Return to Konoha

Long Ye forced his severely wounded body onward, completing a desperate counterattack against the Kirigakure ninja. Then, finally unable to hold on any longer, his vision went black, and he passed out.

In the moment before he lost consciousness, he vaguely heard Rin crying out.

This was the most seriously injured he had ever been. The one who had hurt him was not an enemy, but his former companion.

Kakashi's Chidori had been honed through the trials of war to perfection, becoming a lethal ninjutsu capable of killing in a single blow.

With no defenses in place, Long Ye had taken it head-on with his flesh-and-blood body. The outcome was easy to imagine.

No one knew how much time had passed.

Long Ye slowly woke up.

His vision gradually cleared from a blur.

It was a white room. To him, an "surgeon" in his previous life, it was all too familiar. He was clearly in a hospital ward.

Standing before him was a woman with orange hair and an exceptionally voluptuous figure.

She looked to be only in her early twenties, but her mature charm suggested she was far older than that.

"Tsunade!!"

Long Ye recognized the woman at once.

As one of Konoha's Three Ninja, Tsunade had naturally participated in the Third Shinobi World War.

However, the three had been famous for far too long. Any achievements they earned no longer came as a surprise, and they did not stir up nearly as much excitement as "Minato Namikaze" and "Lightning Flash Shisui."

Each of the Sannin possessed strength close to Kage Level and was qualified to immediately succeed as Hokage. If the three joined forces, they could fight the four Kage of the other four nations without being defeated.

Thus, throughout the Third Shinobi World War, the Sannin had