Leaving the Village

"The effects of mixing multiple drugs are also deteriorating."

Tsunade shook her head calmly, "You've taken too much. It's impossible to return to that rate of improvement in a short time."

She was quite surprised internally. Initially, she planned for Lin Ke to finish those drugs over two to three years, confirming there wouldn't be any real problems before slowly increasing the dosage. In about ten years, after he reached adulthood, he would reach his expected peak state through medication and training.

His physical qualities in all aspects would reach the standard of a Kage.

However, she didn't expect this kid to be so decisive. After spending half a month confirming that the technique could eliminate side effects, he directly took the maximum dosage without any fear of potential errors in the technique.

With such a crazy dosage, a normal person should have already died suddenly. Even if he could be saved from a slight mistake in the technique, he would probably have to spend the rest of his life in the hospital.

No, with this kid's miraculous abilities, he would most likely become a valuable test subject...

Thinking this, she said, "I need some time to develop new drugs. Don't have too much hope in the short term."

"I understand." Lin Ke nodded, not exactly disappointed, just a little regretful. After all, he had already prepared himself for this outcome. He simply said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Tsunade looked absentmindedly out the window, "If there's nothing else—"

"Is it Orochimaru's experiments?" Lin Ke didn't leave directly as he should have. After a pause, he said, "If you need any help, feel free to find me at any time."

"Mm." Tsunade's gaze shifted over. She wondered if it was because her body was really getting younger, but she felt like her mentality had become somewhat younger recently.

In the past, she would never have thought about whether or not to do something. If it needed to be done, she would just jump in immediately.

That's how many Medical Ninjutsu were developed.

"Then, I'll leave first." Lin Ke didn't say much more and left the Medical Team building directly, returning to his daily training.

First, he went to the Seventh Training Ground to continue his daily Wind Release nature transformation training.

Currently, he had finished the first stage of nature transformation training, able to easily release Chakra to cut leaves.

He was in the second stage, increasing the amount of transformation in an instant, which was cutting waterfalls.

He specifically asked Asuma to take a look. Thanks to his decent Chakra control ability, his progress was relatively fast. He estimated that he could complete the entire training this year and release Wind Release.

It was a real pity that he couldn't use the original Shadow Clone technique as an experience cheat.

He trained until evening, said goodbye to Sasuke, who was still working hard, had dinner, and continued his Summoning Jutsu and Substitution Jutsu training in the training room at home.

For an hour before bed, Lin Ke used the time to study the Lion's Roar Seal Ninjutsu Scroll. Sealing Jutsu were basically troublesome things that needed to be learned slowly.

The Five Elements Sealing was just interfering with Chakra, while the Lion's Roar Seal directly sealed Chakra, which was much more complex and would take some time.

However, he wasn't far from success.

Although the effects of the strong medicine were decreasing, it was still much better than his own hard training. He was still taking it, but he shortened his all-day physical training to just the morning.

The village's higher-ups didn't have any special requirements for him, allowing him to stay in the village and train himself under the guise of being an assistant to the head of the medical department.

In fact, the village was already in heated conflict on the border between the Land of Rivers and the Land of Rain. Kakashi's team had all gone to the Land of Rivers to carry out missions to obstruct Rain Hidden Village ninjas.

Even so, they didn't have any intention of sending him out.

The repetitive days didn't have many highlights, and more than half a month passed in a flash. Lin Ke finally pulled out Hermit Purple again.

"Nikko Shukuba..." He looked at the location of the figure in the photo. The shadows were ready to depart.

...

Dusk, in the forest outside Nikko Shukuba.

"Whoosh!" The Earth Dragon landed with a flap of its wings, knocking down several large trees. It lowered its head docilely to let its master down.

Lin Ke jumped onto a tree trunk with a huge Scroll on his back. He dispelled the Earth Dragon Concealment Technique and ran towards Nikko Shukuba.

The shadows landed on the ground from the Earth Dragon's back and chased after the main body in two-dimensional form.

Shukuba, also known as Shukueki, were towns set up in ancient Japan for the relay system. In the neighboring Earth's China, they were also called post stations. In a modern social context, they were like public service areas on highways.

Generally, the streets and towns built around Shukuba were called Shukuba towns.

Nikko Shukuba was such a town centered around a Shukuba.

The Shukuba towns on Earth had long lost their original function due to the development of modern transportation and had become tourist areas, but in the Naruto World, they were still important transportation hubs.

"There are really a lot of people." Lin Ke followed the crowd into the entrance of the Shukuba. His small figure carried a huge Scroll on his back. Since he was out this time to find trouble with a Jinchuriki, he kept his Forehead Protector close to his body and didn't reveal it, but it still attracted a lot of attention.

The streets were crowded with pedestrians, and everywhere he looked were various shops, tea houses, sake shops, restaurants, entertainment shops, and various inns.

Shadows constantly moved and remained vigilant in the shadows of the crowd and buildings.

