At the Hatake Clan estate, Ling Tian still had no idea that his clone had already made arrangements for his wife.
As he gazed into the cool night, an inexplicable trace of melancholy crept into his heart.
Fourth Baby might have been a tsundere, but wasn't he innocent and adorable?
What on earth had that thing turned into?
He had spent fifteen years as a good-for-nothing in the Shinobi World. Just when things finally started looking up, his clone stopped listening to him...
"Ah..."
Ling Tian sighed. Looking at the deserted estate, he suddenly felt a little lonely.
What had turned a young man from the twenty-first century, who could count his money while lying in bed every day, into a conspiracy theorist constantly scheming over one thing or another?
Had he been born that way?
Or was it ambition?
No, it was his sense of danger!
In this Shinobi World, where even a Genin could run across rooftops and walls, and a Chunin could breathe fire and form spinning chakra balls, human life was far too cheap.
To stay alive, there were things he sometimes had no choice but to fight for.
Even if he didn't like it!
"A hundred wives and an invincible life. That's what I want."
Ling Tian looked dazed, unable to stop himself from muttering aloud.
"You mean a carefree life as a pig?"
"Who's there?"
Hearing a stranger's voice beside his ear, Ling Tian jolted.
[Calling Uchiha Red Four. Please respond if you hear me!]
[Calling, calling! Get back here right now! I'm going to die!]
"It's me."
The voice rang out again, but its owner was still nowhere to be seen. Ling Tian frowned. "Who are you? Why are you hiding? Too ashamed to show your face?"
"I haven't been hiding. You just haven't seen me."
"That's ridiculous. I'm not a Shinobi. How am I supposed to spot you?"
"Lower your head. Look down."
At those words, Ling Tian naturally lowered his head.
His hand came into view, but why the hell was it bent like that?
Why the hell were there two eyes growing on his fingers, staring at him?
There was even a big mouth in his palm...
This was clearly some supernatural shit-his body had mutated, for fuck's sake-so why did this thing look so cute?
"Hello, Ling Tian. I'm Little Right!"
The parasite's big mouth opened and closed in his palm. After speaking, he even extended a tiny hand.
Ling Tian stared blankly and instinctively held out his left hand.
This guy wants to shake my hand?
But isn't that my own hand?
He paused, then asked with a strange expression, "You woke up already?"
"I've been awake the whole time. I just couldn't stay outside for very long during my juvenile stage, so I didn't come out," Little Right said.
"So you're out now because you've already passed your juvenile stage?"
Little Right said, "Yes. I finished my juvenile stage this afternoon."
"That fast?"
Ling Tian was puzzled. Hadn't he only been around for a day? How had he already finished his juvenile stage?
That was way too fast.
Little Right said, "This world is strange. The chakra in your body accelerated my growth, allowing me to absorb nutrients faster."
As he spoke, he grew serious. "I came out this time to answer your questions. Uchiha Red Four-no, I should call him Fourth Baby. His current behavior is probably the result of three personalities blending together."
Ling Tian looked thoughtful. Little Right continued, "He has your memories, Uchiha Island's arrogance and obsessive stubbornness, and Fourth Baby's innocence. That should explain it. Otherwise, there's no way to explain why he turned out like this."
After hearing that, Ling Tian understood as well. That was almost certainly what had happened.
"But Little Right, how do you know all this? How do you know Uchiha Island was arrogant and Fourth Baby was innocent?"
Little Right said, "I know everything you're thinking."
Ling Tian thought, Little Right is so ugly.
Little Right said, "Thinking like that is just a waste of time. To us, survival matters more than anything.
"..."
Ling Tian gave a soft cough and asked, "What abilities do you have now? It said you could make me stronger, right?"
Little Right said, "I can help you form hand seals quickly, and your right arm can transform into weapons. Even the forty-meter blade you're imagining is possible. I can also detect traces of enemies."
He can form hand seals for me, turn my hand into a weapon, and fight on his own without me controlling him. He's even a sensory Shinobi. Isn't that unbeatable?
Little Right said, "Correct. Not only that, I can also control ninjutsu myself."
Ling Tian's expression turned serious. "So you'll know everything I think from now on? Can that ability be removed?"
Little Right said, "That's an advantage for us. It makes us stronger. Why remove it?"
Ling Tian said, "What if there are things I don't want you to know?"
Little Right said, "I can shut off my own perception."
Ling Tian said, "Can't I be the one to do it?"
Little Right said, "No."
Fine.
Nothing more to discuss, then.
The thought of having sex while a hand watched from the sidelines made him feel incredibly embarrassed.
But why the hell am I feeling a little excited...?
Little Right said, "You shouldn't be thinking about useless things like that right now. You should be thinking about how to make us stronger."
"..."
"Right. Go ahead," Ling Tian agreed.
Little Right said, "You have Lightning Release Chakra in your body, so I can use it too. But right now, all I can do is use the power of lightning to strengthen myself...
"However, when I arrived in this world, a surge of lightning power suddenly entered my body. Based on your understanding, it should be no weaker than an elite Jonin's. What's more, I can feel that this lightning is still growing stronger."
"Lightning power?"
Ling Tian was baffled. What was going on now?
I remember watching Parasyte before. There wasn't any magic in it, was there?
Little Right said, "Stranger still, I can only shoot this lightning power from my mouth."
After speaking, he tried it. In an instant, lightning shaped like ?? shot from the little mouth in Ling Tian's palm, blasting straight into the courtyard.
Boom!
Watching the wall collapse amid the dust and the ground cave in, Ling Tian was baffled all over again.
After firing that attack, Little Right turned his small mouth and two eyes toward Ling Tian again. "Just as you thought, this isn't my ability, and the lightning affinity in your body isn't this strong either. But it appeared this morning when I attached myself to your hand."
I don't know either!
The Gourd Brothers didn't use lightning! Even if they did, that damned cheat locked it away. The other abilities haven't been unlocked yet.
While Ling Tian was thinking, Little Right said, "I see."
"..."
What? What do you mean, 'I see'?
Little Right said, "In your memories, Fourth Baby could shoot not only fire but lightning too. His lightning just wasn't as powerful as his fire. That thing called a cheat probably separated them. Since you happened to have a lightning affinity, and I entered your hand at the time and absorbed too much of your Lightning Release Chakra, it ended up in me."
"So you stole one of my Divine Techniques?"
Little Right said, "That doesn't matter. Understanding what happened is enough. What's important now is that you only know three basic ninjutsu, which means all I can currently do is shoot lightning. That limits our strength."
"So..."
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