[with card] Enemy of the World

28. Call His Name

Although after reading Jiraiya's report, Minato had already expected Shika Jing's plan, but when he actually heard the other party say these words, he still couldn't help but have mixed feelings in his heart.

Kakashi here grew up under his watch, teacher and student for 20 years, how strong that kid is, how unwilling to show his weak side to others, Minato is very clear.As for Lu Jing, although they have different personalities from Kakashi, they are still the same person in essence. The experience of losing relatives and friends must be the most unbearable past for him, and he is unwilling and afraid to announce it to others. mouth, only in the dead of night, bitter aftertaste alone.

But now, he was willing to show them the bloody wound with his own hands.Lu Jing decided to do this not just to prove his innocence, Minato knew very well; he wanted to be able to stay, help them, and accomplish what he thought he should do.

——Combined with the truth he heard from Kushina before, he became more and more convinced of this.

Jilai had quietly left from the window at some point.The Fourth Hokage looked at his student from another world with undisguised pity in his eyes: "There is no need to go to this point. All we need is your explanation of the events related to Lin, and that alone is enough Prove your position and reassure others."

"...Thank you." Lu Jing opened his eyes wide and looked at him, and after a long while he let out a word of thanks in relief.

Minato nodded, with a gloomy look on his face: "To retrieve your memory, Haiyi was the most suitable candidate, but now he is still seriously injured. As a substitute, I will find Aoba Yamashiro. Although he is not from the mountain clan, he is studying In terms of mental skills, it is very good. You are in the same period, facing him, I think you can relax a little bit."

"Excuse me."

The communication eagle flew away from the window with Hokage's order, and 10 minutes later, the summoned special jounin came on time.After listening to Minato's explanation, Aoba quickly calmed down after being briefly surprised, and promised that she would never reveal the secret.The memory extraction was carried out in the rest room in Hokage's office, and after half an hour, Aoba finally exited the room with an extra scroll in his hand.

"It's done, Hokage-sama." He put the scroll into Minato's hand, hesitated for a moment, then whispered a few words into Minato's ear again.Minato's eyes widened in shock from the information he heard, and his pupils contracted; it was not until the scroll made a slight creak under the force of his clenched grip that he finally came back to his senses, closed his eyes sadly, and his fingers followed suit. Let go.

"...I see." He whispered, "It's been hard work...go and rest."

"In the absence of external interference, people who accept the mind reading technique will generally wake up after 10 minutes, but I don't know if this rule is also applicable to the dirty body." Aoba said again, bowing, "Then, I will take my leave first."

After he left, Mizumon stood still for a while.Fourth Hokage looked at the scroll in his hand, but didn't intend to open it immediately.After a while, he carefully placed the scroll on the table, walked over and gently opened the door of the rest room.

Lu Jing had already woken up and sat up on the bed - he didn't even look like he had fallen asleep at all.When Minato came in, the silver-haired reincarnated man was lowering his head, staring at his open right hand in a daze; when he heard the sound, he raised his eyes and looked over, and at the same time, almost subconsciously, quickly retracted his right hand and put it behind his back. "Master Fourth—"

The golden hair that suddenly filled his sight interrupted his words halfway.

"I'm sorry." Holding Lu Jing tightly, Minato whispered in his ear, "At that time... the teacher was late."

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"I'm sorry, Lin." A second before the door of the ward closed, Lin heard Obito lying on the bed say.

"...idiot." She stared at the closed white door and whispered these two words.

Lin turned and walked out.It was very late, and the inpatient department was quiet, and only her footsteps could be heard in the empty corridor.Lin slowed down when passing by Jiu Xinnai's room, and her eyes stayed on the door for a few seconds, but she didn't go there after all, but left from the stairs on the other side.

She should have thanked her, but now is not the time.Kushina needs to rest, and she has more important things to do right now.

——It's useless to hide it like this, she will find out one day.Rather than letting her hear the truth from someone else in the future, it is better for you to tell her yourself here.It's hard to coax a girl when she's angry!

I'm not mad at Obito, Lynn tried to defend.I just... hate being so weak and powerless.

Every time a crisis comes, I can only stand aside and watch others fight, and provide some insignificant medical support at times-even these supports are only at the physical level, but they are completely helpless against heartache.If she can be more reliable, like Tsunade-sama, she is a Ninja doctor and a powerful fighter at the same time, maybe her teammates will not always choose to bear the responsibility alone instead of sharing it with her like now .

——Lin, Kite is me...it's me who came from the same world as Lu Jing, and walked on the wrong path.

