in their spare time while carrying out missions. However, even if they wanted to carry out reforms, the funds and resources they had were insufficient to support the reform of the entire ninja village.

Right now, Yamanaka Ino wasn't thinking too much about it. She was simply curious about the people passing by. They seemed like refugees with their families, yet they were being escorted by ninja soldiers from the Ninja Alliance, which made them seem rather strange.

"That's strange. They seem to be fleeing, but it doesn't look like it..."

Compared to Yamanaka Ino's curiosity, Hyuga Hinata was more meticulous. She did not activate the power of the Tenseigan, but simply used her superior eyesight to observe the nearly two hundred people. She then discovered some traces worth observing. However, looking at the group of people who were obviously quite familiar with each other, she began to carefully consider and then put forward her own opinion.

It should be said that Hinata Hyuga has more outstanding observational skills. This is because before she awakened the Tenseigan, her Byakugan bloodline limit was known for its reconnaissance abilities, and the Tenseigan's advantages in this regard are indeed very strong!

"It should be said that Hinata guessed correctly!"

Hearing Ino Yamanaka and Hinata Hyuga's conversation, Li Mo gently stroked Hinata's hair, affirming her earlier suggestion. Then, looking at the refugees with expressions of relief and bewilderment, a hint of sigh flashed in his eyes, but his tone was disdainful as he said, "These are from the Land of Fire. They couldn't bear the high taxes levied by the daimyo and nobles, so they chose to flee to the Shinobi Alliance. The rule of those daimyo and nobles is truly lamentable..."

Well, as the highest boss of the Ninja World Alliance, Li Mo naturally knew all the news about the border market. The group of refugees in front of him who had fled their homes to the Ninja World Alliance to make a living were not the first batch of refugees recruited by the border market. In fact, it could be said that the act of recruiting refugees was a method that Li Mo had prepared in advance.

After all, when Li Mo set up his flag in the Rainbow Country, the country's population was just over 100,000, which could be considered a remote and small country in the ninja world. If the population was far from enough compared to Li Mo's goal, then he could just import people.

With the impetus of the Third Shinobi World War, Li Mo developed the Rainbow Country while exchanging various resources for people, which gave him a base of more than six million people when he attacked the Land of Water and the Hidden Mist Village. After successively swallowing the Land of Water, the Land of the Sea, and the Land of Wind, the population of the Shinobi Alliance exceeded twenty million, which barely reached one-third of the combined forces, but they were still short of people.

Fortunately, the ninja world is not simply a technological world. The lack of industrial population prevents a situation like the Cold War era in Li Mo's previous life, where the Red Bear was disintegrated and dragged down by America's larger size. On the contrary, the Ninja Alliance has completed industrialization. The three major powers and a group of smaller countries in the united camp are still limited by their own interests and it is difficult to change. The occasional changes and improvements are completely incomparable to the Ninja Alliance.

To give a simple example, the chakra armor worn by the ninja soldiers of the Shinobi Alliance is already the third generation product, and it has been used to equip more than 100,000 ninja soldiers. Even the police of the Shinobi Alliance use the improved blast-proof chakra armor that was phased out by the ninja army. Several years ago, the allied forces knew that the Shinobi Alliance had chakra armor and various chakra-powered equipment, but due to the interests of various parties within the alliance, they currently only have a small number of elite units equipped with it.

In particular, through the intelligence network of the Shadow Soldiers, Li Mo discovered that the three great nations and the three great ninja villages had simultaneously established chakra armor research and development projects, but they had not communicated or exchanged information with each other. Instead, they were trying to spy on the research and development data of the chakra armor and other scientific research projects of the Ninja Alliance and even their own allies...

Well, seeing this situation, Li Mo could only say that it was really realistic. If the three great nations, the three great ninja villages, and a bunch of smaller forces with many grudges and entanglements in the past were to coexist peacefully and share technological research and resources, then there would have been no Warring States period in the ninja world. Now, the fact that the countries and ninja villages in the united camp are joining forces is simply because they are facing the threat of the Ninja World Alliance.

