Konoha Village.
The village, which had been destroyed, was suddenly restored, naturally attracting everyone's attention. The slug's division spread throughout the village and witnessed Yamato's scene of restoring Konoha Village.
Upon learning that Yamato was responsible, Tsunade immediately went to the place where Yamato had collapsed. She found that Yamato was only suffering from chakra depletion and immediately used the Palm Sage Technique to heal him.
"Yamato, why are you back? What happened here? Was this your doing?" As soon as Yamato woke up, Tsunade immediately questioned him.
Yamato was also confused. He remembered he was still outside Konoha Village, and upon waking, he was already in the village.
"Hokage-sama, what happened? What did I do? More importantly, how is Naruto? Didn't the Nine-Tails go berserk?"
Seeing that Yamato knew nothing, Tsunade pondered for a moment: "It's nothing. You don't need to worry about Naruto. You should rest well."
Then, Tsunade immediately issued an order, claiming that Pain was responsible for restoring Konoha and reviving those who were killed, considering it as Pain's atonement.
The ignorant villagers below knew nothing of this. They only knew that their homes were not destroyed, their families were all present, and that Naruto Uzumaki was the one who saved them. Naruto was the hero of Konoha.
Later, Naruto built a cenotaph for Jiraiya. When he returned to Konoha with his exhausted body, he found all the villagers waiting for him, and Konoha had returned to its original state.
"Huh? What's going on?"
Before Naruto could figure it out, a crowd of people swarmed him, throwing him high into the air and cheering. In the midst of the cheers, Naruto lost himself, no longer thinking about those chaotic matters. After so many years, he finally received recognition from the entire village.
Meanwhile, Tsunade noticed something was amiss. Her house had changed, looking more luxurious than before. Not only her house, but also Inoichi Yamanaka's house had been upgraded, and a luxurious new house had appeared.
"My house, Inoichi's house, and another one, with Naruto's name on it. And the connection to these three families... Li Xing! It was you, brat! Then why haven't you returned?"
Tsunade thought carefully and finally arrived at a plausible answer. If it were Li Xing, then restoring Konoha wouldn't be impossible. She knew Li Xing's talent, and it was highly possible that Li Xing had learned some other ninjutsu over the years.
"Hokage-sama! Urgent report! The two elders were not revived. Their bodies and heads were separated, as if they were killed with a single blow!"
At that moment, an ANBU member who was taking a headcount ran over to report the situation to Tsunade. Apart from the two elders, no one died in this incident.
"According to the intelligence, the six Pains did not use swords. Pain's uniform weapon was a black rod. That must have been made by someone else. Could it be..." Tsunade's mind again thought of Li Xing. Besides Li Xing, there should be no one else.
"Never mind. Since those two elders are dead, let's bury them properly and give them the reputation of sacrificing themselves to protect Konoha!"
Tsunade, believing it was Li Xing, decided to gloss over it and report it to the Daimyo in the same way. At least, until the truth was revealed, Li Xing would be innocent, just like Danzo before him.
...
In the clouds above Konoha, Li Xing saw people cheering for Naruto and couldn't help but shake his head. "Humans, that's just how they are. They used to ostracize him, and now they're flocking to him."
"Yomi Numa Saki!"
Li Xing reached out and pulled Jiraiya, who was hidden in Amenominaka, out.
"Go down and reunite with your disciple! Perverted old man!"
Before Jiraiya could utter a word, Li Xing threw him down.
"You bastard! Stinky brat! This is a ten-thousand-meter drop! Are you trying to kill me!"
Just as Jiraiya was about to crash to his death, a gentle breeze blew, and Jiraiya's falling speed gradually slowed down. He finally landed steadily outside the gates of Konoha Village.
Naruto, upon seeing Jiraiya, suddenly froze: "Perverted Sage..."
Shima Sage of Mount Myōboku's expression was the same as Naruto's, thinking he was hallucinating.
Jiraiya chuckled and walked towards Naruto, giving him a thumbs-up: "Well done! Naruto!"
"Perverted Sage!"
With a simple gesture and a sentence, Naruto knew that the Jiraiya before him was not an illusion but a real person. He then lunged forward to Jiraiya, tears streaming down his face as he recounted the Pain incident.
Upon hearing the news of Jiraiya's return, Tsunade was stunned for a moment, then she laughed with joy: "You brat, you've grown up..."
...
Seeing everyone reunited happily, Li Xing flew away from Konoha. As he left, he casually shattered the Chibaku Tensei that had fallen to the ground, so that some people wouldn't worry about him.
"I'm back!"
Hearing Li Xing's voice, Karin and Yugito immediately ran out and hugged Li Xing.
"Star-kun, I was so worried about you. I suddenly couldn't sense your existence just now."
Li Xing patted Karin's head: "It's okay. Didn't I tell you? I am the god of this world. How could anything happen to me!"
"Still joking! Do you know how worried Yugito and I were about you!" Yugito hit Li Xing, speaking in a serious tone.
"Alright, alright, it's all over. Let's find a town and go to a hot spring!"
Just as Li Xing was about to take Karin and Yugito to a hot spring, he suddenly sensed the Black and White Zetsu moving underground. It seemed Black Zetsu had also been watching the battle in Konoha earlier.
Then, Li Xing stomped his foot lightly, directly shaking out the Black Zetsu: "Zetsu, why are you running so fast? Where are you going?"
"Li Xing! You weren't sealed?" Black Zetsu was shocked, not expecting to see Li Xing.
"I was sealed for a while, but I broke free from Chibaku Tensei. Nagato and Konan betrayed the Akatsuki organization and tried to seal me without a word. I was exhausted."
"I never thought Pain would be defeated by Naruto alone. I need to hurry back and tell Obito about this. Are you coming back with me, Li Xing?" Black Zetsu asked, but his real intention was to get Li Xing to return and regroup.
"Oh, you go ahead then. I'll go back when I receive orders. We're going to find a place to soak in a hot spring and rest. Bye!"
Li Xing didn't want to regroup at the moment. Soaking in a hot spring was the priority. He then hugged the two women and flew away. At the same time, the villa Li Xing had built turned into nothingness.
"What a willful person! Let's go too!" White Zetsu couldn't help but complain as he watched the three leave, then sank into the ground to continue stealthily.
...
As Li Xing and his group arrived at a town with hot springs, the Frost Squad from the Hidden Cloud Village also arrived at the same town. This time, they were sent to Konoha at the behest of the Fourth Raikage. Their mission was to inform them about the convocation of the Five Kage Summit and to request that the Hokage allow the Hidden Cloud to deal with the rogue ninja of Konoha, Sasuke Uchiha.
However, Li Xing, Karin, and Yugito were too busy having fun and didn't notice the arrival of the Hidden Cloud ninjas. Who would normally sense their surroundings? Snooping on other people's privacy is illegal.
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