Leaving Again
[Multiple Shadow Clone Technique]
Not far away, the Rabbit Shadow created multiple clones, quickly filling the ground.
"Hoo~"
Lin Ke gasped for breath, swallowed a Soldier Pill, and then wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Having mastered the Shadow Clone Technique, the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique was not much more difficult and was quickly mastered.
The effect is not much different from the ordinary Shadow Clone, both separating the shadow from the Original Body. The biggest difference is that the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique allows many shadows of the same target to appear.
It shouldn't be much more effective in consuming the opponent's Chakra. More importantly, the cooperation of multiple enemy shadows will make close combat exponentially more difficult.
But for the current Lin Ke, it's just so-so. He can casually send dozens of his own shadows, equivalent to Jonin, to swarm the enemy. No matter how many shadows the enemy creates, it still won't increase the upper limit of the shadows.
Moreover, the Chakra consumption is too high.
Lin Ke sighed inwardly. The ordinary Shadow Clone only divides half of his Chakra, but the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique directly divides the Chakra evenly into the maximum number of copies, leaving only one share for himself.
Not to mention him, anyone who used it would probably be panting for breath.
It's more suitable for Naruto, who has a huge amount of Chakra, and the Eight Trigrams Sealing decomposes the Nine-Tailed Chakra to supplement his own Chakra, making him an invincible Jinchuriki with endless endurance.
For him, the practicality is very poor. It's another Ninjutsu that will likely be shelved.
Lin Ke looked up at Sasuke, who was sparring with Uchiha Fugaku not far away. Since the two members of Team 7 were promoted to Chunin, their temporary teammates left, and Naruto was training outside the village, Team 7 was almost dead in name.
Kakashi had even started taking on missions alone.
After Haruno Sakura was promoted to Chunin, she was following Yuhi Kurenai to advance her Genjutsu training, while Sasuke was routinely by his side.
I wonder what Tsunade is doing. She hasn't shown up for so long. Could she have left the village again?
Lin Ke was a little puzzled. With Nawaki around, gradually healing her Hemophobia, and already taking on important duties in the village, theoretically Tsunade's personality wouldn't allow her to run away again. Her sudden mysterious disappearance gave him a very awkward feeling.
He was still counting on Tsunade to quickly develop more new drugs for him, the stronger the better. He was almost ready to go out to harm Orochimaru, strike at the terrorist organization Akatsuki, and collect Jinchuriki, entering a new instance.
But the healer ran away.
Forget it, I'll go ask Shizune again today. If she's still not there, I'll prepare to leave the village and find trouble with Orochimaru.
Lin Ke still felt a slight sense of urgency.
It wasn't about worrying about the Ōtsutsuki or Shippuden. With his strength and techniques, it really wasn't difficult to kill a Jinchuriki by surprise. The Chakra Scalpel was a natural counter to Tailed Beasts, which were made of solid Chakra.
If he wasn't thinking about raising the Tailed Beasts for his own use, and worried that the Mystical Palm Technique wouldn't be able to save a Jinchuriki who had lost their Tailed Beast, he would have tried to extract the Six Tails and raise it in the Land of Waves.
What really concerned him and made him feel urgent was Orochimaru, this outdated villain.
Technology is power. He was able to use the Five Elements Sealing to master some Original Body, and through the Original Body, he could control Natural Energy. It sounded very powerful.
If he really created some overpowered monster in the future, it would be troublesome.
He didn't want to learn from some trash villains, knowing there was a threat and letting the other party develop as they pleased. He definitely had to take action to nip the enemy in the bud.
Thinking this, Lin Ke rested for a while, said goodbye to the Uchiha father and son, and set off for the Medical Department building.
Shizune, Han Fang, and several other high-level members of the Medical Team were studying medical experiments with Hidan.
When he entered, everyone greeted him, and then ignored him and continued their research. Even Hidan happily spat to show his welcome, and then his mouth and eyes were crooked in a buzzing sound.
The Medical Team's containment measures for Mr. D were several rings worn around his neck, wrists, and thighs.
The specific effect was to monitor a series of indicators such as blood pressure, heartbeat, and blood flow rate. If he got even slightly excited, he would be shocked to prevent Mr. D from acting impulsively. The shock effect would increase with the degree of emotional excitement.
There was also a buzzer on it, which would sound when a certain standard was reached, and then the syringe inside would inject an ultra-high concentration of anesthetic.
At first, Mr. D would impulsively injure himself all over, but now he was more dead than alive, and generally wouldn't have any extra thoughts.
But, Lin Ke's appearance still made Mr. D happy beyond measure.
"..." Shizune rolled her eyes as she watched him greet Hidan in a fake manner, causing Mr. D to go on strike. She stopped the experiment, took off her gloves, and asked, "What's the matter?"
"If it's news about Tsunade-sama, she hasn't returned yet."
She was actually starting to worry a little too.
After all, compared to others, she knew a little bit of inside information. Those special Natural Energy had too much destructive power, and a careless move could easily lead to death. Even with Katsuyu's help, there would still be great risks.
