'pleted!'

  Golden characters flickered before Jiang Xi, momentarily stunning her as she struggled to fully grasp the information.

  As she stood there, lost in thought, the golden characters suddenly shattered, and the suspeime and space returo normal.

  "Sss!"

  In the er, a small snake appeared.

  Orochimaru crouched down, allowing the so crawl into his body.

  "Sarutobi Sensei, you're really getting old," He remarked with a hint of amusement as the snake slithered inside him.

  "Orochimaru Sama, has something happened?" Jiang Xi asked, her curiosity piqued.

  "Nothing much. The Fourth Raikage from the Hidden Cloud Vilge is getting a bit impatient," Orochimaru replied, a smile pying on his lips. "Xi, it seems you won't be able to officially appear in Konoha anymore."

  Jiang Xi houghtfully as Orochimaru tio expin.

  …

  Meanwhile, outside of Konoha, chaos erupted.

  That very night, Shinobi from the Hidden Cloud Vilge attempted to kidnap Hinata from the Hyuga to obtain Byakugan, taking advantage of the ongoing peace talks betweewo vilges.

  Hyuga Hiashi, using his Byakugan, fought back fiercely and killed the Cloud Shinobi, successfully resg Hinata. This i sent shockwaves through Konoha.

  Fortunately, the Anbu quickly responded and mao quell the chaos.

  However, the following day, the Hidden Cloud Vilge envoy openly provoked Konoha, g that Konoha had attacked their delegation and killed their envoys. They demanded an expnation and the surrender of the perpetrator, threatening that failure to ply would be seen as a decration of war.

  Konoha was thrown into an uproar, with many eager for a renewed flict with the Hidden Cloud Vilge.

  Yet, the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, sat in the Hokage Office, his brow deeply furrowed.

  Konoha had just emerged from the Third Great Ninja War and the ails disaster, leaving the vilge in a weakeate, with mae Shinobi lost.

  More importantly, only one of the Three Sanins remained in the vilge, while the other two had left.

  In trast, the Hidden Cloud Vilge did not suffer as severely. Although the Third Raikage had died in battle, the overall strength of the vilge remained retively intact. At this moment, Konoha might not be able to tend with the Hidden Cloud Vilge.

  With a heavy sigh, Sarutobi Hiruzen stood up, and in the moment, his body vanished in a fsh of shadow.

  …

  Ohird day, Konoha chose to promise, handing over Hyuga Hiashi's younger brother as the responsible party for the i.

  Of course, this was a secret operation, known only to a select few in Konoha, and no major disturbance was caused.

  But none of this affected Jiang Xi's life. She tinued her time in Orochimaru's boratory, training and assisting with his experiments. The only differenow was that she had transitioned from being Hyuga Xi to simply Xi, being one of Orochimaru's subordinates.

  Her background was that of an orphan Orochimaru had found in a remote area. As one of the Three Sanins, Orochimaru had no difficulty achieving this.

  Though Orochimaru should have defected from Konoha over a year ago, he still remained in the vilge.

  As for the human experiments, over a year ago, Orochimaru had hahem off and no longer involved himself in them.

  Thus, there were no issues for Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen to uncover.

  …

  Meanwhile...

  Anin Location in a different Naruto Universe.

  The i of Hinata being kidnapped also unfolded.

  Inside a spacious room, a group of Hidden Cloud Vilge Shinobi were spiring.

  They were part of the iation team for Hidden Cloud Vilge's talks with Konoha.

  However, beh the surfaegotiations, they also had pns to probe Konoha's strengths and weaknesses.

  They wao assess the damage Konoha had suffered during the ails' rampage.

  "We have just received orders from Raikage Sama to attempt to capture a member of the Hyuga 's main family."

  In the dimly lit room, the leader of the Hidden Cloud Vilge team spoke in a low voice.

  "What?!"

  Upon hearing the leader's words, everyone's expression immediately ged.

  To kidnap a member of the Hyuga 's main family within Konoha was essentially a suicide mission.

  The st woman's face turned as pale as a ghost.

  "From what I know, the Hyuga 's little princess passes through the alley every evening. We will take a there."

  "Lang, Lin, you two will assist me in attrag the Hyuga 's attention."

  "Xia, you'll be responsible for taking her."

  The leader, uned with the others' worries, spoke in a low voice.

  "Boss, Xia is just a Genin."

  One of them couldn't help but voice his .

  "Genin is the most suitable for the job. Follow my pn; we begin tonight."

  The leader waved his hand, quickly issuing the and.

  "Uood!"

  Though the group was nervous, they quickly responded and prepared.

  As evening twilight settled, several figures in bck cloaks silently approached the Hyuga .

  "Who goes there?"

  A voice rang out, drawing the Hyuga 's attention.

  As the Hyuga 's focus shifted, a cloaked figure appeared before Hyūga Hinata. A swift strike knocked Hinata unscious.

  Liǔ Qīngxiá didn't hesitate for a moment. She quickly picked up Hinata and dashed away, disappearing in a fsh.

  However, just as she rouhe er…

  "Stop!"

  A figure appeared with a cold expression on his face.

  Upnizing the person, Liǔ Qīngxiá's fader her mask ged immediately.

  In the moment, she felt an intense pain in her chest.

  "Login character has died."

  "Login session ends."

  "Returning now."

  "Please wait."

  "tdown!"

  "ee, seven."

  The familiar meical voice echoed in Liǔ Qīngxiá's mind.

  As the tdowered its final moments.

  "Vroom!"

  A light, visible only to Liǔ Qīngxiá, fell from the heavens, enveloping her body in an instant.

  When she regained her senses, she found herself in the Dimensional ter.

  Looking around at the empty, vast space of the Dimensional ter, Liǔ Qīngxiá's face turned pale instantly.

  "Failed... I failed!"

  Liǔ Qīngxiá muttered, her body nearly colpsing uhe weight of her disappoi.

  …

  Meanwhile...

  At the Academic Affairs Office.

  "Another failure?"

  A teacher couldn't help but sigh.

  Luo Qingzhu g the shadowy figure on the s with surprise, then quickly averted her gaze.

  World quests always have successes and failures.

  Even those who make it to high school are sidered geniuses.

  But there's no rule that geniuses must always succeed— failure is the norm.

  The vast DaXia (Great Xia) Federation sustain many quests each year, but that's a result e numbers, and when viewed proportionally, it's not many.

  As for Liǔ Qīngxiá's mihese people had seen it tless times before, so there was no signifit emotional rea at this point.

  (End of chapter)

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