Chapter 794: Kid, Wait for Me (Memory Chapter)

"Kid, why not stay?"

Madara Uchiha looked at the darkness outside and said in a deep voice.

Leaving at night is somewhat improper.

It's not that I'm worried about his safety; it's just that if Lian Ye leaves tonight, there'll be no one to make breakfast tomorrow morning.

How about we find an excuse to keep him.

That way, tomorrow we'll have a reason to let him stay longer.

"Yeah, Lian Ye!"

Senju Hashirama quickly agreed, clasping his shoulder and gently coaxing him.

"When you get back to the Village it'll be midnight."

Lian Ye had originally planned to return to the Village after finishing lunch.

But somehow they kept him to make dinner.

After the hustle, it was already dark.

What the two said wasn't without reason.

His half‑baked Flying Thunder God can't support ultra‑long‑range teleportation.

When he gets back to the Village it'll be late at night.

That old kid Qianshou Feijian had already finished his meal; he truly doesn't need to hurry back.

Then let's spend the night here.

We'll set out again tomorrow morning.

"Alright."

Senju Hashirama, seeing Lian Ye's agreement, immediately used Wood Release to fashion a wooden bed.

Tomorrow's meals are taken care of.

If they can keep Lian Ye for one night, they can keep him for a second, a third.

Feijian has already enjoyed fine food for so many years.

What's wrong with letting them enjoy it for a few days?!

Madara Uchiha, seeing this, nodded with satisfaction.

Although he hasn't spent much time with Lian Ye, he already noticed the kid's intelligence is rather low.

With a bit of guidance and coaxing later, he'll surely be able to bring him into the Moon's Eye project!

Not only will there be the skilled cook Chu Zi, but also a companion to help achieve his ideals.

The more he looks at Lian Ye, the more satisfied he feels.

Madara Uchiha resolved to wrest Lian Ye away from Qianshou Feijian.

Meanwhile, at the Hokage Office.

"Lord Hokage, we haven't found Renya Jonin's trace."

The Anbu, after searching all day, reported back.

They scoured the entire Village but found no sign of Lian Ye.

It can only mean that he's not in the Village.

"Alright, I understand."

Qianshou Feijian's expression grew grim as he waved them away.

Where on earth did that kid run off to?

Skipping the report is really getting bold!

From noon until now, he's only taken a Soldier's Ration Pill.

We thought Lian Ye was only absent at noon, but didn't expect him to be gone in the afternoon as well.

He vanished for a whole day!

"Gurururu..."

His stomach protested again.

Qianshou Feijian sighed helplessly, opened a drawer and took out a Soldier's Ration Pill.

Fine, let's make do with it for now.

When that kid returns, we'll have to settle the score properly!

He used to think Lian Ye staying home all day had no future, but now that he's suddenly left the Village, he's a bit unsettled.

Mainly because there's one fewer person to deliver meals.

Some people only learn to cherish after they've lost.

Looks like we can stop sending that kid on missions; keeping him at home to deliver meals daily isn't bad either.

The next day.

"Uncle Hashirama, I'm really leaving now."

Lian Ye finished breakfast for the two and was about to leave when Senju Hashirama grabbed his thigh.

"Lian Ye, please don't go!"

He barely managed to have Madara coax the person here; how could he let them go so easily?

We must enjoy a good stretch of fine food.

Otherwise, letting Lian Ye leave now means we'll never have such a chance again.

"Uncle Hashirama, could you stop messing around?"

If Madara Uchiha saw Hashirama's pleading, he'd surely soften.

But Lian Ye won't buy that.

He was busy returning to the Village to bask in the sun; he had no time to live in a cave.

It's one thing that there's no electricity or entertainment facilities.

The crucial problem is that at night it's full of mosquitoes!

He only spent one night here, and his body was already covered with a swarm of bite marks.

Why would Lian Ye ever agree to stay on and feed the mosquitoes?

"Lian Ye, have some pity on us."

Senju Hashirama cried, his nose running and tears streaming.

"The two of us have been living in the mountains and haven't had any delicacies for a long time."

"Would you stay one more day?"

Madara Uchiha saw his close friend's spineless demeanor and silently turned his head away.

Although he also wanted Lian Ye to stay, he wouldn't do something so undignified.

Fortunately, there were only the three of them in the cave.

If anyone else saw them, their faces would be completely ruined.

"Fine then."

Lian Ye couldn't bear Senju Hashirama's pleas, and finally could only reluctantly agree.

Since they already stayed yesterday, it wouldn't make a difference today.

At worst, they could sneak away tomorrow morning…

"Hehehe, I knew you couldn't bear to see me suffer."

Senju Hashirama immediately stood up, his face once again filled with smiles.

Lian Ye: "…"

Seeing the shift in his attitude made him realize that Hashirama wasn't as simple as he had imagined.

Who said Senju Hashirama was a naive sweetheart?

He was clearly a scheming, black‑hearted boy.

It seems Madara Uchiha was truly deceived by him back then.

Indeed.

As a junior clan head of the Senju Clan in the Warring States Period, how could he possibly stay that pure?

Maybe he's just pretending to be sweet while being sinister.

Lian Ye's gaze subconsciously shifted toward Madara Uchiha.

He didn't know whether he actually knew.

Perhaps he did know.

After all, Madara Uchiha isn't a fool; he could see Hashirama's little schemes.

It can only be said that one wishes to strike, the other wishes to take it.

"Let's go catch some fish."

Senju Hashirama led the two of them away.

He was missing the taste of Lian Ye's Grilled Fish.

Although he and Madara Uchiha ate Grilled Fish most often, they could never replicate Lian Ye's flavor.

By the river.

Senju Hashirama didn't use chakra; he plunged straight into the water.

In his words, catching fish with bare hands gave a sense of achievement.

In reality, the mountain was just too boring, so this was the only way to pass the time.

Lian Ye and Madara Uchiha didn't enter the river; they sat on the bank watching Hashirama in the water.

"Kid, you really don't intend to hang out with me?"

Madara Uchiha truly saw promise in the kid; if he could enlist him, he'd be an excellent helper.

"No need, Lord Ban."

Lian Ye refused without a second thought.

He was fine sunbathing in the Village; only a lapse of mind would make him retreat to the mountains.

And the "Moon's Eye" plan was a scam.

If he hadn't known he couldn't persuade Madara Uchiha, he would have planned to have him return to the Village to retire together.

Madara Uchiha fell silent upon seeing that.

Was his personal charisma really that poor?

His own clan once refused to follow him, and now, after much effort, he finally took a liking to a junior.

But the other kept refusing his invitation time and again.

Fine, we'll talk about it later.

He believes Lian Ye will eventually realize the problems of the Ninja World.

Then the other will surely ask to join voluntarily!

Qianshou Feijian Residence.

Today's Qianshou Feijian didn't go to the office to handle paperwork.

Instead, he sat at the stone table in the courtyard.

He actually wanted to see when the kid would return!

Lian Ye has already been away without saying goodbye for a day and a half.

If he doesn't return, he'll send people out of the Village to search for clues.

"Kid, you wait for me!"