Even when faced with the threat of the Ninja World Alliance, each party in the united camp prioritizes its own interests. For example, Iwagakure and Konoha would not allow Kumogakure to rashly enter the country where the two major ninja villages are located. As for the daimyo and nobles, expecting them to empty their coffers to support them is pure fantasy.

The daimyo and nobles of those countries, who desire wealth and enjoyment, have been collecting gold, silver, and scarce goods from caravans of the Rainbow Country since the Third Shinobi World War in exchange for people they consider unimportant. Now that they are hostile to the Shinobi World Alliance, will they suddenly become vegetarians?

In reality, while the daimyo and nobles of the various countries in the allied forces might fear being swallowed up by the behemoth that is the Ninja World Alliance, expecting them to sacrifice their homes to support their military forces and various ninja villages was simply impossible. In the early stages of the alliance's formation, the daimyo and nobles expended considerable resources, but finding that the Ninja World Alliance did not launch an attack, coupled with the prolonged and enormous drain on their resources, they quickly turned their attention to the common people and merchants in their own territories, and raising taxes became commonplace.

In any case, the daimyo and nobles regarded the common people in their territories as nothing more than talking livestock. Exploiting the common people was commonplace in the past. Now that their pockets were empty, they immediately set their sights on merchants and common people. The big merchants in the ninja world were not easy to deal with, as they each had powerful backers. Medium and small merchants could barely catch their breath after being ripped off, but the common people had no other choice.

Even in the Land of Fire, the most fertile land, ordinary people could only manage to eat about 70% of their fill by farming. But once the swords of the daimyo and nobles were wielded, those who could barely afford to eat quickly went bankrupt. Scenes of selling their children and even becoming slaves were commonplace, and any desperate attempts to resist were swiftly suppressed.

As a result, the infiltration team dispatched by Li Mo did not have much effort to get a large number of civilians from the Land of Fire to flee. It was not uncommon for refugees to flee from the border market like this. There were even refugees from the Land of Earth and the Land of Rain who fled over!

"Could this be what Mo once meant by 'those who eat meat are base'?"

After hearing Li Mo's general explanation, even Yamanaka Ino, who knew what kind of people the daimyo and nobles of the various ninja countries were when she was studying at school, widened her beautiful eyes and couldn't help but sigh as she watched the refugees fleeing their homeland of the Land of Fire leave.

"I think this is the correct way to describe it, right..."

Hinata Hinata tilted her head in response to Yamanaka Ino's words, agreeing with her friend's assessment. However, looking at her lover's ambiguous smile, Hinata's heart stirred, and she began to reflect. Unable to find anything she had overlooked, she couldn't help but look at Li Mo and tentatively ask him a question.

It should be said that Hinata Hyuga's personality is much more cheerful than in the original Naruto anime, but she is still somewhat shy and introverted. When facing enemies, she is able to fight hard for her friends and loved ones. After successfully upgrading from the Byakugan to the Tenseigan, Hinata Hyuga's strength rose to the Kage level. With the powerful Tenseigan, she can even threaten Super Kage level, and she continues to grow stronger with age.

In comparison, Tsunade, Mei Terumi, and Pakura are about the same as Hinata Hyuga in terms of potential. However, Anko Mitarashi, Kurenai Yuhi, Yugito the Two-Tails, Samui, and Shizune are much less capable than Hinata Hyuga in this regard. Unless they can create their own bloodline limit or combine it with abilities like the Reisenjutsu, in the ninja world that values ​​the Otsutsuki bloodline, they would have to put in at least a hundred times more effort to become stronger on their own.

Hearing Hinata Hyuga's words, Li Mo nodded slightly and then shook his head. He then looked at Hinata Hyuga, Ino Yamanaka, Samui, and Yugito Two-Tailed Beast, pointed to the refugees outside who were almost leaving the border market, and said meaningfully:

"No, Hinata, Ino, Samui and Yukito, the so-called 'carnivores are despicable' is actually just about their own interests!"