Their intelligence was so-so, and they couldn't be relied upon at all for finding people. Lin Ke could only search slowly himself. This was the painful part of Hermit Purple, which couldn't be maintained for long. After locking onto a location, he had to come and find it himself.

Last time, finding Tsunade was easy because the big fat sheep was too easy to find, mostly around casinos. This time, finding Utakata, the Six Tails Jinchuriki who was constantly being hunted down, was more troublesome.

It was impossible for him to wander around in front of Lin Ke's face, and the difference between his appearance in the manga and reality was quite large. The photo provided by Hermit Purple was still a back view. Even if they met, it would be troublesome to confirm without a fight.

All he could rely on was his own perception ability and Uchiha Fugaku's Sharingan. He would find people with strong Chakra reactions one by one and observe them, hoping to find his target.

There shouldn't be many ninjas here, right…

It's already late, let's find a place to stay for now.

Lin Ke looked at the sky, which only had a little red glow left, and decided to act again at night.

This time when he left the village, he had Shizune issue him a mission to collect precious medicinal herbs, with no time limit, which was basically an excuse for him to wander outside the village as he pleased.

He had informed the Third Hokage in advance, and the old man did not object, but agreed with a smile.

If there was no time limit, he planned to stay here for a month to find his target, and it would be enough to go back after the Chunin Exams.

It was impossible to find him all at once. After using Hermit Purple to confirm that he was in this area, he would just search around Nikko Shukuba.

Even if he couldn't find anyone this time, it didn't matter. There was no reason why everything could be successful at once.

Speaking of which, aren't they afraid that I will become a rebellious ninja who does whatever I want if they let me leave like this?

Lin Ke thought casually, wandered around the street a little, found a hotel closer to the entrance to stay, ate a quick dinner, and left Nikko Shukuba to use the Summoning Jutsu to summon Uchiha Fugaku with Rashomon. The two of them began to search for the back view in the photo and people with Chakra reactions. —Night, Nikko Shukuba, a Hot Spring Inn, outside the women's bath.

"Click~"

"Who?!" A Jonin wearing a Sand Ninja Village Forehead Protector shouted loudly.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Three Sand Ninja Village Genin who looked only a dozen years old jumped over. One of them looked around and said, "Centipede-sensei, where is the enemy?"

"No, I definitely heard a sound just now."

The Sand Ninja Village Jonin called Centipede frowned and observed his surroundings. "Be vigilant, Shari, go and get Miss Nae out."

As he spoke, he suddenly turned into a pile of sand.

"Don't move, you—" Centipede's true form appeared on the roof, with a Kunai in his hand placed on the neck of a young man carrying a large Scroll on his back. Before he could finish speaking, his whole body rushed diagonally backward.

"Thump! Crash!"

He stepped on air and fell to the ground. His body was still uncontrollably rushing towards the wall, smashing a big hole in the wall with his head. His head was dizzy, and he didn't recover until a second later. He turned around and was about to launch an attack, when he found that he was being controlled by black human figures on his left and right.

This is?!

Centipede's eyes widened, and he thought of the information about that person in the village.

Lin Ke jumped down, looked at the three vigilant Genin, and let the shadows return to the ground. "Sorry, this is just a misunderstanding. I didn't mean to attack you, I was just passing by."

"You are Lin Ke from Konoha Village." Centipede touched his sore neck and said, "I am Centipede, a Jonin from Sand Ninja Village."

Did he recognize me? Lin Ke nodded with a calm expression and said, "Sorry, I was just passing by and accidentally interfered with your mission."

It was really an accident. The time for Rashomon had come, and Uchiha Fugaku accidentally touched the roof when he was being dragged back, making a slight noise, which exposed the target.

Don't look at the fact that the other party was defeated by him in one encounter, but his actual perception and mobility were quite good. His seals and Ninjutsu were very good, and he could use Sand Clone instantly, and the speed of his Body Flicker Technique was quite impressive.

It's just that in close combat, unless he encounters an overpowered monster, it's basically over if he touches him once.

Whether it was the Five Elements Sealing or the Ranshinshō (Disorderly Disturbance Impact) he had just used, which allowed the person who came into contact with it to charge forward at will, close combat was too advantageous.

"Huh, what's wrong?" A woman wrapped in a bath towel walked out of the women's bath and asked in confusion.

"It's okay." Centipede smiled and was about to say something to the genius Jonin of the allied country when he saw the other party disappear on the spot with the Body Flicker Technique.

Lin Ke didn't have time to exchange pleasantries with strangers. He had run out to hide his identity in the first place, and he would definitely have to run away on the spot after being recognized.

Unfavorable start. He sighed inwardly, not expecting that someone would be able to recognize him. It was a pity that the Transformation Jutsu could not change his appearance, so he could not remain anonymous.

He was too lazy to summon Uchiha Fugaku again. It was already midnight, so he would just take another look around and go back to rest.

He casually sensed the vicinity—

"Huh?"

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