Return to the Village
"Partner, you really have an eye for talent, meow!"
Hina's mouth was greasy from the grilled fish as she lay in the shadow's arms, licking her fur and happily saying.
She had just become a domestic Ninja Cat and had already received a feast, which was simply wonderful.
I knew becoming a house cat was the right choice! Feeling the embrace and massage, she quickly thought of Tian Huo, who was still lying in the empty Granny Cat's Ninja Tool Shop waiting for customers, and couldn't help but laugh in her heart.
"However, let's make it clear in advance, you must not cause trouble when I need to use you in the future," Lin Ke said with a smile.
Raise a cat for a thousand days, use it for a moment.
When he was investigating Utakata, he suffered enough from not having reconnaissance methods.
Since the Summoning Jutsu couldn't find a ninja capable of reconnaissance, he would raise a Ninja Cat to fill the gap for now. Anyway, after the upgrade, the old generation of shadows should retire from the main battlefield, and raising a cat didn't require him to put in the effort personally.
Spending a little money wouldn't have much impact.
"Don't worry, leave the task of finding things and collecting information to me, meow~" Hina readily agreed, crossing her two front paws in front of her chest, lying sideways, resting her head on the shadow's arm, watching the scenery whizzing past.
She was different from those ordinary, unorganized, and undisciplined Ninja Cats. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to stand out and become one of the gatekeepers of Granny Cat's Ninja Tool Shop.
Ninjas do things for money, and Ninja Cats are the same, of course.
However, the prerequisite was that it must be a human she recognized, and they must take good care of her. Otherwise...
"We're here."
Lin Ke slowed down when he saw the Konoha Village gate. After being away for so long, he felt a slight sense of attachment in his heart, as it was his home in this life after all.
Hina also pretended to jump down from the shadow's body, seemingly loyal and following beside him.
He smoothly led the Ninja Cat through the gate. The patrol team's ninja dogs suddenly arched their backs at the two shadows carrying Hidan's fragments, baring their fangs and making threatening sounds.
"Woof~ Grrr"
"Hai Maru!" The Medical Team veterinarian and patrol team member Inuzuka Hana called out, walked over, nodded when she saw it was Lin Ke, and said, "What's in that bag?"
She was just asking out of curiosity. Actually, it didn't matter what was inside. No one would investigate if the kid in front of her brought something in, given his status.
Also, a Ninja Cat? She noticed Hina following beside him.
"Oh, it's a new experimental device for the Medical Team," Lin Ke replied with a smile. "You can call it Mr. D, it's very useful."
What a strange name...
Inuzuka Hana sniffed, feeling a very faint smell of human blood, but it had nothing to do with her, so she quickly left with the ninja dogs.
Only then did Lin Ke enter the streets of Konoha. Hina, who was stiffly following beside him to show her loyalty, didn't last long. After walking less than a hundred meters, she shrank back into the shadow's arms.
Revealing her true lazy cat nature.
The shadow's peculiar shape attracted the attention of many passersby. The humanoid figure, all black, was really strange.
He jumped onto the roof and quickly returned home. The room was cleaned very well, and some kind of perfume was sprayed? The house smelled a bit strange.
He had given the key to Sasuke before he left.
"Hina, what kind of cat bed do you want?" Lin Ke asked while having the shadow find his change of clothes.
His apartment wasn't small, but it wasn't big enough to have two bedrooms, so he couldn't let the Ninja Cat live alone and could only buy a cat bed.
Hina thought for a while and made a series of requests.
She didn't know what politeness was. She had sold her life to humans, so of course she had to enjoy herself to the fullest.
Lin Ke noted them down one by one, planning to go to the pet store to order one in the afternoon after returning from the Medical Team, and then said, "I will take you with me when I go on missions and leave the village in the future. You can freely dispose of the rest of the time."
He was raising a cat, after all, and didn't expect it to be effective immediately.
He liked cats in his previous life, and it was fine to raise one for fun. After going out, his wallet was bulging, so he didn't care about the little money spent on raising a cat.
He separated three shadows whose combat power had become outdated to follow Hina, and he took his change of clothes into the bathroom to take a shower.
While showering, he suddenly realized one thing—
Raising a cat was nothing, but raising a Ninja Cat, and under the same roof, wouldn't he be unable to go out naked after showering? Although he would never sleep naked, the feeling of losing a piece of privacy for no reason was a bit awkward.
However, he wasn't resistant, and even felt a little anticipation for his life.
[As expected, even I can't overcome loneliness?]
Lin Ke let the warm water flow over his face, looked at the white tiles, and smiled indifferently.
He was human, and humans always have some unavoidable feelings. It's best to learn to adapt and utilize them.
--Medical Team Building.
"Tsunade is out?" Lin Ke was a little surprised, casually placed the scroll on the table, and said, "The herbs needed for the mission."
"The medicine I took with me before is all gone."
When he left, he took enough medicine to last for half a year, but he finished it all in just over a month, really eating it like food. Unfortunately, the effect continued to decline.
Shizune accepted the scroll, looking like her mood wasn't quite right, and said, "I'll go prepare the medicine for you right away."
Before long, she came back with a large bag of medicine, looking like she had been prepared for this.
"There's a new medicine inside, developed by Tsunade-sama a few days ago. It's used to increase stamina. Long-term use can slightly increase your Chakra reserves, but the side effects are also strong, so you should take it as cautiously as possible."
She placed a separate small bag of pills next to the large package.
"Understood, thank you." Lin Ke paused and said, "By the way, I encountered some Akatsuki members outside and captured one of them..."
He roughly explained the situation of the Immortal Duo, and also had the shadow following behind, carrying Hidan's fragments, place the bag on the table.
Shizune showed an interested expression. As a Medical Ninja, she was quite interested in 'immortality'.
The two of them entered the Laboratory one after the other, releasing the head.
Hidan's head was wrapped in bubbles, Utakata's secret technique. It could be popped with just a little force. Placing it inside could isolate sound and smell, and also effectively prevent Hidan from launching saliva attacks.
On the way to the Land of Waves Base, Hidan often spat saliva to disgust people, so such isolation measures were used.
This guy's immortality only meant he couldn't die if cut apart. He could heal after injured and stitched up, but it wasn't unconditional immortality. He also needed to replenish nutrients, otherwise he would die and stink.
Previously, the timed feedings were completed by Utakata and the shadow in cooperation. Now that it was released, there were no longer such good preservation conditions as the bubbles.
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