This Is Part of the Plan
"Don't look so gloomy, you're about to surpass me and become a Jonin."
Lin Ke patted Sasuke's shoulder and smiled, "You'll be on the same level as your teacher Kakashi."
"When Naruto comes back, he'll have to call you Jonin too, wouldn't that be interesting?"
Uchiha Sasuke's expression changed slightly before returning to his usual silence. He didn't know what the point of becoming a Jonin was, but as a friend, he silently followed orders.
Having experienced the pain of losing a friend and then killing Itachi, he hadn't laughed easily in a long time. He carried too much on his shoulders, and the hope of revenge seemed to be fading away little by little. Was it painful? He didn't know.
Lin Ke's plans and his bonds in Konoha Village made him feel very torn. How exactly was he supposed to destroy the ninja world? Where should he start? After the initial excitement, all that remained was pure confusion.
"After the New Year this year, we'll take care of Danzo," Lin Ke's voice sounded beside him.
Uchiha Sasuke abruptly turned his head to look at him. "You..."
"It's part of the plan," Lin Ke slightly avoided his gaze, and said, "Since we've decided to ascend the Throne of Heaven, how can we be bound by the village?"
He said to himself, "You and Shadow will be responsible for the attack, and I'll take care of the others."
"How about it, are you confident? I've told you all his information."
"Don't screw it up." He joked with a smile.
Uchiha Sasuke lowered his head, suppressing his emotions, feeling his friend beside him watching him. He looked up, a natural smile on his face. "I have the strongest Sharingan."
"Smile more, it looks pretty good." Lin Ke didn't seem to take the matter of leaving the village to heart at all. "If you want to revive the Uchiha clan in the future, you can't do it alone. You need to have more children. I've noticed that Karin often goes to chat with you at the Base. Do you have any thoughts?"
Uchiha Sasuke's face turned slightly red, avoiding his smiling expression, and looking a little embarrassed, he said, "This kind of thing..."
"Don't worry, since you're my strength," Lin Ke's hand rested on his shoulder, "I'll take on the hatred as well."
"Your Mangekyo is very important, I can't possibly give you up."
For the plan to ascend the Throne of Heaven, and to become the strongest.
As expected, he still couldn't abandon the Mangekyō Sharingan. The more he invested, the more he could tie this excellent meat shield to his side. Replacing it with Itachi's eyes would directly turn it into the Eternal Mangekyō. In a few days, he could change his eyes and instantly become Fourth Shinobi World War Sasuke, invincible.
How could he give that up?
"..."
Uchiha Sasuke's Adam's apple bobbed. He had a lot to say, but he didn't say anything, just silently said, "I understand."
The Ramen was brought up.
The two chatted and ate, and after a while, a figure landed on the other side of Sasuke, and a lazy voice sounded, "A bowl of the signature Miso Ramen."
"What are you guys talking about?" Hatake Kakashi turned his head to look over.
"Of course, it's to celebrate Sasuke's upcoming promotion to Jonin." Lin Ke smiled and looked over. "Your student is catching up to you."
"Oh my, so I'm a teacher." Hatake Kakashi rubbed his chin covered by the mask, and said, "It seems that some people are about to become Jonin, and they still haven't called me 'teacher' even though they've learned my unique Ninjutsu."
Lin Ke smiled and said, "Then, do some teachers have any gifts for their students who are about to be promoted?"
"Didn't Yan Shui Teacher give you a gift when you were promoted to Special Jonin?" Hatake Kakashi showed a shocked look. "That guy really is..."
Uchiha Sasuke quietly smiled.
Hatake Kakashi placed two letters on the table and handed them over, saying, "Naruto sent these back to you."
"That kid..." Lin Ke opened the letter addressed to him, and the beginning was some very enthusiastic words of concern.
"He's really long-winded." X2 He and Sasuke said in unison.
Hatake Kakashi's eyebrows raised, and he said, "Sakura was very worried about you these past few days when you suddenly ran off."
"Yeah." Uchiha Sasuke folded the rambling letter carefully and put it in his pocket.
The biggest difference between him and the one in the manga was that after learning the whole truth, he was healed by his parents and Lin Ke, and didn't directly go to extremes to destroy Konoha Village. He simply wanted to kill Shimura Danzo.
That inevitably meant leaving the village.
But he wouldn't hesitate.
Kakashi, Naruto, and Sakura were important comrades, but they weren't enough to make him stop. He cherished his comrades, but he also had to move towards his own future.
As long as Lin Ke stood by his side, he would have no fear or hesitation about the future.
"Hoo~" Hatake Kakashi exhaled. He keenly noticed something was off with Sasuke, but he didn't know how to persuade or comfort him.
Because he himself was an extremely miserable person. His father committed suicide, two companions died one after another, his teacher died... He had lost everything he could lose.
If it weren't for Guy's existence, he wouldn't have lived to this day.
Lin Ke, will you become Sasuke's 'Guy'?—Night, at Lin Ke's house.
Just a few more months.
Lin Ke lay in bed, gazing at the moon outside the window, his face unreadable.
He hadn't previously considered leaving the village, but having come this far, he had decided to leave temporarily.
I chose this path, so I won't regret it.
Whether it's Yuan Wei or Xia, they were both meat shields I discarded.
Yan Shui Teacher and Shikaku-sensei, the annoying Mitarashi Anko, the overly familiar Asuma, Yuhi Kurenai with her unparalleled drinking capacity and straightforward personality…
He reached out to grasp the moonlight, but it was in vain. The trivial emotions quickly subsided, leaving only determination.
Leaving the village wasn't necessarily a bad thing.
He had learned most of the village's Ninjutsu. Even if he hadn't successfully mastered them, the knowledge was stored in his head. In a couple of days, he would memorize the other techniques by rote, and even leaving the village wouldn't matter.
After becoming a missing-nin, he wouldn't have to worry about the village being implicated when he stole Ninjutsu from other villages—no, he wouldn't have to worry about being criticized by the village.
Without burdens, he could do whatever he wanted, capture a few more Jinchuriki to have some fun.
It's just that when cutting off the Six Tails' Chakra, it seemed to be in a lot of pain…
Although Lin Ke didn't care what the Tailed Beast thought, he didn't like torturing others. The Tailed Beasts had human intelligence, so what was the difference between torturing a Tailed Beast and torturing a person?
Damn it, it was only because the progress of the Summoning Jutsu was unsatisfactory that he had his eyes on the Tailed Beasts.
He casually opened the Summoning Jutsu, routinely complaining to the netizens in the Pure Land: It's all the Second Hokage's fault, his attitude towards the Uchiha…
Last time, he talked about the Uchiha family affairs, hoping to attract some Uchiha, but only a few ordinary Uchiha clan members, the kind who hadn't even awakened the Sharingan, came over.
This time, he could take advantage of his resentment towards the Second Hokage to complain about Konoha's policies towards the Uchiha.
"Oh?"
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