An hour later, in the Intensive Care Unit of Konoha Hospital.
"Beep~ Beep~ Beep"
Nagato, looking like a skeleton with snow-white hair, lay on the hospital bed, medical equipment emitting a steady rhythm.
"He got away."
Namikaze Minato's expression still looked complicated.
He didn't expect that hot-blooded youth from the past to become like this.
Tsunade nodded, not too concerned about Obito's escape. Even Uchiha Madara and her grandfather couldn't stop that brat from running away, so the Fourth Hokage probably couldn't either.
As a doctor, she was more concerned about the patient inside. "This guy's body is too overdrafted. Losing an eye is a minor issue."
"The leg injury has been too long, and it has basically atrophied. Normal treatment methods cannot cure it." Saying that, she looked at Lin Ke, who had come over to join the fun.
Abnormal treatment methods, of course, referred to the Mystical Palm Technique.
"Leave it to me."
Lin Ke stepped forward and used Mystical Palm Technique, the effect was immediate. Tsunade immediately released Mystical Palm Technique to assist in the treatment.
It could be seen that Nagato's complexion was rapidly improving. Of course, his body shape would not change. His thinness was due to overdrafting. Mystical Palm Technique was for treating injuries, not for supplementing nutrition. If he wanted to return to a normal state, he would definitely need to supplement nutrition.
Tsunade treated for a while, and signaled Lin Ke with her eyes to come over and supplement with Mystical Palm Technique.
The two of them working together, the pinnacle of conventional Medical Ninjutsu and the unreasonable disease and injury extraction of the mutated Ninjutsu, the effect was immediate.
"Almost there." Tsunade released a super large amount of Chakra in one breath to release Mystical Palm Technique, but her face remained unchanged and her heart didn't skip a beat. "The rest is long-term conditioning."
Fortunately, Lin Ke's technique was unreasonable. This kind of patient with long-term internal injuries and internal deformities was really difficult to treat with Mystical Palm Technique, and multiple operations were required. Especially the legs, now it was much simpler.
Namikaze Minato saw that they were finished and reminded, "Lord Senju Tobirama is waiting for us."
"Wait a minute." Lin Ke didn't leave directly, and walked out of the Intensive Care Unit in a few steps.
Konan was sitting on a bench in the corridor with her head down, waiting quietly.
Yahiko floated beside her, summoned by the Summoning Jutsu, he couldn't touch the person he wanted to comfort, so he could only accompany her.
"Let's go together." Lin Ke took the initiative to speak. He was quite surprised that the other party would betray Obito. In the manga, the betrayal was because Nagato entrusted his ideals to Naruto, and Konan would decisively betray for the sake of peace.
What was it now?
Just for Yahiko?
"..." Konan was silent for a while. She knew that she had no room to refuse, and said in a low voice, "I understand." She stood up.
"Add them to the Second Batch in advance." Lin Ke looked sideways, "Obito seems to want to capture them and is still coveting the Rinnegan inside."
"Anyway, Nagato's injuries are almost healed, let's take him with us later."
Namikaze Minato did not express any opinion. Only Lin Ke could activate the technique, there was nothing to say.
Konan looked up in surprise.
"Although the place we're going to isn't much better," Lin Ke said, meeting her gaze with a smile, "it will allow you to rest for a while."
"You probably won't be able to leave in the short term, but after a few more days, it should be fine."
Konan has the Tongue Severing Curse Seal on her, a type of Cursed Seal that Root used to use frequently. As long as she tries to say anything about Lin Ke or Lin Ke's techniques, her whole body will be paralyzed, unable to move or speak.
After all, Cursed Seals aren't omnipotent; they can be broken. Sending them to a Different World for a period of supervision, until the reincarnated individuals grow up, will allow them to be released.
Lin Ke never thought about killing the prisoners; Konoha Village doesn't have the habit of killing prisoners either.
Shimura Danzo, who has the most motivation and ability to kill prisoners, has been behaving unusually well lately.
The Shadow carried Nagato, who had barely woken up, out of the Intensive Care Unit. Konan and Yahiko followed behind, and the group quickly left Konoha Hospital.
Tsunade leaned against the wall, shaking her head, her expression somewhat lost in thought.
Watching the three little brats from the past grow into what they are today, she thought of Jiraiya. That guy used to disappear suddenly from time to time. Except during times of urgent war, his belief in the Mount Myōboku prophecy had reached the point of obsession.
Perhaps it's related to Jiraiya's background.
His family has had a contract with Mount Myōboku for generations, gaining powerful strength but also being too deeply influenced by Mount Myōboku.
She actually knew in her heart that he had feelings for her that went beyond friendship, but those feelings couldn't compare to the village, let alone the prophecy, so they could never have a chance to be together.
She knew this when she was young.
Now middle-aged and alone, with her friend defecting from the village, her love unfulfilled, and her disciple dead, Jiraiya, who is outwardly bold but inwardly gentle, had no other choice after experiencing so many brutal wars. Apart from the prophecy, he couldn't think of any way to achieve peace.
His belief that one day everyone would be able to understand each other had become a fantasy as the years passed.
From then on, his life could only revolve around the prophecy.
Lin Ke's appearance, and the excessive changes, made the prophecy confusing. Just recently, he had been getting drunk alone at the Sake House many times.
"How are you doing now?" Tsunade sighed softly.
She can be considered to have found happiness now, with her boyfriend, younger brother, and grandfather by her side.
Orochimaru is researching Lin Ke's techniques every day and is extremely happy.
Only Jiraiya is still alone, with no place to rest his heart.
[Slightly, a little worried]—Konoha Village, Laboratory.
"You're really being willful," Senju Tobirama said with a headache.
This kid Lin Ke always changes his plans for no reason.
Bringing the prisoners over ahead of schedule means the protective measures over there haven't been completed yet. It's too troublesome to transfer people to monitor the prisoners; it's just increasing his workload.
"Hehe~" Lin Ke chuckled twice and said, "It's okay, I'll be responsible for guarding them then."
"Did you tell them the precautions?" Senju Tobirama complained, but he still honestly prepared the Scroll.
Now the Boat Crossing Technique uniformly uses Scrolls to charge, and they even specially designed a Sealing Jutsu formula to suppress Chakra aura, which requires two Scrolls to be placed together to trigger.
This can well conceal the secret that the core is actually Lin Ke.
Lin Ke signaled Konan, Nagato, and Yahiko, who had been reincarnated into a little kid, to go over. None of the three hesitated. They had already become prisoners at the mercy of others; whether others wanted to kill or cut them was just a matter of words.
Moreover, with Yahiko reincarnated and revived, there was even less reason to hesitate.
Konan supported Nagato, Yahiko stood on the chair, and together they placed their hands on the scroll, the trio smiling at each other.
At this moment, even if they were to journey to the Yellow Springs together, there would be no regrets, right?
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