Sasuke's Secret

"His technique involves drawing a ritual with blood. After obtaining the enemy's blood, he stands on the ritual, and harming himself simultaneously harms the enemy."

Lin Ke naturally explained Mr. D's special characteristics.

"His physical fitness is quite good, and his Taijutsu level is also decent, but he's not very bright."

"Ugh~ Spit! Spit! Spit!"

Hidan opened his mouth and spat repeatedly onto the glass. It must be said that his immortality isn't without its drawbacks. His regeneration speed is quite fast; his tongue, at its fastest, could be seen growing back most of the way, and some teeth had also grown back.

This was after having his teeth knocked out three times and his tongue cut off twice in just over a month.

Moreover, as a ninja with a physical strength of 9 and stamina of 8, he still had the strength to spit with most of his tongue and oral cavity, causing the saliva to hit the glass with a thud. He still had some strength.

It would be wise to be careful when getting close.

"The Evil God will curse you… I will bite you all to death, piece by piece, with my teeth…"

Hidan said vaguely.

Lin Ke ignored him and continued discussing his research findings from this period: "His body parts still maintain activity, and all parts of his body, even when separated, maintain a strange connection…"

Shizune listened and took notes seriously, the two of them appearing very professional.

Completely ignoring him infuriated Hidan. Denying him was denying Jashinism! "Spit! Spit!"

He angrily spat out saliva. When he couldn't secrete any more, he unhesitatingly bit open his mouth, spitting blood to disgust people.

"Thud!" A shadow drilled into the Laboratory, stood up, and punched him directly into a daze. Then, his mouth was pinched shut, unable to open.

"I understand, he's a valuable test subject," Shizune nodded in agreement.

After all, this was the first successful case of a Forbidden Technique repeated experiment by Jashinism, and likely the last experimental product of Jashinism. Its value was definitely sufficient.

Because this notorious cult had the doctrine of [killing everyone around], which included the meaning of believers killing each other.

There was no need to specifically exterminate them; they had already killed off most of their own people. It would be very difficult to reproduce the immortality experiment again.

Lin Ke was quite curious how Jashinism, with such a doctrine, managed to cooperate to create immortality.

Anyway, he left Mr. D to Shizune, who had a strong desire for exploration, made the dangers clear, left Mr. D's fragments, and left the Medical Team building with the medicine.

He had the shadow send the medicine home, and then he took the souvenirs sealed in a Scroll to visit his teacher Nara Shikaku, and also stopped by to see his teacher Nara Yan Shui.

His teacher was still the same as before, living a leisurely life. Although he was the Jonin squad leader, he rarely managed many things anymore. His position was there, and he didn't need to appear for ordinary missions. There weren't that many high-level missions or affairs involving the village and the Land of Fire on weekdays.

But Yan Shui Teacher—

"You've returned to duty?" Lin Ke was a little surprised.

Nara Yan Shui touched his Forehead Protector and said with a smile, "Yes, I can't stay idle. Besides being a ninja, I don't seem to be good at anything else."

Don't be so modest, you're quite good at slacking off.

Lin Ke complained in his heart. Before he could speak, Nara Yan Shui continued with a smile, "You haven't seen Yuan Wei and Kasumi yet, have you? They've both become Chunin."

"And those two students from Kakashi's Team 7 who often hang out with you have also been promoted to Chunin…"

They've all been promoted.

Listening to his teacher introduce the recent situation one by one, Lin Ke thought with some relief, At least I didn't fail to nurture them. With Yuan Wei and the others' strength, they were considered overqualified among the Chunin. Their future would depend on themselves.

Nara Yan Shui held his shoulder, looking at the student who seemed familiar but also had some unknown changes, and said:

"Let's go eat Barbecue Q together tonight."

Lin Ke paused almost imperceptibly and smiled, "Okay."

"I still have to see the Third Hokage, so let's meet at Barbecue Q tonight," he said, and left directly.

Nara Yan Shui looked at Lin Ke's back as he returned to his initial loneliness, and had many thoughts in his heart, which finally turned into a silent sigh.

He didn't know what his student had experienced or what his goal was, but the feeling that someone had to bear something made him feel very bad.

[False tears hurt others, false smiles only hurt yourself]—Leaving Nara Yan Shui's house, Lin Ke went to the Hokage Office.

Perhaps it was too leisurely, the Third Hokage was standing on the terrace, using binoculars to patrol the village, focusing on the hot springs and bathhouses to prevent perverts from peeping.

The two advisors were out, busy with other affairs. There weren't many people in the Jonin office; the village's mission volume was recovering, and most people had gone out to carry out missions.

Lin Ke chatted with the Third Hokage for a while, strengthening their relationship, and then took his leave, heading straight for the Seventh Training Ground.

Yuan Wei and Xia were nowhere to be seen. Sasuke was training as always, not wearing his iconic Chunin green vest. Seeing him come over, he stood up, evened out his breathing, and slowly smiled, saying, "Welcome back."

Lin Ke returned the smile, said nothing, and used the Body Flicker Technique to get close.

"Pa!"

