Honest Confession
[I seriously affected Maki's life, so a certain connection was formed, using this to contact Maki.]
[By analogy, I seriously affected Sasuke's life, and after making contact, I found Sasuke's father...]
[The connection between me and my old man goes without saying...]
This seems to make sense.
But it also feels a bit off. He also changed the Third Hokage's life, so why couldn't he summon the Third Hokage's deceased wife, son, and daughter-in-law?
Or did he summon them, and they just ignored him?
Lin Ke put his thoughts aside and looked at the central battlefield.
Uchiha Sasuke was already lying down. Judging from his pained expression, he probably took another hit of Tsukuyomi. Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Fugaku were going at it, from Taijutsu to throwing ninja tools, to fire ninjutsu clashes, obviously holding back.
Just by looking, you could tell that this guy's mood was definitely not as calm as he appeared.
Maki was not so optimistic. He had only rushed over for twenty or thirty seconds and was already in a precarious situation, relying on his slightly superior speed to move around the large blade. It was clear that he was likely to be defeated soon.
Fortunately, as a dead man, he had no fear of death. Without any hesitation or thought of retreat, he honestly held his ground, preventing Kisame from continuing to release ninjutsu.
However, he had only been paying attention for a few seconds before the guy used a Water Clone to trap Maki in Water Prison Jutsu. Truly, he couldn't be praised.
"Tap!"
Hatake Kakashi arrived first, and after seeing the two shadowless dead men, a hint of shock appeared in his eyes.
"Kisame, let's go." Uchiha Itachi said in a deep voice, seeing reinforcements arrive, and disappeared with Body Flicker Technique.
Kisame grinned at Lin Ke, pulled the large blade stuck in the ground, and followed him away.
Uchiha Fugaku watched his eldest son and the shark-faced man's Chakra get further and further away before carrying Sasuke back. He glanced coldly at Kakashi, put his soaked son down, and said to Lin Ke, "Sasuke is in your care."
If he were alive, he might try to build a good relationship with him, as it would be beneficial to the revitalization of the Uchiha clan. Now, as a dead man, he had no attachments except for his two sons. The Uchiha clan had been wiped out.
Maki, who came out of the Water Prison, covered his arm where a piece had been cut off by the Samehada, and said, "The war is over, right?"
He was still concerned about the village's situation. After all, when he committed suicide, the Kazekage had not yet surrendered. It was as if he had used his life to go against his superior's ideas and orders, forcing his superior to surrender, bearing part of the sin, and then choosing death.
Even if he hadn't committed suicide, as a ninja, there was no need for him to continue living.
Hatake Kakashi didn't speak, standing side by side with Asuma, who had just arrived, both looking at Lin Ke.
"Yes, we accepted the Sand Ninja Village's surrender."
Lin Ke gave the answer.
Maki visibly breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and was taken back into the Rashomon along with Uchiha Fugaku.
Hatake Kakashi picked up Sasuke, his tone slightly serious, "Lin Ke, this technique of yours..."
Any technique that touched on the taboo of life and death was, without exception, a Forbidden Technique. The first person to pull out dead people to fight was the Second Hokage. Mutually Multiplying Exploding Tags combined with Impure World Reincarnation was notoriously known.
Konoha Village had sealed Impure World Reincarnation for a long time for various reasons.
Yesterday, Orochimaru, as a rogue ninja, had performed Impure World Reincarnation in an attempt to destroy Konoha Village. Now, if he mastered and released a similar Forbidden Technique...
Hatake Kakashi originally wanted to advise him not to release it casually, but in the end, he gave up the lecture and simply said, "Well then, I'll take Sasuke to the hospital first."
Lin Ke watched him disappear from the spot, dispelled his transformation, and said to Yuan Wei and Xia, "Let's call it a day. We'll have barbecue together next time."
The two exchanged a look with him and left naturally.
"That..." Asuma seemed to have something to say.
Lin Ke walked towards the Hokage Building. There was no way around it. After this incident, he really had to report to the Third Hokage. Two Akatsuki Organization members had come to the village, one of whom was a spy sent out by Konoha. He had to talk about it.
He saw that the bearded man next to him had something to say, so he smiled and said, "What's wrong?"
Asuma shook his head and said, "Nothing." After seeing Maki and Uchiha Fugaku, he was very surprised, thinking it was Impure World Reincarnation again. But after the technique ended, he didn't find any living sacrifices, so it didn't involve such cruel things. Instead, he thought of many things...
Even he had people he cared about who had passed away.
However, exploring other people's secret techniques was a very taboo thing, so in the end, he didn't say anything. —Twenty minutes later, the Hokage Office.
"..."
The Third Hokage didn't seem surprised after hearing Lin Ke's account. Ever since he had returned to his youth yesterday under the other's secret technique, he knew that the junior he valued was not so simple.
Now, being able to summon the dead was not something to be surprised about.
He looked at the boy standing in front of his desk and simply said, "Using that Summoning Jutsu... be cautious."
Since it didn't require living sacrifices, wasn't anti-human, and didn't cause damage to the body, it shouldn't theoretically be classified as a Forbidden Technique.
Even thinking further, if he were to die, he would probably be willing to be summoned again to protect the village and its successors.
"Regarding the Uchiha matter..." The Third Hokage took off his hat, looked seriously at Lin Ke, and asked, "How much do you know?"
Uchiha Fugaku, who had once attempted a rebellion, had been summoned, so he obviously knew quite a bit.
"A part." Lin Ke was prepared to be honest.
He had rarely interacted with the Third Hokage before. An old man who had lived for so many years, even if his personality was a bit indecisive, was definitely not the kind of idiot who could be easily deceived. He didn't want to test whether his concealment abilities could fool the other party.
But after experiencing the Chunin Exams and becoming a Special Jonin, with his teacher being the Jonin squad leader, he had already integrated into the high levels of Konoha Village.
To a certain extent, Konoha Village's loss was his loss, and its prosperity was his prosperity. He could no longer be sent to the Interrogation Department.
Then there was no need to hide too much.
He had originally planned to find the Third Hokage for an honest conversation after some time, but he happened to encounter the Akatsuki Organization. Before the battle began, he decided to talk about the Akatsuki Organization in advance, attributing his knowledge to communicating with the dead.
Anyway, no one could verify the truth.
As an ordinary ninja, exposing his familiarity with a lot of information was extremely dangerous, but as a high-level member of Konoha Village, the strongest of the new generation, and a super-connected member of the Hokage faction, he wasn't afraid at all.
What about only I know the plot, waiting for me to solve all kinds of messy things in the future...
Just kidding, I can command others to fight to the death, why should I do it myself?
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