Chapter 64 Are meat-eaters despicable? They only care about their own interests!

Those who eat meat are base and incapable of long-term planning!

Before Li Mo transmigrated, many people used this ancient saying to ridicule those in power, saying that they were short-sighted and lacked foresight.

Li Mo used to believe this saying to some extent, but after being brutally beaten by society and experiencing many things after transmigrating, he realized that the saying "those who eat meat are base and cannot plan for the future" did not really mean that those guys were stupid. In fact, their seemingly foolish actions were just to protect their own interests.

The most typical example is the encounter of Li Mo in the world of martial arts films and television dramas in the late Qing Dynasty. The most troublesome enemies he faced when he raised an army were not the bannermen and bannermen who were regarded as the base of the Qing Dynasty, but the local militias formed by the gentry and landlords. Their fighting power and fighting will were much higher. Even when they were defeated and retreated to the countryside, they still disrupted the local area and tried to return to the rule of the Qing Dynasty.

It's not that those gentry and landlords were all masochists; it's purely that they were considering their own interests. Things like "overthrow the Qing and restore the Ming" were unlikely to win over those gentry and landlords who had gained huge profits from the Qing Dynasty, let alone Li Mo, who was there to settle scores with them after the uprising.

After all, the ruling order of the Qing Dynasty was based on a system of checks and balances between the major and minor officials. It arranged for its own core bannermen and soldiers to be stationed in various major and key cities. The gentry and landlords were arbitrarily divided and disintegrated by it, yet they were given the power to exploit ordinary people. For example, the gentry and landlords had the right to exploit ordinary villagers and even find an excuse to destroy their families.

At the same time, the Qing dynasty directly destroyed the inheritance of various military books and resolutely suppressed any signs of advanced technology. In the early days, the blood and corpses of countless people frightened the local gentry and landlords. They also pretended to be preparing to integrate into the Celestial Empire by opening the imperial examination system, which immediately led those so-called well-read gentry and landlords to choose to submit. As a result, the Qing dynasty's rule became quite stable. If anyone occasionally gathered a rebellion, it was easily suppressed by local militias.

For the gentry and landlords, the wealth and honor that the Qing Dynasty could offer was far beyond what slogans like "overthrow the Qing and restore the Ming" could provide. Moreover, it was a rebellion of peasants that these bigwigs looked down upon. Even when the Qing Dynasty's military strength weakened later, it was still able to maintain its rule by virtue of its nominal status and the gentry and landlords it had won over. This continued until the invasion of Westerners in the industrial age, which marked the final end of its ruling order.

It's no exaggeration to say that if Li Mo hadn't encountered the colonial invasions of European countries that were ushering in the Industrial Age, which repeatedly defeated the Qing Dynasty and caused its authority to crumble, thus triggering a sense of crisis among the common people and leading to change, the Qing Dynasty might have maintained its rule for another hundred years or so...

Well, we've strayed a bit from the topic. Looking at the actual situation in the ninja world, some of the actions of those daimyo and nobles, which seem incredibly foolish, are actually driven by their own self-interest. Calling them truly foolish would be an exaggeration. Their shrewdness and ruthlessness in protecting their own interests are astonishing.

Without going into other details, the daimyo of the five great nations made a significant contribution in secretly promoting the Ninja World War. Otherwise, the Ninja Village Era, which began in Konoha, would have lasted only forty or fifty years, yet three extremely brutal Ninja World Wars had already been fought. Without the behind-the-scenes efforts of the daimyo and nobles of the five great nations, the conflicts and contradictions between the five great ninja villages alone would have made it difficult to provoke three brutal Ninja World Wars in such a short time.

