Chapter 565: I Guess He's Up There?

"Teaching students and the like is the most troublesome."

At the gate of the Ninja School, Nara Motoya, having finished a day's teaching, sauntered out of the school.

Actually, teaching students isn't hard for him; he just finds everything else, aside from lying flat, troublesome and boring.

"I really envy that guy Lian Ye!"

A while back, during a gathering with Uchiha Jing and a few others, Yuanfei Rizhan said he and Tuan Cang had left the village to travel.

Unlike him, he's stuck miserably teaching students at the school.

At that moment, Nara Motoya's peripheral vision caught a familiar figure standing at the gate.

Wasn't that guy supposed to be traveling? How did he end up at the school gate!

He suppressed his doubt, lowered his head, hurried out of the school, pretending not to have seen the person at the gate.

The most trouble‑averse person ran into the biggest trouble‑seeker.

"Why are you leaving so fast?"

In the blink of an eye, Lian Ye appeared before Nara Motoya, smiling as he spoke.

"Class is finally over; I've been waiting for you forever."

Lian Ye and Nara Motoya have been close since childhood and have often attended alumni gatherings together over the years.

These "alumni gatherings" are really just members of the Lian Ye Squad and the Rizhan Squad.

Most of the other classmates died on the battlefield.

Even the survivors aren't close to them, so they naturally don't get invited.

Nara Motoya looked at Lian Ye and let out a helpless sigh.

"Lian Ye‑kun, weren't you traveling with Tuan Cang?"

At first, Lian Ye did pester him about Hinata Yuki's whereabouts, but he never wanted to reveal the truth.

Moreover, the Hyuga Clan didn't make things difficult for Nara Motoya, who was assigned to a squad with Hinata Yuki.

Gradually, they stopped asking and tacitly assumed Hinata Yuki had died on the battlefield.

So when Lian Ye showed up, Nara Motoya didn't think about that; he simply felt the guy was about to cause him trouble again.

"After traveling, I realized I hadn't seen you for months, so I came by to check on you," Lian Ye said with a smile.

Given his lazy nature, he can't wander the streets every day, and Nara Motoya teaches at the school.

Aside from gatherings, they hardly ever meet.

It's not just Nara Motoya; Lian Ye also rarely meets Zhuan Qin Xiaochun, Uchiha Jing, and the others.

After all, that person's laid‑back personality is rare in the village.

If he weren't so powerful, people would have long called him a freeloader who can't even stand on his own.

Nara Motoya: "……"

With his sharp mind, he naturally doesn't buy Lian Ye's words; he just feels his hard‑won off‑work time is being ruined.

After a full day of work, finally able to lie flat, he gets tangled up by a trouble‑loving guy.

Fine, missing a day of rest won't matter…

"Come on, let's go somewhere else to catch up."

Without further ado, Lian Ye dragged Nara Motoya to the barbecue restaurant they often frequent for gatherings.

Inside a private room of the barbecue restaurant.

Nara Motoya stared at the sizzling, oily meat but had no intention of picking up his chopsticks.

"Lian Ye‑kun, what exactly did you summon me for?"

If it were a gathering, Lian Ye would certainly invite more than just him; at least a Zhi Cun Tuan Zang would be with him.

But now it's just the two of them, indicating Lian Ye has a private matter.

What a hassle, just when I finally get to enjoy my off‑time…

Lian Ye didn't state his purpose directly; he grabbed a piece of meat, chewed, and after a while shifted the topic.

"Benhe‑kun, are you really planning to be a teacher at the school for life?"

Nara Motoya's eyes flickered at the words, unsure what kind of trick this guy was pulling.

Lian Ye actually changes the subject on me; with his IQ, shouldn't he just state his purpose outright?

You should know that back at the Ninja School, Nara Motoya had the best relationship with him and understood Lian Ye's intellect the most.

He's changed so much; seems he's grown a lot over the years.

"Teaching at the Ninja School is pretty good," Nara Motoya said, using tongs to flip the meat, "Compared to slaughtering on the battlefield, I prefer a comfortable life behind the lines."

If not for his stern father, the clan elder, he wouldn't have even wanted to be a teacher at first.

He just wanted to lie flat at home every day…

Later, Nara Motoya's father thought his son would go to waste if this continued, so he unilaterally placed him in the Ninja School.

Although at first he found teaching troublesome, compared with the fierce battles on the battlefield—

Staying in the village to teach students is also a form of lying flat.

Gradually, he got used to this lifestyle.

"If you keep teaching, will the clan head position be at risk?"

In theory, Nara Motoya's father is the clan head, so unless something unexpected happens, he'll inherit the position.

"The clan head's seat belongs to the capable, and besides, I have no interest in it."

Fighting for the clan head's seat is too much trouble; better to stay a teacher at the school.

Lian Ye nodded at the words but said nothing more.

Everyone has their own aspirations, and people like that can survive longer in the Ninja World.

In reality, Lian Ye's initial purpose was simply to survive in the Ninja World, if only he could have been like Nara Motoya back then.

He would certainly have chosen to just lie flat.

Unfortunately, he had no clan elder father, and besides, Feijian at that time couldn't have let him lie flat like Nara Motoya.

It can be said that once on the battlefield, life and death are left to fate.

If it weren't for that kid's experiment, Lian Ye's bodily qualities could not have improved that much.

He has never harbored hatred toward Qianshou Feijian…

If Qianshou Feijian hadn't concealed it and had instead said outright that his experiment could increase physical qualities, Lian Ye would already have been gleefully stripping naked and lying on the experimental table.

Those negative emotions are all memories of the Second Personality.

The two exchanged wordless glances; Lian Ye clutched a piece of grilled meat and shoved it into his mouth, while Nara Motoya silently kept grilling the meat for him.

Unwittingly, the sky outside turned dark.

"Lian Yejun, you are here because of Hinata Yuki's matter, aren't you?" Nara Motoya suddenly asked.

Lian Ye's behavior today was extremely strange, prompting many thoughts in his mind, eventually zeroing in on Hinata Yuki's matter.

Besides Yuki‑kun, Lian Ye had nothing else he could ask him.

"Can you tell me where Hinata Yuki is?"

Nara Motoya noticed a faint smile on Lian Ye's face, feeling that Lian Ye seemed to have uncovered some clue.

Impossible; that matter is known only to the Hyuga Clan Head and himself!

He quickly dismissed the thought in his heart.

"Lian Yejun, you already know, don't you?" Nara Motoya sighed lightly, "Yuki‑kun has long been dead on the battlefield."

Lian Ye raised an eyebrow, neither confirming nor denying, "Could you tell me where he was buried?"

"Sorry, Lian Yejun, during the war I didn't take Yuki‑kun's body with me."

"Really?" Lian Ye said with a smile, "I guess he might be up there?"

As he spoke, he pointed at the round moon hanging in the night sky.

Nara Motoya's pupils suddenly contracted at the words, a fleeting flash of shock flashing in his eyes.