"Another failure, Mother."
Black Zetsu poked its head out from the sleeve, looking at Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, who had once again entered a weakened state, its beady eyes full of doubt.
Why could a group of humans far inferior to Mother use that kind of technique?
The other worlds, just thinking about them was terrifying.
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya floated in the air with her hands hanging down, dissecting the technique she had perfectly replicated in her mind. She couldn't understand the logic inside. The Chakra operation was very mysterious and impossible to imitate.
Most of the Chakra she had lost in the past had returned to her, and the Chakra absorbed by the Divine Tree was slowly returning her to her true peak.
During this period, the restless nine Tailed Beasts had finally calmed down.
She was returning to her strongest peak state.
But even so, she still couldn't fully unfold the technique to travel through the worlds. If she recalled carefully—
"The Chakra they used is wrong." Through recollection, she caught the subtle difference in the Chakra that existed when the Boat Crossing Technique was released.
Even if it was just for a moment, she could still distinguish it.
"Mother, if it's the Chakra of other humans in a parallel world, could that person also exist in our world?"
The strategist Black Zetsu raised a question.
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya closed her eyes to sense. The Chakra that the Divine Tree absorbed from all humans was transmitted to the Initial Ball Space. She floated quietly in mid-air.
One day, two days, three days, a week, a month...
Infinite life and an immortal body destined that time had no meaning for them.
After a period of time, she distinguished the Chakra on everyone, and none of the Chakra matched.
"Mother, go back to that planet and let the White Zetsu search to see if there are any fish that slipped through the net." Black Zetsu gave another suggestion, "Also, the old Uchiha Madara who was there at the beginning stayed in our world for a long time. Look for traces of his existence, and maybe there will be discoveries."
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya didn't say anything, calmly changing space and returning to the familiar nursery.
The sadness and anger of being betrayed by her son subsided with time. Feeling the Chakra of humans continuously becoming her nourishment, she even felt a little happy.
[Go, my soldiers]
With a thought, thousands of White Zetsu floated up from the ground and, under her command, rushed towards all directions of the world.
She wanted to re-clarify this world, eliminate all the fish that slipped through the net, and find a way to go to other nurseries. The Rabbit Goddess Ōtsutsuki Kaguya floated in the air, watching the earth and the sweet dreams of countless humans.
Waiting quietly.
...
—In a certain world, Konoha Village, Hyuga Clan Grounds, night.
"Tap~"
Lin Ke landed and realized that he had not appeared outdoors, but in a somewhat familiar indoor setting, a classic Japanese tatami room and shoji doors.
In the pitch-black silence, the sound of his landing was very obvious.
Soon, someone approached, and in the shadows, the other party launched an attack without hesitation.
"Bang!" The Shadow exchanged blows with the attacker, and after a muffled collision, the opponent flew out, breaking a shoji door and penetrating the wooden wall behind it.
Very weak.
Lin Ke gave his assessment. His strength didn't even reach the level of a Kage-level trash. Yet, his attack method was Shadow's favorite Taijutsu. The only reason he wasn't killed in a second was because he held back.
Is he unconscious? As he was thinking this, he heard dense footsteps outside. Out of caution, he formed a hand seal, preparing to use Earth Style: Subterranean Voyage Technique to leave. He wanted to get out of their encirclement first, observe the situation, and then make other preparations.
"Huh?" He had originally intended to leave directly, but he was surprised to find himself face-to-face with a masked man in black.
"Chi!"
The masked man in black also launched an attack directly, thrusting a Kunai in his hand.
Then Shadow stood up from below him, casually grabbing a wooden splinter from the floor and delivering a Thousand Years of Death, while the nearby Shadow quickly covered his mouth.
"Ugh~"
After a low, faint whimper, the masked man in black fainted from the pain.
"Click, clatter~" The lights in the corridor were turned on, and the Shoji door not far away was pulled open. A timid little girl was staring over with a pair of Byakugan.
Hyuga, Hinata.
No wonder the architectural style was so familiar. Judging by her age...
Lin Ke had Shadow pull off the masked man's face covering, revealing the Cloud Village Forehead Protector on his forehead. As expected, it was the incident of the Hyuga Main Family being kidnapped.
The regrettable thing about this incident is that Neji died without a father? He was a little puzzled. If the goal was just to prevent Hyuga Hizashi's death, why not send him to Cloud Village to threaten them with war? Moreover, he himself didn't feel any regret here, not even as much as Neji's death in the Fourth Shinobi World War.
Indeed, my guess had a slight deviation.
Lin Ke exchanged a glance with Hyuga Hinata, broke through the floor, and landed in the space below. The Earth Style: Subterranean Voyage Technique he released quickly tunneled him underground.
He estimated that his Chakra had already been remembered. In the incident of the Main Family being kidnapped, the entire Hyuga Clan was at home. The fight just now was quick, and the people came even faster. Those Byakugan all had the ability to see through things, and they probably saw even Shadow clearly.
Knowing that he was in the Hyuga Clan Grounds, as an old Konoha native, he knew the map like the back of his hand.
The only problem was that Konoha's Barrier was circular. For him, who wasn't good at Space-Time Ninjutsu, Sealing Jutsu, or Barriers, it was too difficult to get out silently. Once he was discovered, people would immediately chase after him.
It wasn't that he was worried about fighting. At this time, Konoha Village was unprecedentedly weak, having just ended the war with Cloud Village.
The main thing was that a fight would definitely be loud and imposing, and he didn't want to cause destruction here. It would be troublesome if he was targeted by Zetsu or Obito.
He left the Hyuga Clan Grounds all the way. It was quite lively over there. Clan Head Hyuga Hiashi was knocked unconscious, and the Cloud Village ninja who came to form an alliance was lying on the ground with his chrysanthemum exploded by Thousand Years of Death. Such a big event meant they probably wouldn't have a quiet day over there today.
Lin Ke subconsciously came to the Seventh Training Ground and rose to the surface, feeling a little unsure of where to go.
Having just ended the wartime state, Konoha Village was in a state of tension from top to bottom. Even during the Celebration, there wasn't a single person on the streets late at night.
Next, should I go find Orochimaru? Or try to contact Senju Tobirama? That seems quite difficult. That guy's level of caution is too outrageous.
Unless I waste a lot of time using Net Technique to fish.
Lin Ke realized that his best bet was to find Orochimaru first. At this time, the other party hadn't betrayed Konoha Village yet.
He happened to be in Konoha Village. According to the timeline, Yakushi Kabuto was adopted after the Kikyo Mountain Battle, and three years later, he was targeted by Root and became a spy. He would have to go undercover for a full five years before he and Yakushi Nono killed each other, and then he would leave Konoha Village with Orochimaru.
That was about when Naruto and Hinata were six or seven years old, and Orochimaru's experiments were discovered, leading to his defection from Konoha Village.
In other words, Orochimaru is in Root right now, right?
Having determined his target, the Shadow beneath Lin Ke's feet immediately sprang into action, taking advantage of the night to swiftly become a shadow of Konoha Village.
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