Sasuke was actually able to block his attack. He's growing fast. He probably uses the Mystical Palm Technique less than a tenth as much as he does, and takes less than a twentieth of the Forbidden Techniques, yet he's only a little worse than him.

The Sharingan is even more of a cheat. After opening the Three Tomoe, his speed and Chakra volume increase rapidly, even more powerful than taking drugs.

The gap between geniuses and ordinary people is truly huge.

Thoughts flashed through Lin Ke's head.

"Dong!" Sasuke returned a whip kick.

The two of them exchanged blows in the training grounds with pure Taijutsu, just like before.

"Hoo~"

In the end, Lin Ke won with a very slight advantage. Sasuke lay down on the rock. After a long while, he said:

"I want to go find Itachi."

"No." Lin Ke denied his decision, saying, "You're still far from ready."

The Three Tomoe can theoretically fight Uchiha Itachi, but the current weasel is not the sick ghost from Shippuden who goes blind and waits to die after using two skills.

Moreover, Sasuke's hatred is far from enough, so it's impossible to awaken the Mangekyo, which seriously deviates from the path planned by Uchiha Itachi.

Who knows if he'll get hit by Kotoamatsukami on the spot if he rushes over.

This is also why he didn't list Uchiha Itachi as a hunting target. The deterrence of the strongest Genjutsu is there, and people with above-average combat intelligence will use it very terrifyingly. There's also the resurrection coin Izanagi and the disgusting Izanami.

There are too many variables in a fight.

It's better to delay it. It's only a maximum of two years. They're still young and have plenty of time to develop. If Shippuden still doesn't work, then find the location of the Three-Tails' resurrection in advance and kill the Three-Tails again.

There are plenty of ways to stall for time, no need to be too anxious.

"..."

Sasuke was silent for a moment, not speaking.

There was something he had been burying in his heart without telling anyone, neither his friend in front of him nor his parents.

Itachi had told him in the Genjutsu space during that brief battle that the strongest Mangekyō Sharingan needed to be opened in a special way.

He had verified this.

Since the Mangekyo would cause blindness with repeated use, Itachi needed a pair of Mangekyo to replace, so he would help him open the Mangekyo—

Sever his most important bond, so that he would have enough resolve to open the Mangekyō Sharingan.

In that Genjutsu space, no matter how angry, questioning, or roaring he was, all he got in return was Itachi's dead, cold expression.

[Even if you want to take my eyes, or if you've done those wrong things between the village and the clan, only this is unforgivable...]

The Three Tomoe in Sasuke's eyes emerged with the fluctuation of his emotions, and the red pupils became more and more vivid.

"What's wrong?" Noticing the abnormal fluctuation of Chakra, Lin Ke asked, turning his head.

Sasuke calmed his Chakra, turned off the Sharingan, and looked over. When his eyes met Lin Ke's, a smile involuntarily appeared on his face, half-jokingly, half-seriously saying, "It's nothing, I just remembered Itachi."

[I want to complete the battle with Itachi alone. I can't let Lin Ke take the risk. For the sake of my eyes, he will definitely not kill me directly.]

Beneath his smile were surging emotions. Between his brother and the hatred of the clan's destruction, he would be at a loss, but he would never allow something important to him to be taken away again.

Not because of hatred, but because of certain things that must be protected.

[No matter what, no matter what]

[I will kill you]—Land of Fire, somewhere in an Uchiha base, in a dark hall.

"Cough cough~"

"Drip"

Uchiha Itachi leaned back in the chair, his hand covering his mouth, blood still dripping onto the ground little by little from between his fingers.

After a good while, he took out some medicine and swallowed it, then slowly straightened his body, his eyes looking at the somewhat blurry, empty hall, his expression without sorrow or joy.

"Flutter flutter~"

A crow flew in from the passage and landed on the armrest of the chair, preening its feathers.

Uchiha Itachi stroked the crow, the information he had collected appearing in his mind one by one, and he sat for a while before standing up.

It's about time. Lin Ke is growing too fast. Not only is he the Six Tails Jinchuriki, but even Kakuzu and Hidan...

He pondered, Sasuke is almost up to standard as well, thanks to Lin Ke's technique.

But merely training the body will never bridge the gap with the Mangekyo.

Also, 'Madara' seems to have new plans. I need to make Sasuke awaken the Mangekyo before that, whether it's to protect the village or to survive...

He didn't think that Lin Ke could defeat 'Madara' even if he continued to grow. Just Sasori's Reverse Summoning Jutsu alone could leave Lin Ke helpless, and 'Madara's' abilities made him not particularly confident in killing him.

"Da, da, da"

Uchiha Itachi walked out of the hall step by step, his sluggish body gradually returning to normal as the medicine took effect. He walked from the shadows into the sunlight, squinted his eyes slightly, and disappeared from the spot with the Body Flicker Technique.

Are you ready?

Sasuke

-----------

This high quality machine translation is powered by: https:// randomtranslator.com/

To read the full translation, as well as more than 130+ full translations or to request new translations, check out: https:// randomtranslator.com/

You can also join the Random Translator Community on Discord to connect with other readers: https:// discord.gg/NSWvfN7vua

-----------