Morning.
Kushina opened her eyes, yawned lazily, and just as she was about to sit up and get dressed, she saw the neatly folded quilt covering her. Her beautiful eyes were filled with confusion. Was she still dreaming?
"Stinky Lin Yu! You peeked at me sleeping again!"
Moments later, Lin Yu, who was downstairs gnawing on a steamed bun, heard Kushina's roar.
"Fine! I knew I'd be misunderstood again!"
He was doing important business, alright! Who would be bored enough to sneak a peek at someone sleeping late at night! Wouldn't that just be asking for trouble?!
*Tap, tap, tap!*
Kushina, wearing bunny slippers that revealed her delicate, snow-white feet, stomped angrily towards Lin Yu. Without a word, she just glared at him.
But who was Lin Yu? A man with a skin thicker than the Earth Style: Earth Wall technique! He wasn't fazed in the slightest!
Besides, Lin Yu had done nothing wrong, so he wasn't afraid of Kushina confronting him at all!
Seeing Lin Yu remain silent, Kushina's already cute, round face puffed up again, resembling a little bun.
Lin Yu took a bite out of a bun and said, "If you don't eat, they'll get cold and won't taste as good."
"You! ...Hmph!"
After much deliberation, Kushina picked up a warm bun from the table and took a bite, her expression fierce yet adorable, almost melting Lin Yu.
"Wow! How did I not realize my Kushina was this cute before!"
"What are you looking at! Pervert!"
Seeing Lin Yu staring at her blankly, Kushina quickly grabbed a bun and threw it at him! She hadn't even gotten ready today! Stinky Lin Yu wasn't allowed to look!
Lin Yu caught the bun "kindly" offered by Kushina, swallowed it in one gulp, and gave a thumbs up, "Thanks."
He took a sip of water to moisten his throat and said, "Kushina, I need to give some tutoring sessions to my students, like Obito, for about half a month. I won't be home, so be careful."
"Hmph! I wish you'd leave sooner! Once you're gone, I'll have Mikoto come stay with me! Hmph!"
Kushina wrinkled her little nose, urging Lin Yu to leave quickly.
*Hiss!* Mikoto coming to stay?
Uh… should I still go find Might Guy then…
There were only two rooms at home. If Mikoto came to stay… sigh, she wouldn't live with me anyway. Forget it, it's more important to go to the Land of Water battlefield and then come back to trick Obito.
"Kushina, I'll be counting on you to take care of the house."
"Hmph! I got it… Lin Yu, be careful."
Lin Yu gave Kushina a "peace" sign, his smile widening, "You can count on me!"
...
*Whoosh!*
A dark figure streaked past the defenses on the walls of Konoha and disappeared into the forest.
Sneaking out, pfft, inspecting the defense line! He, Lin Yu, had learned from Orochimaru how to effectively evade the guards' sight, so he could discuss the loopholes with them later!
After leaving Konoha, Lin Yu tried to determine the direction of the Land of Water… Alright, Lin Yu admitted that he not only had issues with time zones, but he was also terrible with directions!
This… North is up, South is down, East is left, West is right. The Land of Water is to the east of Konoha, so I should go left!
That's right, it must be correct!
Lin Yu sped up, his figure disappearing towards the south of Konoha…
...
Six days later, at the Konoha-Kiri battlefield, due to the mist ninjutsu, Konoha had dispatched many members of the Hyuga clan to join the battle, temporarily easing the tense situation.
"Guy! That's it, 5,000 more dumbbell inverted push-ups! Even on the battlefield, we must train our youth!"
"Yes! Father!"
Two figures with green water-melon hairstyles were performing exercises upside down around the camp, using their hands and feet. The surrounding ninjas seemed to have gotten used to it and simply ignored these two idiots.
On the first day, their entire squad was stunned. Good heavens, they were in the middle of a war, and what were these two doing?
However, after learning that one of them was a genin and the other hadn't even graduated from the ninja academy, they simply ignored them.
Sigh, it's best to treat them as mascots. You know, after adjusting their mindset, watching the two water-melon heads exercise around the camp was actually quite nice!
It felt like reminiscing about their lost youth. Back then, their youth was also spent like this.
"Guy, we still have 10,000 single-handed push-ups waiting for us, hurry! Faster!"
"Ahhhh! Father, all my youth is burning!"
Alright, our youth is different. And are you sure it's your youth burning, or are your bones about to fall apart?!
As the sky gradually turned red, the evening afterglow shone on the two figures working hard, bestowing upon them a layer of golden armor, like mighty war gods, unstoppable…
"Pah! Whoever tells me again that the Land of Water is to the east, I'll kill him!"
Lin Yu shook the dust off his clothes. He had clearly been running east, but he ended up in the Land of Wind and endured a night of sandstorms. This was simply unbearable.
Fortunately, he met a kind old woman who pointed him in the right direction, otherwise Lin Yu would have truly been lost in the sandstorm. This also extended a journey that should have only taken two to three days to six days.
However, fortunately, guided by his Divine Sensory skill, he still found Konoha's camp, though it was in a rather remote location, seemingly chosen for its defensible position.
It seemed the conflict with Kiri was not optimistic.
Lin Yu was not very inclined to intervene. He was also in a hurry, and his limited-time mission had little time left. If he failed to complete it, he would be stripped of a certain ability. If his Sharingan or Senju body were lost, then Lin Yu would be finished!
This was not worth exchanging for the annihilation of the entire Kiri village! It was completely uneconomical!
Lin Yu's figure merged into the trees. He held a flame mask in his hand, and a wisp of Yang release appeared. This was a reward he received after a fist bump with Kurama. Just this wisp of Yang release consumed one-third of Lin Yu's chakra.
Lin Yu thought his chakra was inexhaustible, but it turned out that to exhaust him, it only took extracting three wisps of Yang release. This one wisp of Yang release could only save Might Guy's life. As for completely healing the sequelae of the Death Gate, that might require Lin Yu to master Yin-Yang Release.
Logically speaking, I should now have the possibility of awakening the Rinnegan. Could it be that I still need the chakra of Indra and Asura? Lin Yu didn't think so. Asura and Indra were merely inheritors of the Sage of Six Paths' abilities.
And he, Lin Yu, already possessed Yang release, which only beings at the Sage of Six Paths level could possess. Why would he need Asura's chakra? Was he that bored?
Was there a missing step? Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan? It seemed he had to hurry!
Lin Yu put on the mask, no longer delaying. He had already wasted three days. It was time to return to Konoha.
*Whoosh!*
"Who is it?!"
Might Guy, who was training with Guy, suddenly felt his hairs stand on end. A murderous aura assaulted him. He quickly pulled Guy behind him and stared at the newcomer.
A black robe, a flame-patterned mask. This person… I definitely don't recognize him! Might Guy confirmed in his heart!
However, he was so powerful. His aura alone could suppress me. Was he sent by Kiri?
Might Guy's expression became grim. He was no match for this person, but to protect Guy, he would fight with all his might, even to the death!
I'm going to open the Death Gate!
Lin Yu: Hey, hey! I'm just here to deliver a package, don't do this! I'm really scared!