Chapter 843

But the problem was that he still hadn't found the exact location of the enemy.

Back then, Uchiha Madara went mad because of Uchiha Izuna's death, and Obito broke down over Rin's death and defected from Konoha.

"In the end, you just don't trust them!"

Uchiha Izuna realized there was no point wasting words on this guy; he never should have tried to talk him into anything.

This younger one is even more annoying than the older one!

"Perhaps, once I've roughly pieced together some of the clues, I'll choose to set them free, but definitely not now."

Lin Cheng looked at the huffy Uchiha Izuna, stood up and sighed, then turned and went upstairs.

He'd figure this matter out himself first, then talk about it later.

Next, he really was going to get busy.

Leisurely times had nothing to do with him for now, but he could still spare one dinner time every day.

While everyone else was resting, Lin Cheng sat in his room, set up a protective barrier with his spiritual power, and released the three strands of strange power in his hand, letting them slowly undergo origin-retrospection before his eyes.

This technique traced back the past of a living being based on its characteristics, and could even trace back to the original past memories of Otsutsuki Hagoromo himself.

But this technique consumed an enormous amount of spiritual power, so Lin Cheng basically never used it normally.

As his spiritual power drove the technique, the three strands of power gradually began to retrace what had been transmitted through, or done by, their host bodies.

Starting from the most recent and slowly extending backward, each transmission and change was learned by Lin Cheng, but when tracing back to Otsutsuki Hagoromo, the strand obtained from Granny Chiyo dissipated first.

There were too few power clues to connect with Otsutsuki Hagoromo's life.

Just as expected!

Although he'd guessed it might turn out this way, getting a result this quickly still left Lin Cheng a little unhappy.

As the strand obtained from Granny Chiyo dissipated, the one obtained from Sarutobi Hiruzen vanished next.

But Lin Cheng was already prepared; next was the strand imbued with Shi Zhi's will.

This strand had absorbed quite a bit of Shi Zhi's will—what could be collectively called faith and ninja intent.

Gradually, Lin Cheng saw Otsutsuki Hagoromo standing in Iwagakure, floating in mid-air, looking down unseen at the Iwagakure ninja holding some ceremony on the ground.

Between Onoki and this stone, he chose this massive boulder as the power host.

But he saw that whenever something important happened, Onoki, the Tsuchikage, would bring people to worship this stone.

The retrospection continued; Lin Cheng saw Otsutsuki Hagoromo go to Konoha, saw the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen being chosen, saw Naruto and Sasuke being conceived.

Because it was a retrospection, the earliest thing seen was Kurama being pregnant; Otsutsuki Hagoromo took out the portion of power belonging to Asura and quietly sent it into the newly born soul.

Then, Otsutsuki Hagoromo stayed in Konoha for a while; time retraced to when Sasuke had just become an embryo in Uchiha Mikoto's womb, his soul just beginning to form.

In the same manner, Asura's power was infused, but the power of these two was tightly sealed; the influence persisted, but to break free of the binding one had to reach a level comparable to the Sage of Six Paths.

When the retrospection reached this point, the power contributed with faith and will by the Iwagakure ninja was finally completely consumed and utterly dissipated.

"Xiao Hei, what if I captured Otsutsuki Hagoromo and performed a retrospection directly—would I be able to see where all the Otsutsuki clan members are?"

Lin Cheng sat in his room, not finding the information he currently knew to be of much use.

Although he actually knew quite a bit, none of it was the part he wanted to know.

There were definitely more Otsutsuki clan members in this world than just this one, but they hid themselves too well.

"．「Host, that's about enough—do you really not need this system's help with what comes next?"

Teacher Xiao Hei shook his head, waved a paw to smash those pillars, ran out and lay in Lin Cheng's arms, hugging his finger and swinging it a few times.

He had indeed been neglecting his host lately, but some matters hadn't been resolved yet, so he couldn't just make a shadow clone to keep him company.

"I can handle it myself. You finally deigned to come out and keep me company for a bit. Last time you really did screw Orochimaru over pretty badly. Wait, no—you used that scheming bastard Orochimaru to screw me over in a way that seems a little tragic, didn't you?"

Lin Cheng carried Teacher Xiao Hei straight back to the bed and lay on his side, waggling his finger to tease Teacher Xiao Hei as he played, but making sure it couldn't catch it.

After playing with Teacher Xiao Hei for a while, he finally remembered he had to settle accounts with Teacher Xiao Hei about that snake lady.

"Not tragic at all—you were clearly having a great time. That seductive pose is something no normal woman could pull off. I did it for the sake of your future happiness, and don't you think having a servant with perfect combat power is a pleasure?"

Teacher Xiao Hei saw nothing wrong with turning Orochimaru into what he was now; it was Orochimaru's own choice—he'd merely offered some optional directions from the side.