The next afternoon.
Lin Ze returned to his room from underground, changed into clean clothes, and prepared to head out.
The basic framework of the laboratory is in place. Next comes gradually adding equipment and guiding Kabuto.
For now, I'll check on Night Owl.
Thinking of Night Owl and White Tiger, Lin Ze still felt some concern.
After all, he had personally pulled White Tiger back from the brink of death and handed him over to Night Owl. Whether the two could settle in together smoothly and become an effective fighting force also affected the implementation of some of his future plans.
However, Lin Ze had barely left the Orphanage grounds when he ran into three familiar figures.
They were Kurenai Yuhi, Asuma, and Rei Uesugi.
They seemed to have just finished a mission. There was a trace of fatigue on their faces, but more than that, they looked relaxed after completing their assignment.
"Lin Ze!"
Kurenai Yuhi spotted him first. Her large burgundy eyes instantly lit up, and a delighted smile appeared on her face as she instinctively jogged a few steps toward him.
She had not seen Lin Ze for several months.
The dark clouds of the Third Shinobi World War hung over Konoha, and every ninja's workload had grown heavier.
After being assigned to the ANBU Special Operations Unit, Lin Ze had become even more elusive, his whereabouts unpredictable.
Meanwhile, Kurenai and the others, as a Genin squad, had also been assigned a large number of patrol, reconnaissance, and supply escort missions.
Interestingly, they owed these safe assignments to Asuma's status as the "young prince." Otherwise, a squad like theirs would most likely have died somewhere on the battlefield long ago.
The urgency of the war had also made opportunities for Lin Ze and Kurenai Yuhi to