In Konoha, you get one evolution point every day.

The Nara Jonin and Akimichi Jonin each picked up two people and slunk away from the street.

"Lin Fan, you owe me a favor." Kakashi walked over, flicked his silver-white hair, and arrogantly raised his head.

Lin Fan: "?"

What favor do I owe you?

"Huh? So helping Brother Lin Fan can result in owing someone a favor? Then we~~~~" Kurenai Yuhi poked each other with her hands like pistols.

"I want Lin Fan to be our boyfriend!" Mitarashi Anko raised her hand and said.

Upon seeing this, Minato Namikaze stiffly turned his head, his eyes flashing with lightning as he looked at Lin Fan.

......

After Lin Fan chased the three brats away, he explained the situation, and only then did the glint in Minato Namikaze's eyes diminish.

However, Minato Namikaze also brought some bad news.

Jiraiya returned early this morning.

Lin Fan arrived at the hospital.

Tell Orochimaru, who is sleeping in his hospital bed, this news.

Orochimaru pondered for a moment and said, "So, it's very likely that Jiraiya has now joined the Elders' faction to fight against us?"

"It's not possible."

"Absolutely."

Lin Fandao.

Orochimaru remained silent, never expecting that plans could not keep up with changes. Jiraiya, despite his seemingly carefree demeanor, actually held the greatest respect for Hiruzen Sarutobi among the three.

"It's a pity I'm injured." Orochimaru sighed. "Although this injury only requires a few days of rest for me, given Jiraiya's personality, he'll make his move tonight."

"Simple."

Lin Fan snapped his fingers.

"I'll just heal you, that'll be enough."

"Hemostasis Technique - Evolution +3": "Doubles the efficiency of hemostasis. When continuously stopping bleeding for an injured person, it will restore a small amount of their life force."

Although this skill can only restore a sliver of life force, there's a thing called numerical values ​​that determine everything—even if the injured person only has 1% of their life force remaining according to the numerical values.

But if the injured person's vitality is increased to 100%, will he still be seriously injured?

The answer is no.

......

Two hours later, it gradually got dark.

Inside the ward, the green "hemostasis technique" in Lin Fan's hand dissipated.

Lin Fan looked at Orochimaru's shocked face and smiled, "How about that? I told you there wouldn't be any problems."

Orochimaru was shocked to feel the injuries within his body.

"You...it's impossible, this is impossible."

"Given my current injuries, even if I forcibly recover using the Palm Healing Technique, my body will fall into a state of fatigue, and I won't be able to move freely for a short period of time... But you clearly only used the Hemostasis Technique, which is a weakened version of the Palm Healing Technique, and its regenerative ability is less than 10% of the Palm Healing Technique's effect... Not to mention that you continued to treat me for two hours. If a normal person received two hours of continuous 'highly effective treatment,' they would have died long ago."

Orochimaru looked up in astonishment:

"How did you heal my injury using hemostasis techniques?"

"Moreover, I clearly felt that my vitality had not declined at all."

"I can't bear to learn this at all!"

Lin Fan scratched his head.

—Huh? It turns out that being treated with hemostasis and palm magic actually reduces vitality?

Lin Fan suddenly found a medical lesson taught by Tsunade in a corner of his memory—any medical ninjutsu that rapidly heals human injuries always comes at a slight cost.

The more severe the injury, the higher the treatment efficiency, and the longer the treatment time, the higher the cost.

But what does this have to do with his "Hemostasis Technique - Evolution +3"?

"Maybe it's because I'm good-looking," Lin Fan said with a smile.

Orochimaru remained silent for a long while before saying, "...Lin Fan, you think it's funny?"

"It's not funny." Lin Fan's smile faded. "But you're going tonight? This is your best friend."

Orochimaru didn't understand, but he knew he would have plenty of time to "study" it later.

He got out of bed, looked down at the stitches on his body, removed them all, and tried using his "hemostasis technique"... Well, it seems that only Lin Fan's hemostasis technique is faulty.

Energy promotes the rapid growth of red and white blood cells and platelets in the body's hematopoietic function. He can clearly feel the sluggish state that appears when some cells are "working efficiently".

The flesh from the several small holes healed quickly.

Orochimaru put on his slippers, went to the trash can, and threw the blood-stained thread inside.

"These threads healed me, but I still threw them away."

"Lin Fan. My willingness to help Tsunade has never been because she is my friend. It's because the Tsunade I am today can offer me a future I've never seen before."

"That... does suit your image," Lin Fan said with a smile, leaning back in his chair.

Orochimaru chuckled, went to the wardrobe, changed his clothes, and, wearing his Chunin vest, closed the wardrobe door.

"Let's go, don't keep Jiraiya waiting."

Lin Fan nodded, and the two set off from the hospital.

Target—the secret base.

......

"The first thing Jiraiya will do when he returns is to doubt the authenticity of it."

"Just like you said, Jiraiya didn't go to the two elders and Tsunade immediately, but went to Minato instead, which means that Jiraiya was also confused inside."

"So he won't directly join the two elders' camp, but he will definitely go to the prison to rescue the Third Hokage... regardless of right or wrong."

On the way, Orochimaru analyzed Jiraiya's behavior.

Lin Fan nodded.

"It just so happens that the Anbu has been running around dealing with the Root organization lately, so the Anbu base is currently at its weakest."

"Where's Sakumo?" Orochimaru asked.

Lin Fan thought for a moment and said, "I sent him to monitor the two major clans. After all, he's the strongest in the Dark Guard."

"So it seems I was right about Jiraiya not having contacted the two elders yet," Orochimaru said with a smile.

Lin Fan nodded.

The two moved quickly through the village, leaving it and heading towards the secret base about one kilometer outside the village.

At the entrance to the Dark Guard base, two Dark Guard members had already fallen asleep.

"The battle has already begun," Orochimaru said with some regret.

"There's nothing we can do about it. I guess Jiraiya had already set off by the time Minato told me." Lin Fan stepped forward to check on the two and found that their breathing was normal. "They were just knocked unconscious. Let's take them to a safe place nearby."

Orochimaru nodded.

"Spiritual communication!"

A python appeared.

Lin Fan watched as the python swallowed the two of them whole: "?"

Orochimaru said expressionlessly, "Don't worry, these are snakes I raised. They will obey my orders completely. I'm just storing them in Ryuchi Cave."

"..."

666

It has to be Aunt Snake.

"So, should we kill the eyeliner?" Lin Fan asked with a smile.

Orochimaru glanced at it, and the toad, terrified, dispelled its summoning: "It ran away, forget it."

"Furthermore," Orochimaru glanced at Lin Fan speechlessly, "I remember your summoning contract was with Mount Myōboku, wasn't it?"

—Has this kid forgotten?

Lin Fan was stunned.

"Oh, right."

Lin Fan suddenly realized.

Orochimaru's lips twitched.

Tsunade said you have a great memory, how could you forget something like this?

......

Inside the prison, all the secret agents who were originally stationed there were knocked unconscious. Some were knocked out without even being hurt, while others were beaten unconscious after suffering some pain: the secret agents embedded in the wall, the secret agents lying on the floor, and the secret agents who fell in the corner with their masks falling down a little and couldn't help but push their masks with their hands.

Inside the prison cell, Jiraiya was questioning Hiruzen Sarutobi.