Even though Obito hid something from herself before, after hearing this sentence and seeing Obito's confused and guilty look, her anger has long since dissipated.But there is one thing that Lin still can't stop worrying about; Obito confessed to her that Kite is another self, but he still refuses to tell the cause of Nohara Lin's death in the other time and space. Could it be that this matter is more difficult for him than becoming a public enemy of the world? Do you speak?

Whatever the truth was, it must be quite cruel—Rin read such a dangerous message from Obito's attitude.

But this did not dissuade her determination to find out.

It was late at night when we came to the center of the village.The lights in Hokage's office were still on, and Minato sitting in Konoha was not much easier than the ninjas on the front line.Lin walked up to the second floor of the Hokage Tower, raised her hand and knocked on the door, and the voice of the water door immediately sounded inside: "Come in."

Lin opened the door and walked in.Oddly enough, her teacher wasn't dealing with paperwork, but standing in front of a world map that covered one entire wall.His hand was on a certain place on the map, and his eyes were fixed on the same place. Lin recognized that it was Guizhi Island, the battlefield where they had encountered the kite before.Is the teacher still analyzing the battle at that time?

"You're here, Lin." Minato turned his gaze to her with a heavy expression, but his tone didn't seem to be surprised by her visit. "Are Obito and Kushina alright?"

"They are all fine." Lin replied, "Obito's injuries are not a major problem. With his healing speed, he will be able to move normally soon. The more troublesome thing is sharing eyes, after liberating Susano. Whether the bleeding and blurred vision caused by it will cause permanent damage to his vision is currently being studied by Mr. Fujigake and the doctors of the Uchiha clan. Kushina has recovered [-]%, and he was hospitalized just to observe the last time Whether there will be any sequelae of tailed beast transformation, if there is no accident, she can be discharged from the hospital tomorrow. The enchantment team has placed multiple protections around her ward, and Anbu led by Itachi-kun will personally guard her."

"That's good." Minato said, with a little relief in his eyes, "Kaiichi and Sakumo-san are out of danger, and Tsunade-sama is here, at least now we can breathe a little easier."

"...Teacher," after a moment of hesitation, Lin decided to cut straight to the point and get straight to the point, "Deer Jing...how is it?"

She was answered by the silence of the yellow flash.Lin lowered her head and clenched the corners of the jonin vest with her fingers. "Although I don't know the details, Obito seems to have learned something from Tobi about the relationship between me and Shika in another world - after all, there is a unique connection between the two of them. His reaction is very strange... …It seems that something made him start to doubt Lu Jing, and he didn’t dare to regard him as his companion anymore. I asked him if he had something to do with the truth about the death of another me, and he didn’t deny it.”

"Ms. Jiraiya suddenly decided to seal Shikaji for the same reason, right? They seem to know something, but they don't want to tell me. Minato-sensei——no, fourth-generation-sama, I know that at my level And the position is not qualified to know too confidential information... But this is the only thing, I really want to know-"

"Lin." With a hand on her shoulder, Minato's soft voice sounded above Lin's head. "You are my student, so you don't need to be so alien to me. Besides, I think, as long as it comes from your own will, you have the right to know the ins and outs of this matter."

Lynn raised her head abruptly, overjoyed. "So……"

By this time Minato had left her and walked to the desk.Lin's gaze followed him, watching him pick up the only open scroll from the table, fold it back, and gently put the scroll into her hand——

"However, I hope you have made up your mind."

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From the day she decided to become a ninja, she had already made up her mind.

The life of a ninja is not a game.They are war mercenaries, living weapons, creators and victims of disaster and hatred, a group of people who walk on the edge of the blade at any time, and accompany disability and death.

Few ninjas can die well, and the so-called peaceful era is only relative.These days, Lai Lin has imagined more than once what kind of tragic death she experienced in another world, and what role Lu Jing played in it, which caused Obito and Jiraiya to react so radically.

She thought she had made up her mind.

But he didn't expect the truth to be so cruel.

——I made a promise with Obito, and I will definitely protect you!

But bumping into Chidori's body ruined this agreement.From Lu Jing's perspective, Lin couldn't see the expression of the silver-haired boy, but the blurred vision of Sharingan was enough to explain everything.

The self in another world said "I'm sorry" before dying.She was so badly injured that she could no longer make a sound, and the weak movement of her lips was the limit.Did the deer see it?Did you get her apology?

Even so, that's pointless.

Memories are mixed with chaotic flashback fragments, frequently appearing the image of the blue-clothed boy crushed under a boulder with half of his body crushed, and her own tearful, blood-stained hands holding Sharingan.That was the epitome of another Kannabi Bridge battle she had heard from Obito.

