Kirigakure's Summons

Lin was slightly surprised after listening to Issui's account. This wasn't the first time she had witnessed the power of time and space. Minato-sensei's Flying Thunder God Technique was a powerful time- Space-Time Ninjutsu, but compared to this, it was like Minato-sensei and earth. Issui took her back to the future, and the power of time and space actually increased her age by two or three years in an instant.

"Let's go. It's good enough that we're back. Let's go back to Konoha. I'll show you Konoha now..." Issui smile. In any case, he had experienced time travel, returned to the past, and even saved Rin. Overall, it felt pretty good.

"Alright, I guess I'll have to do as you say now, since I know absolutely nothing about this place..." Lin nodded.

"Now that you're back in Konoha, you must hide your identity and not let anyone know you're still alive. Your current identity is my sister, but you look exactly like the former Rin Nohara..." Issui said.

"Yes, I know..." Lin replied. She understood Issui's thoughts. If she really appeared in Konoha as Rin Nohara, there would probably be a lot of trouble. But if she appeared as Issui's sister, she could appear in Konoha openly and do whatever she wanted.

"Alright, let's go, little sister..." Issui smile.

"Hmph..." Lin rolled her Byakugan at Issui. "You little brat, you're getting cocky now."

It took Issui and Lin two or three days to reach Konoha. Issui deliberately slowed down so that Lin could familiarize herself with the new environment.

"Look, this is Konoha now. What do you think...?" Issui said to Rin, standing at the entrance of Konoha.

"Hmm, it feels familiar, not much has changed from Konoha before..." Rin said with a smile. She was really looking forward to seeing her friends grow up: Kakashi, Kurenai, Anko, Guy... She wondered how they had changed. Was Kakashi still as handsome as before? Did Anko still love dango? Was Might Guy still as "passionate" as ever...?

"Let's go, let's go in..." Issui said, and led the way into the village.

Lin followed behind Issui, heading towards the village...

"Red... Look who's that?" Asuma looked at the door and saw the figure behind Issui. Wasn't that Lin? How could that be? Wasn't she dead? No, the age was wrong. This girl was only fifteen or sixteen years old, but Lin should be thirty by now.

"Ah... you mean Issui?" Hong followed Asuma's finger and immediately saw Issui's figure. A strange light appeared in her eyes. After half a month, seeing Issui again, Hong's heart was shrouded in gloom. To be honest, since that incident, she had been deliberately avoiding Asuma's pursuit, and was even more afraid of meeting Issui...

"It's not Issui, look at the girl behind him..." Asuma corrected, not noticing Hong's expression. If he looked closely, he would have noticed something different about Hong...

"Ah, that... that's Lin?" Upon hearing Asuma's words, Hong looked at the girl behind Issui. Wasn't that Lin? No, it wasn't Lin; Lin was dead, but...

"Hehe, Asuma's gotten so old, and Hong's become so beautiful..." Lin whispered behind Issui.

"Okay, don't talk too much in a bit, or you'll give yourself away..." Issui reminded her again.

"Okay, hmph..." Lin gave a disgruntled snort.

"Hey, I heard you went to the Land of Demons on a mission. After you finished, the priestess even let you stay for a few days. You really had some free time. There's been a lot going on in Konoha lately, so you won't be able to relax since you got back..." Asuma gave Issui a heavy slap. He was actually a little envious of this brat. He had managed to steal a lot of free time after finishing his mission in the Land of Demons.

"Heh, if you're so envious, why don't you go? The battle with the Moryo was incredibly dangerous; you almost lost your life..." Asuma Issui. Indeed, the Moryo was formidable. If it weren't for his own explosive outburst and the combined power of Shion's priestess abilities, they might not have been able to defeat and eliminate the Moryo.

"Hmph, I can't do that kind of thing. Leave the hot-blooded stuff to you young people... By the way, who is the girl behind you...?" Asuma glanced at Lin behind Issui and said.

"Oh, come here, let me introduce you. This is my long-lost sister, her name is Utau..." Issui said, pulling Rin out from behind him.

"Oh, I see. Hello, I'm Asuma, and this is Kurenai. Welcome to Konoha..." Asuma said.

"Hello, please take care of me from now on..." Lin bowed to Asuma and Hong, but her little mouth pursed slightly as she lowered her head. Humph, how could they just give me such a name? It's outrageous that they didn't even ask for my permission. I'll definitely teach them a lesson when we get back.

"No problem, you can come to me anytime if you need anything. My home is in XXX. You are welcome to visit me often..." Hong said with a smile. She was somewhat fond of Lin because Lin used to be her good friend. Suddenly, a girl who looked exactly like Lin appeared, and she developed a good impression of her from the bottom of her heart.

"Okay, I understand. I'll come to see you often from now on, as long as you don't find me annoying..." Lin said happily.

"How could I be annoyed? I'm overjoyed..." Hong laughed.

