Chapter 818

As a teacher, being protected by a group of students — he didn't know whether to say Kakashi was lucky, or that he himself was just too useless.

Can a guy like that really have the qualifications to run for the next Hokage?

Even if he succeeded, it would only be because he got there on the backs of his students, right?

He couldn't help feeling that this son of his seemed to be living a life he couldn't imagine — there must be happiness, but the inner struggles were probably no fewer.

"My son is rather slow, and sometimes he likes to fixate on one thing. In the future I'll have to trouble you all to look after him." With that worry off his mind, once Hatake Sakumo finished speaking, his soul had already gradually returned to the Pure Land.

After he left, Lin Cheng sat where he was, quietly waiting for a long time.

There was no light here, no sun, moon, or stars.

After quite a while, the figure who had been standing still not far away slowly walked out, and only stopped once he was behind Lin Cheng.

"Standing behind someone is very rude behavior — are you sure you don't want to come over and sit down for a chat?"

Lin Cheng hadn't wanted any contact with this guy, Seventeen, right now, but since they'd run into each other, he set aside those past grievances; everything else could be discussed later.

"What do you mean, 'your other you'?"

Although Uchiha Madara had only died in his old age, his soul had been preserved in this youthful state. After Lin Cheng glanced up and roughly compared him with Hashirama, sure enough, the souls of these people all shared a common point.

But others weren't like this — for example, Sarutobi Hiruzen from the original storyline, who looked like an old man, and many other ninjas, who after being reincarnated by the Earth jutsu all looked as they had before death. But these few really made one have to think deeply!

"It's another me. Because I came back from the future, there's still a me who hasn't grown up."

Lin Cheng still had to maintain his own setting. Watching Uchiha Madara's wide-eyed look at this moment, he reached out leisurely and handed him a bunch of fruit.

The pet space could also be used to grow some vegetables and fruit along the way. Although the slug had eaten most of it recently, taking a few out was still no problem.

This red bunch of spirit fruit, similar to grapes, after it reached Uchiha Madara's hand, was looked at for a while

before the guy, with a doubtful look, slowly ate one.

"What power is this?"

Uchiha Madara had originally thought it was strange enough that a soul could eat fruit, but after eating one, the trace of power that suddenly appeared within his body made his heart stir involuntarily.

Since only his soul was left, he now had almost no power — whether chakra or anything else, there were no enemies here, but also no hope.

Now that such an obvious power had appeared, he couldn't help being stirred up.

"Just some spirit fruit, roughly equivalent to the power of Sage Arts, I suppose."

"Normally when I'm outside with a body, I can't eat this either. This time I was planning to go to the Pure Land to find a soul to bring back, and running into you by chance is fate, so I'll give you a little."

Another bunch of spirit fruit appeared in his hand. Lin Cheng reached out and handed it to Uchiha Madara. After a brief explanation, he said nothing more.