Outside Konoha, in a secluded mountain forest.
Tashihime quietly stood guard beside a cylindrical Life Support Device.
The device was filled with pale green nutrient solution, with a body bearing a seventy- to eighty-percent resemblance to Lin Ze floating inside.
Suddenly, the body inside the device stirred slightly.
Tashihime immediately bowed.
"Master."
The Life Support Device's hatch slowly opened, and Lin Ze-
Or rather, Lin Ze's Yin Release Clone sat up inside the device and opened his eyes.
They were a pair of scarlet Sharingan.
The three tomoe slowly revolved, then changed shape, transforming into Enta Uchiha's four-pointed pinwheel Mangekyō pattern.
"Whew..."
Lin Ze exhaled, assessing the condition of this new body.
Its chakra reserves were still low, but the quality was high, filled with the distinctive chill of Yin Release.
As for the eyes...
Lin Ze raised a hand and touched the corner of his eye.
There truly was little ocular power left in Enta Uchiha's Mangekyō.
Enta Uchiha had desperately used his ocular techniques before, pushing these eyes almost to their limit. Fortunately, they had enough left for tonight's operation.
"Master, how do you feel?"
Tashihime asked with concern.
"Not bad."
Lin Ze stepped out of the device, and Tashihime immediately handed him a black, tight-fitting suit.
He quickly changed into it while asking:
"How are things on Ichikishimahime's end?"
Tashihime answered respectfully:
"As you instructed, she has infiltrated Miss Kurenai's home and secured her mother's safety."
"Qingtian is also secretly following Lord Yuhi Shinku to ensure his safety."
Lin Ze nodded.
Quite a few people had died during the Nine-Tails' Rampage in the original story, and Yuhi Shinku was one of them. He did not want Kurenai to lose both her parents.
"Very good."
Lin Ze flexed his wrists, adjusting to the coordination of his new body.