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Link stood in the welcoming line for the Land of Wind Mission, dark circles under his eyes, staring blankly ahead. Inwardly, he was cursing the Second Hokage.

The reason Summoning Jutsu is so difficult to pull off, and why it's constantly criticized, stems from Tobirama Senju's past abuse of Impure World Reincarnation and Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags.

Any ninja with a bit of strength, knowledge, and information-gathering ability is well aware of this, so naturally, no one wants to answer a call that transcends life and death—

What if it's a new type of Impure World Reincarnation?

Who knows if they'll be dragged out, plastered with Exploding Tags, and used as bombs.

Although he did use a few small, linguistic, and well-intentioned lies, he was a good person.

The world is going to hell, and people's hearts are not what they used to be.

Hatake Kakashi stood beside him, engrossed in Make-Out Paradise.

"Cough," Hyuga Hiashi, standing in front of them, coughed lightly, closing his Byakugan, signaling to his two companions that the mission had arrived.

One was a listless kid with dark circles under his eyes, and the other was still reading a pornographic book. How to put it? It made someone as serious and earnest as him feel a little strained.

Lin Ke quickly put on a professional, gentle smile, and Hatake Kakashi leisurely put away Make-Out Paradise.

The process of welcoming the mission wasn't complicated. Hyuga Hiashi, as the leader, handled all the communication. The two of them were purely there as decorations to boost their credentials.

Aside from being introduced, flashing a smile, and exchanging pleasantries with the Land of Wind's envoy, Lin Ke basically didn't need to say anything.

He felt like he was dispensable.

However, the Land of Wind's envoy was courteous, showering him with compliments, calling him the most talented, the treasure of Konoha Village, and other excessive praises.

It was too much.

Looking at Hatake Kakashi's lazy demeanor, he must be used to it.

The only noteworthy thing was that an old man with a wrapped head and thick eyebrows stared at Kakashi silently until they were escorted to the Land of Wind Mission's pre-arranged residence in Konoha. Only then did he withdraw his strange gaze.

The entire Land of Wind Mission was composed of an envoy and high-ranking officials from Sand Ninja Village. The envoy sent by the Land of Wind's Daimyo was to mediate between the two ninja villages.

Sand Ninja Village had decided to launch the Konoha Crush, but they hadn't informed their country's high-ranking officials in advance—

The Land of Wind's Daimyo was furious.

The Chunin Exams were attended by all the Daimyos and dignitaries who were allied with Konoha and issued missions. In recent years, the Land of Wind's Daimyo had been constantly increasing the number of missions given to Konoha, so how could he be absent?

His own country's military force bypassed the political leaders of the country and launched an invasion that almost cost him his life.

It was such an absurd situation.

But there was nothing he could do. No matter what, Sand Ninja Village was the Land of Wind's military organization. In the end, the Land of Wind's Daimyo had to grit his teeth and accept it. Other internal issues could be dealt with later. First, they had to negotiate a peace. They couldn't really start a war, could they?

After welcoming the mission, the other Anbu dispersed, and the trio returned to the Hokage Office to report.

"Thank you for your hard work, everyone," the Third Hokage nodded.

"Well then, Third Hokage, we'll take our leave," Hatake Kakashi said, pulling Lin Ke away.

What remained would probably be some mysterious private talk between the Hyuga Clan Head and the Third Hokage.

Despite how easy the process seemed, it actually wasted a lot of time. They gathered at the village entrance in the morning, waited outside until after ten o'clock, and then escorted the slow-moving mission to their residence. It was already noon.

Lin Ke was about to leave when Hatake Kakashi suddenly stopped him. "Let's have lunch together, what do you say?"

"My treat," he added.

Oh ho?—Twenty minutes later, Ichiraku Ramen.

I knew it...

Lin Ke ordered a large bowl of Miso Pork Ramen, added two extra servings of Tempura, and grabbed a can of cola. Then, he turned to look at Hatake Kakashi, who had turned into a dead fish, and asked:

"Alright, what's up? What do you need me for?"

With this lazy bum's personality, he really didn't want to bother with anything unless he had to. He was either lying at home sleeping in, or running off to the memorial stone to be emo. He hadn't even put down his training for who knows how many years.

"You really aren't polite, are you?" Hatake Kakashi complained.

Lin Ke opened the cola, took a delicious sip of the sweet drink, and said, "You're a Jonin, after all. You shouldn't be short on money, right?"

"Hmm..." Hatake Kakashi thought for a moment, then said, "I think you might have overestimated a Jonin's savings."

He didn't explain the sentence, just ordered a regular Salt Ramen for himself, and said, "There is indeed something I want to ask of you."

Lin Ke listened attentively while drinking his cola.

"Yan Shui, he... has recovered." Hatake Kakashi suddenly jumped to another topic, looking sideways, the emotion revealed in his visible eye was very stable.

"Oh." Lin Ke looked at him, waiting for him to continue.

He knew that Yan Shui Teacher couldn't just watch the enemies run into the village and do nothing. Although the Konoha Crush Plan was a complete failure overall, the Sound Ninja Village ninjas who broke into the village still caused some damage and slaughter, but the losses were not significant at the village level.

Hatake Kakashi scratched the back of his head, a little embarrassed, and said, "It's your credit, right?"

After he finished speaking, he added, "From what I know, the Nara Clan's herbs shouldn't be able to treat that kind of injury."

"So—" Lin Ke drawled out.

"Rock Lee, you remember him, right?" Hatake Kakashi sighed helplessly. He was really bad at asking for favors. "During the Chunin Exams, he suffered severe injuries in order to restrain the Jinchuriki. If you hadn't arrived in time, he would have died, but he was still diagnosed as unable to continue being a ninja..."

"You want to ask me for help, right?" Lin Ke thought it would be Guy Teacher who came to him, but he didn't expect it to be the Konoha technician.

Oh right, Guy Teacher probably didn't even realize that he had treatment abilities surpassing the Medical Team.

He suddenly realized that he had been busy with cultivation these past few days and completely forgot about Rock Lee's matter. With Guy Teacher's personality, he should be secretly making a lot of herbal Maruko to send to his disciple, instead of collecting information and asking for help everywhere, right?

Hatake Kakashi paused. Asking for help wasn't as difficult as he imagined, and he quickly said, "I'm begging you."

How should he put it, even his thick skin was a little embarrassed, but for Guy that guy... he had no choice.

"Leave it to me." Lin Ke smiled. Treating Lee was something he had planned long ago. In fact, he didn't expect Lee to push himself to that extent to protect the village.

"Ramen's here~" Ichiraku Uncle brought the ramen over.

Hatake Kakashi looked down at the ramen, put his hands together, and said in a much more relaxed tone, "I'm going to eat~"

"Also—"

"Thank you."

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