"Bye bye~"
Ino stood at the door, waving with a bright smile.
"Goodbye." Lin Ke returned the smile, holding a bouquet of Lilies as he walked out of the Yamanaka Flower Shop, planning to take them to Naruto at the hospital later.
As expected, he still didn't know what to say.
When chatting with the girl earlier, Ino could talk endlessly about fun things, like Choji getting angry and his face turning purple when a client called him fat during a mission, or Asuma seemingly raising an unknown girl and getting cornered by Yuhi Kurenai at the door.
There were embarrassing stories about friends and some gossip, but Lin Ke could only stay on the side saying 'yes,' 'haha,' 'uh-huh.'
He was surprised to find that after twelve years of constantly pursuing strength, he had lost the ability to sincerely chat with girls he wasn't very familiar with.
Whatever.
Lin Ke hadn't walked far when he saw the Maruko Shop, and he threw all the other messy feelings to the back of his mind, happily walking over to buy Maruko to eat.
The feeling of eating sweets was too joyful.
Eating Maruko and drinking sweet water, he sat by the roadside thinking about his next plan.
First, he would cooperate with Senju Tobirama to understand the differences in mutated Ninjutsu between different worlds, after all, they were in a different world, and what if the system wasn't compatible?
Then there were the problems of Impure World Reincarnation and Rashomon.
Rashomon had a cooldown period after all, and the three Hokage who were summoned were all trying to conceal information in various ways. He usually summoned them in shifts as much as possible, and only occasionally summoned them all together. But if he really encountered an enemy during the cooldown period, it would be more troublesome.
Reincarnation was definitely necessary; he couldn't just let people stay dead and work for him, right? He might be willing, but their families wouldn't be.
He still had to maintain a somewhat noble and upright image.
According to Senju Tobirama's speculation, Senju Hashirama should be able to retain some of his previous life's Chakra after reincarnation, after all, this guy's Chakra reserves were equivalent to Naruto + Nine Tails. Even if he used up ninety percent, the remaining ten percent would still be more than ninety-nine percent of people.
His Spirit was at the highest level of ten; even if he lost ninety percent, it would still be Spirit ten.
The only problem was that the body after reincarnation was too fragile, and muscle memory and reactions had to be re-trained. With Lin Ke's Mystical Palm Technique, he could be used as a Kage at most one or two months after reincarnation.
In fact, he would be much stronger than an ordinary Kage, but the difference in physical quality ultimately turned an impeccable Super-Kage into a turret, with too many loopholes in close combat.
As for when he could return to his original strength, that was unknown.
It should be enough for the short term.
Anyway, Uchiha Madara in the Main World had already been defeated, sealed up, and thrown into another world for safekeeping. The missing Obito was carrying a Rinnegan and had disappeared to some unknown place, but he really couldn't be caught. In the Naruto World, even Ōtsutsuki Kaguya couldn't deal with Kamui, so they could only hope for Sasuke's second Dojutsu in the future or cultivate the Uchiha Obito of the Different World.
If Black Zetsu couldn't be found, then so be it. That thing's lurking ability was so strong that even bug-like existences like Nine Tails Mode Namikaze Minato, Six Paths Obito, and Six Paths Madara couldn't detect it. Besides being a super glass cannon, its ability to survive was maxed out. Without anyone to deceive, there was no need to worry about it causing any trouble.
The Uchiha Madara of the other world should still be alive underground with tubes inserted. He would die without the tubes. Without an heir like Uchiha Obito, he should just squat obediently underground.
The Rinnegan had to be retrieved quickly, otherwise Yahiko would be dead sometime after the Kannabi Bridge incident. There was no need to reincarnate another little kid, after all, this guy was only fifteen years old when he died.
Summoning Senju Hashirama from Konoha Village Number Two to temporarily hold the line would be fine. Eternal Mangekyō Sasuke was invincible in the Naruto World with the Third Shinobi World War background.
Senju Tobirama had already arranged the reincarnation order. Senju Hashirama, who had a replacement, would be reincarnated first. After one or two months to regain some strength, Sarutobi Hiruzen would be reincarnated. After the Third Shinobi World War in the Different World ended, it would be Namikaze Minato's turn.
