"I'm sorry."
Lin Ke sat comfortably in the high-backed chair, the two Bells dangling from his index finger jingling, and looked at the four people sprawled on the ground opposite him, regretting, "You were so close to succeeding."
Kankuro lay on the grass, feeling the familiar pain, his expression full of confusion.
These Shadows, haven't they improved a little too fast?
A year and a half ago, when he was beaten by the Shadows, he could still vaguely see them, but now he didn't even realize he had been sent flying.
What has he grown in?
Gaara supported himself on the ground with one hand and got up, "You've become stronger, Lin Ke." His tone was full of joy and blessings.
Temari lay not far away, looking over with a face full of resentment, [Even if you don't want to go on a date with me, do you have to be so unaccommodating?]
From the completion of preparations, the start of the battle, to their fall, it only took a dozen seconds.
Those Shadows were not only stronger, but there were also more of them, densely packed, boundless, and when they sprang out from under the opponent's feet, it gave people the feeling of a sea wave crashing over them.
Powerless.
Sasori was the most thoroughly dismantled. Someone was a little petty. In an instant, the outer shell of his Human Puppet was dismantled. He didn't even have the chance to activate the Summoning Jutsu to transfer, and the Chakra core fell directly into the hands of the Shadows.
"Remember to give me the money." Lin Ke smiled and nodded to Gaara, then stood up and came to Kankuro and said.
"Got it."
Kankuro said weakly, not intending to get up.
"Hey." Lin Ke reached out to Temari, who was lying on the ground, covered in dirt, his hand not big, somewhat fair and slender, and it looked quite beautiful in the sunlight. This was a side effect of some kind of drug he was taking, which would make the outer layer of skin more resilient and also slide off a lot of force, directly manifested as a fair, vaguely transparent outer skin.
"The princess of the Sand Ninja Village, would you do me the honor of going on a date?" He pretended to be a gentleman, but with his porcelain doll-like face, childish voice, and height of one and a half meters, the whole thing immediately collapsed.
"Pfft~" Temari's puffed-up cheeks burst, and she laughed, holding her stomach, "You guy, you guy, hahaha"
Gaara stood beside her, also unable to hold back, with a faint smile on his face.
Kankuro laughed secretly, but he didn't dare to laugh out loud or directly express his laughter, after all, someone was petty.
"..."
Lin Ke's face darkened all of a sudden.
"Okay~" Temari knelt up, patted the grass and dust on her hands, and carefully held the fair little hand, her voice more gentle than ever, "Of course."
Sometimes time brings not only estrangement, but also fermented feelings.
The longing for a strong man, the yearning for Lin Ke's tenderness from the bones, brewed into a beautiful wine called 'missing' after a year and a half of fermentation.
"Tch~"
Lin Ke didn't shake off the other's hand. It wasn't that he really loved or liked her that much, it was just, how should he put it, at a certain moment, knowing that the other person liked him, he had a sense of dislocation that maybe he had also had a little good feeling before.
Similar to Naruto facing Hinata later in the manga.
However, he was only twelve years old, and things like falling in love were too early, and the other party was so much older than him, and also a female ninja from another village...
These are all excuses, he simply doesn't know how to face emotions, whether it's friendship, kinship, or love.
"Boom!" The Rashomon not far away suddenly closed, his expression changed, and his voice lowered, "Sorry, the date will have to wait, I have something urgent to deal with now."
Temari didn't pester him, as a ninja, she replied very crisply: "Okay, come find me if you have time."
Lin Ke had Shadow throw Sasori's Chakra core to Gaara, and said, "The Human Puppet made from Sasori's main body, I put it in the Scroll for Kankuro."
To be honest, Konoha Village couldn't figure out the technology inside. After a long period of research, the professional personnel were collectively led astray by Tsunade to study biological experiments. No one paid attention to scientific ninja tools or anything like that. In addition, many of the techniques in Sasori's Human Puppet were encrypted, making it too difficult to crack, so it was shelved.
After pushing it back and forth, it was finally returned to him, the holder of this trophy.
It's good to send it back now as a favor, just consider it a farewell gift.
He had a very strong premonition that the final preparations must be put on the agenda. Could Hashirama and Madara obtain the Sage of Six Paths' power to defeat Kaguya Ōtsutsuki who crossed over from another World? He didn't know, but...
Everyone is treating me as the last hope, this feeling is terrible.
Lin Ke waited expressionlessly for the Sand Ninja Village trio to leave with Sasori's Chakra core, and summoned the semi-transparent Number One Madara.
"How is the situation in World Number Three?" He directly asked straightforwardly.
Number One Madara was stunned for a moment before understanding the meaning of World Number Three, his expression grave, "They must have brought back all the information when they returned."
"We tried to fight against that woman who claimed to be collecting all Chakra, but we failed. Hashirama didn't make it back."
Referring to Number Two Hashirama who was lost in World Number Three.
Lin Ke closed his eyes and thought for a long while, calmed himself, and said in a low voice, "Tell me the specific process in detail."
Number One Madara told him everything he knew.
After Kaguya Ōtsutsuki saw Namikaze Minato release the Boat Crossing Technique to leave, she tried to imitate it on the spot, consuming a large amount of Chakra and entering a weakened state. The two of them attacked together, gaining a slight advantage in a short period of time.
Because the enemy's combat experience was really a bit low, they felt like they were fighting a child who had never experienced war.
But this child was born from Ultraman and a Saiyan. (This analogy was provided by Lin Ke)
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's body was cut in half at the waist by Number Two Hashirama, but nothing happened. A gray bone spike hit the Perfect Susanoo and it disintegrated on the spot.
The depleted Chakra recovered frantically with each breath. After multiple transfers of space and engagements, the strength of the two sides was ultimately too different. The final outcome was that the two of them were quickly killed by the rapidly growing enemy.
It was a very pure numerical crush. They, who had always crushed others with numbers, experienced the feeling of being bullied.
To be honest, from Lin Ke's perspective, it was already an exaggeration for Number One Madara and Number Two Hashirama to fight a Six Paths-level monster for more than an hour with their Super Kage-level strength.
There was the reason that Kaguya Ōtsutsuki suddenly entered a weakened state, and there was also the absolute suppression in combat experience, but no matter how long they persisted, there was still no possibility of victory.
If they had the Sage of Six Paths' blessing and reached the Six Paths level, could they win?
Lin Ke didn't think so. The sealing process in the manga was very clear. Kakashi with both Kamui was the MVP, and Naruto and Sasuke were purely carried.
Kaguya's ability to control space at will was very rogue, and her attacks were something no one could withstand. If it weren't for Kamui transferring the attacks, Kakashi's Susanoo assisting Sakura in stopping Kaguya from leaving the starting ball space, Naruto and Sasuke wouldn't have been able to touch Kaguya at all, let alone seal her.
The most crucial thing was that the Boat Crossing Technique was leaked.
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