Bang!
With another puff of white smoke, Chinchilla appeared in a hurry.
"Meow! Bad news! Boss Lin Ze!"
Chinchilla spoke urgently, without the usual money-grubbing tone:
"Ascension Island! Ascension Island is under attack! It's Ryūchi Cave! That huge white snake came with countless snakes! Tagitsuhime, Mountain Lord, and that ape can barely hold them off!"
"Boss Nonō told me to notify you immediately!"
Lin Ze's gaze abruptly sharpened.
Ryūchi Cave... the White Snake Sage!
He had expected Ryūchi Cave would not let the matter rest, but he had not expected the White Snake Sage to personally lead an all-out assault!
It seemed something he did not know about had happened in the meantime.
Ascension Island was his base. His main body was still sleeping there, and Nonō, Kurenai, and the others were all on the island.
Moreover, all his current research materials and accumulated resources were there!
Nothing could be allowed to happen to it!
"Give me the details!" Lin Ze's voice was ice-cold.
Chinchilla quickly explained the situation.
"...Now that huge white snake seems to have broken through several layers of Sealing and is almost at the underground laboratory! Meow!"
After listening, Lin Ze glanced toward the cave and ordered Ink Maru and Chinchilla:
"You two stay here and watch Enta Uchiha inside. If he asks, tell him I'm resting and not to disturb me."
"Understood, meow!" the two ninja cats answered in unison.
Lin Ze stepped into another patch of shadow beside the cave and sat cross-legged, pretending to close his eyes and rest. In truth, his soul had already left his body.
The feeling of his soul leaving his body was wondrous, as though he had broken free of every restraint.
Lin Ze's soul became an invisible streak of light, racing toward Ascension Island at a