Chapter 817

"That level? Could it be the legendary Sage? The level of the Sage of Six Paths?"

Tobirama only knew that the strongest in the Shinobi World should be the legendary Sage of Six Paths. So when asked at this moment, his first reaction was exactly that.

"Perhaps there are those even stronger than the Sage of Six Paths, but now that idiot Madara has been targeted by someone at that level, and they've set up a trap, I can't just watch him be schemed into having his soul completely scattered."

Raising his head, Hashirama looked toward the moon in the sky.

After a helpless sigh came her worry for Madara, as well as her concern for the future Lin Cheng had spoken of.

Rather than letting that guy continue being used as a chess piece in the trap, it would be better to bring him over to her side.

At the very least, even if he remained a chess piece, he wouldn't be completely in the dark.

From beginning to end, she never imagined Lin Cheng as a good person; it was simply that she happened to find these current changes interesting, and wanted to get closer to Lin Cheng, to try touching and getting along with him, that was all.

But as for believing Lin Cheng would ultimately protect her — these were things she didn't want to consider for now. Disappointment can only appear when there is too much hope beforehand, so to avoid being disappointed in the future, she still preferred to rely on herself!

"Th-then, does he know your plan?"

Tobirama looked at Hashirama, who had suddenly become serious, and the worry in his heart grew several degrees stronger than before.

Back then, big brother said he was going to go fight Uchiha Madara, and after coming back, he died not long after. When he went that time, he had also suddenly become serious.

With things like this now, he couldn't help but overthink, and was even more afraid that if something really went wrong, that kid Lin Cheng was absolutely no pushover.

"He probably guessed it, but in the short term, he doesn't want that guy Madara to come back either, and I think the same way. Nothing is ready yet. Madara always thinks he's clever, but actually sometimes he's an idiot too."

Hashirama turned and glanced at Tobirama, his expression slowly softening, once again returning to the usual gentleness of normal times.

Back then that guy faked his death to trick her, so now she set up her plan in advance, letting Lin Cheng directly target Madara before he could be revived.

That should count as redeeming one round, right?

So Lin Cheng definitely has to cooperate with her a bit, otherwise this feeling of being wronged after being deceived really won't have any way to be resolved!

"Big brother, Uchiha Madara will hate you to death."

Thinking of Uchiha Madara being unwillingly turned into a woman with a completely frustrated face, Tobirama felt the corners of his mouth uncontrollably curving upward.

As expected, one must try hard to stay alive!?

Only by staying alive can one see in the future what that guy's expression looks like when suffering; at that time, it will definitely be extremely, extremely satisfying!

"Then that has nothing to do with me. Whether he can be pacified in the end depends on whether that guy Lin Cheng can pull it off. He was able to make Madara's juniors willingly convert, so I believe Madara can do about the same!"

Staring at that mark again, smiling for a while, Hashirama turned and walked toward her courtyard. After returning to the courtyard, she glared at Tobirama, told him to pay more attention in the future, and directly chased him away.

She had said a bit too much to Tobirama tonight. If this guy dared to spill it, even if he were alive, beating him half to death and then healing him would be no problem for her!

As expected, he had come to the wrong place. Having transformed into a spirit form and passed through the barrier between two worlds, Lin Cheng was completely dumbfounded when he saw the scene before his eyes.

He had thought he could go directly to the Pure Land, so he hadn't greeted the Shinigami in advance. But now, he had ended up in the gap between the human world and the Pure Land!

But his luck seemed not bad — arriving here, he ran into a soul.......

"I didn't expect to actually wait until someone came. Excuse me, is Konoha still doing well?"

The soul with long white hair tied up, wearing a Konoha jonin uniform, was Sakumo Hatake.

At this moment, upon seeing Lin Cheng, this person raised a hand to greet him — a posture quite similar to Kakashi's.

"Konoha... did rot, but now it has once again become an existence no one dares to provoke. Senior Hatake, you don't want to pass through here — are you waiting for someone?"

Lin Cheng walked step by step to Sakumo Hatake's front, sat down opposite him, and prepared to have a chat with this person.

The Sand Village side had his shadow clone, and because he was coming over here and didn't need his body, before coming he had already switched his body back.

So he wasn't worried about running into any accidents. Then he might as well stay and play around a bit more — after all, this was that guy Shinigami's territory.

"Is that so? That's really good then, I can rest easy. Actually, I was just worried something would happen to Konoha, so I've always wanted to wait for someone to come."

"A hint of dimness flashed through Sakumo Hatake's eyes. His death back then was his own choice, not forced. If he hadn't died, what would have become of Kakashi?"

"By the way, Kakashi Hatake is growing up well now, although he probably won't be able to find a partner. That guy has companions, has teachers and students, and of course also has fated bonds."

Apart from occasionally hugging overly risqué books and reading them endlessly, overall he's a pretty good guy. In the future, he might have a chance to become Hokage. But the Fifth's slot is out of the question now — the Sixth's time is very possible.