It Starts Again
"..."
Uchiha Sasuke looked into his best friend's eyes and said, "I... I just want to protect you all now."
Including his family, his parents and the rest of the Uchiha clan, and his best friend in front of him.
He thought for a moment, then added, "If you want, I can be Uchiha Sasuke, a Jonin of Konoha Village."
"That's not bad either, starting a life of raising kids at such a young age." Lin Ke laughed easily, not wanting to force him.
He didn't expect that Eternal Mangekyō Sasuke would quickly drop out of the top tier on his Pokémon, I mean, helper list.
Next to appear would be the invincible Senju Hashirama, so he wouldn't need anyone else.
Even if Uchiha Madara were resurrected, he wouldn't be afraid. Without all the Tailed Beasts, he couldn't create the Ten-Tails, and Kaguya couldn't appear. Without Six Paths-level monsters, there was nothing to fear.
Lin Ke felt more inflated than ever. The Sword of Damocles hanging over his head could get lost. He could grow up normally, without having to force his body to mature every day, be a good Konoha boy, grow into a tall guy of 1.8 meters in the future, become the Hokage, develop to the level of Six Paths, and then find a way to subvert the entire ninja world.
He had long disliked the ninja system.
Perhaps I can instill some red ideology into Senju Hashirama? Random thoughts flashed through his mind.
Here we go again.
Senju Tobirama watched Lin Ke, whose smile remained the same, whose eyes were still peaceful, but whose heart was fluctuating violently, and observed silently.
Could it be that such intense psychological activity is what allows this kid to have the ability to mutate Ninjutsu?
Besides the Impure World Reincarnation and Underworld Swamp he was researching, the Tailed Beasts and Jugo as backup options, the most important experiment was the target 'Lin Ke'.
Here we go again.
Hina secretly watched Senju Tobirama, who was peeking at her master in a daze, and observed silently.
Oh, she couldn't understand any experiments or research. At first, she just wanted to become famous in the Ninja Cat World, return home in glory next time, and show off to Tian Huo that she had pulled the Second Hokage's bell.
After paying attention more often, she discovered that the target had been peeking at her master all along. Her characteristics as a Ninja Cat were brought into play, and she recorded the interval between each time in a notebook, wanting to see if there was any pattern, and why he was peeking.
Here we go again.
Utakata watched the two people and one cat with interest. Didn't the three of them know that he was the focus when he was in the crowd? Uchiha Sasuke patiently waited until Lin Ke's eyes, which seemed to be looking at him, moved, and he was the first to be familiar with his best friend suddenly spacing out for no reason. He opened his mouth and said, "I've talked to my father, they will become Konoha ninjas in the future, as for me."
"I might open a dessert shop."
"Huh? Don't you dislike sweets?" Lin Ke asked strangely, then fell silent.
Uchiha Sasuke smiled faintly, without answering, but said, "The future should be peaceful, right? At that time, I will still live in Konoha Village."
He wasn't stupid, how could he not see that his best friend, who kept talking about plans and controlling The World, wasn't that ruthless at all.
It was impossible to even get Lin Ke to destroy the Land of Waves.
A strange best friend, saying it with his mouth, believing it in his heart, but the things he did were...
That guy should have realized it sooner.
Uchiha Sasuke looked at Utakata next to him. As their eyes met, they both smiled.
Lin Ke smiled with a very behind-the-scenes villain vibe and said, "Then I will definitely come to support you..."
Uchiha Sasuke listened to him rambling quietly. Because of Itachi, he actually knew a lot about sweets.
People are very strange. He hated Itachi and hated the sweets that Itachi liked.
Now, he suddenly felt that sweets seemed pretty good, and he could give them a try.
"By the way, I heard Karin really likes Pork Cutlet Rice Bowl." Lin Ke gave a knowing look, watching the Uchiha little radishes come out with big bags and small bags, and asked the Shadow to help take the luggage.
The luggage included the little radishes.
Don't mention that the Uchihas haven't regained their strength from their previous lives, even if they have, after the Shadow completed its upgrade, each one is a monster with Might Guy's Taijutsu level in normal state. In a one-on-one close combat, taking advantage of the Shadow's two-dimensional ability to sneak attack, they can instantly kill a group.
Once caught, don't even think about resisting.
Uchiha Sasuke is improving, Utakata is improving, and Lin Ke is also improving. It's just that without Tsunade supplying high-purity medicine, his speed of improvement has slowed down. Compared to ordinary people, his speed of getting stronger is still very considerable.
"Uncle and Auntie." He greeted Fugaku and his wife sweetly, then asked the Shadow to bring chairs and distribute them one by one.
Even if Eternal Mangekyō Sasuke isn't in the top tier, he still needs to be won over and controlled, so Sasuke's parents are very important. Playing the emotional card is a good idea.
He specially ordered a batch of high-quality chairs for everyone to use on the journey. Now that they practically have peak Senju Hashirama, what's there to fear? Enjoyment should definitely be a priority.
If he can't enjoy life, what's the point of his efforts to become stronger?
Anyway, ordering two chairs is the same as ordering dozens. It's just that Granny Cat is starting to have objections to the strange orders.
But it doesn't matter, anything that can be solved with money is not a problem.
[Perhaps this spirit of being able to deceive even one's own heart is the key?]
Senju Tobirama silently noted this down, deciding to secretly find Sarutobi and the others to conduct an experiment when he gets back, then plopped down on the soft, windproof chair.
How to put it, it was so comfortable that it was out of sync with the profession of a ninja.
In comparison, the palanquins that nobles ride in are simply not something a person can sit in for long.
Hina, however, wasn't used to the custom-made cat nest and still curled up in Shadow's arms, making it easy to be petted. If she wanted her head rubbed, she would pat Shadow's arm, and if she wanted her chin rubbed, she would pat Shadow's chest. She had completely tamed her Shadow.
Back to the village!—Konoha Village, Hokage Office.
"Is there still no news from Jiraiya and the others?"
Tsunade, who had been missing for a long time, sat across from the Hokage's desk, asking with a serious expression.
The Third Hokage frowned, thinking, and said, "We should know what's going on when Lin Ke returns. If something happens to them, there will be a reaction in the Pure Land."
Relying on Lin Ke's techniques for everything, is the village going to revolve around him in the future?
Tsunade was quite speechless. She suspected that the old men had fallen under Lin Ke's Genjutsu during her absence. The Second Hokage's resurrection and Shimura Danzo's suicide sounded more bizarre than the other.
Just a deceased person summoned from the Pure Land, resurrection and such, the credibility is a bit low.
"Where is Lin Ke? I'll go find them." She decided to take the initiative to see what was going on.
"No." The Third Hokage unilaterally rejected, wondering why she would bother the research on the Impure World Reincarnation Ninjutsu for no reason.
Tsunade resisted the urge to slam the table. She found that after mastering the permanent Sage Mode, her temper had become much more volatile. Her already, um, not-so-gentle temper now seemed like a pile of firewood that would explode at the slightest spark.
"Hoo~" She slowly took a deep breath and said, "Then it's okay if I go find Jiraiya, right?"
The Third Hokage didn't hesitate to reject again: "No, if Jiraiya and Kakashi are both missing, you absolutely cannot go alone."
"This isn't allowed, that isn't allowed, old man, you!" Tsunade stood up abruptly, glaring at the Hokage and the two Advisors.
"Swish!"
An Anbu landed and said, "Jonin Lin Ke has returned to the village."
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