Just then, a group of ninjas wearing Kirigakure Forehead Protector walked into the village. Among them was a tall, Duyan man with talisman-like necklaces hanging from his ears.

"Huh, why are people from Kirigakure here in Konoha?" Issui asked in confusion, since the Duyan man was clearly Ao.

"You don't know yet? Actually, it's partly because of you. Do you remember when you helped Kirigakure complete an S-rank mission? Kirigakure has a pretty good impression of Konoha and is preparing to form an alliance with Konoha. Their request is that Konoha send strong people to help them capture the Three-Tails. Recently, the two villages have reached a preliminary agreement. The Mizukage of Kirigakure specifically asked you to help them capture the Three-Tails, Lord Hokage has also agreed..." Asuma took a deep drag on his cigarette and explained.

Issui's face immediately turned ashen, and he said with a wry smile, "No way, the Lord Hokage betrayed me again! Damn it, I can't even relax for a moment after coming back. I haven't even had a chance to sit down properly before I have to go out and work again..."

"Haha, who can you blame? You're Konoha's Star of Hope, stronger than us old guys. With great power comes great responsibility, otherwise why would the Mizukage of Kirigakure come to you instead of me?" Asuma joked.

"Tch, whoever wants to do it can do it. I'm not doing it. I need to go home and be with my wife..." said Issui the rogue.

"Uh, never mind, see for yourself..." Asuma rolled his eyes at Issui. Damn it, if you dared say that to the Lord Hokage, I'd admire you...

Lin glanced at Issui in surprise, not expecting him to already have a wife. Wasn't that too early? Was Konoha really that open-minded these days?

"Haha, Konoha's been doing pretty well lately, much more prosperous than our Kirigakure..." Ao said as he walked over, greeting Ichisui and the Issui.

"Hmm, how come your Kirigakure suddenly changed its gender and allied with Konoha?" Issui joked.

"Ha, this kind of thing isn't my responsibility. I'm just following the Mizukage's orders. However, an alliance is mutually beneficial for all of us. Konoha does have many things we can learn from..." Ao said calmly. Actually, he didn't know the Mizukage's thoughts. Although they had found clues about the Three-Tails, Kirigakure was in a period of development and couldn't spare many people to capture Three-Tails. But the Mizukage actually wanted to reach an alliance agreement with Konoha to borrow some powerful external aid to help capture the Three-Tails, and the old fogies of the elders also agreed to this decision.

"Tch, stop with the platitudes. You guys go Lord Hokage. I have some personal business to take care of, then I'll go..." Issui said, pursing her lips, and gestured for Qing to go first.

"Alright, I'll head over to the Lord Hokage first..." Ao nodded and led the Kirigakure team toward the Hokage.

"This guy is pretty strong. He fought Shisui several times during the Third Shinobi World War. He's very powerful..." Asuma said calmly, watching Ao's retreating figure.

"Well, I'll take Utau (Rin) home first, then go report to the Lord Hokage. Let's all get together for lunch, and invite Shikamaru and the others, as well as Guy-senpai, Kakashi- Kakashi-senpai, and Naruto. It's on me..." Issui said.

"Alright, no problem, leave it to me. I'll call them to come along. This time we're going to give you a good beating. You're a rich guy, aren't you..." Asuma said with a big laugh.

"No problem, see you all at noon..." Issui said, then turned and walked towards home.

"Goodbye, Asuma, Kurenai... um, senpai..." Rin waved to Kurenai and Asuma, then followed Issui.

"They're so alike, even their personalities are the same. Kakashi's going to be in for a big surprise this time..." Kurenai said, watching Rin's retreating figure.

Asuma sighed, "Yes, what happened back then was a huge blow to Kakashi. The successive sacrifices of Obito and Rin filled him with self-blame, even though it wasn't his fault..."

"Sigh..." Kurenai sighed heavily. Although Kakashi wasn't primarily responsible, Obito was crushed to death by a rock while trying to save Kakashi, and Rin died from Kakashi piercing her face. It could be said that Obito and Rin's deaths were indirectly caused by him...

"Oh, right, Hong, there's something I want to ask you. Why didn't you talk to Issui earlier? We're not that distant, are we? And Issui's girlfriend is your student. It felt like you were deliberately avoiding him..." Asuma said, frowning.

"Ah... it's nothing. I was just a little surprised to see a girl who looks just like Lin, so I ignored him... I have some things to do, so I'll go home first..." Hong said perfunctorily, and then Earth Flow without looking back. It wasn't that she didn't want to talk to Issui, but that she really couldn't communicate with him normally. After all, what happened had left her unable to get out of that shadow.

"Hey... let me see you off..." Asuma said, extending her hand. What happened? Why did Kurenai suddenly leave? Did she say something wrong? Women are so hard to fathom...

"No need..." Hong didn't turn around, just waved her hand in the air, and kept walking forward...