Chapter 841

"Let's go eat first, try the local cuisine of Iwagakure Village."

Lin Cheng looked at the tense villagers of Iwagakure; he hadn't damaged the stone, so this stone should remain safely intact for a long time, right?

As for certain follow-up matters, Senju Shisui, Inoichi, or even Kakashi could go together.

He just needed to rest a bit, and could also organize and study the few strands of Otsutsuki Hagoromo's power he had collected.

Otsutsuki Hagoromo.

This guy's schemes probably run deep, but you eat a meal one bite at a time—these things must be drawn out gradually.

After enjoying Iwagakure Village's specialty cuisine, Lin Cheng and the others were assigned to the village's most luxurious guest quarters for rest.

"Lin Cheng, there are so many rooms here."

After arriving at their lodging, Naruto looked around and sighed helplessly.

She had no reason to go ask Lin Cheng to rest together—there were so many rooms assigned by the Tsuchikage, one per person, with plenty left over.

"Rest well these next few days—I need to research something and won't have time to look after you. Feel free to go out and explore; if you find anything new, tell me over dinner."

Lin Cheng's fingers brushed through Naruto's hair, held her close for a while, then let her go to rest.

He wouldn't have much time these days—Teacher Xiao Hei was constantly busy, so tracing and analyzing this power wouldn't require Teacher Xiao Hei's intervention.

"Don't overwork yourself. Though there are things we can't know yet, if there's anything we can do, just say it—I and Naruto can still handle some tasks."

Sasuke came over only after Naruto had returned to rest; when she looked at Lin Cheng, her eyes flickered with helplessness and sorrow.

In the end, they were still too weak, so nothing was told to her, and certainly nothing was allowed for them to help with.

But this truly made her and Naruto feel uncomfortable.

"I don't know exactly what's coming yet—wait until I finish this task. But in the meantime, you two could buy more Iwagakure specialty ingredients."

Lin Cheng lightly pressed his lips to Sasuke's, understanding her stubborn feelings, but there were things they simply couldn't participate in yet.

Some things, once touched by anyone other than him and Teacher Xiao Hei, would likely be destroyed.

He now couldn't bear to let go of any of them!

"Be careful—don't forget we're all right here beside you."

After another deep, worried kiss, Sasuke glared at Lin Cheng, muttered irritably, then pushed him away and went upstairs to rest.

Since they weren't going to help anyway, do something else—besides shopping, training must never be relaxed.

Though Uchiha Izuna had grand ambitions, she still needed to study Uchiha secret techniques carefully—those weren't recorded in any surviving texts.

Senju Shisui would also teach him and Naruto some ninjutsu in daily practice; though classified as forbidden, the two had little trouble using them.

Even if some ninjutsu placed heavy strain on her chakra, she had Sage Mode in addition to chakra.

Once Sage Mode was activated, even the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique could be used, so along this journey she focused mostly on learning.

The only real difference was that Naruto had the Nine-Tails, while she had the Sharingan.

"If you keep shielding them from everything like this, what if something truly happens in the future? Will you keep protecting them under your wings forever?"

Only after confirming Sasuke had gone upstairs did Uchiha Izuna enter from outside the door.