Return to Konoha

Despite her severe injuries, Long Ye managed to turn the tide against the Kirigakure Ninja, but then, unable to hold on any longer, her vision went black and she fainted.

In the moments before he fainted, he vaguely heard Lin crying out.

This was the most serious injury he had ever suffered, and the key point was that it wasn't an enemy who injured him, but his former comrade.

Kakashi's Chidori, honed through war, has reached perfection, becoming a deadly Ninjutsu capable of killing with a single blow.

Without any defense, Long Ye's mortal body managed to withstand the attack, and the outcome was predictable.

I don't know how much time has passed.

Long Ye slowly woke up.

His vision gradually cleared from blurry.

This was a white-themed room, one that was all too familiar to him, given his past life as a "surgeon." He was clearly in a hospital ward.

In front of him stood a woman with orange-yellow hair and an extremely voluptuous figure.

This woman looked to be in her early twenties, but her charm suggested she was much older.

"Tsunade!!"

Long Ye recognized the woman at a glance.

As one of the Legendary Konoha Sannin, Tsunade naturally participated in the Third Shinobi World War.

However, since the three had been famous for a long time, any achievements they made were no longer surprising, and they did not cause as much of a stir as Minato Namikaze and Lightning Flash Shisui.

The Sannin legendary Sannin are all close to Kage Level in strength, making them qualified to immediately succeed as Hokage. If the Sannin work together, they would be able to fight and not be defeated even if they faced the four Kage of the other four countries.

Therefore, the Sannin always undertook missions of unimaginable difficulty during the Third Shinobi World War.

It had almost no connection whatsoever with the missions that Long Ye and Shisui were carrying out.

Because of their different social standing, the opportunities for them to interact are naturally very limited.

Even now, nearly three years after Long Ye came to Konoha, this is the first time she has met the famous "Princess Tsunade".

Seemingly sensing a gaze from beside her, Tsunade and saw Long Ye with her eyes open.

She flashed a smile that made all flowers pale in comparison, "You've come back to life, but for the next month, don't easily get into fights..."

"Thank you so much for the treatment, Tsunade- senpai!"

Looking at the beautiful woman so close to him, Long Ye thought to himself: No wonder she was listed on the "Shinobi World Beauty Ranking" by busybodies in his previous life.

"Speaking of which, your body's recovery ability is incredible. If it were anyone else, they would have died long ago from such severe injuries, and wouldn't have survived until I came to save them."

Tsunade bent down and looked down at Long Ye, seemingly very curious about his body.

Long Ye knew the reason, of course.

His body was modified by Hashirama Senju's cells, resulting in a leapfrog improvement in all aspects of his physical abilities, with regenerative abilities being just one of them.

The astonishing regenerative ability was originally the exclusive property of the Senju Clan. As the only surviving member of this clan, Tsunade was inevitably curious about Long Ye's physical abilities.

"But you little brat, you've got a really lucky life. I heard not long ago that you were crushed to death underground, but I can't believe you're still alive..."

"Oh, right! I heard you possess a rare medical ability Kekkei Genkai. I've wanted to see it for a long time, but the outbreak of the Shinobi World War kept me from doing so. Now that the war is over, once you've recovered, remember to come find me..."

Having no reason to refuse, Long Ye readily agreed.

After saying a few words, Tsunade left. No sooner had she disappeared than several people rushed in.

Seeing the person enter, Long Ye smiled slightly.

As expected, it was Kakashi and Obito who had been waiting for a long time, along with the radiant Shisui Uchiha.

"Long Ye, how are you feeling?" Obito asked quickly.

"She's mostly recovered. With Lady Tsunade personally treating her, she should be back to this state in about half a month at most," Long Ye said with a smile.

Kakashi stood to the side, looking somewhat at a loss.

Long Ye noticed his self-reproach and smiled.

"Kakashi, it was just an accident, there's no need to take it to heart. However, you still need to work on the power of your Chidori. I was hit by your attack, but not only did I not die, I was back to full of energy in a short time..."

The power of Chidori is actually not weak. He said that only to comfort Kakashi and let him let go of his self-blame.

"I will never use Chidori again!"

Kakashi lowered his head, his Forehead Protector obscuring the eye he had lost due to injury.

Obito and the others were startled upon hearing this.

Before they could persuade him, Kakashi continued:

"It's not for any other reason than that Chidori has a fatal flaw: when used, one cannot see anything in front of them. I don't want that to happen again."

The Long Ye fell silent; I didn't know how to offer comfort.

As the other party said, this is indeed the flaw of Lightning Release: Chidori. The reason why Kakashi in history was able to use Chidori at will was because he had a Sharingan.

With the Sharingan activated, he could ignore the effects of lightning on his vision, which is why he was later able to develop a series of powerful Lightning Release Ninjutsu.

Upon hearing Kakashi's words, Obito to the side, flashed a glint of cunning in his eyes that went unnoticed by outsiders.

Shisui Uchiha, who had been suppressing his excitement for a long time, looked at Long Ye with a broad smile:

"You really aren't so easy to kill! Tell me quickly! How did you escape from being buried underground? And since you survived, why did it take you three whole months to show yourself?"

Long Ye looked at him and smiled, "I survived mainly because of the Mysterious Peacock Method I cultivated. I used the 'Tengu Wings' to protect my entire body, which prevented me from being smashed to pieces by the rocks..."

"As for why it took three months for him to reappear, it was mainly because he was seriously injured at the time and had difficulty moving around, so he found a cave and spent three months recovering from his injuries and regaining his freedom of movement."

He saw Shisui's joyful expression at his survival and sighed helplessly.

He had previously promised Shisui that he would not hide anything from him no matter what the other asked him, but now he had no choice but to hide it again.

Because of the matter of "Madara Uchiha," he couldn't easily reveal it. In fact, he had a premonition that before he could speak out, he might die and be silenced forever.

It's all because of that mysterious seal in the heart.

Shisui trusted him almost unconditionally.

His words were reasonable and well-founded, and the three of them had no doubts.

"Huh? Right, where did Lin go? Why haven't I seen her come over?"

Long Ye had wanted to ask from the beginning, but she had kept it to herself until now because of the concern of her friends.

"Lin, she..."

Obito looked sorrowful, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, while Kakashi looked somber.

Long Ye frowned slightly, his heart sinking.

He realized a problem he had almost overlooked: it was very likely that Tailed Beast was sealed inside Rin's body.

To prevent the unsealing of the Tailed Beast from causing devastating damage to the village, Rin will undoubtedly be imprisoned.