That's right, you don't like to show off, because if you do, you'll get beaten up.
"Alright, class is about to start, let's head down."
Lin Mo-kun glanced at the time, reminding everyone.
Hinata and the other five immediately chorused, "Okay!"
After dropping them off at the classroom, Lin Mo-kun began to attend to serious matters.
He first sent a Shadow Clone back to the office, then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to return home, and transformed into an ordinary person to wander around the Village, secretly looking for suitable places to leave Flying Thunder God Marks.
At the same time, he also secretly left Marks on the merchant caravans from other countries.
Among them, he paid special attention to the Ninja from Kusagakure (Village Hidden in the Grass).
[Rescue Karin-chan Plan, officially launched!]
"Clatter!"
In a dilapidated house in Kusagakure (Village Hidden in the Grass).
A red-haired, red-eyed girl with glasses suddenly felt a tremor in her heart and accidentally knocked over her water glass; the scalding water flowed down the table onto her leg, but she didn't even feel it.
She took off her glasses, rubbed her eyes, and carefully flipped through the diary, confirming she hadn't misread it.
"Rescue Karin-chan Plan."
"Is someone coming to save me?"
The girl's eyes were filled with intense anticipation, as well as a longing for life and the future.
She didn't trust the people of Kusagakure (Village Hidden in the Grass); she wanted to escape this terrible place.
She hoped her mother was still alive so they could leave together.
If it was the Transmigrator-sama, he would surely be able to save her.
"Bang!"
Karin stood up excitedly and rushed to the bedroom.
"Mom!"
She pushed open the door, excitedly wanting to say something.
But the next second, her smile froze, turning into horror.
Because she saw her mother coughing, hunched over the bed, several white hairs now mixed in with her once fiery red hair, and she was so thin she was skin and bones.
"Mom, what's wrong?" Karin rushed to the bedside, her voice tinged with a sob.
"Karin, don't cry."
Uzumaki Mikana reached out and stroked Karin's face, smiling as she said, "Mommy's just tired, she'll be fine after some rest."
"Don't worry, Mommy still wants to see Karin become a Ninja, go on missions, and earn money to buy Mommy delicious food."
Mikana said it easily, but Karin knew she was trying to comfort her.
Recalling some stories Mikana told her when she was little, combined with the information written in Lin Mo-kun's diary, Karin knew she was a descendant of the Uzumaki Clan, a descendant of Asura, the second son of the Six Paths Sage.
Her mother's amazing ability to restore Chakra and heal injuries by letting others bite her must be our family's secret weapon passed down through generations.
But using this ability certainly isn't free; otherwise, how could her mother's beautiful fiery red hair have turned so white in just a few years?
She had a premonition that once all her hair turned white, her time would be up.
If it couldn't be cured, that day might truly not be far off.
"Mom, why don't you bite me once and see if you can recover a bit?" Karin's eyes showed determination.
Upon hearing this, Mikana quickly reached out and covered her mouth, her face filled with anxiety, and whispered, "Karin, remember!"
"Before you become strong enough to leave Kusagakure (Village Hidden in the Grass), never let anyone know you have this ability."
"It's best if you never mention it in this lifetime."
"Promise Mommy, okay?"
Karin's ability had only recently awakened, and she couldn't heal others just by being bitten; she needed to actively extract Chakra herself.
But in Mikana's eyes, this was Karin's only way out. As long as she didn't expose herself, she wouldn't end up in the same predicament as her.
"Mhm, I understand!"
Seeing her mother's serious expression, Karin's heart clenched, and she nodded earnestly.
Mikana finally breathed a sigh of relief, released her hand, and said, "Go, get Mommy a glass of water."
"Okay!" Karin replied, trotting off.
Mikana watched her retreating figure, her eyes full of tenderness.
As a pure-blooded member of the Uzumaki Clan, she was born with strong vitality and abundant Chakra; if she had been properly cared for, she wouldn't have ended up like this.
But those people in Kusagakure (Village Hidden in the Grass) are truly despicable.
Now she no longer thought about these things; she only hoped to help Karin more.
Judging by the current situation, she could probably last another six months.
In these six months, she had to do everything she could to help Karin get the chance to participate in the Chunin Exams in Konoha Village.
Although Konoha Village had once disappointed the Uzumaki Clan, at least in Konoha Village, Karin wouldn't suffer like she did.
If Karin could go to Konoha Village, she would have no more worries.
"Wuwu!"
As Karin walked to the bedroom door, tears couldn't help but fall.