To put it bluntly, the five great ninja villages paid a heavy price in the First Shinobi World War. Logically, the Second and Third Shinobi World Wars should have been separated by a longer period of time. Only when the ninjas who had experienced the brutal Shinobi World Wars were almost all dead, and the new generation of ninjas faced the struggle for interests, could a new war break out.

The reality is that the other four ninja villages were wary of Konoha's greater development potential and the implicit support from their respective daimyo and nobles. Less than thirty years after their defeat in the First Shinobi World War, the Second and Third Shinobi World Wars broke out one after another. Moreover, according to the original plot of "Naruto," without the behind-the-scenes manipulators like Obito Uchiha and Black Zetsu, the Fourth Shinobi World War would have been inevitable sooner or later, and it was either Sunagakure or Kumogakure that started it.

The reason is very simple: the Sand Village's funding has been severely cut by the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, and it can only rely on the Fourth Kazekage to make money to maintain its operation. It was forced to change the Ninja Academy to an elite training system. The Cloud Village, on the other hand, is fully supported by the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning, and its development speed is very fast and its strength is very strong. Both of these great ninja villages have an urgent desire to change the status quo, and the simplest way is to change it through war.

As for the daimyo, they remained firmly seated behind the scenes, their power and influence largely unaffected by the Fourth Shinobi World War. They continued their lives as usual, singing, dancing, and chasing women, even treating the battles between the major ninja villages as a bloody spectacle in the arena.

When the Ninja World Alliance was first established, the daimyo and nobles of various countries mobilized their forces to unite the three major nations, the three major ninja villages, and other smaller forces to form a united front against the Ninja World Alliance.

Similarly, the daimyo of various countries, the nobles, and even the village chiefs of the ninja villages, all acted out of self-interest, and none of them dared to be the first to risk their lives against the powerful ninja alliance. Even the Kumogakure village, which had the best relationship with the daimyo of the Land of Lightning, was extremely cautious on this issue.

Even though the Fourth Raikage of Kumogakure acted recklessly, the other high-ranking members of Kumogakure were not fools. They were not like Konoha and Iwagakure, which directly bordered the Shinobi Alliance by land. Those two great shinobi villages did not fight to the death, so why should they fight to the death for the interests of other shinobi villages and countries? Moreover, even if Kumogakure wanted to send shinobi troops into the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth, they would disagree and even put forward conditions.

Anyway, Li Mo learned through the shadow soldiers who acted as intelligence that the Cloud Village proposed to borrow a passage and to lead a ninja army to garrison it, with all daily expenses to be paid by the Land of Fire or the Land of Earth. The Leaf Village and the Rock Village proposed that the Cloud Village would provide 3,000 ninja troops, pay half of the expenses, and give them command.

The result was that neither side would make concessions on command and logistics. Even a fool would know how much trouble it would cause if the Cloud Village's ninja army were stationed there with independent command and garrison. The Cloud Village would also not relinquish command of its own ninja army, otherwise it would truly be a fool sending cannon fodder to its doorstep.

As a result, it was discovered that the Ninja Alliance did not intend to start a war immediately. In the end, Konoha, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure failed to reach an agreement, and the three major ninja villages ended up stationed in the three major countries, while the smaller Gin-gakure villages and Amegakure banded together for mutual support.

Even the three major ninja villages and several smaller ninja villages with a strong sense of crisis act in this way. The daimyo and nobles of the three major countries and a group of smaller countries, for their own interests, naturally did many things that seemed brainless to others, but were actually all for their own benefit. For example, in many private ports of the Land of Lightning and the Land of Fire, merchant ships of the Ninja World Alliance would dock at night from time to time and transport large quantities of goods in.

Similar to the situation at the border markets, these private ports are secretly supported by nobles and even daimyo. The various industrial products and grains transported from the Ninja Alliance are sold at a high price, and the profits are enough to tempt nobles and even daimyo. So don't expect daimyo and nobles to stop this smuggling operation.

