Night

[How is it you again, Emperor?]

Lin Ke felt the familiar sensation and canceled it without hesitation, once again using five seconds' worth of Chakra to summon his Stand.

Refine Chakra, form seals, release—

Hmph, The World.

Too bad, what I need right now is Hermit Purple.

*[ZA WARUDO!]* Lin Ke felt the brief pause in time, and then, to save Chakra from continuously summoning Stands, he canceled it directly.

An undeveloped Stand is like this; all its abilities are in their initial state. When he first summoned The World, he couldn't even stop time. It was only recently that he slowly figured it out and could pause for a moment.

He wondered when he could develop it to DIO's level, but that was probably just wishful thinking. Still, with double-A stats, The World is quite capable in melee combat.

After another twenty-odd uses of the Substitution Jutsu, Lin Ke swallowed a Soldier Pill and then used the Mystical Palm Technique on himself, completing a round of training.

[Consider yourself lucky.]

He glanced at the camera still standing steadily in front of him, not continuing his Stand training. He couldn't rush it; the more anxious he was, the lower the probability of success.

For skills that rely on luck, a calm mind is essential.

Speaking of which, the cameras in Konoha Village are really expensive, especially the bulky, old-fashioned ones, the same type as in the ninja registration room. Fortunately, activating Hermit Purple isn't a problem; he had verified it twice before.

The problem is that his wallet doesn't support him using it multiple times. The Body Binding Technique is too damaging to his wallet, and adding Hermit Purple might empty it in minutes.

Summoning Jutsu is still the best.

Lin Ke sighed sincerely. It doesn't cost money, and it can make money. It's just that the environment is a bit disgusting, just like Hogwarts. Many people put on their hats before speaking, and trust between people—well, people and ghosts—has completely disappeared.

Is a technique that transcends life and death necessarily evil?

Is it necessarily a deception? He had never been deceived, nor had the Uchiha couple, and neither had Nawaki.

[Today, we'll talk about Konoha Village's S-rank rogue ninja, Orochimaru, one of the former Three Ninja. From today...]

After resting, Lin Ke unhesitatingly started the second round of training, throwing out a Summoning Jutsu and beginning to tell a story.

He finished the story of the Chunin Exams last time, so he could continue with why Orochimaru initiated the Konoha Crush Plan.

After telling a section, he skillfully stopped updating. He took a sip of yogurt that Shadow handed him and thought, [Speaking of which, Kimimaro should be dying soon, right? I wonder if I can summon that guy. The only problem is that he's single-minded and only willing to serve Orochimaru. Maybe I can slowly influence him.]

Lin Ke stood up and stretched. He hadn't worn Weights for a while, mainly because he had noticed his height growth slowing down recently—

I mean, it stopped.

Although being one meter forty-five and a half at almost eleven years old is considered super development, after all, Naruto and the others, who are two years older than him, are generally only one meter forty-something to one meter fifty-something, the sudden halt in his previously rapid height growth made him pay attention.

Considering that his physical fitness would be what it was no matter how much he trained, and that continuing to increase muscle and size was meaningless and would instead affect his already weak speed, he simply reduced his Taijutsu training to a very low amount.

Being able to maintain his current physical state, so as not to regress like Kakashi, was good enough. This allowed him to devote more time to studying knowledge and developing Ninjutsu.

By the way, he had also removed the Weights. He planned to let his body grow naturally for a while to see what happened.

[I need to replenish some strong medicine tomorrow. It's still a matter of money. I'll take a slightly farther mission when I have time and use the dug-up intelligence to get the money.]

Lin Ke looked at the time, 8:30 PM. He usually went to bed at 9:00 PM and rarely stayed up late. Today would be no exception.

He made a note of his upcoming plans in his notebook, circling the information provided by Kado of the Land of Waves. The next stop was easy to choose. Whether it was the Land of Rivers, the Land of Grass, the Land of Hot Springs, or the Land of Frost, he might encounter battles. He didn't plan to take his three Genin subordinates with him.

After all, one reason was that they were too conspicuous, and another was that in battles against enemies like Orochimaru and Sasori of the Red Sand, even Gaara's support would be limited, and Temari and Kankuro would mostly become burdens.

The Land of Waves was very safe, with no ninjas, no conspiracies, and a tiny island nation.

[Didn't the Sand Ninja Village and Chiyo want their grandson's puppets? Why haven't they come to spend money to buy them after so long?]

Lin Ke closed his notebook and had Shadow stuff it into the desk. He lay on the bed and glanced at the box leaning against the sofa, which contained the Scroll used to store Sasori of the Red Sand's collection.

That represented money or Ninjutsu.

Could it be that the Sand Ninja Village really planned to put it in the environment of the Three Countries Alliance Meeting and exchange these puppets for political resources? He wasn't sure, but with the poverty of the Sand Ninja Village, it was really possible.

At that time, he couldn't possibly give up the political resources he could get for a little money, or give up the puppets to have the village subsidize his Ninjutsu. With the Third Hokage treating him so well, letting him learn Ninjutsu at will, Lin Ke would never chase the Sand Ninja Village for money during the Three Countries Alliance Meeting.

He had to maintain his persona.

Lin Ke instructed his shadow to turn off the lights before closing his eyes and drifting off to sleep. As the youngest Special Jonin in Konoha Village slept soundly, the higher-ups in Konoha Village were quite busy.

As someone who had traded with Danzo multiple times, Yakushi Kabuto possessed extremely accurate information in his head, with some details that could be verified at any time. The information obtained from his head, even if the source was Sasori of the Red Sand, was only doubted by Lin Ke.

He was unanimously recognized by the higher-ups as a potential Hokage candidate, an important combat force in the village, the soon-to-be Hokage's guard, Nara Shikaku's disciple, the Ino-Shika-Cho's closest outsider, and the guardian of the Shukaku Jinchuriki...

The Anbu acted as soon as Lin Ke left the Hokage Office. In just one hour, the Root members who had participated in the transactions were captured by Jonin squad leader Nara Shikaku and his old partner Akimichi Choza. Yamanaka Haiichi, the ace of the Interrogation Department, went into action overnight, and accompanied by the two Advisors, Shimura Danzo was escorted from his home.

The Third Hokage didn't even go home, staying in the Hokage Office to await the results of the interrogation.

Some things, well, everyone knows what's going on without weighing them, but once they're on the scale, they have to be investigated thoroughly and clearly.

Then, before they could even uncover the information about selling out Lin Ke, Yamanaka Haiichi found a big piece of news in the Root members' minds—

The free gift that Danzo received was about to explode.

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