She couldn't understand why her father died on the battlefield for Kusagakure (Village Hidden in the Grass), and her mother exposed herself to save her teammates, yet the Village still treated her mother this way?
This place was a den of devils, inhabited by a group of demons disguised as humans.
"But, I'm not afraid."
Karin's eyes suddenly became resolute.
She thought of Lin Mo-kun, and how he had written in his diary that he would come to save her.
He even called her his wife in it; although the word "wife" sounded a bit strange, he definitely liked her.
As long as he could rescue her and her mother from this den of devils, she would do anything.
"From Kusagakure (Village Hidden in the Grass) to Konoha Village, it takes seven days by carriage, so a round trip is half a month."
"Then I'll wait patiently for another month; if he still doesn't appear, I'll have no choice but to reveal my true abilities."
Karin had pondered several times in her mind about using her own abilities to take Mikana's place as the one who restores Chakra and heals injuries for the Kusagakure (Village Hidden in the Grass) Ninja.
She really didn't want to lose her mother!
"After waiting so long, he finally showed up!"
Outside Konoha Village, Lin Mo-kun was standing atop a large tree, his eyes fixed on the Village gate.
Konoha Village was surrounded by Barriers/Boundaries and patrolling Ninja; trying to force his way out would definitely get him caught.
If he followed official procedures, he would need a pass signed by Hokage-sama, and still have to get past the gate.
He didn't want anyone to know he planned to sneak off, so he quietly marked the merchant caravans leaving the Village with the Flying Thunder God Mark, using this technique to slip out secretly.
"Kusagakure (Village Hidden in the Grass) is to the northwest of Konoha Village."
"According to the boss's instructions, a flying thunder god kunai must be thrown every fifteen thousand meters from now on."
After speaking, Lin Mo-kun withdrew his gaze, and this Shadow Clone of his began to move.
The straight-line distance from Kusagakure (Village Hidden in the Grass) to Konoha Village is over a thousand kilometers; if he used the Flying Thunder God to travel, even at full speed, it would take nearly two hundred uses.
With his current meager Chakra and very few Shadow Clones, it was clearly not enough.
It wouldn't be impossible for his main body to recover while traveling, but he didn't have that much time to leave Konoha Village right now.
So he came up with a plan: he would let a Shadow Clone sneak out first to set up Flying Thunder God Marks and scout the way to Kusagakure (Village Hidden in the Grass) at the same time.
Once his strength improved further, he could then go rescue her.
"Whoosh!"
The Shadow Clone vanished into the night.
At this time, Lin Mo-kun's main body had just returned home after eating ramen.
He had originally planned to cook for himself, but found that many of the dishes and seasonings he wanted were unavailable, so he ended up settling for a bowl of ramen.
He had already made up his mind that once he earned enough money, he would issue a mission for the entire Konoha Village to help him find ingredients.
"Next, I'll solidify my tree climbing and water walking skills."
After laying out the floor mat, Lin Mo-kun began practicing on the walls of his house.
Time flew by, and it was already midnight.
Amidst the anticipation of a group of girls, the copy of the diary automatically turned to the last page.
[diary Reward Function officially launched.]
[Reward One: Self Chakra increased by one percent.]
[Award recipients: Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, Hyuga Hinata, Ino Yamanaka...]
Upon seeing this sentence, Ōtsutsuki Kaguya felt no ripple in her heart.
But the next second, she felt the Chakra surging within her body, and her Byakugan sharply constricted.
"How is this possible!?"
"Power, it's back..."
Feeling the Chakra surging within her body, Kaguya felt as if she were dreaming.
She couldn't remember how long she had been sealed in the Shikyū Space (Chamber of the Beginning), but it was definitely over a thousand years.
Initially, all the Chakra in her body had been absorbed by Otsutsuki Hagoromo (Sage of Six Paths), and the Six Paths Chibaku Tensei had sealed the Shikyū Space (Chamber of the Beginning so tightly that she couldn't sense natural Chakra.
For over a thousand years, she had not had even a tiny bit of Chakra in her body, only able to sit alone and sleep on the frozen mountaintop, or gaze at the boundless glaciers, doing nothing.
Now, although the power was still very small, that familiar feeling had returned.
"It increased by one percent, it was added to my already pitifully small Chakra limit."
After careful contemplation, Kaguya finally understood the reason.
She had originally thought that she had no Chakra at all, so zero plus one percent would still be zero.