Even if some intelligent people can see that the Ninja Alliance is secretly dumping large quantities of industrial products and goods into the Allied camp in exchange for rare minerals or specialties from various countries, which is suffocating the industries of those countries, just because you can see it doesn't mean that this problem can be solved. When it comes to protecting their own interests, those daimyo and nobles are all die-hards and will never give up the benefits they have gained.

Faced with the threat of the Ninja Alliance, the daimyo and nobles of various countries will not give up their rights and status. Similarly, when they discover that they can obtain a lot of wealth from the Ninja Alliance's private transactions, these daimyo and nobles will not let go. Therefore, it is perfectly normal for the Ninja Alliance to use this opportunity to absorb the human resources of the allied forces. Even if it is the three major ninja villages and a bunch of small ninja villages, they can at most try to plant some spies among the refugees. They really can't do anything else.

Even in the Hidden Cloud Village, the Hidden Leaf Village, and several smaller ninja villages, there were people secretly involved in related smuggling and trading. Otherwise, with the funds and supplies allocated by the daimyo and nobles, and after the ninja villages had drawn a large portion of their ninjas to form a standing ninja army for guard duty, the remaining ninjas' commissions for completing assigned tasks would simply not be enough to cover the expenses of expanding the army and increasing equipment research.

Li Mo welcomed these allied forces, and he tried his best to delay taking action. Now, it was almost time for the Chunin Exams in the original Naruto storyline, and the Ninja Alliance was ready for war and could launch an attack on the allied forces at any time.

The reason is simple: Li Mo knows that the Ninja Alliance he now controls has accumulated strength over the past few years and is no longer flawed. Even if he doesn't take action, the Ninja Alliance can easily take down the Allied Forces!

Chapter 65 The Powerful Ninja Alliance

Compared to a few years ago, the changes on the united front side are not significant. The balance of power between the three major powers and a group of smaller countries remains unchanged. At most, the strength of the three major ninja villages has increased slightly, and the total number of standing ninja troops has exceeded 50,000!

Don't underestimate this number. During the Fourth Shinobi World War, the five great ninja villages combined only had 80,000 ninja soldiers. The three great ninja villages now have a standing ninja army of 50,000 just stationed on the borders and strategic points of the three great nations. Add to that the other ninjas who take on missions and are stationed in the villages, and it can be said that the current strength of the three great ninja villages is definitely much stronger than at the same time in the original story. It wouldn't be a problem for them to raise 100,000 ninja soldiers.

Even small ninja villages like Yugakure, Takigakure, and Kusagakure have at least doubled their number of ninjas in the past few years. Half of these ninjas have been formed into a standing ninja army and sent to the front lines of the Land of Rain to be stationed alongside Amegakure ninjas.

These ninja troops, a mix of the three major ninja villages and a group of smaller ones, were of decent quality. In particular, the ninja troops formed by the three major ninja villages had more than a third of their members at the Chunin level, and a small number of elites were even equipped with replica chakra armor. If any one of the three major ninja villages in the Third Shinobi World War had the strength they have now, the Third Shinobi World War would probably not have ended in a five-way defeat.

This doesn't even include the military forces held by the daimyo and nobles of the three major ninja villages and other smaller ninja villages. While the elite forces they can muster may not be as strong as those of regular ninja villages, they can still field over 300,000 cannon fodder and tens of thousands of ninja soldiers, so they are definitely not weak.

The problem is that compared to the Ninja World Alliance, the combined forces are really not enough. A few years ago, the Ninja World Alliance could mobilize more than 200,000 genin-level armed forces, and if they fought desperately, they could even double that number. Now, after several years of rapid development, the Ninja World Alliance has more than 100,000 regular elite ninjas alone, and even more when they cooperate with the police and reserve ninjas.

