"Everyone!" Terumi Mei declared firmly. "I believe this incident may be related to that person with the purely white body. There's absolutely no connection whatsoever with Mr. Ye Liang."
A wave of remorse swept through the group.
"Mr. Ye Liang, we're sorry! We misunderstood you earlier."
"Lord Ye Liang, please forgive me too. What I did before was wrong!"
"Yeah, Lord Ye Liang, you're too noble to hold a grudge against nobodies like us, right?" Everyone hurriedly apologized.
But Onoki's face darkened by the second!
"Hmph! You've offended me, Ye Liang, and now you want to escape?" Seeing Onoki slowly heading toward the exit of the hall, Ye Liang coldly sneered.
At the same time, Ye Liang was already lunging forward.
Just as things seemed about to unfold, Hiruzen Sarutobi swiftly stepped in front of the Raikage. At that very moment, Ye Liang charged at Onoki.
"What are you doing?!" The Raikage was startled, but his body was held back by Hiruzen Sarutobi. He could only watch helplessly as Ye Liang sliced Onoki's body clean in half!
"Fshk!"
The sound of a blade cutting flesh echoed, yet not a drop of blood appeared.
As expected!
It's White Zetsu after all!
Ye Liang knew it at once.
Once sliced in half, Onoki's body rapidly transformed into two parts of a fully white humanoid form, exactly matching Ye Liang's past memories.
"Tch!" The Raikage inhaled sharply through his teeth, halting his movements alongside Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"This is White Zetsu," Ye Liang stated. "He can mimic others' appearances. If I'm not mistaken, Yagura has probably already been controlled by him. As for Onoki's current whereabouts, he may have fallen victim to a sneak attack during the Chunin Exams ceremony."
"If that's true, then things have gotten worse. Back then there were still many people at the venue. Now our biggest concern is whether they've also fallen victim to this thing's sabotage."
"Hm." Ye Liang nodded in agreement.
Each village leader quickly returned to check their own people's headcounts, while Ye Liang exchanged a deep gaze with Terumi Mei.
"Thank you again this time. Without you, I probably wouldn't have found any clues."
"Lord Ye Liang jokes," Terumi replied. "Without your help capturing Yagura, even if we noticed something suspicious about him, there would've been nothing we could do."
"Still, I never imagined Lord Ye Liang's strength would be so formidable. Even the Second Mizukage likely couldn't subdue Yagura, considering this guy possesses tailed beast chakra."
"Haha! That was nothing!" Ye Liang waved his hand casually and said no more.
After all, for Ye Liang, Terumi Mei was merely a fleeting acquaintance in life.
He never ran out of women—especially beautiful ones!
Everyone filed out of the Hokage office.
"If even Onoki was controlled by White Zetsu, then the other ninja are in serious danger."
"So what should we do now? Since you know about these creatures' existence, you must also know how to counteract them," Hiruzen Sarutobi anxiously asked.
"That goes without saying!"
Ye Liang already had an answer.
He immediately asked Hiruzen Sarutobi to start gathering the Sensor Ninjas in the village. Ye Liang planned to distribute part of his Nine-Tails Chakra to them. Once the Chakra was provided, these Sensor Ninjas' abilities would be significantly enhanced, making it possible to uncover all the White Zetsus hiding among the crowd.
Moreover, only a small group of people participated in this Chunin Exams!
"That's the plan!"
Soon, all the examinees participating in the Chunin Exams were gathered at Konoha's plaza. Ye Liang distributed a bit of Chakra to the Sensor Ninjas.
"White Zetsu, you won't escape!" Ye Liang coldly looked at the plaza, then closed his eyes and focused.
A surge of golden chakra flowed out from Ye Liang's body. It spread rapidly among all the Sensor Ninjas.
After receiving the Chakra, all the Sensor Ninjas immediately unleashed their spiritual energy.
"So powerful! This sensing ability is absolutely terrifying. I never imagined I would receive such a powerful Chakra supply in my lifetime. Lord Ye Liang is truly amazing!"
"That's right. I feel my spiritual power has been enhanced beyond tenfold!"
"Pfft! Tenfold? No, it's definitely a hundredfold enhancement. Lord Ye Liang is practically a god!"
The Sensor Ninjas thought anxiously.
Then, an invisible spiritual force, enhanced by Ye Liang, surged toward all the examinees. Unseen and undetected, those present weren't even aware they had been enveloped in this spiritual force.
Raikage and Hiruzen guarded both sides of the arena.
They acted as the executioners, especially Raikage. Due to his previous misunderstanding of Ye Liang, he now practically worshipped Ye Liang and enthusiastically volunteered to be Ye Liang's enforcer.
"Third row from the back—first person!" one of the Sensor Ninjas shouted harshly.
Raikage sprang into action!
Before the examinees could even react, one of Kumo's ninja was executed by Raikage. As the corpse hit the ground, it transformed into the pale, corpse-like form of a White Zetsu!
"Lord Raikage, you..." A few Kumo ninja were shocked but immediately silenced when they saw the body of the White Zetsu.
"Everyone! We had enemies among us capable of disguising themselves as our own people. So please help us identify them," Sarutobi Hiruzen comforted the crowd.
At this moment, Raikage moved again.
"The first row, third person!"
After quickly wiping out this group of White Zetsus, Ye Liang led Terumi Mei into the nearby woods.
"Lord Ye Liang, are you sure you really have a lead?" Terumi asked.
"Mm. If I'm not mistaken, the others should all be detained somewhere."
"Where?"
"You'll find out when we get there."
Ye Liang didn't directly reveal the answer.
Even though the infiltrating White Zetsus had been found, many doubts remained unresolved. For example, where was the real Onoki? Where had the replaced examinees gone?
"Hmph! No matter where you've hidden these people, I will find them!" Ye Liang muttered coldly.
This time, he was truly furious!
Ye Liang had always been easygoing and content with whatever life brought. However, there was one key trait about him that could not be overlooked.
He was terrified of dying—utterly petrified.
That's right. His life was now in serious danger, so he had no choice but to find that person! Crush him! Kill him!
Since everything happened in the Exam Forest, the kidnapped must still be somewhere inside it. In such a short time, unless they also possessed [Space-Time Ninjutsu], there's no way they could've moved so many hostages elsewhere.
Ye Liang swiftly leaped forward through the trees, while Terumi Mei was panting heavily as she tried to keep up behind him.
Despite being the future Mizukage, she couldn't match Ye Liang's speed at all.
His Shifting Body Technique had been further upgraded through completed missions. Although it couldn't rival the Flying Thunder God in speed, it was more than enough to outpace even a supercar!
In a short amount of time, even a Maserati couldn't keep up with Ye Liang.
"Gulp." Terumi Mei's throat tightened in fear.
Just then, she noticed Ye Liang ahead—who had almost disappeared from sight—suddenly come to a stop.
[Finally found you!] Ye Liang shouted. White Zetsu!
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