But the truth was, her overall Chakra limit had increased by one percent, a part she had never had before, and it didn't belong to the Ten-Tails.
Therefore, she could use this portion of Chakra as she pleased.
"Whoosh!"
Kaguya merely waved her hand gently, and the glaciers within ten li around her slowly began to melt, turning into a vast ocean.
Thunder rumbled, and waves surged, creating a magnificent spectacle.
This long-lost power made her feel utterly intoxicated.
Unfortunately, when she tried to summon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, or forcibly open the space seal, she found she couldn't do it at all.
"I'm still too weak."
She allowed her surroundings to return to tranquility, then sat back on the mountaintop, quietly observing the situation outside the Shikyū Space (Chamber of the Beginning).
The Chibaku Tensei, empowered by the Six Paths power, could automatically absorb natural Chakra to reinforce the seal.
The Barrier/Boundary she felt was incredibly firm, cutting off her connection to the natural Chakra of the outside world.
However, she could still absorb some, more or less.
Soon, she came to a conclusion:
In her current state, by slowly absorbing natural Chakra to recover her strength, she could break the seal after a thousand days.
She had waited over a thousand years; a thousand days was nothing.
What's more, there was Lin Mo-kun's diary; as long as he mentioned her name a few more times and her strength increased again, the time to break the seal would be even shorter.
"In that case, I won't mind you mentioning my name."
"This diary is indeed a bit more powerful than I imagined."
"Lin Mo-kun, hurry and help me escape this predicament, and I will reward you handsomely."
"..."
Ōtsutsuki Kaguya held the copy of the diary, muttering softly.
Besides her, many other women also felt their Chakra increase.
This made them believe even more in the diary's magic and began to anticipate the remaining two rewards.
[Two: Randomly select one person who has been mentioned more than ten times and has read the diary, to receive a random magical blessing.]
[Selection successful, the winner is Uzumaki Kushina, magical blessing content confidential (winner chose to hide)]
Upon seeing this result, those who didn't know who Uzumaki Kushina was had no reaction.
But those who knew her identity were all incredibly excited.
"Can dead people use the diary?"
"Could it be that Kushina is still alive?"
In a small tavern, Tsunade held a sake bottle, drunkenly slumped over the table, her clothes loose, her shoulder slipping down to reveal a small patch of alluring skin—a sight only Shizune witnessed.
Lin Mo-kun's diary mentioned the names of old acquaintances, which made Tsunade a little distracted.
She never thought that the diary would also mention those old friends and even give rewards.
"Lady Tsunade, Sister Kushina is definitely no longer with us; Lin Mo-kun wrote about it in his diary." Shizune calmly analyzed, "The condition for the second reward was being mentioned ten times, and we also read the diary today."
"This indicates that Sister Kushina also has a diary."
"Clearly, the diary possesses a mysterious power that can influence the Pure Land World."
Upon hearing this, Tsunade's eyes immediately cleared.
If the diary could influence the Pure Land, then the resurrection reward might be real.
"First thing tomorrow morning, we need to speed up our journey."
"We must return to Konoha Village within three days."
Tsunade suddenly became invigorated.
The other women holding copies of the diary also started making their own calculations.
However, Kushina, who received the reward, was not in a good mood at the moment.
"Seriously, why did I get such a useless magical blessing?"
"Couldn't it be temporary resurrection, or something that lets me contact others? Sigh, nah~"
The magical blessing Kushina received was called "Infinite Energy."
Its effect was that for the next day, she could use Chakra infinitely.
But she was already dead, and her soul was confined in the Sealing Space, so no amount of Chakra would help.
Plus, with the Nine-Tailed as an energy source, she never worried about not having enough Chakra.
It would be better to give this ability to Mikoto so the two of them could video chat.
"Mikoto, can you hear me?"
"Hey, the magical blessing I got is completely useless."
"It's called Infinite Energy."
"It's such a waste! Sigh, nah."
Kushina typed this line into the chat box, bored.
Uchiha Mikoto, in the Pure Land, ignored her directly.
Lin Mo-kun's diary was too terrifying; she felt her soul had been drained, and it would take a few days to recover.
Before that, she didn't want to bother with Kushina; she just wanted to focus on reading the diary.
Hmm, she was definitely not jealous of Kushina's good luck, absolutely not!
"Damn it, how can that stupid woman Kushina be so lucky? I didn't even get a Chakra-increasing reward."
"She was mentioned ten times, and it's all because of Naruto."
"Little Sasuke, why are you so disappointing? Think about your mother more."