Chapter 649

Lu Chen finally decided to return to Konoha first.

Anyway, he had to pass through Konoha to go to Ryuchi Cave, so he might as well take this opportunity to go back, repair the ninja sword White Fang, give it to Kakashi, and by the way, see if he could get another set of higher-level weights to make the cultivation of the Eight Inner Gates easier.

As for the war on the front line or whatever, he was too lazy to interfere too much in the stable situation; compared to fighting everywhere, further improving his strength was undoubtedly more practical.

After all.

It seemed that he was now nearly invincible, but Uchiha Madara was still alive at this time, and with the commotion he had made in the Ninja World, it was impossible not to attract the opponent's attention.

If Uchiha Madara suddenly targeted him and tried to take action against him, it would inevitably be very troublesome.

The state of Uchiha Madara now was hard to determine; no one knew exactly how much power he still had.

Moreover, even if the current Uchiha Madara couldn't pose any threat to him, the battlefield of the Third War couldn't threaten him either, and he would continue to improve his strength in the coming time to prepare for the 'Fourth War' that might break out in the future.

He was a cautious person.

So he had to work hard for 'Ready Perfectly'—to be fully prepared.

After staying at Konoha's front-line camp for about half a day, learning a little about the war situation, and comforting some of the war wounded, Lu Chen left the camp and returned toward Konoha.

Ten days later.

At the main gate of Konoha.

Looking at the familiar scenery before him, Lu Chen stretched his body and showed a smile.

From leaving Konoha to participate in the Third Ninja World War, to returning again, nearly two years had passed; for himself, he had actually spent more than five years.

When he left, his strength was indeed very powerful, but at that time he had only opened to the Third Gate of the Eight Inner Gates, and he had no confidence in winning against any Kage-level powerhouse.

Whether it was Danzo or Hiruzen Sarutobi, they both posed a great threat to him.

But.

When he broke through the Fourth Gate in the camp, his strength began to advance by leaps and bounds, and he stepped into the Kage-level level in one fell swoop, becoming a very tricky ninja among the Kage level.

And after opening to the Fifth Gate, cultivating the Lightning Release secret technique, and increasing the time acceleration multiplier to five-fold... after going through all of this, he was now no longer afraid of anyone!

Konoha only had Minato Namikaze, who mastered the Flying Thunder God and the Reaper Death Seal, which was somewhat tricky for him, but it was just somewhat tricky.

In terms of dealing with it, his current speed could completely make Minato Namikaze unable to touch him; at most, if Minato Namikaze was determined to leave, he couldn't keep the opponent.

The only risk was having a Flying Thunder God mark placed on him by Minato Namikaze.

That was indeed very troublesome.

Because he currently had no means to eliminate the Flying Thunder God mark, he couldn't even sleep peacefully, having to guard against Minato Namikaze suddenly flying over and throwing a sealing technique.

But it wasn't that easy for Minato Namikaze to leave a Flying Thunder God mark on him; as long as he wasn't careless, in the state of five-fold speed, it was almost impossible for the opponent to do so.

"Lord Lu Chen."

The Konoha ninjas guarding the gate had long since sensed Lu Chen's presence and determined Lu Chen's identity through chakra. When Lu Chen walked over, they immediately saluted Lu Chen.

The gazes of everyone looking at Lu Chen revealed respect.

Although Lu Chen was very young, having slain the Third Raikage and Hanzo of the Salamander, Lu Chen was already a household-name hero in Konoha.

"Hmm."

Lu Chen smiled and nodded at the Konoha ninjas, then walked in.

As a transmigrator, his sense of belonging to Konoha was not strong, but this was the place where he had lived for many years, so he had never considered leaving Konoha.

Now he would even less consider leaving Konoha. If after the war, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo dreaded him and dared to take action against him, he wouldn't mind taking action to purge Konoha.

Of course.

If Orochimaru became the Fourth Hokage, he would likely clean up the Elder Council very quickly. Even if he didn't do anything to Hiruzen Sarutobi out of old feelings, he would inevitably consolidate all power, clear out Hiruzen Sarutobi's influence, and let Hiruzen Sarutobi go to 'retire' in peace.

In short, no matter how the situation developed, it was good.

This was the sense of ease brought by possessing strength.

"Huh, today is the day this shop opens."

After walking for a while on the street, Lu Chen suddenly stopped and looked at a newly opened shop not far away, with an Ichiraku Ramen sign hanging on it.

Lu Chen showed a smile, walked toward the shop, and said: "Well, let me see the power of the legendary 'Otsutsuki Ichiraku'."

At the entrance of Ichiraku Ramen.

A long line had formed here, and there were several familiar figures in the line, including former classmates like Inuzuka Tetsu and others, and Guy was also among them. ===== CHAPTER 651 =====