"Phew~"
Lin Ke lay on the long-missed rock, all the sore muscles relaxing. Sweat streamed down, and the muscles on his face twitched into a forced smile.
To be honest, he initially thought he would slowly cultivate and strengthen himself in the Different World, but after more than a month, he hadn't even cultivated to the point of exhaustion once.
He lacked a sense of security.
All his life, he had been a person with little sense of security, worrying about the Konoha Crush Plan, Pain's attack on the village, and the Fourth Shinobi World War. To be able to control his own destiny, he had gritted his teeth and desperately become a ninja.
The Different World was too insecure.
Returning to Konoha Village was like coming home, allowing him to cultivate in peace until his mind was exhausted and his body depleted.
Just now, he had sent the End Trio who had finished touring the Main World back, and then brought back End Sasuke, who had volunteered to come and guard against Ōtsutsuki Kaguya. Then, he came to the Training Grounds alone to cultivate.
Actually, he should be in World Number Two at this time, to see Utakata and Sasuke, or go to the Nara Clan or Sarutobi Clan for dinner.
At the very least, he could discuss with Senju Tobirama which worlds the Boat Crossing Technique could connect to.
But he did nothing, just simply returned to the Training Grounds, and like countless days and nights in the past, worked hard to cultivate until he lay on the rock, sweating.
Lin Ke had always felt that he was using others, that he was a person with a grand plan, who would one day ascend to the Throne of Heaven and become an invincible dictator or something.
Everyone was a tool, and he would no longer need to feel sad about the departure of loved ones.
But the chat with End Naruto in the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox Incident World made him realize that he had indeed failed.
He had actually treated his tools as friends.
He had planned to become stronger and then come back later, but he wasted a lot of time looking for Six Paths Naruto and Sasuke reinforcements.
Because he couldn't let go, he had something he wanted to protect, unlike what he had repeatedly told himself, treating everything as a tool for his own ascent.
He had been aiming for Aizen for so long, but ended up becoming Byakuya Kuchiki, how could that be? [Actually, he's more like Tōshirō Hitsugaya, for reasons...]
"Lin Ke." A voice called out, and Lin Ke turned his head to see Uchiha Sasuke, wearing a white kimono, standing with one hand on his hip and the other carrying a well-packaged box, looking over with a smile.
"You came back without saying a word, so I brought you some sweets and Maruko."
"Utakata asked me to come and call you to eat together because he wants to open a Net channel in World Number Two."
In his words, whether it was his tone, expression, or eyes, he was no different from an ordinary teenager, full of youth and vigor, with the past introversion and gloom swept away.
"I..." Lin Ke sat up, looked at his calm friend, hesitated for a moment, and decided to be honest. Even if he might lose his friendship, he didn't want to bury what he had done in the past in his heart.
He said with a heavy face, "I'm sorry, I've been using you all along..."
He spoke of what he had done before, using 'them'. After speaking, he was a little afraid to look at Sasuke's expression, and looked down at the ground, waiting for the other party to leave or get angry.
"Oh."
Uchiha Sasuke responded softly, and then said, "Since that's the case, you, haha~"
He began to suppress his voice, but couldn't help but laugh halfway through. Really, seeing the awkward Lin Ke with that expression, explaining his so-called 'use'.
It's hard not to laugh.
"Eh?" Lin Ke blankly raised his head.
Uchiha Sasuke was looking over with a faint smile, his eyes curved into crescents. "It's okay, even so, we are all willingly 'used' by you."
"R-really?" Lin Ke was a little unsure.
Having shed the Aizen facade he had put on himself, he felt that he valued the bonds he hadn't paid much attention to before a little more.
Uchiha Sasuke suppressed a smile and said, "Yes, yes, yes, go take a shower, we're going to eat over there together, I've prepared dessert." He shook the box in his hand, and was about to leave when he suddenly noticed someone spying on him, and looked sideways.
A black figure in a trench coat came into view.
Is that me after adulthood? he thought, recalling the information he had obtained in the afternoon, the smile on his face quickly disappearing, returning to his cold demeanor towards strangers.
End Sasuke coldly looked at 'himself', he had rushed over after sensing the familiar powerful Chakra.
The him in this world was actually smiling so happily, what about hatred? What about the dream of bearing the world?
He actually had the idea of saving the Uchiha and changing 'his' life after learning about the parallel worlds of different timelines.
But when he saw another 'himself' smiling happily with his own eyes, a strange emotion rose from the bottom of his heart, gnawing at his heart little by little.
The past that he thought he had let go of long ago suddenly jumped into his mind, his emotions surged, his Sharingan opened, and he met the gaze of another 'himself' not far away.
Then, they arrived in a pure white Genjutsu space.
Uchiha Sasuke looked down at the other party, and warned, "Stay away from Lin Ke."
He didn't like the look in the adult 'himself's' eyes, and hated that scrutinizing gaze even more.
"Crack~" The Genjutsu space shattered, his body swayed slightly, the Genjutsu · Sharingan, which had always been invincible, was broken with one glance.
As expected, he was a very dangerous guy.
End Sasuke didn't say a word, his body silently disappeared from the spot.
"That guy." Lin Ke didn't notice the Genjutsu confrontation between the two Uchiha in an instant, seeing them looking at each other, he sighed, and said, "That guy's world doesn't have me, he was forced step by step by Itachi and Obito, lost a lot, and only got to where he is today."
Sasuke, who killed Danzo at the Five Kage Summit, had already gone mad, completely abandoning the past, even the feeling of his Chakra was different.
Even if he participated in the Fourth Shinobi World War, he had completely fallen into darkness, trying to bear everything alone.
Naruto almost gave his life to pull him back, so he compromised.
Driven mad by love (family), awakened by love (friendship), no matter how much pressure an Uchiha can withstand, he is still an Uchiha after all.
Only love can change them.
There's no Lin Ke?
Uchiha Sasuke was stunned for a moment, recalling his past, thinking of the past when he woke up from nightmares, the mornings when he curled up alone in bed but couldn't cry, the sound of a cub wailing from his throat, he felt a slight touch in his heart.
"I understand." His expression no longer had the tense, confrontational look from before, but he directly raised his vigilance to the maximum in his heart, and said with a smile, "Let's go, Utakata is probably getting impatient."
He was touched, but only he himself knew how extreme and crazy 'himself', who grew up in that state and was influenced by Itachi all the way, could be.
He might just be a madman.
I can't let Lin Ke and that guy be alone...
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