Konoha's frontline medical base.
Lin Ze had just finished a round of physical training and was sitting cross-legged on a large tree at the edge of camp, his eyes closed in concentration as he trained his sensory abilities.
He quieted his mind and spread his awareness outward like ripples in water, carefully distinguishing the various chakra fluctuations carried on the wind.
The steady or slightly fatigued chakra of the Konoha ninja in camp, the weak but stable presence of the wounded, Tsunade's immense chakra with its faint traces of disorder and suppression...
And farther away, the faint, primal vitality of the birds, beasts, insects, and ants in the forest.
Everything seemed relatively peaceful.
However, when Lin Ze's sensory range extended to an area roughly two kilometers away, several sudden chakra fluctuations caught his attention.
Iwagakure chakra... three people, fierce presences with killing intent? Are they pursuing something?
Lin Ze focused his mind, directing his senses toward that area.
Soon, he picked up three other chakra signatures fleeing in disarray. They belonged to Konoha ninja, and one of them... actually felt somewhat familiar.
It had a cold, sharp texture. Though much stronger than he remembered, that distinctive feeling...
Ryota Uchiha?
Lin Ze's eyes snapped open, a flicker of surprise passing through them.
Since graduating early in his first year, he had only met this member of the Uchiha Clan four or five times, yet now he had sensed him here.
What surprised him even more was the distinctive Yin Release power he clearly detected within that agitated chakra.
It was the Sharingan! And not one tomoe, but the fluctuations of two tomoe!
To think this guy actually awakened his Sharingan, and with two tomoe at that. The Uchiha's inherited talent really is enviable.
*Still, his squad seems to be in trouble,