She had tried to dissuade Tsunade for a long time from risking death to practice that technique, but to no avail. She could never win against Tsunade, and in the end, she could only let her do as she pleased.
"I understand." Lin Ke nodded, unsurprisingly not coming back. "Help me prepare more medicine, and please issue another mission to search for precious herbs."
"Medicine is no problem." Shizune said, walking ahead and replying, then asked, "Are you leaving the village again?"
"Yes, I'll leave Sasuke to you then." Lin Ke said, following behind.
Shizune stopped at the door of the pharmacy, opened it, and said, "My treatment will definitely be much worse than your technique. You should tell him in advance not to push himself too hard..."
Soon, she packed the medicine she had prepared in advance—
In the past, it was all small packets of medicine. For larger quantities, they used scrolls. Anyway, the Medical Team was full of ninjas. Since Lin Ke became a regular, there were more packing bags and sacks for packing.
Shizune placed a sack of medicine in Lin Ke's hands, looking at the short child who hadn't changed much from two months ago, and quietly sighed.
Too bad I can't learn the Yin Seal to maintain eternal youth, alas.
However, for the little brat in front of her, was eternal youth a good thing or a bad thing? She didn't say anything, returned to the office, opened a Medical Department mission form, stamped it with Lady Tsunade's seal, collected the money for the medicine, and watched Lin Ke leave, looking at the empty desk and chair with a nostalgic and lonely expression.
Lady Tsunade, you must come back safe and sound—"Are you ready?"
"Yes, partner meow!"
The Ninja Cat Hina confidently squatted on Shadow's shoulder, forcefully sucking in the fat on her stomach. The clothes that were slightly loose before were now stretched tightly.
"..."
Lin Ke felt that he wasn't really raising a cat, but more like raising a pig. He was silent for a moment, then said, "I should buy you a new outfit."
"?!" Hina's fur bristled instantly, "I'm not a fat meow!"
"The clothes shrunk meow."
Lin Ke stroked the cat's head and said, "Yes, yes, as a reward for your loyalty over the past month, I've decided to buy you a new outfit, new toys, and special cat sticks that I heard just arrived."
"I heard they're special Matatabi flavored cat sticks."
"Thank you, partner meow~" Hina said with a smile, quietly arching her back and sucking in her stomach.
I've really been too indulgent lately, I should take some time to exercise more in the future. She patted Shadow's arm, signaling Shadow to use his elbow to help block the fat, her face slightly worried.
I can't let Tian Huo laugh at me next time we meet, alas, I'm so worried meow.
Lin Ke took Hina to the pet store to buy new clothes, cat sticks, and drinks. Anyway, Ninja Cats could use Summoning Jutsu, so he could buy more and seal them in scrolls.
It also helped him retrieve things from the scroll, saving a lot of trouble. Raising a Ninja Cat was really convenient.
Oh right, in addition to his daily training and learning to stably release the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique during this time, he also tried to practice Reverse Summoning Jutsu—
It failed.
He couldn't reach any agreement with the Ninja Cat clan, couldn't be Reverse Summoned by Hina, and trying to activate Reverse Summoning himself would directly turn into a normal Summoning Jutsu.
It just connected to the Pure Land.
He really wanted to move, not connect.
Telecommunications would also be fine. If he could build a Pure Land telecommunications network, his Pure Land Dream Company would shine.
Getting back to the topic, after taking care of the Ninja Cat's external affairs, Lin Ke set off with his scroll on his back, leaving the village again.
As soon as he left, he headed south.
The closest Orochimaru Base to Konoha Village was the Southern Base, a small island surrounded by the sea, not far from the Land of Waves.
He could also take Utakata along the way.
With Earth Dragon as transportation, the one person and one cat quickly arrived near Lin Ke's Base in the Land of Waves.
"You're back." After not seeing each other for more than a month, Utakata looked the same as ever, wearing the exact same Yukata.
This guy didn't know how many identical Yukatas he had bought. Lin Ke discovered a large area of them being dried when he was changing and washing them.
"You adopted it?" He looked at Hina with interest.
"Meow~" The poor little cat, under the pressure of the Jinchuriki, didn't dare to bristle or show any expression, pitifully lying in Shadow's arms and making a weak cry.
"We have a new mission." Lin Ke came back to bring Utakata along.
He couldn't possibly waste the help he'd spent so much time cultivating without using it. He was still the same as always; under normal circumstances, he wouldn't lift a finger himself if he could avoid it.
Unless the opponent was a very troublesome guy, like Kakuzu, who was strong, posed a great threat from a distance, and couldn't be dealt with even by three elite Jonin and a Shadow Clone combined, and who was also very likely to use black threads to escape underground, then he would take action himself.
There was no need to fight Orochimaru; they were old acquaintances.
"Okay." Utakata put away his bubble-blowing tools, indicating that he was ready to depart at any time.
He didn't ask why, nor did he ask what they were going to do.
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