After escaping from the memory in the scroll, her vision was still blurred, and the wet and cold feeling on her face let Lin know that she was also crying uncontrollably in reality.Her weak hands could barely hold the scroll, and she looked to her teacher for help, her lips trembling violently, but she couldn't utter a word.

Minato sighed. "The deer panic is at Teacher Jiraiya's place."

"Sorry, Minato-sensei," Lin choked up, "I..."

Before she finished speaking, she snatched her way out of the window and ran towards Jiraiya's house.

Everything is connected in series.She got it all.Why did Obito slap away Lu Jing's hand that was stretched out to her at that time, why did Lu Jing show such a guilty and painful expression when he saw her for the first time.

Why did Obito Uchiha in that world become the monster he is now.

Jilai also lived not far from the Huoying Tower.When Lin arrived, the white-haired Sannin was sitting on the porch, staring at the pond under the moon with a sense of loss, with a scattered scroll lying at his feet.Lin jumped down from the wall, Zilai also saw her and was taken aback for a moment, then he understood and pointed to the room: "Are you here to scare the deer?...he's inside."

The deer was startled in the study.He had just stood up when Lin opened the door and broke in. The report on the table had just begun. The title was "Summary of the Secrets of the Five Great Nations and the Neighboring Small Countries", and the pen was still in his hand.

Lin rushed over to hug him, and the strength made him take two steps back, and the pen fell to the ground with a "click".Lu froze in shock, and it took a long time before he murmured: "So... Teacher Minato has shown you the scroll. I thought it was not so fast."

"If...there is nothing about the kite, are you... just planning to expose the truth... as you said before?" The body that was embraced could not feel the warmth, and the cheek was pressed against the chest. He couldn't hear the heartbeat, which made Lin feel more pity in his heart, and the tears flowed more fiercely. "I'm sorry...it's all my fault, I need your protection every time, so...that's why..."

The two tragedies in the other world, as well as a series of terrible chain reactions afterwards, all stemmed from her weakness.What right does she have to care about Obitu and take responsibility alone without her?A useless ninja like her who only hinders her companions...

"Do not."

A hand gently supported her shoulders.Lin raised her head; her teary eyes were blurred, she saw Lu Jing raise her hand and carefully wipe away her tears. "You don't need to apologize to me. Even Lin in that world doesn't need to make any apologies. Although the actual existence of the Minato class was very short... But in those days, it was because of Lin that I, Obito, and I The teacher can fight in front with peace of mind, because he knows that even if he is injured, as long as he leaves it to Lin, he will be fine. The duty of a doctor is to treat the wounded, and in this regard, Lin is undoubtedly a powerful and outstanding ninja."

"Even in the end, she was determined to sacrifice her life in order to protect the village. This is the end of a ninja's amazing life. I fully understand and support her decision. If I were sealed by Sanwei, I would definitely do it Make the same choice."

"You won't." Lin looked at him sadly, "You won't use your teammates as a tool for suicide."

The movement of the fingers stopped suddenly.After a while, Lu Jing slowly lowered his arms, looked at her, and said softly, "If that's the only way to protect the village, I will."

The room was silent.Then Lu Jing let go of Lin, and opened the distance between the two without a trace; Lin also took two steps back, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath.

The work of medical forbearance requires absolute calmness and concentration, and cannot be influenced by emotions.

"However," when she spoke again, her emotions had eased from the out-of-control state, "someone can't accept such an approach."

The air seemed to freeze in an instant.Lin opened her eyes, looked at Lu Jing in pain, and asked softly, "What are you going to do?"

The deer lowered his head in shock, his eyes fell on the pen that fell to the ground.After a moment of silence, he finally raised his head and met Shang Lin's gaze.

"I think," he replied, emotionless in his voice, "to Obito."

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Thousands of miles away, Yuyin Village.

It is rare that there is no rain tonight, and the moonlight falls from the gaps in the clouds, shining on the towering steel buildings.On the uppermost floor of the western high tower, a thin figure in a cloak squatted halfway on the edge of the top of the tower, motionless like a clay sculpture or wood carving.

The breeze blew, and the hair under the hood flicked gently, and a faint touch of silver was fleeting.

The space not far behind twisted, and a spiral crack opened.Kite strode out of it, the orange mask tilted on her head.He came to the side of the squatting figure, and the two of them looked to the northeast—the direction where Konoha was.

"Let's go," he said, pulling the mask over his face, "to meet Kakashi."

(TBC)