The preliminaries for the third round of the Chunin Ninja Exams ended quickly, and Lin Chuan watched the story cutscenes play out in person once again.
When he saw Neji try to kill Hinata, only to be stopped by the Jonin, he could not help letting out a soft sigh.
As he was now, he could not even decide his own fate, much less help Neji. That would have to wait until his next transmigration.
After watching the matches, he immediately dispelled his Shadow Clone. The moment it vanished, his original body at home received all its memories. Ever since killing Kabuto Yakushi, he had been using a Shadow Clone to watch the matches. His real body had gone home long ago.
Next, he had to consider how to avoid assassination by Orochimaru. And then there was Gekko Hayate. The man had worn himself sick from overwork. Could he not take some time to recover instead of going out to gather intelligence?
Now that he had killed Kabuto Yakushi, he did not know whether those two would still meet on that building. If they did not, there was nothing he could do. Gekko Hayate would have to fend for himself.
Night soon fell, and all the Chunin Ninja Exams candidates returned to rest. Lin Chuan also left home to stay elsewhere, afraid Orochimaru might come looking for him there. He left only one Shadow Clone at home and sent another to stake out the area around the building, using the most basic method of lying in wait.
Yet Konoha remained peaceful for several days, and his stakeout yielded no secret meeting between Kabuto Yakushi and Baki.
Why was he still expecting Kabuto Yakushi?
Because Orochimaru had Impure World Reincarnation. He suspected Kabuto Yakushi would not stay dead so easily. Such