Lies and Truth
Night, on the treetop of a giant tree.
"You're getting stronger and stronger."
Utakata leaned against the tree trunk, looking up at the bright crescent moon in the sky, and said softly, "It's time to leave here, isn't it?"
"Without more Tailed Beast Chakra, there's no point in me staying here." Lin Ke sat on the giant tree diagonally opposite, casually replied, and said, "In about two days, when the Tailed Beast Chakra is almost consumed, I will return to the village."
The underground Base is very hidden, but it can only be illuminated by lights. Most of the time, he prefers to stay on the ground.
This Redwood Forest nearby is almost deserted, relatively quiet. Before going to bed, he likes to blow the wind, enjoy the moon, and rest on the tree.
Utakata closed his eyes, feeling the cool breeze of the summer night, and said, "Even if I cooperate with you so much, can't I know what we are going to do?"
"..."
Lin Ke did not answer.
"Even a lie is fine." Utakata opened his eyes, he didn't care whether the other party was deceiving him.
Whether it was the Tailed Beast in his body becoming quiet, or the other party treating him equally and needing him, it made him walk out of the lonely hell.
No one can resist loneliness.
He only needs a lie, and he is willing to work hard for the goal proposed by the other party.
"In this World, there has never been any truth or lies from the beginning, only cruel reality." Lin Ke seemed to sigh, but his expression didn't seem to change, with his usual smile on his face.
"I don't have anything I want to do right now." This is a lie.
"I'm just, unable to feel satisfied with the current self."
He jumped off the giant tree and landed with a thud, leaving without looking back, and said, "As long as the Tailed Beast is still in your body, I will always need you."
"Is that so?" Utakata murmured, sat quietly for a while, blew bubbles, and watched the moonlight through the bubbles become a little hazy, his heart also felt a lot more at ease.
"That's good."
Thinking of the young but unexpectedly mature and gentle Lin Ke, the corner of his mouth curved slightly, "I will temporarily live as your tool."
He doesn't hate this kind of life.
...
A few days later, near Granny Cat's Ninja Tool Shop.
[People in loneliness really can't refuse the outstretched palm of others]
Lin Ke thought of Utakata standing far away on the beach watching him leave, and thought with ease in his heart.
The Naruto World is very cruel. The talents and bloodlines of geniuses do not bring them a superior life, but various kinds of pain. Talent is not an advantage, but an original sin.
The Jinchuriki are especially so. Since childhood, they have been implanted with Tailed Beasts because of their extraordinary talents. They will be affected by the Tailed Beasts all the time. Slight emotional fluctuations will hurt others, leading to them being isolated.
In such a World, they don't even know who they are or why they are alive, and they are full of confusion about everything.
In order to be needed, Yakushi Kabuto and Kimimaro voluntarily offered their bodies to the villain Orochimaru.
Utakata is no better than them.
Lin Ke was surprised that he could easily control such a Jinchuriki with considerable strength, but at the same time, he felt it was a matter of course.
Because this is a shitty World.
Ninjas are also a shitty profession.
He has seen too much, experienced too much, so...
"Tap" He stopped, looked at the Ninja Cat who came in front of him, showed a gentle smile, threw the Matatabi drink and catnip stick in his hand over, and said, "I'm here to pick up the equipment."
Hina skillfully jumped into Shadow's arms, enjoying the pleasure of being petted while drinking the drink and licking the catnip stick. Her comfortable expression looked like an old man lying on a recliner, lazy and scattered, "I'm sorry, there is no news about the matter you asked me to inquire about last time, the Land of Rain has been completely blocked recently, meow."
"The news is blocked, it doesn't matter."
Lin Ke's expression was calm, and he probably knew what happened in his heart. It is estimated that Hanzo was completely cold, and the Rain Hidden Village also began to rebuild, and Pain ruled the Land of Rain.
After all, Pain in the comics, [destroyed the Rain Hidden Village alone].
The Ninja Cat clan can use cats to obtain information, but they can't bring out any information from the Land of Rain...
While thinking, one person and one cat passed through the empty city and came to the front of the Ninja Tool Shop. Hina jumped down in advance, holding the Matatabi drink, frowning and said, "Hey, after this business is over, I don't know when you will be able to come over next time, meow."
"As a Ninja Cat guarding the passage, I can't just leave, meow~" its voice carried a hint of sorrow.
It's so great to know Lin Ke, with good food and drinks, not being annoying with a lack of boundaries, and having a heartless technique to keep it company.
There are many kinds of massage techniques, and they can be adjusted according to its needs.
It feels like it's already a useless cat that can't live without a human, scratch that, without a shadow.
If only I could have such a technique Hina envied humans for the first time in her life, stretching her neck to watch Lin Ke enter Granny Cat's Ninja Tool Shop, and sincerely exhaled a breath: "Sigh."
Life is not easy, the cat sighs.
...
Inside the Ninja Tool Shop.
"Rin," Granny Cat called out to her granddaughter.
The girl skillfully put out the Scrolls and said, "Please check the items, customer."
Lin Ke glanced at it casually and said, "I trust you." He paused and continued, "Granny Cat, I have another matter I'd like to ask you about this time."
"Please speak," Granny Cat's attitude was very good, the other party had spent a lot in her shop.
Scrolls are not cheap, and some information is very expensive. As a black market merchant, even an honest one, she wouldn't care where the other party's money came from, as long as it ended up in her hands.
Raising cats is very expensive, and training Ninja Cats is even more expensive. After the Uchiha clan was destroyed, she hadn't had such a big customer in a long time.
"I want to adopt a Ninja Cat," Lin Ke requested.
Rin, who was packing up the Scrolls, looked sideways. There are still people willing to adopt Ninja Cats these days!
Compared to sensible, obedient, well-behaved, and loyal Ninja Dogs, the Ninja Cat clan, how should I put it...
What ninja would like a Ninja Cat that is willful and doesn't want to work when it doesn't feel like it?
Moreover, Ninja Cats don't have a strong master-servant concept at all, they need to be taken care of carefully, they have requirements for food and drink, they are lazy and gluttonous, and even if they are summoned when they are in a bad mood, they will slack off and not work.
Most importantly, the difference is shown by comparison. Ninja Dogs can eat whatever they are given, they never back down from work, they come when called, and they will even risk their lives to protect their masters.
"You want a Ninja Cat? How many?" Granny Cat chuckled, "Let me say this in advance, I can't force them to work for you."
Lin Ke thought for a while and said, "I think Hina is pretty good..."
It was a long-planned thing, he had thought Hina was pretty good for a long time, and she was considered responsible among Ninja Cats.
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