This is not the kind of ninja army that the three major ninja villages or even the smaller ninja villages use genin to fill in. These are ninja soldiers belonging to the Shinobi World Alliance with the lowest strength of senior chunin. Wearing chakra armor, they could probably take on ten ordinary chunin. They could also fight against special jonin who don't have any secret techniques or bloodline limits. And that doesn't even include the heavy military equipment provided to the Shinobi World Alliance's ninja army. If they really launched a full-scale attack, it would be very difficult for the guys in the alliance to withstand such an offensive head-on.

At the same time, the Ninja Alliance has a considerable number of experts. There are five super-Kage level experts, and the number of Kage level experts is already in the double digits. The number of quasi-Kage level, elite Jonin and regular Jonin can be described as hundreds or thousands. It can be said that the power of a centralized country is far greater than that of a single ninja village, and the gap is getting bigger and bigger as you go further.

It's not that there aren't smart people in the allied camp who have noticed this problem, but just as Li Mo said, due to the fact that they are only concerned with their own interests, the allied camp, which is a mix of forces including the three great nations and the three great ninja villages, has no one interested in sacrificing themselves for the greater good, so naturally, progress is very slow.

Even if there were smart people on the united front who knew the situation was bad, it was difficult for them to change the overall trend of the united front, unless they learned Li Mo's method of eliminating the insects. Unfortunately, no one in the united front had the strength and courage to do so!

………………

Li Mo chatted with Yamanaka Ino and Hyuga Hinata, with Samui and Two-Tailed Yugito occasionally chiming in. The group leisurely rested at the inn in the border market, preparing to wait for Yamanaka Ino and Hyuga Hinata to finish exploring the border market before deciding whether to continue their visit to the capital of the Land of Fire or Konoha Village.

For Li Mo, his current strength has reached a critical point. Even though he returned twice to the [White Mist Space] during his free time in the past few years, unfortunately, apart from the soul power and physical power of the Li Mo from the three new worlds, the improvement brought to him by the three Li Mo counterparts from the ordinary world or the lower-level extraordinary world was negligible. It can be said that without the advancement of one Li Mo first or the appearance of a powerful Li Mo, it would be very difficult to advance rapidly.

Fortunately, Li Mo felt that his current strength was sufficient. After all, he had already raised his strength to a peak, and further improvement would probably not be something that could be achieved through hard work alone. Moreover, compared to other strong people in the Naruto world, he felt that he was completely capable. After all, the only people he could be wary of now were those from the Otsutsuki clan. Other powerful enemies were just ants that he could crush at will.

However, Li Mo's chat with Hinata and the others didn't last long. A sudden piece of news made him raise an eyebrow and his expression change slightly, which was noticed by the four beautiful women in the room. They then looked directly at their lovers!

"ink?!"

Seeing that Li Mo suddenly stopped the private chat, Samui was the first to react. She looked around at her surroundings with some vigilance. When she found that there were no unexpected people and she did not feel any chakra reaction from ninjutsu, the fair-skinned and beautiful blonde beauty and the other three beautiful girls looked at Li Mo. She even noticed that Li Mo's hand was still inside her clothes. She asked him with a mixture of helplessness and annoyance.

Indeed, Samui was very tolerant of her lover's actions. After all, they had been close in the past, and even Yugito the Two-Tails, Hinata Hyuga, and Ino Yamanaka had been completely open with each other. Naturally, she had no reservations when speaking to Li Mo!

"Ah, Samui, it's just that I just received some interesting news!"

Hearing Samui's slightly displeased voice, Li Mo snapped out of his daze, glanced at his slightly clenched hands, quickly loosened them, and gently patted Samui several times before explaining why he had been lost in thought. Then, turning to look at Hinata Hyuga sitting beside him, he put his arm around the girl's waist and said with a hint of amusement, "Hinata, it's news about you. Hiashi Hyuga, the head of the Hyuga main family, is coming to the border market to find you..."

When Li Mo told Hinata about this, he was somewhat moved, having learned about the situation through the shadow soldiers he had deployed in Hiashi Hyuga's territory and Hyuga clan lands. He realized that he might have underestimated how much Hiashi Hyuga valued his eldest daughter.