In addition to these three high-end combatants, others should be summoned and reincarnated as soon as possible. It was more important to restore their strength as soon as possible.
Leaving aside the village affairs, Lin Ke also had some plans of his own.
The first thing was to go to the Rain Hidden Village, find the Akatsuki Organization, and bring the Main World Nagato Trio, Sasuke, and Utakata over. If he could persuade them, great; if not, he would capture them.
The second thing was the Tailed Beasts. War was the best time to capture Tailed Beasts. In the Main World, rashly collecting Tailed Beasts could easily trigger war. But in the neighboring world, snatching the Tailed Beasts of enemy villages was perfectly justified. Except for the Nine Tails, which was difficult to handle, there was a chance to get the other eight.
Lin Ke could test whether his Mystical Palm Technique could save the Jinchuriki who lost their Tailed Beasts. If so, he would get a Crazy Diamond as a backup. If he was powerless to prevent the death of those who lost their Tailed Beasts, he would bring out the Impure World Reincarnation and give them a big one, then send them a small one.
The third thing was to take advantage of the war in the Different World to snatch some Ninjutsu, preferably targeting the Sand Ninja Village and the Hidden Stone Village, since he only knew Earth Release and Wind Release.
And then...
"Burp~" Lin Ke finished the last bit of sweet drink, burped, crumpled the can and threw it into the trash, picked up the Lily next to him, and used the Body Flicker Technique to go to Konoha Hospital.
It was about time to start working. --Different World, near the Grass Hidden Village, underground.
"Lin Ke is coming."
Two Zetsu, half black and half white, emerged from the ground, one on the left and one on the right. Black Zetsu from the Main World said respectfully.
Uchiha Madara sat in front of the huge Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, his dry, white hair scattered randomly. He wore a black robe, his face full of age. The Rinnegan in his eye sockets showed no emotion. He looked coldly at his own Zetsu next to him, and after receiving an affirmative nod, he said, "It seems they are preparing to transfer to this world. The speed of collecting the Tailed Beasts needs to be accelerated."
Six figures, also wearing black robes, swayed in the shadows.
"Use the two Mount Myōboku contractors we caught earlier to delay them. I'll leave it to you, Zetsu. Is that okay?"
The Zetsu from the other world lowered his head and bowed, "As you wish."
Uchiha Madara watched the other Zetsu leave, his expression still indifferent, and said, "Keep an eye on it."
"Yes." His 'Zetsu' left.
The information from the 'future' completed his original plan: find a successor, nurture him, and then choose to die, allowing the successor to collect the Tailed Beasts while waiting for the Rinnegan adapter he had finally found to grow to the point where he could use the Rinne Rebirth Technique.
However, the future of the other world clearly showed that the successor was completely dishonest, not only failing to revive him as soon as Nagato grew up, but even betraying him.
But he was still somewhat puzzled. Logically speaking, Black Zetsu should have been the last insurance. Why was he allowed to let the successor run wild? Could it be...
Uchiha Madara stood up. Knowing that there were other worlds and ways to travel between them, could other 'selves' also send Zetsu to impersonate his will?
Past experiences made him distrust anyone. In the past, Zetsu could be trusted as his creation, but now that it might be the will of another 'self', it had lost its absolute trust.
Without absolute trust, there was absolute distrust.
Even among 'selves', there would be no room for cooperation. He knew himself best. How could his egoistic personality allow himself to be inferior to others?
"Tailed Beasts, not important."
A long-lost smile appeared on Uchiha Madara's face. What was important was the endless worlds. Through Zetsu's sharing, he had understood the technique from Lin Ke.
He would send the two Zetsu away to other worlds to capture a 'Nagato' who could revive him.
[Hashirama, wait for me to return...] He pulled out the tubes behind him, endured his weakened body, and steadied himself with the Chakra fed back by the Rinnegan. Then he tore open the Scroll and disappeared into the vortex of Space-Time Ninjutsu with six figures who also had the Rinnegan.
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