Medicine Production and New Mission
A week later, a town near Konoha Village.
[I wonder if the dosage I just added was okay?]
Lin Ke held the dark green pill he had made, a little hesitant.
With the Mystical Palm Technique, he wasn't worried about the aftereffects of taking the pill, but the potent pill he made seemed like he hadn't quite grasped the dosage. The final ball he rolled out was almost the size of a fist.
This pill was made according to the recipe in the book. He amplified the part that squeezed the body's cells, added some herbs to replenish physical strength, and then, feeling it wasn't strong enough, he added some herbs to promote digestion...
In theory, it shouldn't kill anyone, at most it would be a little too nourishing, right?
He sniffed it, and it seemed to smell a bit strange. He broke off a piece and put it in his mouth to taste.
A bitter and astringent taste flooded his mouth. After waiting for a while, a fishy taste came up from his stomach.
"Ugh~" Lin Ke gagged. The effect hadn't even started yet, but his body was already reacting. He didn't know which herbs were the problem, but the mixed taste was like a hundred times the feeling of fish mint mixed with canned herring.
"Ugh~"
Because he carefully savored it, he gagged again. Only then did he feel his stomach constantly churning because of the pill's effect, and his body also felt slightly hot.
The effect seemed good, but...
[I think this thing could be used as a torture device] Lin Ke looked at the dark green pill he made with lingering fear.
The medicine was really potent. Just a small piece made his body feel something, but a normal person would definitely not be able to eat the whole thing.
In short, this version of the Potent Pill was a failure.
A complete failure.
Lin Ke threw the pill into a bag, preparing to feed it to the rabbits he kept at the Seventh Training Ground when he had time. Maybe they would like it?
He couldn't waste the valuable herbs! He sighed. His plan to freeload herbs from the Nara Clan was a success, but also a failure. His teacher was generous and let him use them, but he couldn't just use them casually, even close brothers settle accounts clearly.
Nara Shikaku couldn't represent the entire Nara Clan. In the end, he still chose to buy the herbs for practice at a price slightly higher than the cost.
That was still very expensive.
He wondered how the negotiations between the village and the Sand Ninja Village were going. It had been more than a week and there were still no results. Chiyo hadn't come to buy back her grandson, and no one was asking about the Third Kazekage either.
Lin Ke had a large batch of high-quality puppets in his hands, but in the end, he only sold a few broken ones to Kankuro—
Those that were broken by the Stand Spicy Girl were all bought by Kankuro at a low price. He only bought one complete puppet.
His need for money was endless. Food, clothing, housing, transportation, experiments, making Potent Pills, and the consumption of the Body Binding Technique, all cost money.
[Speaking of which, shouldn't I find a way to find some wealthy deceased people...]
Lin Ke watched Shadow clean the table, thinking about how to make money.
There were too many people in the Pure Land, so many that he couldn't count them. Every time he advertised or told stories, a huge number of people would gather. He had no choice but to filter out ordinary people without Chakra reactions.
Because compared to ninjas, there were too many ordinary people, so many that he couldn't handle them all. If he didn't do a wide-range screening, millions of ordinary people would come over in an instant.
There was no way he could communicate with them one by one.
The Summoning Jutsu could identify and filter out the deceased with Chakra, but it couldn't distinguish which of the many deceased were wealthy in life.
Simply asking them one by one might lead to encountering wealthy people from hundreds or thousands of years ago. Moreover, the deceased's worldly possessions might have long disappeared, and it was another question whether their families would be willing to spend money to bring the deceased back to the present world.
It was a bit difficult to make money from ordinary people found using the Summoning Jutsu, and it was too time-consuming. He didn't have time before.
Now that he was free, he could think about this matter carefully.
[Sigh, let's see how those three are doing]
Lin Ke got up and went out to see his three subordinates who were helping to drive away wild beasts. High-level missions were not that common. After returning from the Land of Rivers, they returned to the daily routine of D-Rank and C-Rank Missions.
This time, it was a C-Rank Mission to help nearby villagers drive away a large group of wild boars.
It was boring, but that was daily life.
...
In the afternoon, Konoha Village, Hokage Office.
"Third Hokage, you were looking for me?"
Lin Ke had just returned to the village with his subordinates when he received a notice from the Anbu. Thinking that the Sand Ninja Village might be paying up, he hurried over. As soon as he entered the door, he didn't see Chiyo and Ebizo, and his heart cooled by half.
The Third Hokage was tidying up documents. Seeing him enter, he looked up and smiled, "Of course, I wouldn't have called you over if there wasn't something."
He paused, then continued, "We are going to hold a Three-Nations Summit with the Sand Ninja Village and the Rain Hidden Village next month. The location should be in the Land of Rivers."
Still the Land of Rivers? Lin Ke felt a bit helpless. He felt like he was bound to the Land of Rivers, having run there several times already.
The Third Hokage took off his hat, revealing a face that looked even older, and smiled, "Are you willing to join me as a Hokage Guard to attend this meeting?"
Hokage Guard?
Lin Ke was stunned. In the initial Five Kage Summit, many of the Kage's guards ended up becoming Kage themselves. The Third Hokage was also the Second Hokage's guard. In other words—
"I am willing." He didn't think much and said solemnly.
What was there to hesitate about? How many opportunities were there to be a Hokage Guard? The Third Hokage usually only had Anbu guarding him. Now, for a formal occasion, it was impossible to have the Anbu follow him. As the village's new generation, it was no problem for him to step forward.
But he was only almost eleven years old and already a Hokage Guard. Wasn't that a bit too early?
"Then, I'll leave my safety to you." The Third Hokage didn't speak to him as the Hokage, but smiled kindly, the wrinkles on his face smoothing out, and said, "Besides you, Kakashi will also be acting together."
"Also, many of the techniques you applied for last time cannot be taught to you."
"If you have time, you can come to my house to look through some of the techniques. If you encounter any problems, I can also teach you a bit. After Might Guy returns to the village, he will be responsible for teaching you the Eight Gates Formation..."
The way he spoke and his tone were without any pretense or imposing manner, just like an ordinary old man, sitting under the eaves with his grandson on a sunny, breezy afternoon, chatting leisurely.
"Thank you very much." Lin Ke was a little surprised. He thought that all of the Forbidden Techniques he had submitted would be rejected without exception.
Maybe he wouldn't even be allowed to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique.
He didn't expect it to turn into 'some'. So, does that mean he could ask a little about techniques like the Impure World Reincarnation? After all, Orochimaru used it during the Konoha Crush Plan. Asking out of curiosity was logically sound.
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