Or rather, the Hyuga clan has become more concerned about the outflow of the Hyuga main family's bloodline!

According to the Shadow Soldiers' report, Hiashi Hyuga gave orders to all members of the Hyuga branch family after Hinata Hyuga was taken away from Konoha, instructing them to pay attention to any news about Hinata Hyuga, and also to work hard to have Hanabi Hyuga two years later.

This is two or three years earlier than the original plot of "Naruto". It can be foreseen that after confirming Hinata Hyuga's disappearance, Hiashi Hyuga still wanted a new successor. As for Hinata Hyuga, the Hyuga clan never gave up searching for her whereabouts. In addition to putting up a bounty on the underground bounty office, they also secretly negotiated with the Hidden Cloud Village. It is not surprising that they asked other branch family members working in Konoha to pay attention.

Previously, Li Mo hadn't paid much attention to this. Apart from arranging for Hyuga Hizashi and a group of Hyuga branch family ninjas to release the Caged Bird Seal, he really didn't pay much attention to the movements of the Hyuga main family, even less than he did to the Uchiha clan!

"The head of the clan? Father, Mother..."

Faced with her lover's words, Hinata Hyuga's pretty face showed a complicated expression. When Li Mo took her away from Konoha Village, she was already several years old and did not remember her past life. At most, it was the experiences of the past few years and the influence of the [Seed of the Fiery Sun] that made Hinata Hyuga completely loyal to her lover. However, it does not mean that Hinata Hyuga herself had no feelings for her former family at all.

"Haha, Hinata, let me accompany you to see your father!"

Seeing Hinata's conflicted expression, Li Mo affectionately lowered his head and kissed the girl's pretty face. Then, he pulled the shy girl aside and spoke directly. His straightforward words filled Hinata with joy. If it weren't for Li Mo's help with training and Hinata's personality was no longer the extremely shy one from the original story, this kiss would probably have been enough to make Hinata faint from embarrassment.

In this regard, Li Mo's approach was clearly approved by the beautiful women. Even Samui and Yugito, who were originally from Kumogakure, had no objections. They also had relatives in Kumogakure, but they had already been taken out by the Ninja Alliance!

……

Three days later, in a secluded residence in a border market, Hiashi Hyuga, accompanied by several trusted men, sat looking at each other in bewilderment. Surrounding them were several elite ninja squads from the Shinobi World Alliance, there to "protect" their safety.

These elite ninja squads of the Shinobi World Alliance are all composed of at least Jonin-level ninjas, including many elite Jonin who are prominent figures in their respective ninja villages. The squad commanders are also at least elite Jonin-level. Occasionally, you might see a quasi-Kage-level expert with a bloodline limit serving as a squad commander, which is not surprising.

In fact, when Hyuga Hiashi and his group arrived near the border market, they were "friendly" "invited" to this secluded residence by three elite ninja squads. Hyuga Hiashi, who was knocked down in one encounter by a near-Kage-level expert skilled in genjutsu, looked at the luxurious lineup "protecting" him and felt an utter sense of absurdity. He never expected to receive such high-level treatment, which was probably enough to assassinate the Kage of the Five Great Ninja Villages.

After all, the strength of the Kage of each of the five great ninja villages varies. The First Hokage is a god-like figure, needless to say. The Third Raikage and the Third Tsuchikage are both top-tier Kage-level warriors. However, the Fourth Kazekage, whose strength barely reaches the Kage level, might not be able to withstand the ambush by these well-equipped elite teams from the Ninja World Alliance.

Fortunately, Hyuga Hiashi didn't hesitate for long before Li Mo brought Hyuga Hinata to this secluded residence. After both parties tacitly dismissed the surrounding bystanders, Li Mo looked at the somewhat agitated Hyuga Hiashi and said:

"Hello, Mr. Hiashi Hyuga!"